When something looks too good to be true it usually is.

But so far not this year.

The day-trading strategy developed here last November and dubbed in earlier posts “The Fool’s Game” has now had 32 days like today since the start of this year.

Thirty-two trending days.

I define a trending day as any day the SPY calls or the SPY puts or a combination of both gain more than 100% on the day trade. All trades are long only. The 276 in-the-money put for today closed the day trade up 166% on each $10K traded (see the chart on the left below). There were no trades triggered in the calls.

This was one those great trending days that goes one way all day.

And by the way, the market, with today’s hard sell down, is now wildly oversold so the chance of bounce tomorrow is very high. I say that chance is about 85%, but that’s mostly a guess based on the past six months market action. No telling how high. There’s also about a 75% chance the bounce will be a one-day wonder.

For fun, I’ve included a chart of the “at-the-money” 277 Put for today below on the right just as a comparison between one strike and another on a day of expiration. The gain per $10K traded, $25,384 (also the percentage gain, 253%) is in the white flag on the lower right of the chart.

Obviously, the greater the risk the greater the reward.

Remember these posts are meant solely for entertainment purposes and for the educational purpose of showing what the possibilities are in options if one has persistence, experience and discipline. They are in no way be construed as any kind of direct or indirect trading or investing advice.

(click on the charts for a larger view)



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