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Category Archives: Trades

These is where we share with you the trades that we have executed. We also track our trades for overall profit/loss reconciliation.

Bought 1 week AUDUSD put option expiring Friday, July 21st

Felt that AUDUSD was getting too high and at levels where it should not be, so I decided to buy a put option for 1 week expiring Friday, July 21st with the following details: –

Spot: 0.7730, Premium: 35bps, Breakeven: 0.7695.

Let’s see.

2 week EURUSD put option bought on July 5th and expiring July 14th

This particular call has turned out to be wrong and it looks like I will be taking a loss of 50bps as there will be no way that EURUSD will fall below 1.1270 within the next 3 days.

Oh well, you win some, and you lose some, that is FX trading for all of us.

Squared off EURUSD Put Option last night

Was following the Yellen speech last night and wasn’t convinced that it was a bullish speech, so I decided to sell the option last night at 1.1400 for a small trading profit of 49bps.

Bought a USDJPY call option expiring Monday, July 17th

Bought a USDJPY call option expiring on Monday, July 17th with the following details: –

Spot: 113.25, Premium: 0.48, Breakeven: 113.73.

Let’s see what happens?!

Bought EURUSD Put Option expiring Monday, July 17th

During lunch today when EURUSD was hoving dangerously near the 1.1500 level, I decided to buy a put option expiring on Monday, July 17th with the following details: –

Spot: 1.1485, Premium: 36bps, Breakeven: 1.1449

Right now at 9:54pm Singapore time, EURUSD has broken through the 1H 50DMA and 200DMA.

Let’s see what happens when Janet Yellen speaks shortly.

Squared GBPUSD

GBPUSD doesn’t seem to be making any appreciable move upwards, so I decided to square off my Long GBPUSD at 1.2900 for a decent trading profit of 62bps.

UK Claimant Count

I was looking for a trade today.

Decided to do a straddle on the GBPUSD with the following details: –

Stop if Offered; 1.2790, Spot 1.2818, Stop if Bid; 1.2838

As it turned out the Stop if Bid was triggered as Claimant count came in lower at 6K versus 10.5K expectation.  Unemployment also improved slightly from 4.6% to 4.5%.

Am still holding the spot position with SL at 1.2838.

Let’s see.

Squared GBPUSD Put Option

I didn’t feel comfortable about the GBPUSD so I decided to square the option at 1.2875 for a trading profit of 45bps.

Squared AUDUSD Put Option

Felt that the AUDUSD was not going south as strongly as I had anticipated so decided to square the option at 0.7580 for a trading profit of 57bps

5 July @ Bought 2 week EURUSD Put Option

The 1H chart looks so yummy with the EURUSD bursting downards of the Ichimoku clouds.  It also cut from the top the 200DMA.

It suggests to me that in the short term there could be further weakness in the EUR.

I decided to buy a 2 week EURUSD Put Option expiring on July 14 with the following details: –

Spot: 1.1320, Premium: 50bps, BE: 1.1270

Let’s see.