The markets opened down today based on a stronger dollar and some reported bank lending policy changes in China. But bullish sentiment is still predominant. Pullbacks such as today's are viewed as buying opportunities. Support levels have been established over the past couple of weeks for RUT at about $633 and SPX at about $1130. RUT hit $633 at about 11 am this morning and then traded steadily higher to close at $640, down a little less than $10 for the day. The SPX dipped below its $1130 support level twice today, but buyers came in and traded the SPX higher from about 1:15 pm into the close at $1138, down about $12 for the day. However, the predominance of bullish sentiment is of concern; often that is a sign of a market top. But one of the advantages of being a options income trader is that I don't have to predict the market's turns.
My Feb iron condor stands at a P/L of +$2,020, delta = -$17, and theta = +$82. Assuming no big changes in the market tomorrow, I will be establishing at least a portion of my March iron condors tomorrow.
