august positions are up and running

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

Sold 30 SPX August 1315/1325 1175/1165 Iron Condors @1.20
Credit $3,600, Commission: ($189.95)
Margin: $30,000
ROI: 11.3%

RUT Iron Condor

Sold 30 RUT August 740/750 600/590 Iron Condors @1.26
Credit $3,780, Commission: ($189.95)
Sold 30 RUT August 740/750 610/600 Iron Condors @1.27
Credit $3,810, Commission: ($189.95)
Final position is Unbalanced 60×740/750 Call Spread and 30×610/590 Put Spread – Iron Condor
Margin: $60,000
ROI: 12.11%

I’m still holding on a choppy but basically neutral to bullish market over the near term. These positions both appear to have great risk/reward characteristics and I’m confident that by the end of September we will be back into positive territory after the beating we took in June!

I did place a very similiar trade to the Russell position above in my personal account. I trade was opened using two Vertical Spreads as I was unable to get a live fill for the full Iron Condor.