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Papermoney

Papermoney gets a fill – thanks for a quick rally Mr. Market

September 1, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Well, the quick run-up this morning provided a nice moment for the papermoney portfolio to get filled.  I’m not the proud owner of 90 SPY puts for March 2010.  Oh yeah, they are up more than 5 grand by the end of the day as well.  I’m not going to close them out for a [...]

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Awaking Papermoney from a deep sleep

August 28, 2009 by Ryan Barr

I’ve recently been very bad at keeping updated trades in the Papermoney Portfolio. Thankfully, I don’t think anyone actually follows it Well, I’m following some activities in my real account in Papermoney, going heavily short with Puts on the SPY.  I placed a few buy GTC Limit orders this evening that should get triggered in [...]

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An intermidiate top?

April 5, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Possibly, and as a result I sold my papermoney calls on Friday.  I’m still holding the SKF and SPY puts. I’ve updated the papermoney tables with the trade.  Sorry for the weak analysis over the past week or so.  I’m swamped with babysitting our son, and keeping up with school work.  I’ll try to get [...]

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Heading higher?

April 1, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Who knows any more   It looks to me as though we are getting close to a very important cross roads here in the /NQ and /ES. I’ve jumped into a slew of SPY Calls to balance off the Puts that are open right now. The papermoney page is up to date. The futures are [...]

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Papermoney – Two new trades

March 24, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Two new positions in the papermoney portfolio. Both are effectively short equity positions via options, puts on the SPY and calls on the SKF.

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Papermoney: Exiting the SKF Position

March 12, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Call me a chicken if you’d like. I’ve closed down the SKF position because of my concern with decay in the value of the options. I guess I can’t complain, 4 days and 8.9% total portfolio profit and 65.8% on a single trade.

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Recap of /ES trades March 9th/10th and an update to the SKF papermoney trade.

March 10, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Lots of trades today. Most of them chasing what could have been. Take a look for a recap of my /ES trades, what I’ve learned from them. Also, a solid recap of the SKF trade with a few charts on both SKF and XLF (what drives SKF).

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Papermoney – April SKF Put Update – Letting the profits ride

March 10, 2009 by Ryan Barr

I’ve closed off 10 of the 13 SKF Puts. Locking in the initial investment and a couple grand in profits. Details inside…

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New Papermoney Trade – Long April 140 SKF Puts

March 9, 2009 by Ryan Barr

The SKF Put position that was detailed earlier this weekend has been filled. I’ve added an additional few contracts to add into this already profitable play.

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Reset the portfolio

March 7, 2009 by Ryan Barr

It’s time to restart the papermoney portfolio. I’ve included a quick reference to the new format for the tracking table and the analysis of my first order in this new portfolio.

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