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the russell is on the move

October 13, 2006 by Ryan Barr

This morning the Russell 2000 hit 760, about 30 points away from the short strike on our Bear Call Spread. I did a very quick analysis on the risks to the position and it’s about 4% risk that the Russell will close above 790. Personally, I’m happy to absorb a 4% risk to the position, [...]

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august positions are up and running

July 27, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Over the past few days I’ve been able to secure fills on two August positions. The first in an SPX Iron Condor and the second position was a result of two RUT Iron Condors. I’ll run down the positions here; however, they are also reflected in the portfolio section of the site. SPX Iron Condor [...]

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let the profits roll in…

July 20, 2006 by Ryan Barr

July was a nice month. Apple reported great earnings and I was able to close the position opened earlier this month for a quick gain. Thursday late in the date I unrolled the RUT and SPX plays for next to nothing and I fully expect the MSH play to close completely profitable. The only play [...]

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nice big march cushion

March 13, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Well its the last week of the March option cycle, and I’ve got a couple of nice fat cushions on each of my positions. This morning the market opened up, as I write this is the SPX is up 5.53 and the RUT is up 7.43; currently they sit as 1287 and 733 respectively. And [...]

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knowing when to get in and when to get out

February 25, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time evaluating potential investments, both in the stock market and new businesses. As a part of this process, I’ve been struck with the importance of knowing when to get in, and when to get out. In my opinion it is critical to have a clear entry and exit [...]

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march rut iron condor complete

February 23, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Today I was filled on the Call side of my March 2006 RUT Iron Condor. Mar 2006 RUT 780/790 Call Spread; completing an Iron Condor Sold 780 Call & Bought 790 Call Opened: Sold on 2/23/2006 for $0.15 Credit Reason: This completes a 660/670 780/790 Iron Condor. Using a three month window, the strike prices [...]

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new march rut position

February 21, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Well, its back to the races! Expiration Friday is behind us and last month was a good one. I only had one trade on, but it was a very successful one I’m out looking for new candidates for the march cycle and think I might have found a good one. I’m looking at a position [...]

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another good day in the options market

February 17, 2006 by Ryan Barr

Its expiration Friday! This is one of those days in the month were you either love it or hate it. For me, expiration Friday is usually a pretty good day. This month I came out 100% profitable – but that’s not very hard when you only have one trade going for the month. Position recap: [...]

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a few new trades

January 20, 2006 by Ryan Barr

It’s that time of the month again… I’m out hunting for positions. The market looks pretty choppy, the quick run-up at the beginning of this month and the recent hammerings of the past few days have me thinking its time to find a few good ones. Here is what I was able to do today. [...]

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