Last week was brutal. SPX lost over 4.7% and many of our SPX trades that were bullish are underwater again. I reversed trading to credit call spreads instead and try to manage the open trades by rolling them away and waiting for a better opportunity to manage them. It will be a long process.
We rolled one box trade away (that delivered nice credit, hope we will manage to keep it in the end). We also traded CCS (credit call spread) spreads. Those trades delivered a $1,685.00 gain. That brought our account up by +5.34% while SPX lost -4.77%.
Our SPX account is up +822.97% since the beginning of this program, and we have $37,594 in unrealized gains.
Initial SPX trade set ups
For the SPX strategy, I dedicated a $3,600 initial amount that will be used to trade SPX PCS strategy per week. Today, the account is up at $33,226.95. However, due to the recent bear market, many trades are still tight to open trades which need to expire to release the funds.
WHAT WILL WE TRADE? | ||
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DAY | DTE | TYPE |
MONDAY | 7 DTE & 40 delta | 10 wide Put Credit Spread |
TUESDAY | 30 DTE & 40 delta | 10 wide Put Credit Spread |
WEDNESDAY | 7 DTE & 40 delta | 10 wide Put Credit Spread |
FRIDAY | 60 DTE & 14 delta | 10 wide Put Credit Spread |
EVERY MONTH | 120 DTE | Put Debit Spread – HEDGE |
Our SPX strategy is designed as directional options trading. We are selling credit put spreads to collect premiums, and hopefully, these spreads expire worthlessly, or we repurchase them for a small debit.
We use a set of indicators (primarily based on moving averages and volume profiles) and market sentiment that generates bullish signals. The trading is based on a “trend following strategy.” We open the trade if we have a bullish signal and a bullish trend. If we do not have a signal, we stay away.
We set the set of rules and alerts and backtested them. The backtesting software proved that the strategy was viable and returned good gains. We also tried to automate the decision-making as much as possible to have the trading as mechanical as possible. This helps eliminate our emotions. The decision-making was reduced to: “bullish signal present” – open a trade, “not present” – stay away. It worked well.
Here you can see all our trades:
Click on the picture above to see the entire list.
We do not trade 0 DTE trades although we may shorten the DTE if needed. This strategy is designed to be as passive as possible. You open a trade and let it run. You do not need to be glued to the computer all the time. The strategy takes advantage of the market’s historical behavior of mainly going up. Yes, there will be selloffs and corrections, even bear markets, but over time, it goes up. And therefore, our strategy is designed for this direction. The premise is that if we have a bullish trend, we open a bullish spread and let it run. 80% or 90% of the time, it will be a winning trade. And if the trend is strong, we open more aggressive trades (which is not the case today due to the market’s correction).
How much money can you trade?
As you can see in the table below, the highest amount of cash to trade this strategy is $19,995.00. That will allow adjustments, rolls, and comfortable trading without blowing your account. Can you trade less? Well, yes, I started with a $3,600 initial amount. But you need to be selective. You won’t trade all trades. You just trade the safest trades only (which is the Friday trade), especially in this market, and when the market gets out of this mess, you can start adding trades. And you do not compound. You must wait for the actual trade to end before opening a new trade. This way, the growth will be a lot slower, and you collect less credit, but you do not blow your account, mainly when you need to roll. You do not have money to do that (as the old busted trade will need more buying power which can be reduced by adding an offsetting trade that neutralizes the old trade, but you still will need that initial buying power).
Last week trading
Overall, the strategy resulted in a +822.97% gain last week.
Initial account value (since inception: 12/07/2021): | $3,600.00 |
Last week beginning value: | $31,541.95 |
Last week ending value: | $33,226.95 (+5.34%; total: +822.97%) |
The highest capital requirements to trade this strategy: | $19,995 |
Current capital at risk: | -$4,594 |
Unrealized Gain: | $37,594 (-818.33%) |
Realized Gain: | -$7,073 (153.96%) |
Total Gain: | $30,521 (-664.37%) |
Win Ratio: | 55% |
Average Winner: | $325 |
Average Loser: | $496 |
SPX PCS account vs SPX index net liq
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