Closing (Margin): /MCL February 15th 68/93 Short Strangle
... for a .98 debit.
Comments: Although I've still got 30 days to go with this, taking it off in small profit without affecting net delta much (the 68 was at the +11 delta, the 93 at the -10), leaving me with the fairly narrow 74.5/84 to manage in the Feb cycle, along with a far out-of-the-money short put at the 67. I'll leave that short put on here since I still need its long delta at the moment.
Collected a total of 1.24 in credits for the 68/93, so closing out here for .98 results in a .26 ($26) profit. I generally like to wait for at least .50 ($50) to take these off, but am already up decently on my /MCL trades for the month, so feel okay with taking small profit here, simplifying the position, and freeing up the buying power to get ready to move into the next cycle.
Comments: Although I've still got 30 days to go with this, taking it off in small profit without affecting net delta much (the 68 was at the +11 delta, the 93 at the -10), leaving me with the fairly narrow 74.5/84 to manage in the Feb cycle, along with a far out-of-the-money short put at the 67. I'll leave that short put on here since I still need its long delta at the moment.
Collected a total of 1.24 in credits for the 68/93, so closing out here for .98 results in a .26 ($26) profit. I generally like to wait for at least .50 ($50) to take these off, but am already up decently on my /MCL trades for the month, so feel okay with taking small profit here, simplifying the position, and freeing up the buying power to get ready to move into the next cycle.