RUT did the job SPX normally does. SPX did not. And the final 10 minutes of the session settled both of them at once.
Two trades to start the week off with.
...Crude, ETH/BTC twice, RUT and SPX. Four instruments, one day, and by the close every single credit spread had been transformed into a fly.
...Three profit tents, 4 trades, 1 lot each, and the biggest one paid out while I was watching Spider Man.
Monday was a Premium Popper day that did not need me after about 11am. Here is what got taken, what got locked, and the wild card that turned a decent morning into a very tidy one.
...The dashboard graded FOMC as a bonus rather than a hazard, so the position went on at double size. $145 locked in, $645 live at the short strike through the statement, and the press conference took it away while I was doing something else entirely.
...SPX landed close to the bullseye for around $930. RUT locked $140 with $640 sat on the table. Two transforms, two different shapes, and neither trade could lose.
...Batman By Lunchtime
$200 locked in.
Risk-free from there.
And it was done by lunchtime.