Cease all equity trading and liquadate all holdings to comply with my new firm’s compliance policy. Can continue to trade FX

November 24, 2009 · Posted in Trades, US Equities · Comment 

Covered 500 sh of Qwest at 3.76

P&L – $80

 

All equity trading will be ceased due to compliance policy at my new firm.

However, I can continue to trade FX

Sold 200 shares of Marvell Technology – Nasdaq: MRVL @ 16.21

November 19, 2009 · Posted in Trades, US Equities · Comment 

formed a doji yesterday followed by today's weakness

i decided to take profit today and might re-add my position later at a lower level

P&L + 180

Shorted 500 shares of Qwest Communication at $3.61

November 7, 2009 · Posted in Trades, US Equities · Comment 

Qwest Communications International – NYSE:Q

Action Taken: Shorted 500 shares of Q at $3.61

Rational : It has a hard time to break above $3.61 resistance (50 DMA) , $3.60 (20 EMA) . OBV is trending down.

Targetting : $3.00

Sold 2 Estee Lauder NYSE:EL Nov 45 Call at $1.95

November 7, 2009 · Posted in Trades, US Options · Comment 

 

Estee Lauder – NYSE: EL

Position: Long 2 November $45 Call

Action Taken:  We closed our position at $1.95 

Rational:

 

EL has been up for 5 consecutive days and Williams% is suggesting it is at the overbought territory.

There are 14 days left in the option (10 trading days) and the time decay is taking away $6 per day .

We believe that this rally could be running out of stream and it is at our best interest to lock our profit as the overall market is not being strong today.

P&L : +$265

Close the remaining of the calendar spread on JPM

November 3, 2009 · Posted in Trades, US Options · Comment 

Close the 41 put Nov/Dec caldendar spread at 92 cents credit.

in essense

Bought 2 Nov 41 Put at $1.10

Sold 2 Dec 41 Put at 2.02

Total P&L for the whole calendar spread is $113

Breakdown below:

Sept 16, 09: Sold 5 Oct , and bought 5 Dec 41 Put for $1.26 = Costed $630

Sept 23, 09: Sold 5 Nov, and bought 5 Oct 41 Put for $0.62 credit  = Received $310

Oct 31, 09 : Sold 3 Dec, and bought 3 Nov 41 Put for $0.83 credit = Received $249

Nov 3, 09 : Sold 2 Dec, and bought 2 Nov 41 Put for $0.92 credit = Received $184