I’m honored to witness the great panic – Week 9

Week 9 P/L

New trades/adjustments

Date02/2702/2402/2702/2702/2602/2502/252/282/272/272/272/272/272/272/28
CycleMar/20Mar/20Mar/20Mar/20Mar/20Mar/20Mar/20Mar/20Mar/17Mar/20Apr/27Mar/20Apr/17Apr/17Mar/20
SymbolTLTAMDAAPLSMHAALSPCEAPTAMZN/CLJ0MSFT/NGK0SMHTSLADISUVXY
IVR626710498
StrategyICICICICStrangleICShort C ICICICCr – PICICICLong put
Strikesp:-$145/+$140
c:-$155/+$160
p:-$50/+$45 c:-$55/+$60p:-$295/+$290
c:-$305/+$310
p:-$135/+$130 c:-$140/+$145p:-$23
c: -$26
p:-$20/+$15
c:-$45/+$50
-$15p: -$2000/+$1990
c: -$2030/+$2040
p:-$47/+$48 c:-$52/+$53p:-$160/+$155 c:-$180/+$185-$1.7/+$1.8p:-$135/+$130 c:-$140/+$145p:-$500/+$495 c:-$955/+$960p:-$110/+$105 c:-$140/+$145$16
Price$1.1$1.62$2.25$2.58$1.9$1.42$1.5$5.22$0.35$1.22$0.29$2.58$1.05$.93-$0.89
PoP43%86%71%68%25%

Closed trades

CycleFeb/25Mar/06Mar/26Mar/20
Symbol/NGH0/6EH0/NGJ0VXX
Total open price$.54$0.0009$.24$1.61
Close price$0.09$0.0004$0.1$.2
Multiplier10001250001000100
P/L$450$62.5$140$140

Daily Scalp

Date02/24/2002/26/2002/26/2002/28/2002/28/20
SymbolSPXSPXNDXNDXSPX
StrategyICICICICIC
StrikesMultipleMultipleMultipleMultipleMultiple
Price(o/c)$200/$0$100/$0$1148/0$506/$901$375/750
P/L$200$100$1148-$395-$375
TriggerHuge move every day! Tried to scale when IV is high with selling 2 quantity.Huge move again on Wednesday, was betting a reversal on Tuesday, so sold put part early. Again scaled in with 3 quantity! Super risky but somehow got lucky.Was betting a reversal by selling put early but didn’t get the move so managing all day… Was betting a reversal by selling put early but didn’t get the move. Got messed up by the last 3 minutes rally caused by short cover!

P/L Change

  • P/L Week: $792.5
  • P/L Year: +5344.5$(106.89%), including rolls
  • Total commission & fees: $674
  • P/L Year w/fees: $3558.06(93.41%)

This week is absolutely crazy! I was honored to witness the fastest 10% fall and daily movement was all over the place! I was not too mad about myself since I have been mechanical and balancing delta and I really got my 1st big down day on Thursday. However short delta is not enough and I got hurt by vol expansion. Many positions are in mgmt mode.

I did learn a big lesson on scalping: when market in panic mode, don’t trade early or too big, and keep enough buying power! Don’t break rules by putting on trades -1 day since overnight move is too great.