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CGC $50-$60 Cup & Handy, You Get Me? NYSE:CGC
Very nice bullish signals here, especially with that flag formation, quasi Cup and Handle. I’m all about Cannabis stocks in 2019 for obvious reasons, considering the more liberal evolving regulatory environment paving the way. It’s all the Benjamins baby. I wonder if B. Franklin smoked cannabis.. Hmmmm.
Options i got my eyes on:
- July 19, 2019 $50, $52, $55, calls
- October 19, 2019 $55, $60, $65 calls.
Stop loss = $35. So think;
If CGC < $35 = BAD. and cut your losses and bail.
Mar 15 - ROSTROST 15-Mar-19
IV:45.2, IVR: 100% (Elevated)
+0.20D Long 1 Call: 100 Strike @ $0.83
-0.32D Short 1 Call: 97.5 Strike @ $1.53
-0.06D Long 1 Put: 80 Strike @ $0.28
+0.10D Short 1 Put: 82.5 Strike @ $0.45
-0.08D Credit: $0.88
PCR: 45:55
Highest Call OI @ 100, 97.5 and 95
indicating high volume of naked calls or bear call spreads.
Apr 18 - MLNXMLNX 18-Apr-19
IV30: 52.1, IVR: 95%
+0.11D Long 1 Call: 130 Strike @ $0.78
-0.20D Short 1 Call: 125 Strike @ $1.60
-0.09D Credit: $0.83
Highest OI for 125
May 17 - NLSNNLSN 17-May-19
Short Iron Condor
IV30: 52.10%, IVR: 99%
+0.07D Long 1 Call: 32 Strike @ $0.15
-0.13D Short 1 Call: 31 Strike @ $0.28
-0.10D Long 1 Put: 19 Strike @ $0.35
+0.14D Short 1 Put: 20 Strike @ $0.50
-0.02D Credit: $0.28
PCR:35:65
Opening Double Calendar Feb/Mar 122 Puts 124 Callswww.tradingview.com
for a debit of 1.20/contract.
At open, Theta 1.8 and Delta -1.65.
Chart 2 weeks per candle.
Bottom panel shows % move adjusted to approx. breakeven prices and the historic occurence % of those moves. Xs (top=up, bottom=down) plot for
each occurence and the red green lines show percentage for the selected number in the PriceMove indicator settings (published).
Using the guidelines of monthly move of less than $10 (Plus / Minus 10 shown in fuchsia ahead of last candle)
and (per TW platform analysis) ratio of > .5 (max profit)/debit at expiration
This looked okay, we will see. My mentor on these looks only nearer monthly expriation times so 20-30 dte on short leg and long 50-60 dte.
Placed an immediate 25% ($30) closing order and will watch closely as goal of 25-50% of debit.
Will shoot for higher % up to 50 when can watch it.
If price reaches a breakeven I add a calendar ATM if 10 dte remaining and if not, I take off the position.
Categories tricky for the way I trade but overall price movement and limits will fit into support and resistance.
How to manage a small portfolioWhen trading in a small account, it is very important to be efficient with the capital used. That is why, even though is not the optimal trade we are forced to trade using defined risk strategies like Iron Condors.
This is the continuation of the portfolio started in our How to trade options series, where we start a portfolio from scratch. We started a $5,000 account and added 4 different trades. I closed 2 of those yesterday, open 2 new ones and defended one that was tested.
The first management was closing trades with 3 weeks from the expiration date to reduce risk. We closed trades on QQQ and on XLU.
Then we look for new trades and explained in the video how I chose the new trades and how to manage them.
Also explained the impact of commissions when trading with a small account vs a bigger account and lastly we defended a trade that is going against us.
Watch the video explanation for details:
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