Global Swing Trades using Options

Trade#18: Bull Call Spread in S&P500

Opened a Bull Call Spread in S&P500 Future yesterday to capture an upward move following a minor breakout.

Trade#17: Bull Call Spread in Nasdaq closed with a loss

Frustrated that this moved from a comfortably profitable position to a loss following weekend news of raised tariffs again. As the NQ Futures Option Contract has contract size of 20, each contract produced USD2660 loss.

Trade #17: Bull Call Spread in Nasdaq

Not a breakout but a swing trade just before Christmas to capture a move upwards in Nasdaq early in 2026. I expect to adjust this one during January if conditions permit.

Trade#16: Bull Call Spread to capture S&P move upwards closed with a loss

This quickly reversed to hit my stop limit on Tuesday with a loss of 8.3% loss over 7 days. As the ES Futures Option Contract has contract size of 50, each contract produced USD850 loss.

Trade #15: Bear Put Spread in oil closed with a small profit

Not a great trade and I was lucky to close with a profit. Closing orders filled yesterday with 1.8% profit over 9 days. As the oil Futures Option Contract has contract size of 1000, each contract produced USD50 profit. nb I just noticed this wasn't published 04

Trade #16: Bull Call Spread to capture S&P move upwards

I opened a position in ES yesterday after a slight breakout to the upside and drop in implied volatility in a period of consolidation.

Trade #14: Bear Put Spread in S&P500 closed in loss

A sharp turnaround has passed my Stop Loss on this one, so I've closed early with 65.2% loss. An expensive couple of days! As the ES Futures Option Contract has contract size of 50, each contract produced USD3,638 loss.

Trade #15: Bear Put Spread in Oil

I opened a directionally short position in the NYMEX oil future yesterday after a breakout to the downside following a period of consolidation.

Trade #14: Bear Put Spread in S&P500

I opened a directionally short position in the S&P500 future earlier today to benefit from a weakening in price after a period of consolidation. I got a reasonable fill but will be watching this in case price rises.

Trade #13: Bull Call Spread in S&P500 Closed at a small loss

nb This relates to the trade opened 27 October, wrongly labelled #10. S&P500 has softened in the last few days and my Stop Loss has moved up to meet it so I closed this early at a loss of 7.2%. As the ES Futures Option Contract has

Trade #10: Bull Call Spread in S&P500

I opened a position in the S&P500 Future this morning to benefit from further strengthening in price after a breakout following a volatile week. My analysis of Friday's close also gave a bullish signal on Nasdaq but the index moved up faster over the weekend and

A quick update in the absence of trades

The major markets have been grinding upwards with frequent All-Time-Highs, which is great for our investments but hasn’t produced the kind of price action for me to take shorter-term trades.  I missed a couple of - profitable, with the benefit of hindsight - set-ups whilst on vacation in September

Trade # 12: Bull Call Spread in Treasury Bonds filled in profit

Whilst I was on vacation, closing orders filled with 33.1% profit over 8 days. As the ZB Futures Option Contract has contract size of 1000, each contract produced USD687.50 profit.

Trade # 12: Bull Call Spread to capture downward move on Treasury Bond Yield

...and move upwards in price, and drop in volatility after move on Friday.

Trade #11: Bull Call Spread in Nasdaq closed in loss

I didn't get a confirmation of strength in this position and the sell-off overnight has passed my Stop Loss on this one, so I've closed early with 24.5% loss over 5 days. As the NQ Futures Option Contract has contract size of 20, each contract

Opened a Bull Call Spread on Nasdaq

Markets are feeling toppy but the analysis suggests there is potential upside in this trade, opened earlier today. Conversely, given low volatility, its a great time to hedge any long positions.

Summary of first ten trades: 19.3% profit in 9 days, with Sharpe Ratio of 3.4!

Our Trades Are Beating the Market – Consistently! Even with two losing trades. Highlights: * Average profit per trade: 19.3% - slightly below historic performance * Average trade duration 8.9 days - in line with historic performance * Sharpe Ratio: 3.4 – risk-adjusted returns that most fund managers dream about * Trading 1

Trade #10: Bull Call Spread in Nasdaq closed in profit

Closing orders filled yesterday with 15.9% profit over 2 days. As the NDX Futures Option Contract has contract size of 100, each contract produced USD6,750 profit. Now that I have 10 trades opened and closed on here, I'll put together a summary in the next day

Trade #10: Update

As Nasdaq price rose today and Implied Volatility fell slightly, my first closing order just filled at 4.71, which is just over 10% profit, in 1 day.

Trade #10: Bull Call Spread in Nasdaq 100

I opened a position in Nasdaq - the Index this time - yesterday to benefit from a strengthening in price after a brief period of consolidation. I slightly overpaid for this and would have preferred to BtO below 400.

Trade #8: Oil Bull Call Spread closed at a loss

Closing orders filled today with 35.7% loss over 7 days. As the CL Futures Option Contract has contract size of 1000, each contract produced USD1190 loss. Trade 4 (another Bull Call Spread in oil) made 66% profit which mitigates this a little.

Trade #9: Treasuries Bull Call Spread closed in profit

I made a slight error when entering selling orders, so they filled more quickly than planned or expected, at a profit of 16.0% in 2 days. As the ZB Futures Option Contract has contract size of 1000, each contract produced USD267 profit.

Trade #7: S&P Bull Call Spread closed in profit

Closing orders filled overnight with 28.9% profit over 10 days. As the ES Futures Option Contract has contract size of 50, each contract produced USD2,050 profit.

Trade #9: Bull Call Spread in Treasuries to capture lower rates and higher price

I opened a position in US Treasuries yesterday to benefit from a softening in rates and increase in price after a period of consolidation. Opening price was 1 (42/64) but decimal is shown for clarity and simplicity.

Trade# 8: Bull Call Spread to capture move upwards in Oil price

I opened a position in oil on NYMEX yesterday after a breakout to the upside.