Locking in profit is and important aspect of trading. profitable trade turning into loser can have very negative impact on your psychology. few tricks how i do it.
1. If I have naked call/ put buy - i will convert into Spread by selling otm CE/PE
2. for bull call spread -
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book existing bull call spread and execute another bull call spread with lower debit
3. If we are in last 2 weeks of Expiry - can convert bull call spread in to ratio or butterfly.
4. If we have naked CE/PE sell - hedge it with otm CE/PE [credit spread]
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5. if we have PE credit spread - can add ce credit spread [convert to Iron condor]
this list is just 2% of what we can do with options. understand the logic of each strategy and transition from one strategy to another.
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