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19 June 2018 @ Bought AUDUSD Call Option expiring 20 July 2018

RBA minutes came out this morning somewhat dovish and uncertain about whether the next rate decision will be up or down or flat.  AUD took a hit!

I decided to buy a one month call option expiring on July 20th with the following details: –

Spot; 0.7375

Premium; 0.70

Breakeven; 0.7445

 

Let’s see……………..

27 April; Take profit on AUDUSD and USDJPY options…………

This morning Asia time I decided to take profit on both the options with the following details: –

AUDUSD; sold at 0.7550, locking in a trading profit of 122bps.

USDJPY; sold at 109.20, lock in a trading profit of 0.76yen.

Not bad for a short trade!

Let’s see if we can identify another trade in the near future.

20 April @ 2 week AUDUSD put option expiring on May 4th

On April 20th, I felt that the AUDUSD was peakish from a technical viewpoint.  More importantly, was the recent media releases about the health of the banks and the fact that the property market in Australia is starting to slide.

I decided to take the opportunity to do a 2 week put option expiring on May 4th with the following details: –

Strike; 0.7722, Premium; 50bps, Breakeven; 0.7672

Let’s see.

25 January 2018 @ Bought three options………..

After the majors ripped through the USD for a better part of January, I decided that it was about time the USD was oversold or too far beaten up, that it will shortly be time for a reversal.

I decided to buy three options as follows: –

USDJPY @ Call option expiring Friday, 2 March; strike at 108.83, premium at 1.10 and breakeven at 109.93

GBPUSD @ Put option expiring Friday, 2 March; strike 1.4313, premium of 150bps and breakeven at 1.4163

AUDUSD @ Put option expiring 16 February; strike 0.8113, premium of 72bps and breakeven at 0.8041

 

I sold off the GBPUSD put option at 1.3990 for a trading profit of 173bps.

I sold off the AUDUSD put option at 0.7790 for a trading profit of 251bps.

My USDJPY option is in trouble with spot at 107.15, the option may expire in early March worthless.  In any case, at the time when I bought the option I was prepared to part with the option monies, so it’s ok.

More importantly, these three option trades clearly demonstrate that we can’t win all the time.  What’s important is to follow and study the market, put our mark on it and wait for the market to come to us, however, we should always manage the risk parameters, if we don’t, chances of losing monies is imminent.

Now, I need to think about doing the reverse in the USDJPY, what do the rest of you think?

14 Dec @ FOMC!

I wasn’t sure whether the FOMC will turn out like the BOE last month, but there was sufficient buzz in the market to suggest that it could be a volatile event.

I decided not to stay up for the action but instead place some one day vanilla options with the following details:-

EURUSD Call Option; Spot 1.1762, Premium; 40bps, Breakeven; 1.1802

USDJPY Put Option; Spot 113.05, Premium; 38bps, Breakeven; 112.67

AUDUSD Call Option; Spot 0.7610, Premium; 21bps, Breakeven; 0.7631

Decided to square all the three options as follows: –

EURUSD at 1.1830 for a trading profit of 28bps

USDJPY at 112.61 for a trading profit of 0.6 yen

AUDUSD at 0.7634 for a trading profit of 3bps

This whole exercise turned a small profit of 36bps……………aarrgghh…………the whole event turned out to be a lacklustre event.

Ok, I am closing my books for 2017.

Will put up the final performance figures for 2017 shortly.

 

Sad….sad…..sad…..AUDUSD option trade

It looks like the two AUDUSD call options that I bought; one expiring tomorrow and the other one on December 14th will both expire WORTHLESS.

And I am going to be hit with a loss of 142 bps being the premiums paid upfront. Actually, at the start, I have already decided to risk the 142bps, so it’s okay but still sucks! Hahahahahahahahaha……………ok people………..alittle humour?!

This year end is proving to be really difficult to trade, maybe, should just close my trading books and call it a day for 2017?!

Then again, we have major potential events happening this month, will it bring with it high volatility given the lower trading volumes?

Let’s see.

14 Nov @ 1 mth AUDUSD call option expiring Friday, December 14th

Saw the low in the AUDUSD this morning and decided to add on to my earlier call option by doing another 1 month call option expiring Friday, December 14th with the following details:-

Strike at Spot: 0.7620

Premium: 72bps

Breakeven: 0.7692

Let’s see.

RBA…………….

As expected, RBA kept interest rates the same and the statement was positive and supportive of the labour market and economic conditions in the country.

This should be supportive for the AUDUSD, maybe, my call option will be fine.

Let’s see.

Nov 1 @ Bought a 1 month AUDUSD Call Option expiring Friday, Dec 8th

I feel that the AUDUSD is somewhat oversold, given the strong economy, strong exports, stable housing, low interest rates, good employment and great weather.

So I decided to buy a one month call option with the following details: –

Strike at Spot: 0.7665

Premium: 70bps

Breakeven: 0.7735

Currently, it is trading at 0.7700

AUDUSD put options expired……….worthless

The two AUDUSD put options caused me premiums of 65bps.

You win some you lose some.

The lesson learnt this time around, is that when dynamics change, it is important to take two steps backwards to study the changing dynamics and to ascertain whether the goalposts are changing or have changed and why?