Review: DAX weekly options trade of last week (June 24 - 28, 2013)
Monday, June 24: Entry - bought weekly DAX 7600 ITM Call @ 163
(using IGMarket weekly options, DAX@7700, TimeValue = BreakEven = 63)
Max Risk of Trade: 163
Friday, June 28: Exit - sold 3/5 @368 and later 2/5 @325, Average Sell Price = 220 +30 = 350
Total Profit: 350 - 163 = 187
Risk/Reward: 163 / 187 = 0.87
This week's DAX trade (July 1 - 5, 2013): today on Monday July 1, the DAX has moved erratically all morning and there were no indications for a preferred direction for this week's trade. I will stay on the sideline and when a better situation develops - I will let you know!
Please feel free to contact me if you want to learn more about risk-defined option trades. If you are of the opinion that trading with stop-losses is not quite the smartest approach, then you might be happy to learn some option-tricks that will keep you out of trouble, while increasing your profitability.
Have a successful trading week, Tom
