Market Analysis and Straddle Adjustment Strategies (2024-09-26)

This is how the market looked yesterday:

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And this is how it looks today:

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Existing Positions

/ESZ24 Oct 2nd 7/8 DTE Short Straddle

Closed for +$387.50 (+10%) return since Sep 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM

New Position

/ESZ24 Oct 4th 7/8 DTE Short Straddle

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Experiments

Some trades that I’m following to learn and try out other strategies.

0 DTE

2/3 DTE

/ESZ24 Sep 30th 3DTE Short Straddle (Exp)

So far, +$175 (+7.7%) return since Sep 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM

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7/8 DTE

/ESZ24 Oct 1st 7/8DTE Short Straddle (Exp)

So far, +$806.25 (+22%) return since Sep 23, 2024 at 3:37 PM

Will keep it on for now to test adjustments.

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/ESZ24 Oct 3rd 5775 7/8DTE Straddle (Exp)

So far, -$12.50 (-0.3%) return since Sep 25, 2024 at 6:31 PM

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Others