DTR Trading Trades: September 2017

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Weekly Trade Summary: September 24 - September 30

This week I closed the three October 20 expiration trades for small profits, entered 1 new trade, and adjusted all open trades. Details of this week's trading below:

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October 20 Monthly Expiration Trade (#36) - Closed 27-Sep (+3.2%)

27-July Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)
18-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade (#37) - Closed 27-Sep (+3.3%)

01-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)
18-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade (#38) - Closed 27-Sep (+4.6%)

09-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

October 31 Weekly Expiration Trade (#39) - Adjusted 27-Sep

24-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

November 3 Weekly Expiration Trade (#40) - Adjusted 27-Sep, 29-Sep

01-September Entry (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)
20-September Adjustment (post)

November 17 Weekly Expiration Trade (#41) - Adjusted 27-Sep, 29-Sep

01-September Entry (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)
20-September Adjustment (post)

November 17 Monthly Expiration Trade (#42) - Adjusted 27-Sep, 29-Sep

08-September Entry (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)
20-September Adjustment (post)

November 30 Weekly Expiration Trade (#43) - Adjusted 29-Sep

15-September Entry (post)
20-September Adjustment (post)

November 24 Weekly Expiration Trade (#44) - Adjusted 29-Sep

21-September Entry (post)

December 15 Monthly Expiration Trade (#45) - Adjusted 29-Sep

27-September Entry

I currently have 7 open trades, with expirations in Oct (1), Nov (5), and Dec (1):

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Total defined risk for these trades 56.7% of the account net liquidation value.

38 trades have been closed this year...22 wins and 16 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 3.9%. Total win rate is at 58%. The win rate on the core trades is at 65%. Not happy with the win rate, but at least it is improving and the losses have been small.

Of the 7 open trades, 5 currently have a positive P&L. The trades with negative P&L were entered during the last two weeks:

trade #44 - Nov 24 expiration (-0.03%)
trade #45 - Dec 15 expiration (-0.39%)

I will likely enter one new trade next week (01-Dec or 08-Dec expiration) and will make adjustments as follows:

Highly likely: N/A
Likely: #44
Possible: #43, #45
Unlikely: #39, #40, #41, #42

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Weekly Trade Summary: September 17 - September 23

This week I closed 2 trades for small profits, entered 1 new trade, and adjusted 6 trades. Details of this week's trading below:

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September 29 Weekly Expiration Trade (#34) - Closed 18-Sep (+1.32%)

19-July Entry (post)
25-July Adjustment (post)

September 29 Weekly Expiration Trade (#35) - Closed 18-Sep (+1.64%)

19-July Entry (post)
01-September Adjustment (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Monthly Expiration Trade (#36) - Adjusted 18-Sep

27-July Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade (#37) - Adjusted 18-Sep

01-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

November 3 Weekly Expiration Trade (#40) - Adjusted 20-Sep

01-September Entry (post)
12-September Adjustment (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

November 17 Monthly Expiration Trade (#42) - Adjusted 20-Sep

08-September Entry (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

November 17 Weekly Expiration Trade (#41) - Adjusted 20-Sep

01-September Entry (post)
15-September Adjustment (post)

November 30 Weekly Expiration Trade (#43) - Adjusted 20-Sep

15-September Entry (post)

I currently have 9 open trades, with expirations in Oct (4) and Nov (5):

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Total defined risk for these trades 70.9% of the account net liquidation value.

35 trades have been closed this year...19 wins and 16 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.9%. Total win rate is at 54%. The win rate on the core trades is at 61%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small.

Of the 9 open trades, 8 currently have a positive P&L. The 1 trade that has a negative P&L was entered this week (1 trade on Sep-21). This week's trade is down -0.32% on margin...this is typical in the first week or so of the trade.

I will likely enter one new trade next week and will make adjustments as follows:

Highly likely: #40, #41
Likely: #39, #42
Possible: #43
Unlikely: #36, #37, #38, #44

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Weekly Trade Summary: September 10 - September 16

This week I entered 1 new trade and adjusted 7 trades. Details of this week's trading below:

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October 20 Monthly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 12-Sep & 15-Sep

27-July Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 12-Sep & 15-Sep

01-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 12-Sep & 15-Sep

09-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)

October 31 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 12-Sep & 15-Sep

24-August Entry (post)
08-September Adjustment (post)

November 3 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 12-Sep & 15-Sep

01-September Entry (post)

November 17 Monthly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 15-Sep

08-September Entry (post)

November 17 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted 15-Sep

01-September Entry (post)

I currently have 10 open trades, with expirations in Sep (2), Oct (4), and Nov (4):

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Total defined risk for these trades 68.5% of the account net liquidation value.

33 trades have been closed this year...17 wins and 16 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.8%. Total win rate is at 52%. The win rate on the core trades is at 59%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small. Of the 10 open trades, 8 currently have a positive P&L. The 2 trades that have a negative P&L were entered this week (1 trade on 15-Sep) and last week (1 trade on Sep-8). This week's trade is down -0.15% on margin, and last week's trade is down 0.46% on margin...these numbers are typical in the first week or so of the trade.

Next week I will close trades #34 and #35 as they have little profit remaining and closing them will free up some margin. Besides entering one new trade next week, I will make adjustments as follows:

Highly likely: #36, #37
Likely: #40
Possible: #39, #41, #42
Unlikely: #38, #43

Friday, September 8, 2017

Weekly Trade Summary: September 3 - September 9

This week I entered one new trade and adjusted five trades. Details of this week's trading below:

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September 29 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted

19-July Entry (post)
01-September Adjustment (post)

October 20 Expiration Trade - Adjusted

27-July Entry (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted

01-August Entry (post)

October 20 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted

09-August Entry (post)

October 31 Weekly Expiration Trade - Adjusted

24-August Entry (post)

I currently have 9 open trades, with expirations in Sep (2), Oct (4), and Nov (3):

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Total defined risk for these trades 53.3% of the account net liquidation value.

33 trades have been closed this year...17 wins and 16 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.8%. Total win rate is at 52%. The win rate on the core trades is at 59%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small. Of the 9 open trades, 6 currently have a positive P&L. The 3 trades that have a negative P&L were entered this week(1 trade on Sep-8) and last week (2 trades on Sep-1).

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Weekly Trade Summary: August 27 - September 2

Continuing to be super busy with work and family activities as summer comes to a close. Spent the long Labor Day weekend in the mountains at an Oktoberfest Celebration...good fun that caused a delay in getting this summary out.

I expired one trade for a tiny loss, closed another trade for a small gain, adjusted one trade, and entered two more trades. Details of this week's trading below:

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August 31 Expiration Trade - Expired (-0.46% return on margin)

21-June Entry (post)
17-July Adjustment (post)
25-July Adjustment (post)

September 15 Expiration Trade - Closed (+1.70% return on margin)

27-June Entry (post)
17-July Adjustment (post)
25-July Adjustment (post)

September 29 Expiration Trade - Adjusted

19-July Entry (post)

I currently have 8 open trades, with expirations in Sep (2), Oct (4), and Nov (2):

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Total defined risk for these trades 45.2% of the account net liquidation value.

33 trades have been closed this year...17 wins and 16 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.8%. Total win rate is at 52%. The win rate on the core trades is at 59%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small.

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