Posts Tagged ‘amzn’

• December Trade Review
  stevenplace, December 18th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, Comments: 0

  A couple things to note:

  This doesn’t take into account commissions. So if you have some absurd commission structure with your broker (2.50/contract + 8/trade) then your return is significantly diminished.
  These fills are not necessarily the fills that the market gave to subscribers. Sometimes there was a much better fill 30 minutes after I put the [...]

• My AMZN Trade and What to Do When You’re Short Gamma
  stevenplace, October 26th, 2009 at 11:31 am, Comments: 0

  AMZN beat. Or something like that. Sheesh.
  In the context of this declining volatility, I feel that the current strategy for most earnings trades would be to sell volatility prior, with the expectation that the move will not be greater than what the options are pricing in. When you sell volatility, you’re looking to make money [...]

• A Short Term Post-Earnings Trade
  stevenplace, July 24th, 2009 at 8:28 am, Comments: 0

  This is a free trade, as it doesn’t fit in our portfolio in terms of timeframe.
  Well here’s a little primer for the overall reasoning behind the trade.
  Before earnings, there is a risk that the price action after the numbers release will be big, so people are willing to pay more and speculate on the move [...]

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  Midday Update, Jul 20th
  stevenplace, July 20th, 2009 at 11:48 am, Comments: 0

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  Subs: New Trade in AMZN
  stevenplace, July 20th, 2009 at 11:13 am, Comments: 0

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  Midday Update for Jul 16th
  stevenplace, July 16th, 2009 at 11:53 am, Comments: 0

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• Happy Hour Trade Review
  stevenplace, May 8th, 2009 at 6:03 am, Comments: 0

  This list isn’t exactly comprehensive, but it’s got the general theme: fade momentum by getting into some spreads, looking for a decrease in absolute price movement into June.
  You can copy and paste these trades directly into your thinkorswim platform; they’ll also be on mytrade. Do note that the position sizes are just defaulted at 10, [...]