/ES Eminis

Rolled my Nov 2140 covered put out and down to Dec 2120 to make a little more room to the downside. Paid a half point debit for the roll. Not much liquidity this time of night.

Turning into a pretty good hedge with a cost basis of 2190. Toughest thing at this point is deciding when to cover it. Would love to cover the short and then double dip cashing in on the short put when we head back up. 200 ma at 2076 might be a good low risk place to give it a shot. Cover there and re-sell if it doesn’t hold…

$VIX – the 10th longest…

$VIX – the 10th longest $VIX contango streak ended today at 89 consecutive trading days.

$AGN fallingknife

$AGN fallingknife

FSLR earnings

No luck yet on 2.5 wide IB @ 2.05…

FB many FB earnings trades…

FB

many FB earnings trades here and at TT, mostly neutral to slightly bullish, something for everyone if you want to play along.

$GDX

Miners are getting crushed. Gold still much higher than yesterday, even though well off the highs. $GDX is well below yesterday’s lows.

CMI puts

Sold $CMI Dec 16 110 puts @ 1.30. If the stock has another 10% of downside between now and expiration I’ll take it and go long at 108.70 in December.

FB earnings

#Earnings Gotta take a shot. Playing it slightly to the upside with wings at the 100 ma and the all time high. As usual, needing a slightly less than expected move.

Sold FB 123/128/133 iron flies @ 4.20 risking 80 to make 420 per fly. Expected move creeping up above 6 now…

APA IB

#Earnings STO $APA Nov 4th 57.5/60/62.5 #IronButterfly for 1.60. Max risk .90. Over last 3 years, Biggest UP move: 8.1%, Biggest DOWN move: -3.4%, Average move: 2.0%. Breakevens are 2.7% OTM.

#earnings-kind-of

NUGT follow

#ContangoETFs Earlier, followed @ramie77 and STO NUGT Jan 20th 30 call for 1.10

FB additional

#Earnings Added another $FB Nov 4th 120/130/140 IB for 6.20.
Also a risk/reversal:
STO FB Dec 16th 115 puts for 1.64
BTO FB Nov 4th 131 calls for 1.63

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY Nov 11 2016 50.0 Puts @ 0.45. A gift 😊

FB #Hedge I often hedge…

FB #Hedge
I often hedge earnings trades by going out further which sometimes defeats the purpose but in the event the real job gets in the way I have time to make yet another bad decision. Instead I bought a Nov. 4 123/137 straddle for 1.67. It may offer some protection along with a roll in case of a blow out either direction.

QCOM #earnings

Is anyone placing a Qualcomm earnings trade? Nov 4 62.5/67.5/67.5/72.5 Iron Fly is 2.81. Stock is trading at 67.45 with a 2.5 expected move. Good trade or bad trade?

FB trades

#Earnings #ShortStock #CoveredPuts #ironbutterfly
I am still short some stock so I’ve sold several puts today and over the past week… Nov 4th, every strike from 120 to 126.

I also STO FB 120/130/140 iron butterfly for 6.15, at @thomberg1201‘s suggestion.

$FB #earningstrade STO $FB Nov…

$FB #earningstrade
STO $FB Nov 4 140/135/120/115 IC for 0.99.
Don’t trust this market. Wide swings could happen. Going a little more conservative here, but still with decent return.

$FB #Earnings Sold $FB Nov…

$FB #Earnings
Sold $FB Nov 4 120 puts @ .67

$UVXY #ShortCalls – I was…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – I was travelling yesterday and had too many trades to list, but here is what I did this morning –
Sold UVXY NOV 4 2016 23.5 Calls @ 0.11
Sold UVXY NOV 11 2016 35.0 Calls @ 0.32
Sold UVXY NOV 18 2016 45.0 Calls @ 0.24
Sold UVXY JAN 20 2017 60.0 Calls @ 1.25

FB #earnings Nov. 4 120/130/130/140…

FB
#earnings Nov. 4 120/130/130/140 for 6.11.

NUGT calls

Selling more upside calls on the move up. Sold $NUGT Jan 20 30 calls @ 1.15.

#VXXGame trades Sold $UVXY Nov…

#VXXGame trades
Sold $UVXY Nov 18 41 calls @ .30
Sold $SVXY Jan 20 40 puts @ 1.35

CI Cigna-Tim Knight has been…

CI
Cigna-Tim Knight has been talking this up as a short, so I sold a Nov. 18 125/130 call spread for 1.30, thinly traded options.

AVGO position closed

#Earnings Sold to close $AVGO stock for 173.59. Nice move up this morning. This started as an earnings trade that went against me. Trade was started on Sept 2nd, and by hanging with it I am getting out for breakeven before their next report.

FB earnings

#Earnings Here are the last three years of results. It has been strong and I would lean bullish. If there’s a drop on earning I would say that’s an opportunity. I will be selling puts.

July 27, 2016 AC 1.34%
April 27, 2016 AC 7.19%
Jan. 27, 2016 AC 15.52%
Nov. 4, 2015 AC 4.63%
July 29, 2015 AC -1.83%
April 22, 2015 AC -2.62%
Jan. 28, 2015 AC 2.30%
Oct. 28, 2014 AC -6.07%
July 23, 2014 AC 5.17%
April 23, 2014 AC -0.79%
Jan. 29, 2014 AC 14.10%
Oct. 30, 2013 AC 2.42%

Good morning-anybody else having trouble…

Good morning-anybody else having trouble with TD Ameritrade?

BABA EA GILD HLF earnings iron flies

Initial moves out near my limits on most of these so closing all for small winners…no interest in messing with these all week. Didn’t make a ton but no losers!

BABA closed for .13 gain
EA closed for .48 gain
GILD closed for .37 gain
HLF closed for .07 gain