AMZN High Octane 1 Day Iron Butterfly with AMZN near $ 1815. B 1 Jul 20 1815 C, S 1 Jul 20 1805 C, S 1 Jul 20 1805 P, B1 Jul 20 1805 P, 8.15 Credit. Risk $185. Looking to take this trade off for a profit in the first 1-2 hours of trading tomorrow as long as AMZN is somewhere between 1785 and 1840. Will keep you posted with what I do in the AM tomorrow. TSLA 1 Week Iron Condor with stock near $320 Jul 27 Expiration. 335-340 call spread and 305-310 Put spread. 2.29 Credit and I didn’t get filled . If I try this again tomorrow, will let you know. SPX 15 Day Butterfly Aug 3 Expiration. B 1 2780 C, S 2 2810 C, B 1 2835 C, 9.70 Debit. Not filled yet, if I get on tomorrow will let you know. *** TRADE UPDATE AS OF 9:50am 7/20/2018*** Yesterday we did an 1 Day Iron Butterfly with the short strike of 1815 for an 8.10 Credit. Today, with AMZN  at 1831  +18, the spread is trading at 8.40-8.70 area and I took it off for 8.40, a small loss.

TSLA is  trading at 312  +3 for today. I’m looking for a cheap shot on the upside. 3 weeks ago, TSLA traded $373. Today it has bounced a little but is still trading 16% lower than it did 3 weeks ago. If I am looking for more of a bounce over the next 2 weeks, here is a trade in the July 20 Expiration , I did today. Trade:  Buy 1  320 Call, Sell 2  330 Call, Buy 1  340 Call,  1.12  Debit. July 20 Expiration. Looking for TSLA to be between 317 and 345 over the next 7-8 days. This is an 11 Day trade. My profit Target is around 40% and look to get out of this trade in 7-9 Days. I paid 1.12 Debit and would like to sell it out for around 1.55 Credit. If TSLA trades under $300 in the next 7 Days, I probably would get out.   Dan Sheridan dan@sheridanmentoring.com  

July 5 Live  Trades from SOM  TV  Show   COST  Iron Condor.  Jul 20 Expiration.  S 1  215 C, B 1  220 C,  S 1  200 P,  B 1  195 P,  .99 Credit. With COST currently trading at 208  -1, the Iron Condor is trading at  .89. Nothing to do now.  Position Greeks at 208.23:  Deltas  -4,  Gamma  -3.47,  Theta  5.71,  Vega  -10.   TSLA  Bullish Butterfly. July 20 Expiration. B 1  320 C, S 2  325 C,  B 1  330 C,  .31 Debit. With TSLA at 307  -2 today, the spread is trading at around .30- 35 range , nothing to do right now.   Dan dan@sheridanmentoring.com

The below trade was discussed earlier today in a webinar with Ally Invest. B 1  JUL 6  2750 C, S 1  JUL 6  2745 C,  S 1  JUL 6  2660 P,  B 1  JUL 6  2655 P,   1.35 Credit. Margin or Risk per 1 contract is $365. I have an order in now for 1.35 credit at 12:27 pm central with SPX at 2704  -14. Not filled yet. Mid Price Range is between 1.25 and 1.35. My Profit Target is 15 % of my Max Risk of 365 and My Max Risk is 20% of $365. Would do smaller size than an 18 Day or 45 Day Iron Condor. There is more price Risk as you get closer to Duration and this trade expires this Friday in 4 Days! The beginning Greeks are :  Deltas  -.76,  Gamma  -.15,  Theta 24,  Vega  -18.   Dan Sheridan dan@sheridanmentoring.com

This week, the SPX has been between 2700 and 2723 if you just look at the closing prices of SPX this week and today. Big Deal?  No.  Twenty three  point range in a $2700 vehicle over the last 4 days? No big deal. Let’s look closer.  Monday and Wednesday had huge intra-day  price ranges, that’s a big deal if you have positions on. Monday had a 44 point range intra-day from 2698 to  2742   and closed at 2717. Wednesday this week had a range of 2699 to 2746 and closed at about 2700. When you see intra day ranges between 45-55, that’s huge. Those are the types of ranges you saw at the beginning of the correction in early February. That makes trading short term trades very difficult, especially if the IV is rising. With the VIX at about 18.39 as I  speak,  I am a little more comfortable with putting on short term , short Vega strategies like Butterflies and Iron Condors  , even with intra-day ranges exploding, why? Because I am now getting some compensation for the volatility in terms of farther ranges in my Iron Condors and cheaper prices and wider Break even points in my […]