SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)

[Neutral Man]

Trade Journal for Dummies(Update)!

WOW, talk about April FOOLS Joke, OUCH!

Can you imagine being SHORT and capitulating today at 30.95 and now you see the Discount Wave you've been long-ing for, oh boy, deeze guyz are GOOD!?

We expect a -4.0% down day and a tagging of the OE Pivot, Sweeeet!

TODAY's COMPLETED and/or PENDING TRADES:

New trades today:
None

Pending trades(GtC, Good till Cancelled):
None

TRADE HISTORY:

OPEN POSITIONS(Long/Short ratio = 1.00 to 1 Net Neutral bias)

LONG(controlling 20k shares):
28, StO, Apr31 puts at 1.20 (40), last 1.40, -0.80 loss
19, BtO, Apr29 calls at 2.48 (40), last 1.85, -2.52 loss
18, BtO, Apr32 calls at 0.72 (40), last 0.38, -1.36 loss
11, BtO, Apr34 calls at 0.16 (80), last 0.08, -0.64 loss

SHORT(controlling 20k shares):
27, BtO, Apr32 puts at 1.98 (40), last 2.13, 0.60 gain
26, StO, Apr27 calls at 3.08 (40), last 3.55, -1.88 loss
23, StO, Apr30 calls at 1.02 (40), last 1.19, -0.68 loss
02, BtO, Mar28 puts at 1.87 (40), last 0.37, -6.00 loss
01, BtO, Mar28 puts at 2.91 (40), last 0.37, -10.16 loss


Pending Gain/(Loss)$, (23.44) or -23,440
Commissions$, (800)
Total cost$, -24,240

CLOSED TRADES:(we've closed 20 trades thru 30Mar)
31Mar(0)
None
30Mar(4)
25, StO, Apr28 calls at 2.36 (40), bought for 2.26, .10 gain, posts as .40
24, StO, Apr28 calls at 2.37 (40), bought for 2.27, .10 gain, posts as .40
22, StO, Apr27 calls at 3.21 (40), bought for 3.01, .20 gain, posts as .80
21, StO, Apr28 calls at 2.70 (40), bought for 2.40, .30 gain, posts as 1.20
27Mar(2)
16, StO, Apr28 calls at 3.20 (40), bought for 3.10, .10 gain, post as .40
20, StO, Apr30 calls at 1.80 (40), bought for 1.60, .20 gain, post as .80
26Mar(2)
17, BtO, Apr30 calls at 1.90 (40), sold for 2.05, .15 gain, posts as .60
15, BtO, Apr26 calls at 4.86 (40), sold for 5.11, 0.25 gain, posts as 1.00
25Mar(5)
05, StO, Apr28 calls at 2.61 (40), bought for 2.31, .30 gain, post as 1.20
10, StO, Apr28 calls at 3.06 (40), bought for 2.61, .45 gain, posts as 1.80
09, BtO, Apr31 calls at 1.05 (40), sold for 1.15, .10 gain, post as .40
13, StO, Apr32 puts at 2.02 (40), bought for 1.72, 0.30 gain, post as 1.20
14, StO, Apr30 puts at 1.07 (40), bought for 0.87, 0.20 gain, post as 0.80
24Mar(2)
06, BtO, Apr33 calls at 0.22 (40), sold for 0.38, 0.16 gain, post as .64
12, StO, Apr32 puts at 2.03 (40), bought for 1.83, .20 gain, post as .80
23Mar(5)
06, BtO, Apr33 calls at 0.22 (80), sold for 0.42, .20 gain, post as .80
07, StO, Apr33 puts at 2.95 (40), bought for 2.75, .20 gain, post as 0.80
08, BtO, Apr29 calls at 1.91 (40), sold for 2.16, .25 gain, post as 1.00
04, BtO, Apr30 calls at 1.25 (80), sold for 1.44, .19 gain, post as 1.52
03, StO, Apr31 puts at 1.95 (40), bought for 1.75, .20 gain, post as .80

Beg Port Balance , $30,000 (inception date 23Feb09)
FebOE gain/(loss), $ 2,100
MarOE gain/(loss), $10,780
AprOE gain/(loss), $ ??,???

Posted gains against 1000 shares, $17.36/1000 shares or $17,360 less commissions (Port starting funds = $42,880, 41.1% posted gains for this OE period).

Daily Gains$:

23Mar- 4.92, 30Mar- 2.80
24Mar- 1.44, 31Mar- 0.00
25Mar- 5.40, 01Apr- ?.??
26Mar- 1.60
27Mar- 1.20

Wkly Gain/(Loss)$:
Wk1- $14.56, Wk2- $2.80, Wk3- $?.??, Wk4- $?.??

4cast(like TA, Charts, Fibs & Lies), is ONLY for entertainment purposes!

We expected prices to be up 12.5% for the week ending 03Apr and clean da-Shorts clock, OUCH!?

Date Open High Low Close
27-Mar 31.07 31.18 30.71 30.82
30-Mar 30.29 30.32 29.62 30.06
31-Mar 30.33 30.95 30.27 30.32
4cast
1-Apr 29.40 30.02 29.02 29.18

YTD OE Stuff:
Pivot, 29.86, (closed 19Dec08)
High, 31.68, up 6.1% (posted 10Feb)
Low, 25.63, dn -14.2% (posted 09Mar)
Close, 30.32, up 0.7%
Range, 6.05
PM, 20.3%


R8, 41.8, 40%
R7, 40.31, 35%
R6, 38.82, 30%
R5, 37.33, 25%
R4, 35.83, 20%
R3, 34.34, 15%
R2, 32.85, 10%

R1, 31.35, 5% with the YTD High being at 31.68 we expect dis-Puppy to be breached SOON!

Closed, 30.32, up 1.5%, Above the OE Pivot and the YTD Pivot, VERY BULLISH!

YTD Pivot, 29.86, 0.0%, a breach and close above this pivot will cause serious upside action?.
AprOE Pivot, 29.18, close on 20Mar

S1, 28.37, -5%
S2, 26.87, -10%
S3, 25.38, -15%
S4, 23.89, -20%
S5, 22.4, -25%
S6, 20.9, -30%
S7, 19.41, -35%
S8, 17.92, -40%