The markets were up and down again last week. The indexes we have open trades with are hovering and not causing any concerns. All our Bull Put trades have lots of distance and are very safe this weekend. We also have a hedge trade in place in case the market crashes. It would make sense to hedge the call side if the market starts moving up on a consistent basis. But this market continues to go up and down with the net effect of not changing very much. Our hedge on the Put side is very necessary because a market crash could occur at any time causing the market to drop 8%-12% in just a few days. This is also why we should have contingent stop loss orders in place to automatically close our Bull Put trades. We should be able to manually sell the Put options for a big profit after the market drops. The markets will never rise 8% to 12% over a few days but it could over a few weeks. At the beginning of an uptrend we would buy some call options if we have any Bear Call trades open.
We are doing very well collecting multiple credits on the NDX index this expiration period. I really like this index because these 100 companies are making profits and not losing billions due to the credit and mortgage crisis.
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