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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Elder Implulse update

OK, just a quick update on the Elder Impulse trades since I went active with the trading strategy.

The first trade was more or less a test and I treated it as such.  It was only a couple of hours in duration on a short term option play:

May 22 GLD 115 Call
Entry: 6 May $2.50
Exit:   6 May $3.25
Gain/Loss: + 23.1%
Duration: 2 hours

These other trades are of longer duration and are currently open:

Jan 22 2011 GLD 115 Call
Entry: 7 May $11.50
Exit: Open
Current Price: $13.35
Gain/Loss: +15.93%
Duration: 4 days


Jan 22 2011 AUY 10 Call
Entry: 7 May $2.25 
Exit: Open
Current Price: $2.58
Gain/Loss: +14.2%
Duration: 4 days



Jan 22 2011 SSRI 15 Call
Entry: 11 May $6.20 
Exit: Open
Current Price: $6.60
Gain/Loss: +6.25%
Duration: 1 days

So far so good.  I purposefully went to the farther out expirations to allow me to hold theses positions to get a feel for trading stops and volatility of the actual Elder Impulse chart indicators.  I tracked these trades on paper with the nearest May expiration and the returns were eye popping!  A May GDX 48 Call went up over 100% in 1 day!  

With a new trading mechanism I believe you have to gain confidence before swinging for the fence.  I will continue to play with the Elder Impulse and pass on what I am seeing.

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