Just stumbled across this…LABD is the bearish version. Weeklies available and a reverse split already in the books. Could be one to watch for a short entry on the next biotech selloff. Maybe buy some 2020 puts and sell weekly against them. Not a ton of liquidity but spreads aren’t terrible.
FWIW…
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$GS 242.50 call
$FB 187.50 call
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#SPXcampaign Sold $SPX June 22nd 2795/2820 call spreads for 1.70. No upside warning so I’m still selling both sides of this market.
#spxcampaign
Closed Early
$SPX BTC 6/8 2800/2775 BECS at 50% of max profit.
$SPX BTC 6/15 2835/2810 BECS at 70% of max profit. Thank you @jeffcp66
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 6/22 2595/2620 BUPS at 1.95
$SPX STO 6/15 2675/2700 BUPS at 5.70 Thank you @jeffcp66
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Last one…squeezing in one more sale before earnings.
Bought to Close AMBA MAY 25 2018 50.5 Calls @ .08 (sold for .80)
Sold AMBA JUN 1 2018 51.5 Calls @ .91
BTO January 2020, 55 calls @ 15.22 and sold June 29, 60 calls @ .87 for a net debit of 14.35 and .18 cents per week to cover the trade.
#ShortPuts #IRA – Thanks @Iceman !
Sold JNJ NOV 16 2018 115.0 Put @ 3.05
#LongCalls #LEAPS – The NOC replacement at twice the size…BTW this is Whiz’s favorite and he’s always right! 🙂 🙂
Bought RTN JAN 17 2020 220.0 Calls @ 22.50
Sold RTN JUN 8 2018 217.5 Calls @ 1.25
Payoff by Jan 2019 and Jan 2020 is .66/.25
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Now that RTN has finally joined the weekly world I’m moving over there. It’s a little cheaper so I can do more contracts too. NOC needed a little pullback to get back to the top of the risk profile (max profit) and it got it today.
Sold NOC JAN 17 2020 330.0 Calls
Bought NOC MAY 25 2018 327.5 Calls
All said and done 17 day position booked 3.08 per contract (just a 2 lot here)
#VIXIndicator Looking less likely we’ll get an Upside Warning today, but in any case here’s an updated version of the chart I posted months ago. The blue bars with numbers on top represent the percentage move UP from the close of an Upside Warning day to the eventual SPX high before another pullback. The numbers at the bottom of each bar are the percentage move DOWN from the preceding correction, and the date of the Upside Warning. Please ask any questions you have! (you can click on the chart to see it full screen)
I can wait until the end of day and post these together all at once and avoid some clutter or I can post them individually in closer to real time. Am I posting too much? Fridays can be busy sometimes…just don’t want to irritate anyone. I like to add the details since it might help someone out there. Let me have it…I’ve got thick skin! 🙂 🙂
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Here’s the 2020 reset…
Bought TQQQ JAN 17 2020 55.0 Calls @ 14.60
Sold TQQQ JUN 1 2018 56.5 Calls @ .80 (sold 8 of 10)
Payoff by Jan 2019 and Jan 2020 is .42/.16 (assuming full sales)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Still selling less than max to control upside risk but still enough to cover cost by end of year…
Bought to Close EWZ JUN 1 2018 40.5 Calls @ .03 (sold for .40)
sold EWZ JUN 1 2018 38.0 Calls @ .32
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Was a little irritated at this one but the rally helped. Needed 657.75 to get even but didn’t quite make it. Short put was exercised a couple days ago. Sold the stock today for 633.95 with a basis of 657.75. Taking the 23.80 loss and rolling it into a Jan 2020 LEAP position. Only rolling one for one since these are pricey. I might consider adding another one on a big drop.
Once I calculated the final numbers it definitely looks doable and possibly even very profitable…
Bought AZO JAN 17 2020 640.0 Call @ 99.50 (basis 123.30 now)
Sold AZO JUN 1 2018 642.5 Call @ 4.10
Payoff by Jan 2019 and Jan 2020 is 3.61/1.40
#shortputs #shortcalls SPY
tastyTrade video compain short puts and calls to long puts and calls over the last several years.
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/market-measures/episodes/directional-trading-with-naked-options-05-25-2018
#ShortStrangles #LongCalls #LEAPS – A timely pullback today in this thing. Two different trades going and both sets of short calls were DITM. Selloff allowed for much better rolls to get all the positions back in the game.
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Position 1:
Selling weekly calls against longer term short puts that (used to be) deep in the money. Good chance to roll the weekly calls now.
Rolled ADSK MAY 25 2018 131.0 Calls to JUN 8 2018 133.0 Calls @ .25 credit
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Position 2:
Long LEAPS against short calls where short calls had gotten absolutely demolished. Using the weakness today to roll up the LEAPS and taking the credit to make a huge roll up of the weeklies.
Rolled ADSK JAN 18 2019 120.0 Calls to JAN 18 2019 130.0 Calls @ 5.90 credit
Rolled ADSK MAY 25 2018 122.0 Calls to JUN 15 2018 130.0 Calls @ 5.66 debit
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Assuming no more crazy rallies in this thing the weekly calls are now back in play for further selling….
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Rolling out and up. Earnings next week so the premium helps on the roll…
Rolled DG MAY 25 2018 96.0 Calls to JUN 1 2018 101.0 Calls @ .02 debit
@LongCalls #LEAPS – This was a short put repair trade I put on two weeks ago. Rolled those losses into the basis of this trade. Had to roll the short calls twice and they’ve reached zero deltas for a second time already so booking it.
Sold ROKU JAN 17 2020 35.0 Calls
Bought ROKU JUN 1 2018 37.0 Calls
All said and done made back the put losses and another 1.11 per contract on top of that. A nice 10 lot and recovery. Love this ticker….in and out quite a few times this year already. Waiting on the next pullback now.
BTO Jun 29 103/101 Put BePS .93 #Bitty
AMZN 1545/1542.50 & 1550.00/1547.5 =85.00
NFLX 315.00/312.50 17.50
From a loss to a profit. Had 74/72 Put spread for today was way under water so yester day saw it turn over added a 77/74 Put spread any way was down 88.50 now closed for a 52.00 profit. Was a DK trade that I followed.
Learned how from you guys & gals.
NFLX: The market makers got $.05 on the close. A couple week’s worth of #PieTrades brought in over $1500. Reset with #CoveredBackRatio “Cobras”. Dec 305c x 3/Dec 350 c x-2 ($125.15) Plus June 1 357.5 call @4.01. For 100 delta/100 shares of stock replacement.
Stock cost basis is $342.65. Net risk right now $12K.
TQQQ: Added another tranche Sep 50c x 6/Sep 56call -4 for 200 share stock replacement, Jun 8 58 call @.60. Stock Cost Basis: $55.30, Net risk: $3400
CVX: Rolled down calls from June 1 130 to June 8 127, added an additional #BeCS. Pocketed $174 on the roll, but struggling to keep up with underlying decline. New basis = $125.11
IBM and CRM are still left to manage: IBM I will allow May 25 to expire and open June 1 $144 call closer to the close. CRM has earnings next week. I was hoping the stock would be called, but I will roll to ITM calls for next week.
BABA: Added another tranche. Oct 175c +4, Oct 195 call -2, Jun1 202.5 call -2
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#LongCalls #LEAPS – Been in this awhile. Got caught in the December whipsaw but finally back where it started. Getting even and getting out is the goal here. Not a fan of GLD with weak premiums. On the bright side it’s out to 2020 so a lot of time…
Bought to Close GLD MAY 25 2018 124.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .78)
Sold GLD JUN 8 2018 124.5 Calls @ .51 (70 percent size)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – After the split I’m booking my current position and resetting with the new strikes and using more even numbers and sizes. This was nicely profitable so a good time to adjust on the tiny dip right at the open…
Sold to Close TQQQ JAN 17 2020 50.0 Calls (150.0 pre-split)
Bought to Close TQQQ JUN 15 2018 52.0 Calls (156 pre-split)
Pounded down the basis really early in this one including originally buying the call spreads and then closing the short on the big drop.
All said and done a 7.07 gain on the pre-split number. Only a 4 lot but good enough!
SLB #FallingKnife ?
Interesting look at the VIX chart… I think today’s close will be telling.
Fascinating. Tags on both sides this week. $VIX pic.twitter.com/XpfPoGHlhh
— Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) May 25, 2018
#SPXcampaign Added another batch of long $SPX June 15th 2825/2850 call spreads for .40. I now have a triple-sized position at avg price of .743
It’s a long shot, but no so outlandish as to be called a lottery ticket. I think we’ll get an Upside Warning today which gives us a good shot at a new all-time high on SPX. $RUT is already doing that, and $VIX is telling us these intraday swoons aren’t causing any panic.
#ContangoETFs $GUSH topped out early this week at 47, which triggered my rolling of several ATM positions… then it did what a ContangoETF is supposed to do… dropped dramatically. Bummer that its highs had to be right around my strikes, forcing the rolls. I rolled one into a strangle that may soon have its 31 puts breached. I waited on another, which was a mistake as it is now too low to roll into a higher call. Such is the folly with these ones destined toward zero.
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