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Econ Calendar 11/9 – 11/13
Markets
Sell The Hedge On Wednesday, Panic-Buy It Back On Thursday
SPY puts:
I bought mine back on Wed and sold them again on Thur. 🙂 🙂
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/panic-buying-protection-thursday-was-biggest-put-day-cboe-history
What is perhaps even more striking is how recent the entire top 10 list is. Eight of the ten biggest put days in Cboe history have taken place in 2026, and the other two came in 2025 (Liberation Day and October 10, 2025). Three of them, Nov 5, Oct 30 and Oct 16, happened in the past three weeks alone. As for the three decades before that? Not a single entry.
IREN
#rolling
#kickthecan
SOLD IREN from/16 JUL 27 60 PUT /to 21 JAN 28 put @.92 credit
SPX
Challenging getting filled this morning but was able to roll these down:
Rolled $SPX Nov 6 7600 puts out to Nov 20 7570 puts @ 7.35 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 6 7550 puts out to Nov 20 7500 puts @ 21.00 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 6 7540 puts out to Nov 20 7470 puts @ 18.50 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 6 7535 puts out to Nov 11 7515 puts @ 9.50 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 6 7510 puts out to Nov 11 7470 puts @ 8.80 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 6 7560 puts out to Nov 20 7490 puts @ 5.15 credit
XSP rolls 11/6/26
#FuzzyLEAPs Looks like I’ve booked myself a vacation. Didn’t see much point in rolling down one strike when I’m over 30 strikes ITM.
Rolled $XSP Nov 6th 774 puts to Dec 4th 774 puts, .70 credit
Rolled $XSP Nov 9th 777 puts to Dec 11th 777 puts, 1.06 credit
SPX
Mr. Market I dare ya!! That’s just below the 100 day and right as SPX has rallied back to the lower edge of the weekly expected move.
Sold SPX Nov 20 7600/7605 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.50
October Jobs Report
#Jobs — Much higher than expected, and UE slips
Gain of +165,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of +59K
Unemployment down 0.1 at 4.1%
U6 unemployment up 0.3 at 7.9%
Labor force participation up 0.1 to 61.9%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.4%; +3.1% Y/Y
September jobs revised up by +31K to +60K
August jobs revised up by +53K to +186K
SPX
Rolled SPX Nov 06 2026 7625.0 Puts to Nov 20 2026 7605.0 Puts @ 2.00 credit
Rolled SPX Nov 06 2026 7680.0 Puts to Dec 18 2026 7630.0 Puts @ even
Rolled SPX Nov 06 2026 7700.0 Puts to Dec 18 2026 7660.0 Puts @ even
LEAPs at 7800 so all winners!
XSP
Rolled XSP 6 Nov 764 Put to XSP 13 Nov 764 Put @ 0.70 Credit…
SPX
#fuzzyleaps
Premarket:
Rolled SPX Nov 6 2026 7500 Put to Nov 11 2026 7465 Put @ 7.25 credit.
Ladder now:
Nov 9 7415 Put (ITM)
Nov 10 7500 Put (ITM)
Nov 11 7465 Put (ITM)
LEAPs:
3 @ 7700, Dec 20 2030
SPX (yesterday’s close):
7353
Futures at time of trade are up +0.36%.
SPX
2030 IS A LONG WAY OFF 🙂 🙂 1505 days!
Might be rolling some positions as far out as Dec monthly expiration tomorrow. Compare that to the rolls I was doing back during Liberation Day in March – April 2025. We came back from that and have had an unbelievable run. Shouldn’t be any different here. These types of things are expected to happen every once in awhile. Also linking a Tom Sosnoff video that I found interesting.
Wow, big moves today as an understatement!
Big moves require big adjustments if you want to try to recover some trades.
With that in mind gave my SPX BWB a 500 point wide adjustment to the downside. Hope it holds, the last time I did this I still lost (to the upside) but hopefully that was enough of a down move there will be short covering tomorrow.
Taking some more stock gains
Sold all my WYNN at $83.01
Sold my tiny position in MAA at $123.00
Sold my tiny position in EXC at $47.01
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPX Go Up SPX Go Down
Rolling out a week and as far down as I can while still getting a credit.
Rolled SPX Nov 05 2026 7650.0 Puts to Nov 12 2026 7635.0 Puts @ 0.60 credit
SPX
Rolled SPX Nov 05 2026 7600.0 Puts to Nov 11 2026 7570.0 Puts @ 5.50 credit
SPX
Bought to Close SPX Nov 20 7825/7830 Bear Call Spreads @ .45 (sold for 1.40)
SPY
Got up this morning and saw everything was flat so never even turned on the laptop figuring I’d wait for some theta to come out. Two hours later get a message from a friend wondering what was going on. Wow.
Reloading!
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 680.0 Puts @ 5.10
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 690.0 Puts @ 6.05
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 700.0 Puts @ 7.25
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 705.0 Puts @ 8.60
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 710.0 Puts @ 8.55
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 715.0 Puts @ 9.75
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 720.0 Puts @ 10.00
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 725.0 Puts @ 12.80
QQQ
STO QQQ Dec’26 600 puts @ $9.79
QQQ
STC QQQ Dec’28 500 calls @ $231.15 (paid $258.61)
SPX
Rolled $SPX Nov 5 7585 puts out to Nov 6 7560 puts @ 6.30 credit
SPX
Premarket….Rolled SPX 6 Nov 7440 Put to SPX 11 Nov 7440 Put @ 5.50 Credit….
Current Ladder
9 Nov 7350 Put
10 Nov 7450 Put
11 Nov 7440 Put
3 Leaps 7700 Dec 2030
#fuzzyleaps
XSP
Premarket Rolled XSP 5 Nov 764 Put to 6 Nov 764 Put @ 0.89 Credit
Roll # 5…..5.20 collected so far….
#fuzzyleaps
SPX
#fuzzyleaps
Premarket:
Rolled SPX Nov 5 2026 7485 Put to Nov 10 2026 7500 Put @ 7.00 credit.
Ladder now:
Nov 6 7500 Put
Nov 9 7415 Put
Nov 10 7500 Put
LEAPs:
3 @ 7700, Dec 20 2030
SPX (yesterday’s close):
7688
Futures at time of trade are up +0.09%.
SPX
Rolled SPX 4 Nov 7350 Put to SPX 9 Nov 7350 Put @ 5.40 Credit….
Rolled SPX 5 Nov 7450 Put to SPX 10 Nov 7450 Put @ 5.15 Credit….
Current Ladder
6 Nov 7440 Put
9 Nov 7350 Put
10 Nov 7450 Put
3 Leaps 7700 Dec 2030
XSP
Rolled XSP 4 Nov 764 Put to XSP 5 Nov 764 Put @ 1.10 Credit….
SPCE
#kickthecan
#rolling
#toehurt
Sto SPCE from 15 JAN 27 7 PUT / to 21 JAN 28 7 put/ @.29 credit
XSP rolls 11/4/26
#FuzzyLEAPs
Rolled $XSP Nov 4th 775 puts DOWN to Nov 6th 774 puts, .75 credit
Rolled $XSP Nov 4th 778 puts DOWN to Nov 9th 777 puts, .40 credit
FIS Puts
Sold 1 FIS 11/06/2026 28.0 Put at $0.20
Sold 1 FIS 11/06/2026 27.0 Put at $0.10
Taking some stock gains
Sold a tiny bit of CPB at $23.01
Sold a tiny bit of WY at $21.65
Sold all my CLX in one account at $100.11
Sold all my FISV in one account at $61.01
Sold all my MOS at $20.11
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPX
Scalped today’s 7825/7830 Bear Call Spreads @ .65 gain.
SPX
Rolled $SPX Nov 4 7600 puts out to Nov 6 7600 puts @ 10.95 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 4 7550 puts out to Nov 6 7550 puts @ 6.55 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 4 7530 puts out to Nov 6 7540 puts @ 6.50 credit
Closing hedge
Sold to close $SPX Nov 20 7250/7225 bear put spread @ 1.00 for a 1.75 loss
QQQ – closed the hedge, added to my LEAPS
STC the Jan’27 650/550 bear put spread earlier @ $15.26 credit (opened @ $17.35 debit)
BTO QQQ Dec’28 500 calls @ $258.68 (adding to my position)
SPX
Sold SPX Nov 20 7825/7830 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.40
SPY
Taking almost 30 percent of max in a few days.
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 695.0 Puts @ 3.04 (sold for 5.15)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 700.0 Puts @ 3.35 (sold for 5.25)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 705.0 Puts @ 3.70 (sold for 5.15)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 710.0 Puts @ 4.10 (sold for 5.55)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 715.0 Puts @ 4.50 (sold for 6.25)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 720.0 Puts @ 5.07 (sold for 6.75)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 725.0 Puts @ 5.65 (sold for 7.45)
Bought to Close SPY Dec 18 2026 730.0 Puts @ 6.38 (sold for 8.05)
OptionsExpiration
QQQ 11/03/2026 708/698 Bear Call spreads expired
#fuzzyleaps Premarket: Rolled SPX Nov…
#fuzzyleaps
Premarket:
Rolled SPX Nov 4 2026 7500 Put to Nov 9 2026 7415 Put @ 7.20 credit.
Ladder now:
Nov 5 7485 Put
Nov 6 7500 Put
Nov 9 7415 Put
LEAPs:
3 @ 7700, Dec 20 2030
SPX (yesterday’s close):
7568
Futures at time of trade are up +0.75%.
SPX
My earliest roll ever. 4:30 here in Vegas. 🙂 🙂 Going ahead and moving the ladder out to Mon Tue Wed next week.
Rolled SPX Nov 04 2026 7625.0 Puts to Nov 10 2026 7600.0 Puts @ 26.50 credit
QQQ Calls at the bell
Sold 1 QQQ 11/04/2026 707/704 Bear Call Spread at $0.32 Credit
Sold 1 QQQ 11/04/2026 707/705 Bear Call Spread at $0.22 Credit
Sold 1 QQQ 11/04/2026 708/706 Bear Call Spread at $0.21 Credit
Pre-election downside hedge
Bought $SPX Nov 20 7250/7225 bear put spread @ 2.75, long puts a bit outside the expected move.
XSP rolls 11/3/26
#FuzzyLEAPs Another disastrous attempt to swing roll. I need to ban this practice; i just thought with higher VIX I’d have a shot. I’m glad we seem to be recovering and post midterm elections have seen rallies every time since 1980.
Rolled $XSP Nov 3rd 777 puts UP to Nov 4th 778 puts, -.85 debit
Rolled $XSP Nov 3rd 774 puts UP to Nov 4th 775 puts, -1.70 debit
Now I must resume attempts to roll down which I have spent most of this year failing to do. This strategy peaked profit for me in mid-August and I have made no profit since then.
RDDT APTV Puts
Bought to close 1 RDDT 11/16/2026 75.0 Put at $0.01. It can’t go any lower.
Sold 1 APTV 11/20/2026 40.0 Put at $0.88 to replace it (post-earnings trade)
Tuesday trades
Sold QQQ 11/03/2026 698/708 Bear Call Spreads at $0.13 and $0.18 Credits
Sold 1 MU 11/04/2026 945/935 Bear Call Spread at $0.70 Credit
Sold 1 MU 11/04/2026 960/950 Bear Call Spread at $0.35 Credit
SPX
Filled premarket on the spike up at 7:30 central.
Rolled SPX Nov 03 2026 7675.0 Puts to Nov 09 2026 7650.0 Puts @ 5.20 credit
XSP
Rolled Premarket XSP 3 Nov 764 Put to 4 Nov 764 Put @ 0.70 Credit
$3.21 collected since opening on 10/29….and 3 rolls so far….
SPX
Rolled Premarket SPX 3 Nov 7545 Put to 6 Nov 7440 Put @ 5.20 Credit
Current Ladder
4 Nov 7350 Put
5 Nov 7450 Put
6 Nov 7440 Put
3 Leaps 7900 Dec 2030
#fuzzyleaps
SPX
#fuzzyleaps
Premarket:
Rolled SPX Nov 3 2026 7570 Put to Nov 6 2026 7500 Put @ 7.00 credit.
The 7570 Put was ITM, but today’s roll got it back OTM (at least for now).
Ladder now:
Nov 4 7500 Put
Nov 5 7485 Put
Nov 6 7500 Put
LEAPs:
3 @ 7700, Dec 20 2030
SPX (yesterday’s close):
7541
Futures at time of trade are down -0.19%.
XSP
Rolled XSP 2 Nov 766 Put to 3 Nov 764 Put @ 0.70 Credit…
SPX
Rolled SPX 2 Nov 7560 Put to 5 Nov 7450 @ 5.70 Credit….
Current Ladder
3 Nov 7545 Put (ITM)….
4 Nov 7350 Put
5 Nov 7450 Put
3 Leaps 7900 Dec 2030
XSP rolls 11/2/26
#FuzzyLEAPs Missed the morning highs for a chance to roll lower, so traded the swing in the last hour. Swing-rolls:
Rolled $XSP Nov 2nd 777 puts to Nov 3rd 777 puts, .11 credit
Rolled $XSP Nov 2nd 774 puts to Nov 3rd 774 puts, .50 credit
Looks like a Downside Warning will fire at the close. But it’s hard to get too invested in a correction happening given the variable of election results.
SPY
Adding.
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 695.0 Puts @ 5.15
CE Put
Sold 1 CE 11/20/26 40.0 Put at $0.65
SPX
Rolled $SPX Nov 2 7600 puts out to Nov 6 7535 puts @ 24.95 credit
Rolled $SPX Nov 2 7580 puts out to Nov 6 7510 puts @ 22.00 credit
Monday Trades
Bought to close 1 GOOGL 11/02/2026 265/270 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
Sold on 10/29 for $0.48 Credit
Bought to close 1 MU 11/02/2026 820/830 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
Sold on 10/29 for $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 IREN 11/06/2026 18.5/19.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 MU 11/02/2026 860/865 Bull Put Spread at $1.23 Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 11/06/2026 22.5 Covered Call at $0.02
Sold 1 TTD 11/06/2026 14.0 Covered Call at $0.03
Sold 1 TSCO 11/06/2026 37.0 Covered Call at $0.05
Sold CPB 11/06/2026 23.0 Covered Calls at $0.05
Sold 1 RDDT 11/06/2026 75.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 MOS 11/06/2026 16.5 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 IREN 11/06/2026 15.0 Put at $0.20
Sold 1 ORCL 11/06/2026 90.0 Put at $0.06
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX
Rolled SPX Nov 02 2026 7675.0 Puts to Nov 05 2026 7650.0 Puts @ 11.30 credit
SPX
Premarket on the bounce.
Rolled SPX Nov 02 2026 7650.0 Puts to Nov 05 2026 7600.0 Puts @ 9.00 credit
Rolled SPX Nov 02 2026 7670.0 Puts to Nov 06 2026 7625.0 Puts @ 9.75 credit
SPX
#fuzzyleaps
Premarket:
Rolled SPX Nov 2 2026 7585 Put to Nov 5 2026 7485 Put @ 7.45 credit.
Ladder now:
Nov 3 7570 Put
Nov 4 7500 Put
Nov 5 7485 Put
LEAPs:
3 @ 7700, Dec 20 2030
SPX (yesterday’s close):
7580
Futures at time of trade are up +0.33%.
Earnings 11/2 – 11/6
Econ Calendar 11/2 – 11/6
SPX
Did these right before the close.
Rolled $SPX Oct 30 7630 puts out to Nov 4 7600 puts @ 7.35 credit
Rolled $SPX Oct 30 7600 puts out to Nov 4 7550 puts @ 13.10 credit
Rolled $SPX Oct 30 7580 puts out to Nov 4 7530 puts @ 25.55 credit
Rolled $SPX Oct 30 7625 puts out to Nov 5 7585 puts @ 12.35 credit
XSP
Rolled XSP 30 Oct 766 Put to 2 Nov 766 Put @ 1.08 Credit
OptionsExpiration
Had to roll some IREN and MU Put Spreads out a bit but almost everything else worked
AMZN 215/217.5 Bull Put Spread
BA 155/160 Bull Put Spreads
IREN 18/20 Bull Put Spread
TSLA 435/432.5 Bear Call Spread
TSLA 435/430 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 23.0 Covered Call
BOIL 22.0 Covered Call
CPB 22.5 Covered Calls
SPCE 4.0 Covered Call
TSCO 36.0 Covered Call
TTD 13.5 Covered Call
BOIL 16.0 Put
BSX 34.5 Put
CMG 25.0 Put
EWZ 25.0 Put
F 11.0 Put
F 10.5 Put
WYNN 69.0 Put
No assignments
VIX futures in steep backwardation
Happy Drop-o-ween
PEP IREN MU Spreads closed
Bought to close 1 PEP 10/30/2026 122/130 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
Bought to close 1 IREN 10/30/2026 19.5/21.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
Bought to close 1 MU 11/02/2026 1120/1110 Bear Call Spread at $0.01
FIS Stock
Sold the last bit of FIS stock at $38.01. Bought at 35.81.
#FormerFallingKnife
SPX
Rolled SPX OCT 2026 7675 Puts to Nov 02 2026 7675 Puts @ $6.50 credit.
Not rolling down as I wouldn’t be surprised if these are OTM on Monday.
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 730.0 Puts @ 8.05 against SPY Dec 18 2026 425.0 Puts that were bought yesterday.
QQQI
I
#income
#kickthecan
Closed my SWVXX today to avoid adrenaline rush, in case of assignment on QQQI.
rolled QQQI from 20 NOV 26 54 PUT/to 18 DEC 26 54 put/ @.46 credit
rolled QQQI from 20 NOV 26 55 PUT /to 18 DEC 26 55put/@.41 credit
SPX
Rolled SPX Oct 30 2026 7720.0 Puts to Nov 06 2026 7700.0 Puts @ 2.00 credit
Rolled SPX Oct 30 2026 7710.0 Puts to Nov 06 2026 7680.0 Puts @ even
Rolled SPX Oct 30 2026 7675.0 Puts to Nov 02 2026 7670.0 Puts @ 2.60 credit
Rolled SPX Oct 30 2026 7650.0 Puts to Nov 04 2026 7625.0 Puts @ 15.50 credit
SPX
FWIW
Unchanged for the week.
🙂 🙂 🙂
SPY
Out to Dec at the 200 day and lower.
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 700.0 Puts @ 5.25
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 705.0 Puts @ 5.15
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 710.0 Puts @ 5.55
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 715.0 Puts @ 6.25
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 720.0 Puts @ 6.75
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 725.0 Puts @ 7.45
Sold SPY Dec 18 2026 730.0 Puts @ 8.05
SPX
Booking all the hedges. In the money spreads didn’t move much. They were experimental but made a little.
Bought to Close SPX Nov 06 2026 7500/7505 BeCS @ 4.00 (sold for 4.35)
Bought to Close SPX Nov 20 2026 7500/7505 BeCS @ 3.85 (sold for 4.15)
Bought to Close SPX Nov 20 2026 7950/7955 BeCS @ .45 (sold for 1.25)
LII CPB Stock
Sold my last lot of LII at $350.43. Bought at $330.00
Sold a bit of CPB at $21.30. Bought at $19.41
#FormerFallingKnife
