Minimum Account Balance:
5k or more is ideal for this trading system. |
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Style:
Aggressive. Account Growth is the focus of this risky trading system. |
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Focus Symbols:
Pick 2 Focus Symbols. Dont change your focus symbols for 6 Months. Trade only from your focus symbols. |
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MultiLots Method:
Yes. This trading system will use 'MultiLots' method for position size management. A 'MultiLots' method is where you will be investing incrementally once the trade is identified. For example: Let us say you planned on investing $500 in a particular trade. Instead of investing all of $500 in one go, you will first invest a portion of it, say $150 in starter lot. And then in a couple of hours or days you will add to this position by investing another $150. Please note depending on the trading system you choose, the rules to add second lot may vary. |
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Starter Lot:
Starter Lot trades will be taken from Dip-A setups triggered for any of your Focus Symbols. |
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Second Lot:
Second Lot trades will be taken from any Dip-B or Dip-C. Setups in the same direction as starter lot. (Strike and Expiry can be different)
Second lot trade will be added only to adjust a starter lot trade that did not go your way. |
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Protection Lot:
None. Protection lot trades are not applicable for this trading system. |
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Maximum Investment Per Trade.
No more than 3% of your capital account balance in a trade ( All lots combined). For example: Assuming your account balance is 5k. Maximum Investment per trade ( all lots combined) must not exceed $150 (3% of 5K). Since this is a 'MultiLot' trading system and the proposed lot ratio between starter and Second for this trading system is 1:1. You will only invest $75 in your starter lot. The other $75 is reserved for Second lot. ( Please factor in commissions when calculating how much to invest in each lot) |
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Maximum Market Exposure.
No more than 5% of your capital account balance in all active open positions. ( All symbols + All lots combined). Excluding open positions (trades) from profit account. |
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What type of Option Contracts can we trade for this Trading System?.
You can trade both CALLS and PUTS for this trading system. As a variation, you may want to trade either only CALL alerts or only PUT alerts to further narrow your focus. |
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Logical Accounts:
Two Logical Accounts. Capital Account and Profit Account. You don't need to seperate brokerage accounts. Just manage two logical accounts in an excel spread sheet or by creating journals in sleekoptions.com. |
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Lot Ratio:
Lot Ratio for trades placed from capital account will be 1:1 in terms of dollar value. ( First Lot : Second Lot). For example: If you purchased $100 worth of MSFT Calls for your statert lot, your 2nd lot you will invest for the same $ value. The number of contracts may vary. |
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Profit Transfer Formula:
For every profitable trade from capital account, transfer 90% of the profit to profit account and retain the other 10% in the capital account. |
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Profit Account Trade Setups:
Apply the same system that you applied for capital account trades. |
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Min Accmulated Balance for 1st Trade from Profit Account:
$100. Keep transfering profits from capital account trades until this balance is reached in the profit account. You can place your 1st trade from profit account only after the profit account balance is $100 or more. |
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Number of Consecutive Trades from Profit Account:
Two. After two trades, move the entire balance from profit account to capital account and start all over again. This completes the 'ProfitCycle' and you will be starting a new ProfitCycle. If you are using journals in sleekoptions.com to record and manage your trades, create a fresh journal every time you start a new round of ProfitCycle. You can name your journals 'ProfitCycle1', 'ProfitCycle2' and so on.. |
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Minimum Investment for the second trade from Profit Account:
80% of the Proceeds from your first trade from Profit Account. Transfer 20% to your capital account. If your balance in profit account is not sufficient enough to place a good trade, move the entire balance from profit account back to capital account and start all over again. |
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Trading Days Gap between Trade1 and Trade2 from profit account:
One Trading Day. After you close your first trade from profit account, give a gap of 1 tradin day before you place your second trade from profit account. |
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Can I trade from Profit Account when one or more Capital Account Trade is still active and open?
No. Wait until all the capital account trades are closed before you place your first trade from profit account. |
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Follow 'MultiLots' position system for trades placed from Profit Account?
Yes. |
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Should I trade only from My Focus Symbols for Profit Account Trades?
Yes. |
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Exit Strategy for Capital Account Trades when trade is in Profit
Hold until the current trend is broken for both capital and profit account trades. |
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Exit Strategy for Profit Account Trades when trade is in Profit
Hold until current trend is broken to maximize returns |
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Exit Strategy for Capital Account Trades when trade is in a Loss
1. If the trade peaked around 40% but you missed to take the profit and if the position is in a loss of more than 25%, exit the position for a loss.
2. If the position never peaked around 40% profit. Hold the position and add second lot when triggered. See rules for adding second lot for more details. |
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Exit Strategy for Profit Account Trades when trade is in a Loss
1. If the trade peaked around 40% but you missed to take the profit and if the position is in a loss of more than 25%, exit the position for a loss. |
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When do I add Second Lot?
1. If your first lot is profitable you will not add 2nd lot in this trading system.
2. Add 2nd lot only when your starter lot position is still open and never peaked above 40% and currently in a loss. |
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My first trade from profit account resulted in a loss. Should I proceed with my second trade from profit account?
Yes. With whatever balance that is left after the first trade. |
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My first trade and second trade from profit account resulted in a loss. Should I proceed with third trade from profit account as there is still some balance left?
No. Move the balance to capital account and start a fresh 'ProfitCycle' . |
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When to EXIT 2nd lot Trade?
1. Exit both Starter Lot and 2nd Lot if the profit of the combined position is around 40%., hold until the current trend is broken.
2. If the combined position is in a loss. Don't add 3rd lot to a loosing position. You can either take a loss or hold until expiry.
3. As an alternative, to maximize returns you can do this. If your 2nd lot trade really went up so high that it even recovered the cost of your 1st lot trade, you can exit only your 2nd lot and hold your 1st lot for some more time.
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Multiple alerts are posted in the same direction. What should I do?
When multiple alerts are posted in the same direction, and if you are already in a trade in that symbol, ignore the alerts. If you are not in the trade, you can decide to get a starter lot in one of the alerts. For Example: If you already have MSFT Calls, and an other MSFT Primary Setup alert is triggered, ignore the new alert. |
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Multiple alerts posted in different direction. What should I do?
When multiple alerts are posted in different direction, and if you are already in a trade in that symbol, you can add starter lot in opposite direction. Consider this as a fresh trade and apply the same exit and 2nd lot rules as you would apply on a new trade. For example: Let us Say you have MSFT CALLS which is currently in profit and MSFT PUTS Primary Setups are triggered, consider MSFT PUTS as a fresh trade and add starter lot. |
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New Alert is triggered when I already have a open position. What should I do?
Ignore those alerts. |
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An alert is 2 days old but has not moved much and has not expired yet, can I trade that alert?
No. Wait for a fresh alert. |
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