Trades

$SPX STO 12/16 2275/2250 BECS @ 1.70
$MS STO 12/16 39 put @ 1.20

Closed Early
$SPX 11/18 2250/2225 BECS @ 88% profit.

EWW puts

Sold EWW JAN 20 2017 38.0 Puts @ 0.80

#IRA

$SVXY

I have been selling puts against SVXY ala Iceman for a few years now learning from the Master while making all the stupid mistakes I can come up with.  In keeping with that trend, I’ve come up with a new one.  Those low strike Put entries have been great for obtaining long stock to be covered by calls.  My general parameters for short Puts has been a three week holding period with premium being around 2% of the strike while taking the rare assignment. Over time it appears to me that covered calls have greater potential returns due to premiums coupled with gains when the assigned stock is sold.  With the market at near record highs the low Put strikes with sufficient premium are more of a long term memory as I wait for the next split or a whooshing pull back.
I am managing a small account that has level 1 trading, covered calls only.  Without the permission to sell Puts I’m challenged with doing income trades via covered calls against equities.  So I want to explore the possibility of using SVXY for income trades in this account.  In my personal account I have elected to put on a covered call that expires this Friday, Nov 18th to work through the entry and stop management mechanics before deploying this into the other account.
This morning :
Bought stock @ 75.41 and sold a  Nov 18th 75.5 call for 2.30 when the stock pushed back above VWAP the second time. This yielded a basis of 73.25 and a potential gain of +/-2.8% for the week if assigned @ 75.50.  I set a position stop at mark 70.00 with a limit to close at 70.10.  If the position is closed it would result in a loss of around $340 or approximately 4.5% of the net debit to enter the trade.  My entry was not well timed, being a few minutes early of the morning drop.  Had I waited I might not have put the trade on but definitely would have picked a lower strike if I had.  Will this prove to be a better method for an account that that cannot sell puts and does not involve the issues associated with individual equities earnings, and analysts opinions?
Comments appreciated especially if I have missed something.

FB sold Dec 16 110/100…

FB
sold Dec 16 110/100 put spread for 1.40

Closing IBB

Bought to close $IBB Dec 16 250 put @ 1.00. Sold for 4.64 on 10/11. Taking my 80% max profit off the table before anything crazy happens. I am now completely out of IBB. Will look for a new entry when it presents itself.

SPX puts closed

#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX Dec 2nd 1945/1920 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.45 on Nov 1st.

DUST puts

#ContangoETFs Followed @optioniceman‘s idea…
STO DUST Nov 18th 35 puts for .25
STO DUST Nov 25th 35 puts for .60

FB puts

Sold $FB Dec 30 (weekly) 105 puts @ 1.60. Delta 21.

$NUGT #CoveredCalls – Sold NUGT…

$NUGT #CoveredCalls – Sold NUGT NOV 18 2016 11.0 Calls @ 0.20 against stock acquired on Friday at 10.50 on a Put assignment

$SVXY

STO Dec 9 $50 puts @ $0.40

$VXX $SVXY

Replacing a few of the positions that expired on friday

STO $SVXY Nov 25 $60 puts @ $0.40
STO $VXX Nov 25 $40 calls @ $0.25
STO $VXX Dec 2 $44 calls @ $0.25

#FANG – getting crushed -…

#FANG – getting crushed – all down over 2%
$FB
$AMZN
$NFLX
$GOOGL

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY Nov 18 2016 65.0 Puts @ 0.45. This account is still short some SVXY Calls for this week at 79 but no longer is long any stock. It was called away Friday at 75 plus a big fat premium.

$DUST #ShortPuts – Sold DUST…

$DUST #ShortPuts – Sold DUST Nov 18 2016 37.0 Puts @ 0.25. I did quite a few of these and they expire Friday

DAL stock sold

#Earnings Sold to Close $DAL stock for 47.00. Originally assigned at 47.00 back in April. The remnant of a larger earnings trade that sat like a lump in my account as DAL dipped as low as 32.60. In the end, the trade wound up with a $64 profit. Too long for too little!

DUST out of my control

#ContangoETFs Got too heavy in short calls on DUST, and now with the relentless plunge of Gold I cannot continue to roll at this time. I am closing a few ITM or ATM calls with losses this morning. I will have to work to build back the losses at a later date when my margin issues relax.

I’m getting hit simultaneously with positins in FB and NFLX being overdone to the downside, while my SPX spreads are being pressured to the upside. All manageable now, but until more time passes and/or tech starts its rebound, I’ll have to take my lumps on these naked DUST calls until I have the powder to re-enter.

NFLX roll

#Earnings #StrangleRoll After getting stretched to the upside, it is now the put side of tech trades in trouble. Clearly overdone move, in my view; and overreaction to Trump’s past comments about AMZN, FB, AAPL, etc.

BTC NFLX Dec 15th 115 put for 6.60 (sold for 2.10 avg, still have another)
STO NFLX March 90/135 strangle for 6.86

SPX calls sold

#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX Dec 15th 2250/2275 call spreads for 2160, with SPX at 2168.

SVXY

BTC November 18, 50 puts @0.05,

Good Morning – what to…

Good Morning – what to do about DUST Dec 2 sold 70 call? Any advice is welcomed! Thanks!