Friday, November 20, 2009

GDX put diagonal

Based on my thoughts on the overall on the commodity/dollar and GDX (Dollar, Interest Rates, and Commidities), I traded the below diagonal:



I expect GDX to continue falling to as low as $45 if not more. I also plan to keep rolling the trade by selling puts every month (Dec and Jan). With these short sales, I expect to capture 30% of the long put's price. If GDX rises or stays constant, I will just sell more OTM puts to become delta neutral and get more premium.

For my overall strategy on diagonals in general, please refer to this article. Otherwise this is a fairly bearish simple trade on gold.

2 comments:

Danno said...

I've heard a couple of people say they expect GDX to drop to $45 if not further. I'm curious why the $45 level might be a sticking point. Is it some kind of retracement level or..? Thanks.

Wown said...

It is the 50% retracement to the current uptrend and also the middle of the bollinger envelope. Finally it also happens to be the very close to the 21 day MA.

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