Account accounting…?

Just wondering how you guys track your trades. TOS (or any platform for that matter) just isn’t very good about tracking basis in positions after rolls. I don’t treat every little trade as a stand alone trade. Sometimes it’s many rolls and adjustments but always related back to the original position until the whole enchilada is closed.

Here’s how I do it but I’m always looking for something easier. Mine can be a little time consuming if I’m very active but that’s pretty rare (and I enjoy this part anyway). It’s basically doing the calculations long hand and typing into a text file…(always backed up on two computers). This layout has evolved over the years for various types of positions but here’s the basic strangle sale with an adjustment (actual numbers if that’s ok).

Original trade:

Sold EWZ DEC 15 2017 40.0/45.0 Strangles @ 1.55

Entered in my text file:

EWZ + 559.90 (5 Dec 40 Puts @ 1.12) Dec 15 monthly
EWZ + 204.90 (5 Dec 45 Calls @ .43) Dec 15 monthly

Adjustment:

Rolled EWZ DEC 15 2017 45.0 Calls to DEC 15 2017 42.5 Calls @ .53 credit

Modified entry in my text file reflecting premium received for call roll and new strike:

EWZ + 559.90 (5 Dec 40 Puts @ 1.12) Dec 15 monthly
EWZ + 459.70 (5 Dec 42.50 Calls @ .96) Dec 15 monthly

This keeps a running total of exactly where the trade stands at any time. Dollars rounded to nearest nickel after commissions and premium received actual amount to the penny.

Am I too anal? LOL open to ideas. It’s a shame a platform can’t track these any better!

Expired MA EArnings Trade Short Puts MZOR IC BIDU (Looks Cryptic)

#optionsexpiration
$SPX 2460/2485 BUPS

#earnings Joined @jeffcp66
$MA STO 11/3 148/150 BUPS @ 1.00

#shortputs
$MZOR STO 11/17 60 put @ 3.50
#ironcondor
$BIDU STO 12/15 210/220/270/260 IC @ 2.90

Hope we are all treated well on Halloween.

SVXY #Shortputs Afternoon all. Love…

SVXY #Shortputs Afternoon all. Love the pumpkin graph and the spooky theme. Anywho. Sold to open Nov 24th 80 Puts with SVXY at 106.05 just before the midmorn swoon. Impeccable time. Not. Went and hid in the barn for the rest of the day.

Market

I hope we get more downside in the next 30 minutes.

RH roll again

#Earnings #ShortStrangles #Rolling Will some one tame this beast!?! This is my fourth roll.

BTC $RH Nov 17th 70/95 strangles for 6.95. Sold for 4.97 on Oct 16th.
STO $RH Dec 1st 85/95 strangles for 7.25.

History: Sep 8th 36/64.5 on 9/5
Rolled to: Oct 20th 65/75 on 9/7
Rolled to: Oct 27th 72/80 on Oct 5th
Rolled to: Nov 17th 75/90 on Oct 16th.

Original trade sold for 1.10, now up to 2.01 total credit.

Request of $SPX $DJI $NDX etc…

Would you stay down into the close this time please?

That is all.

Closing more DRIP

I have GTC orders for .05 on my remaining positions. This one got filled today.
Bought to close $DRIP Dec 15 40 call @ .05. Sold for 2.80 on 7/5.

SPX trades

#SPXcampaign $SPX Today, in chronological order:

(Friday after close) BTC #ITMroll Nov 6th 2520/2545 call spreads for 23.50. Sold for 22.10 last Monday.
Today:
BTC Nov 1st 2540/2515 put spreads for .35. Sold Oct 18th for 2.70.
BTC #ITMroll Nov 6th 2525/2550 call spreads for 23.20. Sold for 22.25 on Oct 20th.
Sold Nov 13th 2570/2595 call spreads and 2590/2565 put spreads for 23.00 total, as an #InverseCondor to roll one of the Nov 6th #ITMroll call spreads stopped above. This gives me a much higher call spread strike. One of these two will be rolled next Monday, or both if they are both ITM.

BTC Nov 10th 2460/2435 put spreads for .32. Sold for 1.45 on Oct 9th.
Sold Dec 1st 2480/2455 put spreads for 1.47.
(the above 2 were done together as one trade, which seemed to “trick” my broker into a better margin outcome that they were showing had I done them separately)

BTC Nov 10th 2600/2625 call spreads for 1.95. Sold for 1.68 in early October. This is a double position so I’m doing a #ReverseRoll on half since it got close to my stop level on Friday.
Sold Nov 8th 2540/2515 put spreads for 2.00 as a #ReverseRoll

Still waiting to sell another #ITMroll, hopefully during a rally into the close. My news alerts said that today’s drop was due to word that corporate tax cuts may come in phases. If that’s really the reason, sounds like another dip to buy.

EWZ

#ShortStrangles – Rolled EWZ DEC 15 2017 45.0 Calls to DEC 15 2017 42.5 Calls @ .53 credit

Position now 40/42.5 Strangles @ 2.08

H & S ??

Not a big chart guy….is this a head and shoulders top? Breaking support at the shoulder line?

H&S

$SVXY

STO Nov 3 $85 puts @ $.33

#SPXcampaign Jeff, Wondering have you…

#SPXcampaign

Jeff, Wondering have you rolled any of the $SPX spreads with this slight pull back? I closed too early this AM and now waiting for a spike to roll.

MA earnings

#Earnings Sold $MA Nov 3rd 150/148 put spreads for 1.00. 1:1 risk/reward for ATM spread… bullish trade. Biggest UP move: 9.4%, Biggest DOWN move: -2.7%, Average move: 2.6%. Stock needs to end the week above 150 for full profit.

AVGO

#ShortStrangles – Nice pop out of the daily squeeze. Looking at Dec 240/300 @ 5.50…

Whaddya think?

#earnings GOOGL Closed Nov. 17…

#earnings GOOGL
Closed Nov. 17 #ironcondor for 1.72, sold for 1.86 last week, short call was 1020, stock at 1029, playing safe

NVDA

#Earnings – They don’t report until next week and I had already sold a partial put position at the 180 strike but never got a chance to add. To get the rest of the position on I’m going with a super bullish position but protection if she implodes.

Sold NVDA NOV 10 2017 210.0/200.0 Bull Put Spread @ 5.25

Scenarios:

1. NVDA rallies then yay!
2. NVDA drifts on up into the announcement might book it early.
3. NVDA implodes I book the long put and take stock at a decent basis to sell covered calls.

$CMG #ShortPuts #Speculation – Sold…

$CMG #ShortPuts #Speculation – Sold 1 CMG NOV 3 2017 260.0 Put @ 1.45 with the stock at 270.0.
Expires Friday although I would like to cover it before then at a nickel.

FFIV

#ShortStrangles – Had so much fun with this over earnings gonna try to squeeze a little more out of it.

Sold FFIV NOV 17 2017 115.0/127.0 Strangles @ 1.45

@jeffcp66 Hey Jeff, love the…

@jeffcp66

Hey Jeff, love the background theme.

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Bought to…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Bought to close my last UVXY Dec 15 2017 65.0 Call @ 0.33.
Sold this one at the top of the last REAL volatility spike on 08/10/17 at 13.60
And to think I was selling December strike 91 calls just last week @ 0.75.

SHOP earnings

#Earnings Sold to Open $SHOP Nov 3rd 100/125 strangles for 3.30. A bullish leaning trade. Over last 12 quarters, Biggest UP move: 13.0%, Biggest DOWN move: -3.7%, Average move: 7.8%. My strikes are -7.0% and +16.3% OTM.

$NUGT #CoveredCalls – Sold NUGT…

$NUGT #CoveredCalls – Sold NUGT NOV 3 2017 30.5 Calls @ 0.51.
At the same time Sold DUST NOV 3 2017 25.5 Puts @ 0.35

$UVXY

Made a couple of small trades at the open
STO Nov 3 $18 calls @ $.45
STO Nov 10 $25 calls @ $.35

Notable Earnings After Close Mon/Before Open Tues:

ACOR, ADM, AEIS, AET, AGCO, AHH, AKS, ALSN, AMKR, AMT, ARCH, ARE, ARRY, AVB, BCC, BKU, BP, BPMC, BPOP, BRX, CBI, CDK, CG, CGNX, CHGG, CLDT, CMI, CMP, CNHI, CNX, CONE, CRAY, DBD, ECL, EIGI, EIX, ETN, EVRI, EXAC, EXAS, FET, FIS, GEO, GGP, GOV, GWR, HCA, HLIT, HRS, HZO, IDTI, IDXX, IIVI, INCY, INN, INST, IPGP, IRT, K, KBR, LL, LXU, MA, MAC, MDCA, MDLZ, MOS, MSM, MTGE, NBL, NR, OHI, OLN, OSK, PEG, PFE, RCII, RE, SABR, SANM, SBAC, SERV, SF, SHO, SHOO, SHOP, SNE, SQNS, STRL, TBI, TREX, TXRH, TYPE, UAA, UDR, UIS, VNO, WCG, WLH, XYL

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Notable Earnings After Close Tues/Before Open Wed:

AFG, AGIO, AGN, ALE, AMRN, APAM, APC, APO, AVA, BBG, BBOX, BDC, BG, BGFV, BGS, CBT, CDW, CHKP, CHRW, CLH, CLX, COMM, COTV, CRTO, CTSH, CVRR, CXO, DDD, DNOW, DVN, DX, EA, EAT, EE, EL, EMES, ENLC, ENLK, ESRT, EVHC, FISV, FORM, FSP, FTR, GNRC, GPT, GRMN, GRPN, HCLP, HFC, HMC, HYH, ICPT, INGR, INXN, IPHI, ITG, KAR, MASI, MD, MDR, MMYT, MNTA, MOBL, MOD, NFX, NI, NVMI, NYT, OKE, OMI, PAYC, PBI, PPL, PZZA, QLYS, RDC, REXR, RGR, RNR, RPAI, RPT, SB, SBGI, SCMP, SENS, SO, SODA, SPAR, SPR, STE, TAP, TEL, TEX, TMHC, TRI, TX, UAN, VOYA, VRSK, WES, WEX, WFT, WGP, WNC, WR, WTR, X, ZAGG, ZBH

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Notable Earnings After Close Wed/Before Open Thurs:

ABC, ACIW, ACXM, ADNT, ADP, AER, AES, ALL, AMAG, AMCX, AME, AN, ANSS, APA, APRN, AR, ARCC, AREX, ARI, AROC, ARRS, ARW, AVP, AWK, BABA, BCE, BDX, BGC, BIOS, BLDP, BLL, BOJA, BTE, BXP, CAKE, CAVM, CBPO, CF, CHD, CHK, CHSP, CI, CIM, CLVS, CNAT, CNQ, CNSL, CRK, CTRP, CVE, CWST, CYBR, CYH, CZR, DDR, DLPH, DWDP, DXCM, EEP, EGOV, ENB, EPD, EQIX, ERII, ES, ESIO, ETM, EXC, EXEL, EXR, FB, FEYE, FI, FIT, FLS, FLT, FMSA, FOE, FOXF, FRAC, FRT, GCI, GCP, GERN, GIL, GLOG, GLUU, GNMK, GOGO, GPOR, GPRE, GPRO, GXP, H, HABT, HBI, HBM, HCP, HE, HGV, HIIQ, HMHC, HOS, HPP, HR, HRTG, HST, HUBS, ICE, INAP, INOV, INSY, IRWD, IT, ITT, JUNO, KEM, KHC, KMT, KTWO, LDOS, LIVN, LNC, LOXO, LPI, LPSN, LQ, LSI, MDC, MDU, MET, MFA, MITL, MLM, MMP, MPW, MRO, MSCI, MSGN, MUR, MUSA, MVIS, MWA, NBIX, NLY, NMIH, NNN, NRG, NSM, NUS, NWE, NWL, NYLD, OA, OCLR, OCN, OGE, OMAM, OMF, ORBC, OSUR, OXY, OZM, PAH, PBF, PBH, PCG, PDM, PEI, PGNX, PGTI, PH, PI, PRU, PUMP, PXD, QCOM, QDEL, QRVO, QUOT, RACE, RDS.A, REG, RGLD, RIG, RL, RXN, RYAM, RYN, SAGE, SEP, SFM, SGMS, SHAK, SNSS, SNY, SPWR, SRC, STOR, SYMC, TCAP, TCO, TDC, TDOC, TEVA, THS, TPX, TS, TSLA, TTMI, TUES, TVPT, UNT, VIAV, VMC, W, WLTW, WMB, WMGI, WMS, WPX, WRK, WSR, WTI, XPO, YELP, YUM, ZEN, ZTS

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Notable Earnings After Close Thurs/Before Open Fri:

AAPL, ACET, ACIA, ACLS, ADMS, AEE, AGO, AHT, AIG, AINV, AIZ, AKR, AMH, AMN, ANET, ARCB, ATGE, ATVI, AXL, BID, BKH, BLMN, BOOT, BPL, BRKR, CARA, CARB, CATM, CBG, CBL, CBS, CC, CCS, CDR, CERS, CHUY, CLNE, CNK, CNP, COHU, CORT, CPST, CRUS, CTRL, CYRX, DATA, DCT, DOC, DUK, EBS, ECPG, EOG, EPAY, ERI, EVC, EVH, EYES, FCPT, FLDM, FLR, FND, FNGN, GNW, GSAT, GTE, HDP, HLF, HMSY, HRC, HTGC, IMGN, JCOM, KEYW, KTOS, KW, LADR, LNT, LNTH, LOCO, LYV, MCO, MDRX, MELI, MOH, MRC, MSI, MTZ, MYOK, NE, NFG, NSTG, NYMT, OEC, OLED, OTEX, OVAS, P, PACB, PBA, PBPB, PDLI, PETX, PK, PKI, PMT, PNW, PODD, PTCT, RDUS, RICE, RLGY, RMP, RP, RSG, RUBI, SBUX, SEM, SHLX, SJI, SM, SN, SNR, SPPI, SRG, SSP, STAG, STMP, SWIR, TIVO, TNET, TRQ, TSE, UNIT, UNVR, USCR, VECO, VRNS, VST, VVC, WIFI, WING, WPC, WU, XPER, XRAY, YRCW

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