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Futures
and
Op-ons
trading
has
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poten-al
rewards,
but
also
large
poten-al
risk.
You
must
be
aware
of
the
risks
and
be
willing
to
accept
them
in
order
to
invest
in
the
futures
and
op-ons
markets.
Don't
trade
with
money
you
can't
afford
to
lose.
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neither
a
solicita-on
nor
an
offer
to
Buy/Sell
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stocks
or
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on
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same.
No
representa-on
is
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will
or
is
likely
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performance
of
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system
or
methodology
is
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of
future
results.
CFTC
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AN
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ALSO,
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TRADES
HAVE
NOT
BEEN
EXECUTED,
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MAY
HAVE
UNDER-‐OR-‐
OVER
COMPENSATED
FOR
THE
IMPACT,
IF
ANY,
OF
CERTAIN
MARKET
FACTORS,
SUCH
AS
LACK
OF
LIQUIDITY.
SIMULATED
TRADING
PROGRAMS
IN
GENERAL
ARE
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TO
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FACT
THAT
THEY
ARE
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HINDSIGHT.
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INVEST
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TRADING
DECISIONS
SHOULD
BE
YOUR
OWN.
About Me… Formal info
• How
Wide?
Debit Spread Construction
-‐ Easier
to
enter,
flexibility
to
use
½
size
Time
charts
Swing Trading
• Why
Swing
Trade?
-‐ Even on Swing Trades, stocks don’t move in straight line
-‐ Fibonacci levels work very well on 60 minute charts
– The
best
chart
to
use
for
swing
trades
that
last
2
–
4
trading
days
is
the
60
minute
(Hourly)
chart.
Reversals
:
Divergences
Fibonacci
Retracements
Swing Trading
Trends
:
• Bullish
Breakout,
push
higher
through
Resistance
level
• Answer : FALSE
– Swing Trades are more frequent in the Hourly
timeframe than the intraday timeframes of 1,
3, 5 minute timeframes. Almost even 50/50.
Swing Trading
Debit Spread Basics
• Trading
Stocks/ETF
• $200
priced
stock/ETF
x
100
shares
=
$20,000
cost
-‐ Small cost to entry. Most $5 wide spreads cost $1 or $2
-‐ Easy to enter and exit in highly liquid stocks
-‐ Timing of entry & exit are important parts of trade
-‐ Can
be
applied
to
“Big”
stocks
with
no
addi-onal
cost
–
allows
par-cipa-on
in
explosive
moves
-‐ Also,
wider
universe
of
Stocks
&
ETFs
can
be
traded
on
Swing
Trade
-meframe
with
no
“penal-es”
Debit
Spread
Basics:
Quiz
Debit Spread Basics
Q1. -
Q1. Answer
• TRUE
• Bullish : Long/Short Call Options
• Bearish : Long/Short Put Options
Debit Spread Basics
Q1.
Q1. Answer
• FALSE
• The Spread must have the SAME option
expiration date
Debit Spread Basics
Q1.
Q1. Answer
• FALSE
• The Spread can be any distance between
the strike prices. (within reason – usually
$5,10, 15, 20 wide)
Debit Spread Basics
• Answer :
– Debit Spreads have a very low cost to enter
a position : $100-$200 a spread
– Debit Spreads have a known “maximum” loss
– Debit Spreads have a very nice potential
returns of 75%, 150%, +200% returns.
Debit Spread Basics
• Answer : FALSE
– With a well constructed Debit Spread, with
enough time left until expiration, Theta or Time
Decay is nullified by having long and short
positions, until a point where there is less than
7 days until expiration.
Debit
Spread
Construc-on
Debit Spread Construction
• For
Breakouts:
– Fall
back
below
resistance,
or
above
support
– Pullbacks
into
consolida-on
zone
Debit Spread Construction
• How Wide?
• Wide –
Debit Spread Construction
• How Wide?
• Normal
Trade
• Swing
Trade
:
2-‐4
days
• Add
7-‐10
more
• Target
“days
to
expira-on”
:
9-‐14
days
Debit Spread Construction
• Conserva-ve
Trade
• Normal
“days
to
expira-on”
:
9-‐21
days
• (Add
+7
day
buffer)
• Conserva-ve
“days
to
expira-on”
:
14-‐21
days
Debit Spread Construction
• Aggressive
Trade
• Swing
Trade
:
2-‐4
days
• Add
+
4
days
• Staged
Profits
• Along
the
path
of
the
Profit
Target
Zone
iden-fy…
• Fibonacci levels
• Staged Profits
• If enough shares/contracts…
• Runner?
Interactive Exercise
Debit Spread Construction
• Answer :
– The Profit Target Zone, the price level where
your believe your trade will move to, will
determine your strike prices.
– Also, how aggressive or conservative you be
in your trade, affects your selection
Debit Spread Construction
• Answer :
– Normally, options with less “days until expiration”
are more affected by Delta price moves in the
underlying.
– Also, max profit in an ITM spread occurs at
expiration, because the Theta effect is stronger
on short option than the ITM long option –
widening the value of the spread.
Debit Spread Construction
• Answer :
– I take profits, in a Planned Staged Profits
process. By using 2 or 3 logical points in the
projected move towards the Profit Target Zone, I
take profit “winners” by selling some percentage
of my overall positions at the “profit sell points”
– I also move my stop losses to breakeven trades
when there is a profit, then eventually lock-in
some profits with trailing stops.
Detailed
Debit
Spread
Trading
Plan
Debit Spread Trading Plan
• Next Steps…
• Iden-fy
Entry
point,
Use
5min
&
15
min
charts
to
enter
the
posi-on
Debit Spread Trading Plan Checklist