Learn Options Trading
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In January of 2009, I opened a real thinkorswim.com account to
demonstrate trading one unit of the options trading strategy. This is
not a paper trading account. It is a real account, trading real money.
I traded this extra account for one year. I've provided screenshots to assist in your
options trading education.
The demo account was setup to demonstrate trading ONLY one unit of
the strategy with the indicated set aside in each month. The $30k
balance is simply the balance of the idle account that was transferred
to thinkorswim to setup the demo account. There was no intention to
trade the full amount in this account. We could have traded multiple units
in this account and maintained the same return percentages.
Disclaimer: No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown.
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
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January 2009: 4.34%
$217.00 on $5,000 set aside
Original Strategy
February 2009: 5.32%
$266.00 on $5,000 set aside
Original Strategy
March 2009: 5.22%
$260.83 on $5,000 set aside
Original Strategy
April 2009: 4.40%
$263.84 on $6,000 set aside
Original Strategy
May 2009: 4.12%
$246.96 on $6,000 set aside
Original Strategy
June 2009: 6.00%
$360.00 on $6,000 set aside
Original Strategy
NOTE: For the June 2009 trade, I was on vacation and did not trade the demo account.
The results for this month were derived from the median of the
fill prices that a number of students gave me.
July 2009: 0.77%
$46.40 on $6,000 set aside
Original Strategy
August 2009: 5.60%
$224.01 on $4,000 set aside
Original Strategy
September 2009
NOTE: For the September 2009 trade, I was on vacation overseas and did not trade the demo account.
October 2009: 4.40%
$175.84 on $4,000 set aside
Aggressive Strategy
November 2009: 6.30%
$251.86 on $4,000 set aside
Aggressive Strategy
December 2009: 6.25%
$249.84 on $4,000 set aside
Aggressive Strategy
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