STO AAPL IBF 103/100/100/97 2.54 for this week
Daily Archives: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
$AAPL Good luck to everyone…
$AAPL Good luck to everyone with Apple
UA puts
Taking advantage of the high pre-earnings IV to sell some puts in July. Strike is below the 2 year low for the stock.
Sold $UA Jul 15 45 puts @ 1.20
$HYG Over 55,000 calls Feb….
$HYG Over 55,000 calls Feb. 19 strike price of 81 traded today, I moved the market by buying 2 at .16
Puts closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX Feb 12th 1650/1625 put spreads for .30. Sold for 1.30. Closed a bit earlier than usual to keep put side manageable.
STO SPX JAN5 16 (1/29/2016)…
STO SPX JAN5 16 (1/29/2016) IC 1960/1985/1830/1805 @2.30
BIB stock
Love flipping this thing when it sells off early. Nearly always get a chance to get out with a nice gain in a few hours.
Bought this morning in first few minutes at 48.50, 48.00, 47.50, 47.25, and 47.00
Just stopped out at 49.26…nice gain while running errands!
/VX Futures…I’m an idiot! LOL
Yesterday:
Taking a shot for a quick scalp…
SOLD FEB /VX @ 24.00
Looking to close it below 23.50 or so. I’d take 50 ticks…
Then last night I watched a doom and gloom video put out by one of John Carter’s people. Didn’t like the price action so closed it at even. Now it would be profitable by 115 ticks (10 bucks per tick)…learned (again) not too take the news or random opinions too seriously. Should just trust the chart which says shorting this any time in the 24-25 range is a pretty good bet.
Grrr!
$SPY #ironcondor March 4 196/199/178/175…
$SPY #ironcondor March 4 196/199/178/175 for 1.31
KOLD strangles
#ContangoETFs On the swings today, STO $KOLD August 80 put for 2.55 and Feb 220 call for 4.00.
$SVXY
$SVXY Was early assigned a Jan 29th 45 Put this morning. Originally sold for 3.00. Covered up the stock with Feb 26th 42.5 Call @ 1.30. Will take assignment.
STO SPX 1840/1835 this week…
STO SPX 1840/1835 this week .60 makes an IC 1960/1965 130.00 cr
Same-week call spread
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX Jan 29th 1955/1980 call spreads for 1.45. These expire Friday, or I will roll if they get threatened. I do not believe this rally will get past 1920 before retracing or collapsing.
ETF Webinar…
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AAPL iron butterfly
#Earnings Sold to Open AAPL 95/100/105 iron butterfly for 3.85. Max profit 3.85, max loss 1.15. I may sell OTM options as well, but for now I am selling this while AAPL is pretty close to the center strike. These have worked before because although AAPL may move 5-10% tomorrow, it will often drift back to the mean by Friday expiration.
Trade details: Buy (1) 95 put, Sell (1) 100 put, Sell (1) 100 call,, Buy (1) 105 call. If you’re not sure about how to exit these, watch for my comments now through Friday, or ask any time.
Call spread
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX Feb 26th 2015/2040 call spreads for 1.40.
NUGT calls
#ContangoETFs STO $NUGT Jun 65 calls for 1.50
Earnings candidates today
Today earnings season kicks into high gear. Here are key symbols reporting #Earnings tonight or Wednesday morning:
AAPL, ANTH, BA, BIIB, EBAY, EMC, T, UTX, VMW
All of these have weekly options.
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