#earnings Aug. 18 285/290/360/365 for 1.07, roughly 9% on both sides
Monthly Archives: August 2017
$AZO #ShortCalls – Sold 1…
$AZO #ShortCalls – Sold 1 AZO AUG 25 2017 620.0 Call @ 1.20, turning one of my short put positions into a strangle. Only a few weeks until expiration with the strike price at the top of the trading range since the earnings gap in May.
The stock has rallied from 491 to 554 in less than a month. I don’t think it has another 66 points in it.
REGN earnings
#Earnings Sold to Open $REGN 430/440/500/510 #IronCondor for 1.95. Filled on the pop up to 475.
Biggest UP move: +6.7% , Biggest DOWN move: -6.3% , Average move: 3.2%. Short strikes are +5.3% and -7.4% OTM.
$CAH #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$CAH #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 CAH JAN 19 2018 60.0 Put @ 1.15.
Thanks @ramie
DISH earnings
#Earnings Sold to open $DISH Aug 4th 62.5/64.5/65/67 iron condors for 1.25. Max risk .75. I placed the order earlier when DISH was around 64.75. It filled after a drop, so now this trade leans bullish.
Biggest UP move: 4.3%, Biggest DOWN move: -6.3%, Average move: 2.1%.
GRMN closed
#Earnings Bought to close $GRMN Aug 4th 51/49 put spreads for .10. Sold yesterday for 1.00.
#xle sto xle 67 straddle…
#xle
sto xle 67 straddle @ 67 strike for $1.05 expires this Friday.(ira)
sto xle 67 put @ 1.02 expires this Friday.(reg account)
$PYPL strangle
Sold $PYPL Sep 15 55/62.50 strangles @ 1.33. IV rank is 58.
Delta of the put is 21, delta of the call is 25.
The put strike (55) is at support, call strike (62.50) above the all-time high in the stock from last week. Will look to take off at 50%.
$MOS #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$MOS #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 MOS Dec 15 2017 21.0 Put @ 1.25 with the stock at 22.20
$HES #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$HES #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold HES Jan 19 2018 35.0 Puts @ 1.35 with the stock at 42.37
$CAH #FallingKnife Sold $CAH Jan…
$CAH #FallingKnife
Sold $CAH Jan 19 2018 60 puts @ 1.10. Strike is below the Oct-Nov 2016 lows.
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold UVXY Aug 4 2017 36 Calls @ 0.28 with the stock at 29.97.
20% OTM and expires Friday
$SVXY
#ShortPuts Sold to open Aug 25th 75 Puts @ 1.25 with $SVXY @ 90.36 I’m giving this a bit more time than usual for me as I will be away for a good chunk of August.
Taking IWM off
Bought to close $IWM Aug 18 144 calls @ .20. Sold for 1.00 on 7/24. Probably got a bit lucky on the timing but I’ll take it. I’ll look to re-initiate a trade in this ticker (short puts or a short strangle) once this pullback runs its course and hopefully IV increases.
#vixindicator Jeff at what point…
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Closed on GTC order: $SPX Aug 4th 2495/2520 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.50 on July 3rd.
ZNGA earnings
#Earnings This is a small trade, win or lose about $200. $ZNGA seems to be recovering from lows, so this is a play for a move up to 4.00+.
Bought to open (10) ZNGA Aug 4th 3.5 calls for .20. Biggest UP move: 12.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -15.8%, Average move: 7.3%. Breakeven +4.2% OTM.
STMP earnings
#Earnings Sold to Open $STMP Aug 4th 137/125 put spreads for 1.90. This is one of my favorite earnings trades. It has been strongly bullish for years, including on earnings. Usually go naked but making it a wide condor to manage margin.
Biggest UP move: 38.1%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.3%, Average move: 14.0%. +10.4% bullish bias. This trade is -7.9% OTM.
Closing GRMN
#Earnings trade from yesterday
Bought to close $GRMN Aug 4 46.50 puts @ .01. Sold for .41.
SHOP closed
#Earnings Bought to close $SHOP Aug 4th 80/110 strangles for .15 (legged out). Sold for 1.26 on Monday.
$AAPL #CoveredCalls Sold $AAPL Sep…
$AAPL #CoveredCalls
Sold $AAPL Sep 15 165 calls @ 1.62
$ULTI #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$ULTI #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold ULTI JAN 19 2018 135.0 Put @ 1.40 with the stock at 202.
Lowest available strike. Not far from the 3-year low of 125.74
GRPN closed
#Earnings GRPN long straddle didn’t work (needed a big gap) so I sold for .26. Bought yesterday for .62.
AAPL Earnings
#earningstrade Followed a bearish TT trade but went to Aug. 18, bought a 143/146/146/149 put butterfly for .43, profitable between 143.50 and 148.50
ULTI earnings
#Earnings I’m not taking this trade because I’m a bit light on buying power, but worth looking at for the Aug 18th options. That’s 17 days away, and the stock has not fallen more than 12% at any point after earnings, even up to 21-days after. The 200 puts are about 12% OTM. You can be even safer selling the 195 or 190’s. Also nicely below trend channel and 200 ma.
Here are 21-day stats: Biggest UP move: 8.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -5.9%, Average move: 5.0%.
AAPL earnings
#Earnings #IronButterfly 150.00 is a nice round number with higher open interest, so playing this one for a pin on Friday.
Sold to Open $AAPL Aug 4th 145/150/155 iron butterflys for 3.67. Max risk, 1.33.
ONE-DAY moves: Biggest UP move: 6.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -6.6%, Average move: 4.1%.
$AMZN
Sold Aug 11th 1050/1040 BeCS @ 0.80 when $AMZN was at 999.22. Dan had suggested that $AMZN would have a difficult time working back up after the earnings miss. So I’m using this short term trade as part of my class practice.
$GRMN #ShortPuts – Sold GRMN…
$GRMN #ShortPuts – Sold GRMN AUG 4 2017 45.5 Puts @ 0.25 with the stock at 50.05
These expire Friday.
The 1 year low on the stock is 46.05 set during earnings season in September 2016
VMC puts
Sold $VMC Sep 15 105 puts @ 1.25. Earnings are tomorrow before the bell.
HP
Followed Iceman at 1.65 on the March 37.5 puts. I think we may have seen a bottom in the oil stocks but, it is not a bull market in that sector.
Today’s earnings: GRPN, GRMN, SODA
#Earnings These orders are all in. May adjust prices if no fill comes soon.
$GRPN Buying the Aug 4th 4 straddle for .62. Biggest UP move: 29.0%, Biggest DOWN move: -26.3%, Average move: 16.0%. -1.59% negative bias. With stock at 3.76, this trade breaks even at +22.9% or -10.1%.
$GRMN Selling Aug 4th 51/49 put spreads for 1.00. Biggest UP move: 16.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -10.7%, Average move: 5.7%. +1.12% positive bias. Bullish chart.
$SODA Selling Aug 4th 57/55 put spreads for 1.00. Biggest UP move: 23.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.7%, Average move: 9.1%. A blistering +5.04% positive bias on recent earnings. Seems to be on a bullish run for over a year now.
SRPT short stock
Bought to close $SRPT stock, assigned on earnings on July 21st. Cost basis 41.10.
Yesterday, 100 shares at 41.00
Today, 100 shares at 37.50
Still holding 100 shares with Sept 35 covered put.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Closed on GTC order: $SPX Aug 2nd 2450/2425 put spreads for .20. Sold for 3.40 on July 21st.
UVXY #shortcalls STO Aug 04…
UVXY #shortcalls
STO Aug 04 $30 call for 0.75, expires Friday
NFLX #shortstrangles BTC Aug 18…
NFLX #shortstrangles
BTC Aug 18 175P/195C for $2.90, sold for $5.60 7/21
$HP #ShortPuts – Sold 1…
$HP #ShortPuts – Sold 1 HP MAR 16 2018 37.5 Put @ 1.70.
Strike is well below the 3 year low on the stock.
$UAA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$UAA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 UAA Jan 19 2018 17.5 Put @ 1.69.
I overloaded this account with short (partially covered) Calls yesterday, so I’m balancing the books a bit now.
$SVXY #ShortCalls – Sold 1…
$SVXY #ShortCalls – Sold 1 SVXY JAN 18 2019 165.0 Call @ 6.30 with the stock at 91.84
$TSLA #ShortPuts – Sold TSLA…
$TSLA #ShortPuts – Sold TSLA AUG 4 2017 250.0 Puts @ 0.26. with the stock at 323.44.
These expire Friday
$HP #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$HP #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold a couple more this morning with the stock at 49.81.
Sold 1 HP Dec 15 2017 42.5 Put @ 1.80
Sold 1 HP Dec 15 2017 40.0 Put @ 1.30
Sold HP Jan 19 2018 40.0 Puts @ 1.60
$AAOI
BTC Aug 11th 65 Puts @ .50. Originally sold @ 2.55 Earnings 8/3 After market. I may re-enter depending on the earnins results. I like the Sept Puts that were sold yesterday. Maybe I will get in today. I will let it dwell a bit.
AAPL data
#Earnings Here is info on the last 12 earnings moves (1 day) for $AAPL.
Biggest UP move: 6.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -6.6%, Average move: 4.1%. +0.54% upside bias.
May 2, 2017 AC -0.30%
Jan. 31, 2017 AC 6.09%
Oct. 25, 2016 AC -2.24%
July 26, 2016 AC 6.49%
April 26, 2016 AC -6.25%
Jan. 26, 2016 AC -6.57%
Oct. 27, 2015 AC 4.12%
July 21, 2015 AC -4.22%
April 27, 2015 AC -1.57%
Jan. 27, 2015 AC 5.65%
Oct. 20, 2014 AC 2.71%
July 22, 2014 AC 2.60%
With stock at 149.00, the 6.6% max move would be 139.21, and 158.79.
$NUGT #ShortCalls – Bought to…
$NUGT #ShortCalls – Bought to close NUGT 25/100 Sep 15 2017 18.0 Calls @ 0.01. They won’t trade any lower and still have 45 days until expiration.
These are the old pre-split contracts.
Originally sold in early April @ 1.08 and 1.28.
Just got this.
Notable Earnings After the Close, Tuesday or Before the Open on Wednesday:
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Notable Earnings After the Close, Wednesday or Before the Open on Thursday:
ABC, AEL, AER, AET, AGN, AGO, AIG, AMAG, AMCX, APA, AR, AREX, ARRS, ARW, AVB, AVP, AWK, AXTA, BCE, BDX, BERY, BGC, BIVV, BLDP, BLL, BMRN, BRKS, CA, CAB, CAKE, CAVM, CC, CDW, CENX, CF, CHD, CHK, CIM, CINF, CLI, CLVS, CLX, CNAT, CNP, CNQ, CNSL, COMM, CONE, COT, CPE, CRUS, CTL, CTSH, CTXS, CXO, DATA, DDD, DISH, DK, DOC, DOX, DUK, ECR, EEP, EGOV, ELGX, EMES, ENB, EPD, EPE, EXEL, FBHS, FIT, FMSA, FORM, FRT, G, GCI, GLOG, GMED, GPN, H, HCLP, HGV, HIMX, HK, HL, HLTH, HMHC, HOLX, HOS, HPP, HR, HSC, HSNI, IAC, ICE, INAP, INN, INOV, INSY, K, KGC, KMT, LADR, LDOS, LNC, LSI, LVLT, MAC, MASI, MET, MOH, MRO, MTDR, MUR, MVIS, NBL, NBR, NLY, NRG, NSA, NUS, NXPI, NYLD, OAS, OCLR, OGE, OMAM, OMF, ORBC, OSUR, OXY, PACB, PBF, PDM, PE, PEIX, PH, PK, PNW, PPC, PPL, PRU, Q, QRVO, REGN, RIC, RICE, RIG, RLGY, RMP, RNG, RP, RWLK, RXN, RYAM, SBH, SBRA, SCG, SEDG, SFM, SHPG, SNH, SNR, SQ, STOR, SYMC, TDOC, TEVA, THS, TK, TNK, TOO, TRMB, TS, TSEM, TSLA, TTMI, TTWO, TVPT, UGI, UNT, VER, VG, VSH, WIN, WLK, WLTW, WMB, WMGI, WPX, WRK, WTR, WYN, XPO, YUM, ZNGA
Notable Earnings After the Close, Thursday or Before the Open on Friday:
AAOI, ACIA, ACLS, ACXM, AEE, AG, AHT, AINV, AKAO, AL, AMH, AMN, ANET, AON, ATVI, BGS, BLDR, BPL, BRKR, BRS, CALD, CARA, CARB, CBB, CBL, CBOE, CBPX, CCC, CDR, CERS, CFMS, CI, CLNE, CNK, CRC, CSOD, CTB, CTRL, DCT, ED, EFII, ELY, EPR, ESNT, ETSY, FIVN, FLR, FLT, FOXF, GPRO, GST, GTE, HBM, HDP, HMSY, HTGC, ILG, INFI, INFN, IRWD, ITT, JCOM, JUNO, KHC, KND, KW, LNT, MCHP, MDRX, MEET, MELI, MRC, MSI, MTZ, MWA, MX, NBIX, NE, NEWR, NFG, NPTN, NWL, NYMT, OEC, OLED, OTEX, OUT, PBPB, PDLI, PGRE, PI, PKI, PMT, PODD, POST, RDUS, REG, REGI, RLJ, RYI, SEM, SHAK, SM, SMCI, SPPI, SRC, SRCL, SRE, SWIR, SWN, SYNA, TDS, TIVO, TRVG, TXMD, UNIT, UNVR, VECO, VGR, VIAB, WEB, WING, WTI, WTTR, WTW, WU, YELP, YRCW, ZEN
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