Didn't you also sell your seat that day? You must have been really confident the market was going
down to sell a seat.
I hit that seat before the market opened. I figured if I didn't hit the bid for the seat, someone else would.
Anyway I had seven seats; I just sold one.
Was this the first time you traded a seat? I mean seats aren't exactly a liquid market.
Yes, it was the first time I did it like that: trading the seat round turn in one day. But I have traded seats
before. I trade them depending on my mood in the market. On balance though, I want to be long seats. I believe in
our industry.
But in that circumstance, it did seem like a good trade?
I figured, "Hey, I have a lot of exposure in seats—a few million dollars worth—I better take some protection."
I sold that seat for $452,000 in the morning and bought it back the next afternoon for $275,000.
How much did you make that Monday?
That has caused me a lot of headaches. I would rather not say.
Obviously, your big money was made in the out-of-the-money puts. What percentage of that
position did you keep as of Monday's close?
About 95 percent.
You kept most of it! But the profits were so huge. Wasn't it tempting to just take it?
The reason I didn't cover was because I felt my long puts hadn't gone up enough. They all went to parity. The
puts that were thirty points in-the-money were trading at $30. In other words, the option premiums consisted almost
entirely of intrinsic value; the market wasn't giving them any time value premium. Given the enormous market
volatility, I thought that was crazy.
So, you figured you would wait till the next day.
Yes, and do you know what I did to hedge myself? I bought more insurance at the close on Monday. I covered
hundreds of my short calls.
You were basically buying more volatility.
It was the best thing I could have done. The next day they didn't know what they wanted more of: Half the
world wanted puts, and half the world wanted calls.
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |