stc nov 16 1310 call for 5.64 made 1.34 profit, really lucked out
nov 16 1310 put expired worthless kept the 3.10
my spx trade was a bomb, I knew putting on the long call was a stretch and regretted doing it almost immediately. between the two trades I walked away with .14
Daily Archives: Friday, November 18, 2016
Weekend
Have a great weekend all…
#optionsexpiration AAPL 125/130 BuCS This…
AAPL 125/130 BuCS This was part of an earnings hedge
CHK 8 covered calls
DDD 16 covered call
DUST 37 puts (thanks Iceman)
ENDP 13.5 put
NUGT 16 and 17 calls-sorry I forget who to thank, didn’t come up with those on my own but thanks
REGN 295/300 put spread (don’t ask about the call spread of the earnings iron condor)
SQ 13 covered call
TLT 138 call-remnant of an iron fly, early assigned on the long put
TWTR 18 put and 20 covered calls
#OptionsExpiration for Nov 18 Expiring:…
#OptionsExpiration for Nov 18
Expiring:
$AAPL 11/18/2016 120.00 calls (covered)
$AMZN 11/18/2016 700.00 puts
$CAT 11/18/2016 77.50 puts (covered)
$CMG 11/18/2016 350.00 puts
$DUST 11/18/2016 55.00 calls
$DUST 11/18/2016 60.00 calls
$DUST 11/18/2016 70.00 calls
$FIT 11/18/2016 15.00 calls (covered)
$HAIN 11/18/2016 60.00 calls (covered)
$NFLX 11/18/2016 130.00 calls
$NFLX 11/18/2016 135.00 calls
$NUGT 11/18/2016 30.00 calls
$SPY 11/18/2016 226.00 calls
$SVXY 11/18/2016 50.00 puts
$SVXY 11/18/2016 65.00 puts
$TWTR 11/18/2016 19.00 calls (covered)
$TWTR 11/18/2016 26.00 calls (covered)
$UVXY 11/18/2016 41.00 calls
Assignments—going long stock
$CEMP 11/18/2016 15.00 puts
$DPLO 11/18/2016 22.50 puts
Assignments—stock being called away
$APA 11/18/2016 61.00 calls
$WLL 11/18/2016 9.00 calls
Options Expiration 11/18/16
#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #ContangoETFs #ShortStrangles #ShortPuts #ShortCalls #CoveredCalls #VXXGame
— Expiring —
BBY 38 and 38.5 puts
DUST 55 call
DUST 35 puts
LOW 65/72 strangles
RGLD 82.5 covered call
UVXY 45 call
— Assignment —
DUST 50 call, taking short stock (only because I forgot to roll)
#OptionsExpiration #Monthly #Nov18 – Monthly…
#OptionsExpiration #Monthlys #Nov18 – Monthly expirations are always big. #FallingKnife positions put on months ago are expiring. Volatility trades were big this week with $SVXY setting a marginal new YTD high today.
Several Covered Calls also expired.
Only one assignment this week in $CVS
— Expirations —
AAL Nov 18 2016 22 Puts
AAPL Nov 18 2016 102 Puts
ABC Nov 18 2016 60 Puts
AGN Nov 18 2016 180 Puts
AGN Nov 18 2016 185 Puts
ABMD Nov 18 2016 90 Puts
AMGN Nov 18 2016 130 Puts
AMGN Nov 18 2016 135 Puts
CF Nov 18 2016 20 Puts
CF Nov 18 2016 22.5 Puts
CF Nov 18 2016 30 Calls (Covered)
CF Nov 18 2016 35 Calls (Covered)
CLDX Nov 18 2016 4 Puts
CLX Nov 18 2016 110 Puts
DG Nov 18 2016 60 Puts
DUST Nov 18 2016 37 Puts
DUST Nov 18 2016 70 Calls
DVA Nov 18 2016 50 Puts
GILD Nov 18 2016 65 Puts
KORS Nov 18 2016 30 Puts
MCO Nov 18 2016 105 Calls (Covered)
MYL Nov 18 2016 40 Calls (Covered)
MYL Nov 18 2016 42.5 Calls (Covered)
NUGT Nov 18 2016 11 Calls (Covered)
NUGT Nov 18 2016 7.5 Puts
SRCL Nov 18 2016 60 Puts
SRCL Nov 18 2016 65 Puts
SVXY Nov 18 2016 40 Puts
SVXY Nov 18 2016 45 Puts
SVXY Nov 18 2016 50 Puts
SVXY Nov 18 2016 65 Puts
SVXY Nov 18 2016 81.5 Calls (Covered) – this one is close …
SVXY Nov 18 2016 82 Calls (Covered)
SVXY Nov 18 2016 82.5 Calls (Covered)
SVXY Nov 18 2016 83 Calls (Covered)
SVXY Nov 18 2016 83.5 Calls (Covered)
SVXY Nov 18 2016 84 Calls
SVXY Nov 18 2016 84.5 Calls
SVXY Nov 18 2016 85 Calls
SVXY Nov 18 2016 90 Calls
TWTR Nov 18 2016 16.5 Puts
TWTR Nov 18 2016 19 Calls (Covered)
UA Nov 18 2016 30 Puts
UVXY Nov 18 2016 23 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 18 2016 23.5 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 18 2016 24 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 18 2016 25 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 18 2016 26 Calls (Covered)
UVXY Nov 18 2016 27 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 28 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 30 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 31 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 32 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 33 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 35 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 37 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 38 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 39 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 40 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 41 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 42 Calls
UVXY Nov 18 2016 45 Calls
WFM Nov 18 2016 28 Puts
— Assignments —
CVS Nov 18 2016 78 Puts
REGN roll
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
BTC $REGN Nov 18th 400 put for 2.50
STO $REGN Nov 25th 390 put for 3.80
OptionsExpiration 11/18/16
$SVXY $50 puts
$SVXY $61.50 puts
$SVXY $85 calls
$UVXY $22 calls
$UVXY $25 calls
$UVXY $28 calls
$UVXY $30 calls
$UVXY $32 calls
$UVXY $45 calls
$VXX $40 calls
$VXX $43 calls
Pretty good expiration. Unfortunately it’s going to be hard to replace these until we get some volatility. In a couple more weeks, I’ll be almost out of open positions again.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Expiration
I let a few go all the way to the finish line this week…
EBAY 29 Calls (sold for .35)
EWW 44 Calls (sold for 1.57)
GLD 116 Calls (sold for 3.35)
TLT 122 Calls (sold for 1.35)
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX Nov 23rd 2215/2240 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.30 on Oct 26th.
I’ll Take the Other side…SPX
STO Dec 16 2210/2260 Call Credit Spread
$SVXY
Sold to open Dec 16th 85 Call against long stock.
A Long Position on the SPX…
BTO Dec 9th SPX 2225 Calls for $4.10.
I believe that the market is quite bullish and still has enough left in the tank to move above the ATH. I don’t think that it will reach 2225 but who knows.
I see a squeeze forming on the weekly and monthly charts on the SPX and that could mean a quick and fast move up, similarly to what happened in the RUT and the DJI last week.
I’ll keep the position until the Theta decay eats away 50% of the original price. Besides I’ve got several BuPS and BeCS which are paying for this position.
AMZN call
Since this is in an #IRA I can’t sell the new one until closing the old one. So, to take advantage of the weekend:
Bought AMZN NOV 18 2016 765.0 Call @ .16 (sold for 2.50)
Sold AMZN NOV 25 2016 777.5 Call @ 3.43
SVXY put
Bought to Close SVXY DEC 16 2016 40.0 Put @ .10 (sold for 2.25)
Bought to Close SVXY DEC 16 2016 45.0 Put @ .15 (sold for 2.50)
Freeing up some room in the #IRA for next selloff….
$CVS #ShortPuts #Rollout – Bought…
$CVS #ShortPuts #Rollout – Bought to close CVS Nov 18 2016 75 Puts/Sold CVS Dec 2 2019 74 Puts @ 0.30 Credit to avoid assignment today.
$SVXY
Replacing a few of my puts expiring today.
STO Dec 2 $70 puts @ $0.60
SVXY
I am getting filled a month early.
BTC December 16, 33 puts @ 0.05, sold @3.10
SVXY
BTC December 16, 32 puts @ 0.05, these were sold on the Brexit plunge @2.10
GOOGL
Sold GOOGL NOV 25 2016 795.0 Call @ 2.25
Selling against a Jan 2019 position…
Rolling UA
Rolled $UA Nov 18 35 puts out to Jan 20 35 puts for .75 credit.
EWW
Sold to Open $EWW Jan 2017 41.0 put @ 1.26 followed TT Ben with one eye on fuzzballl’s portfolio…tnx.
EBAY
#CoveredCalls Replacing this week’s expiration…
Sold EBAY DEC 16 2016 29.0 Calls @ .52
EWW
Replacing this week’s expiration…
Sold EWW NOV 25 2016 44.0 Calls @ .40
DUST
Starting a Jan position…
Sold DUST JAN 20 2017 75.0/85.0 Bear call spread @ 1.60
GLD
Replacing today’s expiration…
Sold GLD NOV 25 2016 115.5 Calls @ .76
$SVXY #ShortCalls #RollUp – I’m…
$SVXY #ShortCalls #RollUp – I’m splitting up a currently profitable short position into two new positions.
Bought to close SVXY Nov 18 2016 79 Calls/Sold SVXY Dec 9 2019 82 Calls @ 1.00 Credit
Bought to close SVXY Nov 18 2016 79 Calls/Sold SVXY Dec 16 2019 83 Calls @ 1.55 Credit
The Strike 79 Calls I covered were sold at 4.52, so a nice profit on those.
$DUST #ShortCalls – Sold DUST…
$DUST #ShortCalls – Sold DUST DEC 16 2016 90.0 Calls @ 1.55. Highest available strike price.
I have strike 70’s expiring today
$CF #CoveredCalls #RollOut – Bought…
$CF #CoveredCalls #RollOut – Bought to close CF Nov 18 2016 27 Calls/Sold CF Dec 2 2016 28 Calls for a 0.10 Credit
#VXXGame Wow, there is just…
#VXXGame
Wow, there is just no premium out there. $SVXY Puts aren’t worth much until you get pretty close to ATM and OTM calls provide very little premium. $UVXY calls are trading for pennies. I’m guessing that is not likely to change until we get to the Dec FOMC meeting and we see how the market reacts. I don’t think a rate increase will have much affect, since it is expected, the interesting thing will be the dot plot on the future increases. That’s what freaked everyone last year.
$SVXY #ShortCalls – Sold SVXY…
$SVXY #ShortCalls – Sold SVXY DEC 30 2016 90.0 Calls @ 2.60.
MCK rollout
Rolled $MCK Nov 18 145 puts down and out to Jan 20 140 puts for 1.40 credit with the stock at 140.33. Getting some more time and more room.
Closing CRI
Bought to close $CRI Dec 16 80 puts @ .20. Sold for 1.35 on 9/27.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to open $SPX Dec 15th 2065/2040 put spreads for 1.40, with SPX at 2186.
$NUGT #ShortPuts #RollOut – rolled…
$NUGT #ShortPuts #RollOut – rolled a couple of positions out and down to avoid assignment today
Bought to close NUGT Nov 18 2016 9.5 Puts/Sold NUGT Dec 2 2016 9.0 Puts for a 0.16 Credit
Bought to close NUGT Nov 18 2016 9.0 Puts/Sold NUGT Dec 2 2016 8.5 Puts for a 0.30 Credit
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