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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Options trade: SPX credit call spread (bearish trade)

Tuesday 1/22/2019 (Expiration Day)

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Trade 1 (10:25:33 am, PT)


buy +2 Jan 22, 2019  2665 calls at $0.05 (cheap wings)
sell -2 Jan 22, 2019  2635 calls at $2.00 (29 delta)

margin:  (2665 - 2635) x 2 x 100 =  $6000
credit (max potential profit):  ($2.00 - $0.05) x 2 x 100 =  $390


Trade 2 (11:54:09 am, PT)

buy back both short calls (2635) at $0.30
let the long calls (2665) expire worthless

PROFIT:  $330 (in 90 minutes)

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