From VIXCONTANGO.com

Of course they are just guessing like any body else…LOL

The SPX broke 2064 overnight which was the latest mini-support level of the alst 2 days. We’re in a vacuum here down to the 2040 level where the Nov-Dec lower highs support line sits. Underneath that is the 2020 level where the 100MA and 200MA sit.

The goal here is to go long volatility as the VIX will go to 25 or 30 or more as the SPX goes from 2060 to 2040 and ideally to the 2020 level.

Somewhere after the open, I will enter in a “Long VXX” trade at 50% of allocation. This trade should be executed in a margin account only because I may close the trade intraday at any time if the trade action goes against the trade or the VIX is seeming to peak (or the VX1 future stops responding to the VIX spiking). If you are using a 401(k), I recommend sitting this one out.

We are just entering negative contango here for a second time in a week (not a good sign for SPX bulls). VDelta is very negative. VCO and VTRO are also negative. VCO in particular is now negative for 4th straight day, a very ominous development for the SPX with a 100% volatility spike track record.

This is a good spot to go Long VXX even though the SmartVXX algo is not yet ready to pounce. The SmartVXX algo needs Contango and Roll Yield to get significantly negative (ie the Volatility Curve is heavily inverted). As such there is still risk of reversal (ie volatility reversing and starting to go down) here and for that I will have a pretty tight stop here at 5%. The worst loss should be 5% of 50% or about 2.5% of the portfolio. The target gain on this trade is anywhere from 10% to 25% over the next week. For those that are more adventurous, you can go with UVXY here to capture even more of the VIX pop. We could end up with a spike to VIX of 40 here. The Brexit will be the excuse, but the FED’s fumble yesterday will most likely be the real reason.

SKEW high

The SKEW reading is reaching its highest levels since early January… a bearish signal.

SPX call spreads closed

Several SPX call spreads closed this morning at predetermined profit levels, all for about 60-70% max profit. Trying to stay with discipline even though could probably have waited and gotten more of the max profit later. This discipline with the SPX spreads has resulted in my best, most profitable 4-5 months of trading ever. I suggest to all of you that you use a disciplined approach to trading, whatever discipline works for you. It’s when I put the discipline aside that I start losing money and having to scramble to make things happen. @Jeff, thanks for showing discipline in your approach to trading these SPX spreads. It is different from what I’m doing, but the encouragement to be disciplined has resulted in $$$ in my account instead of losses. Thanks!

FB covered put rolls

#Rolling #ShortStock #CoveredPuts I’m looking to get out of my short stock with FB below 110 in the coming days. I am therefore rolling 2 puts I have at 113 to give myself exit points below 110.

BTC FB June 24th 113 put for 1.98 / STO FB July 22nd 108 put for 2.02
BTC FB July 1st 113 put for 2.50 / STO FB Dec 90 put for 2.68

#Earnings are projected to be last week of July. I’d like to be out of this position by then, although I’m okay with keeping the Dec 90 put longer.

SPX Puts sold

STO Jul 29 1840/1825 BuPS for 1.10 with SPX at 2051.

Another NUGT call

Sold $NUGT Jul 15 164 call @ 8.00. Highest strike in July.

SPX,SVXY

Trying to keep things in perspective. From the recent high the SPX is down 3.2% and the SVXY is down 27.5%. There sure is a lot of volatility out there.

SPX puts sold

#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX July 14th 1860/1835 put spreads for 1.50, with SPX at 2053.

SVXY

STO September 34 put@3.10

SPX condor roll

#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX July 14th 1825/1850/2160/2185 iron condors for 2.40. This is a roll from put spread stopped at last night’s close.

Selling puts on ILMN

This is a stock I wouldn’t mind owning a cost basis of under 120.
Sold $ILMN Jul 15 120 puts @ 1.10.

NUGT

Rolled my June 24, 110 call out to August 19, 155 call for a 0.25 cent credit.

TLT longs

#LongCalls Sold to close my final $TLT June 17th 32 calls for 4.05 (yesterday) and 5.05 (today). Bought for 1.48 in april and May.

UVXY puts coming in

#VXXGame I have been rolling underwater UVXY puts for weeks… in the end I would up really heavy on June 17th expiration, being short 18,17,15,14,13, and 12 puts expiring tomorrow. Imagine my luck that this is the week of the volatility pop!

BTC $UVXY June 17th 15 put for .40. Sold for 1.30 in March. Will scale out of more today and tomorrow, rolling anything that remains underwater.

$SVXY sold a July 15…

$SVXY sold a July 15 37 put for 1.15 thanks to SVXY traders

SPX puts stopped

#SPXcampaign So I can sleep better, I closed the last borderline put spread… bought to close $SPX July 8th 1975/1950 puts spread for 2.95. Sold on June 9th for 1.30. I will sell a roll tomorrow or Friday.

SVXY

STO July 8, 40 put @1.35

SVXY

STO July 1, 40 put @0.95

$NUGT #ShortCalls = Sold 1…

$NUGT #ShortCalls = Sold 1 NUGT DEC 16 2016 185.0 Call @ 24.00

$SVXY

Sold July 08th 40 Put @ 1.35 with $SVXY @ 51.99  I will take assignment here.

$CMG Chipotle continues to head…

$CMG Chipotle continues to head south

NUGT call

#ContangoETFs Sold to Open NUGT July 29th 160 call for 9.50. Highest available strike.

NO change in interest rate

NO change in interest rate

Closing some SVXY covered calls

I’m taking these close to the money positions off at a profit before the FOMC statement, in the event a big swoon in volatility spikes SVXY and takes me out on Friday. I’m still short the 60 and 65 covered calls which I will let go if it gets that high. I’m also short 35 and 44.50 puts for this week’s expiration.

Bought to close $SVXY Jun 17 53 calls (covered) for .76-.80 (sold for 1.30)
Bought to close $SVXY Jun 17 54 calls (covered) for .50 (sold for 1.40)

#VXXGame

Rolling some NUGT

I rolled my deep in the money calls. I’m still short 92 calls for June which I’m leaving for now, and 130 calls. The rest are now in July and August

Rolled $NUGT Jun 44 calls out to Aug 45 calls for .70 credit
Rolled $NUGT Jun 46 call out to Jul 46 call for .45 credit
Rolled $NUGT Jun 65 calls out to Jul 65 calls for 2.91 credit

$VIX — http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-15/unprecedented-jump-vix

$VIX — http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-15/unprecedented-jump-vix

Brexit/Bremain – more info on 6/23 vote

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-banking-idUSKCN0Z10GK

It will be interesting to hear if Chair Yellen mentions the vote…

$SVXY

Rolled my June 17th 50 Put out to July 15th 45 Put for 1.60 credit.  A break even on the July short Put position is around 2.40.

SPX Wednesday IC closed

BTC Jun 15 2120/2110/2050/2040 IC @ 0.20, with SPX at 2083.
Sold yesterday for 0.95.
This is probably safe, but with the Fed speak today, you just never know with this crazy market. I’ll gladly accept 78% of max profit in a day. 🙂

$NUGT

Rolled out the $NUGT 97 June 17 Call to
$NUGT June 24 $101 Call for $3 credit

$UVXY $SVXY – so as…

$UVXY $SVXY – so as is normally it’s pattern, the VIX looks to have topped out and MAY be starting it’s elevator ride back down. UVXY topped out at 17 early yesterday morning. If it can’t exceed that by the end of the week, the advance is probably over. I’m glad I was as aggressive as I was selling calls. Unfortunately I didn’t liquidate any of my long stock.

At least SVXY is rising again. If it reaches 53 by Friday all my short puts for this week will expire. There was never any doubt that all the short calls I rolled into this week with strike prices in the 60’s would expire.

SPX puts closed

#SPXcampaign In pre-market, Bought to close $SPX June 16th 2025/2000 put spreads for .60. Sold for 1.75 on June 2nd. Closing early to avoid downside risk in light of Fed, VIX warning, and Friday AM settlement.

NUGT

BTC June 17, 120 call @1.05, sold at 2.05

Since I am very involved in the SVXY, I would like to reduce my risk in other options.

$NUGT #ShortCalls #OptionLadder – another…

$NUGT #ShortCalls #OptionLadder – another minor adjustment to my positions today:

Bought to Close 1 Contract NUGT Jun 17 2016 92.0 Call at 9.90 for a small gain – It is still in the money!!

In it’s place I sold the following #OptionLadder
2 NUGT Jun 17 2016 125.0 Calls @ 1.05 – these expire Friday
1 NUGT Jun 24 2016 140 Call @ 2.30
1 NUGT Jul 1 2016 160 Call @ 2.30
1 NUGT Jul 1 2016 160 Call @ 3.50

$NUGT #ShortCalls #ShortStrangles – a…

$NUGT #ShortCalls #ShortStrangles – a minor adjustment to my positions today:

Bought to Close 1 Contract NUGT Jun 17 2016 105 Call at $5.30 for a small gain

In it’s place I sold 2 strangles for this week –
NUGT Jun 17 2016 120 Calls / NUGT Jun 17 2016 79 Puts @ 2.06 Credit

Not a cash generator but I feel better about holding the new positions through Friday.

SPXM iron condor

#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPXM July 17th 2000/2020/2100/2120 condors for 2.40. This is the roll from the June 15th put spread stopped earlier. Fairly tight range for a volatile week, so I will need to be adept if Janet or anything else gives us more big moves.

$SPY followed from TT August…

$SPY followed from TT August 19, 187/217 strangle for 3.09, first SPY strangle, have to grow up sometime.

SPX roll

Rolled SPX JUN 24 2016 2025/1950 BuPS to Aug 31 1825/1775 for .20 credit. (2x size but still very small)

This was originally a 1975/1950 put side of an iron condor where I had greedily rolled up the short side for extra credit. Approaching delta 25 so taking action. Now paired up with 2225/2250 calls for a new condor.

TD Ameritrade-anybody else having trouble…

TD Ameritrade-anybody else having trouble with the website?

SPX spreads

Bought to Close SPX JUL 29 2016 1800/1775 Bull put spreads @ 1.20 (sold for 1.70)

Just playing it safe here…

This was more of a…

This was more of a delta play vs a theta type trade. Taking it off now to cover margaritas for the week…LOL

Bought to Close SVXY DEC 16 2016 75.0 Call @ 3.00 (sold for 6.00)

No volatility here this week! 🙂 🙂 🙂

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#vacation

SPX puts stopped

#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX June 15th 2060/2035 put spreads for 3.10. Sold last week for 1.70. One of those frustrating ones, with plenty of chances to close for breakeven or small profit, but it got away from me. Holding off on the roll until I see where SPX goes today.

DIS Squeeze and Pre-Earnings Trade

BTO Aug 19 DIS 100 Calls at $2.35; earnings is Aug 9th and it is on a squeeze, and it is at support, so it may bounce up from here. Fib levels are at around 102 (38.2%) and 100% of previous move, so it may hit that level….My Delta position is 137 so it should make some money if it goes to that level. Time decay is not that bad and if it stagnate, it can be turned into a Calendar or a Diagonal to lower the cost. Earnings should make this expiration to increase in IV and this is a Vega positive position.

SVXY

One last one before I go run errands.

STO July 15, 30 put @0.80

SPX puts stopped

#SPXcampaign #CondorRoll Another 3-dollar stop hit, rolling into a condor.

Bought to close $SPX July 1st 1990/1965 put spreads for 3.00.
Sold to Open $SPX July 6th (Wednesday) 1825/1850/2160/2185 iron condor for 2.30, 1.5x position size.

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY Sep 16 2016 30.0 Puts @ 2.25. Three months to expiration with a breakeven below the 52week low.

edited to include the strike price

SVXY

STO June 17, 40 put@.35

STO June 24 35 put@.70

That is it for me for today and probably the rest of the week.

$SPX Wednesday iron condor

STO Jun 15 2120/2110/2050/2040 IC @ 0.95, with SPX at 2077.

$UVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold UVXY Jun 24 2016 26.0 Calls @ 1.27.
This expires a week from Friday and is the highest available strike price

$UVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold UVXY Jun 17 2016 20.0 Calls @ 0.85. These expire Friday

$UVXY #VXXGame Taking Iceman’s lead…

$UVXY #VXXGame
Taking Iceman’s lead on good strikes to sell, I sold $UVXY Jul 15 32 calls @ 1.72. Highest strike in July.

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – sold the following this morning
UVXY Sep 16 2016 115.0 Calls @ 1.00
UVXY Jan 20 2017 170.0 Calls @ 0.98
UVXY Jan 19 2018 115.0 Calls @ 4.25

BREXIT – All you need to know.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887
http://durableportfolios.com/UK-European-Union-Referendum?gclid=Cj0KEQjw1v66BRCV-6rh6s-Biu8BEiQAelpuiwdHYz1Ix48GKw49kggucYLzvsxldcBdua8WO3Lr6bYaAr8x8P8HAQ
http://www.cato.org/blog/britain-leaves-eu-will-implode?gclid=Cj0KEQjw1v66BRCV-6rh6s-Biu8BEiQAelpuiy2OfPPS3ahIw8jg6UcMiw_J7dFo5w3HOY23LOF3mSQaAgMv8P8HAQ

$UVXY $VXX $SVXY – extreme…

$UVXY $VXX $SVXY – extreme moves today. After hours the moves have continued in the same direction.

I feel that we may be in for 5 to 10 more days of extreme volatility. But short calls on UVXY and VXX will ultimately work for those with patience and a lot of buying power. UVXY could double from here on a violent move but that would only take it to about 30.

Top of the chain UVXY Options which are available that I think would be good sales with acceptable premiums and low margin requirements:
July 15 32 calls
Sept 115 calls
Jan 170 calls

JMHO

$UVXY #ShortCalls #OptionLadder – why…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #OptionLadder – why average up a trade when you can keep raising the strike price.
Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 90.0 Calls @ 0.84 at 15:03:31
Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 95.0 Calls @ 0.84 at 15:22:33
Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 100.0 Calls @ 0.84 at 15:23:09
Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 105.0 Calls @ 0.84 at 15:23:46
Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 110.0 Calls @ 0.84 at 15:27:49
I would have kept going but I had to run someone to the airport

SPX puts spreads stopped

I am stopping out on three put spreads, details to follow. Not sure about rolls yet.

#reverseroll, #spxcampaign

SVXY

STO June 24, 37 put @.95

STO June 24, 36 put @.85

TLT long calls

#LongCalls Sold to close $TLT June 17th 132 calls for 3.30. Bought for 1.48 (avg price) in April and May. Closed half my position; will leave half in case we get more upside this week, but won’t let us drop much.

Out of FB BWBF…

STC Jun 17 FB 113/115/119 BW BF for $2.36 crd; Bought on FR for 1.16

SVXY

STO July 29, 30 put @1.05

SVXY

STO July 29, 35 put @1.75

CMG put sold

CMG July 16 355/345 put sold for $1.05 when CMG at 399.  seems currently over sold and bottom of Bollinger band. 10% ROI and delta around 15.

UVXY is working independently from…

UVXY is working independently from SPX and the market.

Stock market or Brexit controlling the VIX?

It could be that the VIX and market volatility in the coming days will not be controlled as much by the market moves as it will be by the polling on the Brexit vote. It has been running neck and neck and may continue to do so into June 23rd’s vote.

It is widely believed that the UK’s exit from the EU would cause economic pain and market volatility. The “Leave It” campaign has been gaining in the polls which is possibly the reason for what we’ve seen Friday and today.

This would help explain the explosion we’ve seen in the VIX price which is not matched in its extreme by the indices. SPX is down less than .5%, while VIX has been up over 16% two days in a row. The last time the VIX was up over 16% was on Jan 7th, when SPX dropped 2.37%.

FB covered put

#ShortStock #CoveredPuts STO $FB July 8th 108 put for 1.20

FB puts

Selling some puts in the Jul 22 weekly (likely before earnings). Strike is below the recent April low, and below the 200 day moving average, where the stock hasn’t been since January.
Sold $FB Jul 22 104 puts @ 1.07.

Interesting research on buying cheap…

Interesting research on buying cheap OTM calls to reduce margin requirements when selling a strangle.
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/daily_recaps/2016-06-08/episodes/strangle-replacements-are-cheap-wings-worth-it-06-08-2016

$NUGT #ShortPuts – Sold these…

$NUGT #ShortPuts – Sold these paired with existing short Calls. These all expire Friday.
Sold NUGT Jun 17 2016 85.0 Puts @ 1.05
Sold NUGT Jun 17 2016 84.0 Puts @ 1.05
Sold NUGT Jun 17 2016 83.0 Puts @ 0.85
Sold NUGT Jun 17 2016 82.0 Puts @ 0.74
Sold NUGT Jun 17 2016 80.0 Puts @ 0.55

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 50.0 Calls @ 1.44
Sold UVXY SEP 16 2016 55.0 Calls @ 1.25

Selling some puts on NUGT now

On the reversal. Sold $NUGT Jul 15 60 puts @ 1.80. Offsets short calls.

$UVXY @ShortCalls #ClassicVXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY @ShortCalls #ClassicVXXGame – Sold some small risk calls at the top of the chain with the stock at 13.50

Sold UVXY Jan 20 2017 170 Calls @ 0.50
Sold UVXY Jan 19 2018 115.0 Calls @ 3.40

UVXY still going up

Even with the bounce we’ve gotten on the SPX, VIX and UVXY barely retraced down at all.
Followed @Iceman on these just as the Warning was firing earlier.
STO UVXY June 17th 19 calls for .19
STO UVXY June 24th 22 call for .56

SVXY

STO June 24, 43 put @1.10

SVXY

STO June 17, 42 put @0.20

STO July 1, 44.5 put@1.85

STO July 8, 40 put @1.35

SPX puts sold

#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX July 14th 1910/1885 put spreads for 1.40, with SPX at 2089. This order was in before the Warning fired.