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Bought 2 Months volatility on Industrials: XLI AUG $36/37 Strangle for $1.73 (4.6%)

Hayden — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:33:43 +0000

Betting on Industrial stocks will move on ISM release this friday .

bought august strangle on XLI (industrials) for $1.73 (4.6%)

Catalysts in upcoming 3 days:

Thursday 8:45 AM EST : Chicago PMI

Friday 6:50 AM EST : Japan Tankan

Friday 9:00 AM EST : ISM Mfg Index

Covered the remaining short on Citigroup at $38.96

Hayden — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:24:16 +0000

Shorted @ $4.51 before the reverse split

its equivalent to $45.10 after split

P&L = + $6.14 per share

Bought RIMM May11 $60 Call for 0.30.

Hayden — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:58:26 +0000

RIM analyst day on May 2nd. as we are already holding the sept put spread, we r buying the may $60 call for 0.5% in case of any positive surprises

Bought May11 AMD $8 Put @ $0.16

Hayden — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:33:18 +0000

AMD up 4% on intel’s better than expected earnings on the 20th. AMD’s numbers will be announced on the 21st and we believe there should be more downside to the price.

Sold BRCM May 2011 $40 CALL @ 62 cents

Hayden — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:44:27 +0000

one month Vol's up today,

May $40 Call's IV up 2.60%

sold some May calls to hedge up our synthetic long done a while back

expecting a short term downturn but still maintaining long term upside exposure

Bought January 2012 Synthetic Long on Broadcom (BRCM) at $45 strike. Bought Jan 2012 $30/60 Risk Reversal as well

Hayden — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:09:55 +0000

Trade Reasoning:

Takes advantage of leveraging by doing a synthetic instead of just longing the actual stock.

Choosing OTM Call (ATM Put) is because we are bullish and that way we would be receiving net credit of the whole trade. The payout is very similar if we choose ATM Call (OTM Put) strike at $40 for a net debit.

Buying a Risk Reversal because we believe it will not go above $60, and giving us a downside protection at $30.

Breakdown of the trade:

Synthetic Long :

Bought Jan12 $45 Call @ $3.38
Sold Jan12 $45 Put @ $7.58

Risk Reversal:

Bought Jan12 $30 Put @ $1.46
Sold Jan12 $60 Call @ $0.52

Net Credit : $3.26

Bought Sept 2011 $60 / $52.5 Put Spread on Research in Motion @ $2.80, delta:16 vol:39%, bought underlying at $62.03 to be delta neutral.

Hayden — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:23:28 +0000

RIMM earnings tomorrow, wants to get some downside exposure.

April's vol is pretty elevated at 50ish …

the September 60/52.5 put spread seems pretty reasonable at 4.5%

compared it with June 60/52.5 put spread costs 4% @ 45vol, we decided to buy the September Spread, which gives us more time to trade around with it..

Shorted Citigroup @ $4.51. Gapped up Doji today.. sign of reversal?

Hayden — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:38:06 +0000

after rebounding from its low earlier this week, friday's daily candle showed a gapped up DOJI.

we see that as a sign of reversal and so we placed a short on Citi and it was filled at $4.51

Covered more delta for AMD @ $8.23, to maintain Delta Neutral after big drop today

Hayden — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:20:53 +0000

covered more delta for our $9 Put that is expiring this friday.

Bought more AMD at $8.23 to maintain Delta Neutral after big drop today

Delta Hedge… bought AMD at 8.64

Hayden — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:21:45 +0000

to delta hedge our March $9 put