$KOLD #ShortCalls #TopOfTheChain – so…. the top of the chain turned out not to be high enough. But positions are small and far off.
Sold 1 KOLD Feb 19 2016 140.0 Call @ 25.40
Sold 1 KOLD May 20 2016 140.0 Call @ 34.40
Might even be able to sell some puts while I hold these.
Daily Archives: Friday, November 20, 2015
Options Expiration
Expiring:
$AAPL 11/20/2015 120 calls (covered)
$AAPL 11/20/2015 105 puts
$AMBA 11/20/2015 45 puts
$AMZN 11/20/2015 635 puts
$AVGO 11/20/2015 95 puts
$BIB 11/20/2015 42.50 puts
$EOG 11/20/2015 75 puts (covered–I’m short the stock)
$FL 11/20/2015 52.50 puts
$JOY 11/20/2015 14 puts
$KOLD 11/20/2015 100 puts
$KORS 11/20/2015 37.50 puts
$LLY 11/20/2015 72.50 puts
$SVXY 11/20/2015 47.50 puts
$SVXY 11/20/2015 52 puts
$SVXY 11/20/2015 67 calls (covered)
$SVXY 11/20/2015 70 calls (covered)
$SWKS 11/20/2015 75 puts
$TDG 11/20/2015 200 puts
$UVXY 11/20/2015 100 calls
$UVXY 11/20/2015 26 puts
$WYNN 11/20/2015 55 puts
$ZSL 11/20/2015 67.60 calls
$ZSL 11/20/2015 85 calls
Asssignments–Going long stock:
$GMCR 11/20/2015 70 puts
$HAIN 11/20/2015 60 puts
Stock being called away:
$KOLD 11/20/2015 140 calls
$UVXY #LongPut – I’m exercising…
$UVXY #LongPut – I’m exercising my long UVXY Nov 75 Put. Delivering 100 shares of long stock to whoever was still short this position.
Originally paid 27.50 for the put, so a really nice gain on the position.
#OptionsExpiration – A Big, big…
#OptionsExpiration – A Big, big expiration – Would have been better if KOLD had stayed under 136. Still made money on the position because I bought the stock to protect the short calls.
AAPL Nov 20 2015 109 Puts
ALXN Nov 20 2015 90 Puts
BBY Nov 20 2015 25 Puts
BIB Nov 20 2015 42.5 Puts
BOIL Nov 20 2015 19 Puts
BOIL Nov 20 2015 33 Calls (Covered)
CC Nov 20 2015 5 Puts
CMG Nov 20 2015 530 Puts
DUST Nov 20 2015 14 Puts
FL Nov 20 2015 52.5 Puts
GMCR Nov 20 2015 60 Calls
KATE Nov 20 2015 23 Calls (Covered)
KOLD Nov 20 2015 97 Puts
KOLD Nov 20 2015 125 Puts
KORS Nov 20 2015 37.5 Puts
MU Nov 20 2015 14 Puts
NBL Nov 20 2015 32.5 Puts
NUGT Nov 20 2015 35 Calls (Covered)
NUGT Nov 20 2015 61 Calls (Covered)
NUGT Nov 20 2015 75 Calls (Covered)
SLG Nov 20 2015 95 Puts
SVXY Nov 20 2015 30 Puts
SVXY Nov 20 2015 65/66/70/71/72/73/74/75/76 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 20 2015 24/25/25.5/26/26.5/27 Puts
UVXY Nov 20 2015 38/40/42 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 20 2015 43/44/45/45/5/46 Calls
UVXY Nov 20 2015 46.5/47/47.5/48/48.5/49 Calls
UVXY Nov 20 2015 50/51/52/53/54/55 Calls
UVXY Nov 20 2015 80/90/91/92/93/95 Calls
UVXY Nov 20 2015 100/108/110/112 Calls
VXX Nov 20 2015 23 Calls
VXX Nov 20 2015 24 Calls
VXX Nov 20 2015 25 Calls
WFM Nov 20 2015 55 Puts
WYNN Nov 20 2015 57 Puts (Covered)
ZOES Nov 20 2015 22.5 Puts
ZSL Nov 20 2015 67.5 Calls
— Assignments —
FB Nov 20 2015 100 Calls – going short the stock
FCX Nov 20 2015 15 Puts
FCX Nov 20 2015 17 Puts
KOLD Nov 20 2015 136 Calls (Covered)
SVXY Nov 20 2015 53 Calls (Covered/IRA)
Expirations!
#OptionsExpiration 11/20/15
These expired with max profit:
$BOIL 40 calls
$FL 55 puts
$KOLD 100, 105, 110 puts
$NXPI 75 put
$NXPI 85 covered calls
$UVXY 25 puts
$VLO 67 covered puts
$WSM 57.5/75 strangles
$ZOES 22.5 and 25 puts
$ZSL 63 call
Assignment:
$KOLD 109, 135, 136 calls, stock called away
And this #Earnings one didn’t work…
Long $WMT 55 puts, expiring worthless. Bought for .34 on Monday.
Have a great weekend, all!
$CMG – 5 minute scalp…
$CMG – 5 minute scalp – Sold CMG Nov 20 2015 530.0 Puts @ 0.35
Cover up it’s KOLD
#ContangoETFs #ShortCalls Bought $KOLD stock at 144.91 to cover my short calls at 109, 135, and 136. Will look to handle the rolls next week… want to keep margin exposure down over weekend. Thanks @optioniceman for the idea!
Also, BTC $ZSL Nov 20th 60 calls for 2.75. These were sold for effective price of 1.22. Also will look to replace with rolls next week.
CMG dump
What happened to $CMG? Dumped 50 points in last couple hours, down 10% on day.
GME earnings strangle
#Earnings STO $GME Nov 27th 34/45 strangles for .80 (sides sold separately for .40 each). Over last twelve earnings reports, Biggest FIVE DAY up move: 12.5% , Biggest DOWN move: -14.7% , Average move: 8.2% . So these are the moves you can expect for the 5 days between Monday morning announcement to Friday’s expiration. The trade’s strikes are 12.8% OTM (puts) and 15.4% OTM (calls).
SPLK trade closed
#Earnings BTC $SPLK iron fly Nov 20th 62.50 puts for 1.25… sorry I couldn’t post earlier, but I closed these as stock started dropping. Too bad to have missed early morning exit, but still escaped with decent profit. If you are still holding, either get out when you can or see if there’s an end of day rally. Breakeven on trade will be a few cents under 60.00.
$NFLX -closed puts
Playing it safe here since I’ll be out. Booking these now…they were a triple roll up from 105 to 115 then 120 chasing the stock up this week. Really nice gain but…still short calls against Leap puts. I’ll take these kind of trades every week until Jan 2017!
Bought to Close NFLX NOV 20 2015 120.0 Puts @ .10 (sold for 5.89 total)
SPLK closed calls
#Earnings #IronButterfly BTC $SPLK 62.5 calls for .30. Now will wait for next bounce to exit short puts cheaply.
$UVXY
Placed a GTC order for $UVXY Dec 4 $22 puts @ $0.50
If volatility drops for another couple of days, might just get a fill
Kelly
AMBA – No position yet…
AMBA – 12 day squeeze firing long today. I guess GPRO isn’t that big of a customer after all! I’ve been watching this one for awhile. Love those little red TOS dots.
SVXY housekeeping
I”m not going to be around for the close so unfortunately have to close some stuff prematurely. Using this little dip to take care of those.
Bought to Close SVXY NOV 20 2015 55.0 Puts @ .15 (sold for 1.85)
Bought to Close SVXY NOV 20 2015 57.0 Calls @ .45 (sold for 1.05)
Still have a few 57 calls that are covered. Probably just let the market gods decide how those will go. Either way works for me…LOL
$SVXY #CoveredCalls #IRA
BTC Nov 20 $59.5o calls @ $0.05, STO Dec 4 $59.50 calls @ $1.78
Since it’s in an IRA couldn’t sell naked and let today’s call expire. Figured I’d spend the nickle so that I could lock in some pretty good premium on a good up day in the market. Who knows what Monday will bring.
Cost basis on these shares will now be a little over $56
SPLK iron fly
#Earnings $SPLK behaving beautifully for the iron fly, heading toward our center strike. Best move would have been to close the short put at the highs, but missed that. Now watching for chance to close both shorts when we can.
$KOLD
Didn’t get a chance to post it yesterday, but I closed my calls when it broke above $132. I made about 40% and just plain stopped myself out. Nat Gas is just cratering.
$SVXY
Morning all. Rolled my Nov 20th 53 Covered Call out and up to Dec 18th 57 Covered call for 0.70 credit. Will most likely allow this to be called away there if it is ITM.
$KOLD – the art of…
$KOLD – the art of exiting an illiquid option position that just went in the money –
So I’m trying to exit my short call position @ 136 on KOLD but the bid / ask is 3 points apart. Rather than let the market maker take his pound of flesh, I’m going to buy the stock, either on a dip, or at the close and let them call it away.
I’ll still make money due to the large initial premium I got when I sold this.
NXPI puts
I’m still long this stock from an #Earnings play but selling #CoveredCalls and #ShortPuts against it, bringing cost basis down.
STO $NXPI Dec 4th 75 puts for .80
SPX spread close
#SPXcampaign BTC $SPX Nov 30th 1940/1915 put spreads for .15. Sold as part of a 2.00 iron condor roll on Nov 9th.
Good morning, Expiration Friday 11/20…
Bulls are in charge… $VIX should drop below 16.05 today, which was the level from which our last signal fired (11/11 close, from which we spiked 25% last Friday). This is an indication that the 11/13 warning is more likely a false alarm. Given this, I think we can lower the threat level. Next levels to watch on $SPX would be the most recent peak around 2015, then all-time highs at 2034. A break through either could mean the bulls drive us into year-end. Meantime, #Earnings plays in $FL, $ZOES, and $WSM look solid, and $SPLK iron fly will probably maintain at least a small profit.
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