Finally calling it quits on this sucker. I decided to close it because there was only $0.80 of left, my had been neutralized by the recent down-tick, and volatility was so low that it was no longer worth the risk of having the position. I decided that I'm better off using my capital elsewhere to earn back the remaining losses. I've done all I can with this one.
I've been in this trade since the beginning of December and it has been a turd from the start. The for the original trade was somewhere around $3... XHB dropped almost $5 in the first couple of weeks, trapping me in an Then it had a massive rally back which gave me the opportunity to uninvert the Not only did I uninvert the strikes, but I reestablished the trade as an entirely position by skewing the risk profile of my new strangle to the upside. Thank God I did, because XHB continued to rally all the way to $39 – almost 26% higher than it's low!
Now, keep in mind that XHB is a low priced so the in the options is fairly limited – especially as its collapsed through the rally. As a result, this was a tough position to defend. This little bastard definitely beat me, but considering its outsized moves in BOTH directions, I'd say a $1.33 loss is not a bad turn out. This was a lousy trade from the start, but I put up a good fight and kept my losses to a pretty insignificant level – all thanks to mechanical management and keeping my risk small.