$M 8/17 39 puts were clobbered when Macy’s sold off on the news. Earnings are the ultimate binary event when done with naked puts.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
#ironcondor #shortstrangles CMG AA Follwed…
#ironcondor #shortstrangles CMG AA
Follwed a couple trades from TT
AA sold Sept. 21 37/45 strangle for 1.40
CMG sold 485/490/550/555 for 2.22 CMG up big today
More DUST
Sold at highest strikes:
$DUST Jan 18 2019 50 call @ 4.00
$DUST Mar 15 2019 49 call @ 5.10
#shortputspread #rolling AVGO July 25…
#shortputspread #rolling AVGO ANET
July 25 sold an Aug. 17, 215/210 put spread for 1.00, thinking it was recovered from a 20 point post earnings drop, but that was temporary. Rolled today to September 21, 210/200 for .35 and issued an order for AVGO to rally into Sept. 9 earnings.
ANET sold Sept. 21 230/240 put spread for 1.39 after 8 point drop today to 262.
WDC #fuzzy rolled the 37…
WDC #fuzzy rolled the 37 DTE 70 call down to 65 for 1.25 credit. Cb now 17.78.
Some stuff on sale now for anyone that has cash. MU down 6.1%. Most of the chips are down. IBB, LABU, XBI all down nicely.
Interesting but a lot of the triple products are not down as much as some of the individual names in the indexes.
Personally I am finding them easier to trade. Not moving all my money into them but much easier to handle a 6 point drop in LABU than a 4 point drop in MU because the premiums are so much higher easier and quicker to work back to even or profit. Usually only takes 2-6 weeks. With the lower premiums I was stuck in GM for 22 weeks, looks like WDC and MU will be long termers as well.
#earnings CREE Yesterday, sold Aug….
#earnings CREE ROKU
CREE Yesterday, sold Aug. 17 45/55 strangle for 1.31, closed this morning for .28, the way it is supposed to go.
ROKU Aug. 8, sold a 48 straddle for 9.42, earnings trade, closed today for 8.22.
AMZN
STO August 24, 1730/1750 bull put spread for .65 cents. A small trade and may add to it if the market reacts to the post office report.
SOME TRADES:
TUR BTO STOCK @21.49
TUR STO 8/17/18 22.0 CALLS @.40 I was too early.
TUR STO 8/17/18 22.0 PUTS @.70 Will be glad to own them at 21.30. 2.5 days to expiration.
STZ is down 8% on…
STZ is down 8% on investment news
Reversal signal on /ES on…
Reversal signal on /ES on the new indicator, can’t post it, on a different computer. What is @fibwizard showing.
QQQ put spread
Sold $QQQ Sep 21 174/164 bull put spread for 1.40 credit, to offset and create and iron condor with the 186/196 call spread I sold on 8/13. Delta of the short 174 puts is 32.
DUST Oct and Nov
Initiated positions in these months. Premiums have gotten better since I put these on a little while ago.
Sold at highest strikes:
$DUST Oct 19 49 calls @ 1.60
$DUSH Nov 16 49 calls @ 2.00
#fuzzy roll. Taking advantage of…
#fuzzy roll.
Taking advantage of the weakness in the chips. Rolled next week MU 54 call down to 16 DTE 50 call for 1.17 credit. Co
Probably do the same later with WDC if I have time.
Selling below the long leaps now so will have to be aggressive about rolling/managing.
TSLA mgmt
AMZN At the Bell STC Last One
#longcalls
$AMZN STC 8/17 1820 calls at 97.00 BTO at 68.08 on 7/26
New tool. Not advertising here…
New tool. Not advertising here but works well in chop. Not going full directional like @fibwizard but I think this will help with my #pietrades by pointing out the actual pivots in real time. I just can’t make it work for me because of schedule, wish I could I know there is money to be made there. So I need something that does it for me. Alphashark calls it the tide trader or something like that. Uses a combination of volume, momentum, oscillator (can’t figure out which one but I think RSI looking at the math) and ATR so it is a Frankenstein indicator. However, it already helped me to hedge my SPX hedge as I saw the reversal. Takes some adjusting to each name. You have to figure out which ATR works best for what you are trading or you get too many or not enough signals. On /es and most stocks a setting of 2 is god but NFLX/AMZN take 10s. Default is 0.5 and just too many signals.
Special is $259 but I don’t know how long. An upper indicator, the big arrows and a lower. Increasing green wave go long. Purple dot possible reversal point. Increasing red wave short. Can change it for any time frame. Easy enough even I cannot miss the signal. Only traded with it 2 times so far but is helping recover MU and WDC positions by letting me sell options closer to the money.
Will update as I use it.
M Earnings
Here’s my trade for tomorrow am:
1. STO qty 10 sep 34 puts @.44
2. BTO qty 1 sep 41/39 put debit spread @ .85
3. BTO qty 1 38/36 put debit spread @ .51
BE $33.30, profit levels: step 1 $304, Step 2 $504, Step 3 $704. 50% of step is my target.
A TRADE: More of the same name.
TUR STO 8/17/18 21.0 CALLS @.85. COVERED
AZO
TRADES:
TUR BTO STOCK @20.81
TUR STO 21.0 PUTS @.85 Cost basis will be 20.15. Stock now at 20.81
#earnings #closing HD Yesterday sold…
#earnings #shortstrangles CREE Sold Aug….
#earnings #shortstrangles CREE
Sold Aug. 17 45/55 for 1.31
AMZN Long Calls / AMZN GOOGL Short Puts / TNDM Short Puts
#longcalls
Close Early
$AMZN STC 8/17 1820 calls at 95.50 BTO at 68.08 on 7/26 Have one left with a stop on it
#shortputs
$AMZN STO 9/7 1780/1800 BUPS at 2.70
$GOOGL STO 9/21 1190/1210 BUPS at 4.50
Closed Early
$TNDM BTC 8/17 30 put at .40 STO on 8/1 at 3.00 Thank you @honkhonk81
HIIQ STO 8/17/18 50.0 PUTS…
HIIQ STO 8/17/18 50.0 PUTS @.98
TUR STO 8/17/18 20.0 PUTS @.51 Looking for a back door into the stock.
TUR STO 8/17/18 21.0 CALLS @.60
AMBA
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Early sale replacing this week’s…
Sold AMBA AUG 24 2018 39.0 Calls @ .50
OLED
BTC September 21, 80 puts @.05, sold as a falling knife at 3.30 on a small trade of 2 contracts.
#shortputs C sold Sept. 21,…
#shortputs C
sold Sept. 21, 67.50 for .79.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign. Back in the game again! Sold $SPX Aug 31st 2860/2885 call spreads for 6.70. I was waiting for an Upside or Downside warning before throwing on my first spread in weeks.
BABA
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Earnings next week so I may adjust this call sale between now and then. Non-ratio so still looking to exit on negative deltas…
Bought to Close BABA AUG 17 2018 182.5 Calls @ .32 (sold for 2.20)
Sold BABA AUG 24 2018 180.0 Calls @ 3.37
FB Short Puts Close Early / Covered Call ALRM AAXN/ AMZN Calls Closed
#shortputs
Closed Early
$FB BTC 8/17/155/165 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.80 on 7/26
#coveredcalls
$ALRM STO 8/17 52.5 calls at .25
$AAXN STO 8/17 65 calls at .40
Looking to empty my positions while making dinner money.
#longcalls
$AMZN STC 8/17 1820 calls at 97 BTO at 68. Still have a few left. I probably should have closed them all.
Trades
Catching up on posting from the last 7 days…
TODAY (Monday)
#CoveredCallCampaign
Sold $AAPL Aug 24th 202.5 #CoveredCalls for 7.00. This replaces the Aug 17th 202.5 calls I closed last week for 7.40, to avoid being called away on the ex-div date. I’m rolling ITM calls after earnings trade got breached.
Sold $SQ Aug 24th 76 call for 1.25, and Aug 31st 76 calls for 1.23
#SyntheticCoveredCalls
Sold $PYPL Aug 31st 90 calls for 1.10. A roll-up from Aug 24th 87.5 calls stopped last week.
#PieTrades
Sold $MU Aug 24th 53 covered call for .85. #PieTrades
LAST WEEK
#Rolling #StrangleRoll $TSLA Aug 17th 332.5 calls to Aug 17th 332.5/335 strangles for .65 credit. Will roll soon to avoid early assignment.
#Earnings Bought $YELP Aug 10th 38.5 #LongStraddles for 4.94. Sold the calls next day for 9.95. This trade usually works on YELP.
Stopped $FB Aug 24th 187.5 covered calls for 3.85. Rolled to Aug 31st 180/195 strangles for 3.83. Looks like I got stopped at the top. #CoveredCallCampaign.
#PieTrades Rolled $AMAT Aug 10th 46.5 covered call to Aug 17th 46.5 for .30 credit.
#VXXGame Closed $VXX Sep 21st 50 call for .46. Sold for 5.65 on April 17th.
Downside Warning AGAIN
#VIXIndicator. 2018 is the year of the rollercoaster. Today’s close triggered anther warning for potential drops in the market.
#earnings #ironcondor HD Sold Sept….
#earnings #ironcondor HD
Sold Sept. 21 170/180/210/220 for 1.17
#pietrades and trying to get…
#pietrades and trying to get some theta decay back, almost went negative on the core account.
New trades
TQQQ lot 1 65 cc expires this Friday for 63.88.
TQQQ lot 2 65 cc expires this week for 64.13.
SPX hedge, STO some 11 DTE 2550 puts to offset the decay loss on the long hedge. Sold for 1.1 dropping cost basis to 1.80. Should also be able sneak in another sale and then roll as calendar, back ratio, or risk twist. Still playing around with the most efficient hedge.
Sea of red in my core account (of course the most important one) but the other accounts theta is doing its job. After I clear out the WDC, MU earnings drops will be moving more toward ETFs to limit some of the single stock risk that keeps being affected by tweets. SMH will give coverage to that sector with decent premiums.
Not going full directional or advertising for them but alphashark has a new tool that picks up reversals very well. Currently it is $259, increases to 999 soon. Installed it last night. Have to adjust settings based on ATRs but seems like it works well. Seems to nail the reversal within a half bar on any time frame. Added it to some of my other indicators and will post some trades with it after I use it for a while and figure out the settings.
#shortstrangles TUR Lots of attention…
#shortstrangles TUR
Lots of attention on TUR at TT. Sold Sept. 21 16/23 strangle for 1.30.
Time for turkey jokes.
QQQ calls
The Nasdaq is near resistance. Sold $QQQ Sep 21 186/196 bear call spread for 1.39. Delta of the short strike around 30.
Dec DUST
Sold $DUST Dec 21 45 calls @ 1.25. Highest strike.
Econ Calendar for week of 8/13/18
A very light week with…
A very light week with a number of retailers reporting next week as Earnings season winds down.
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NOTE: There may be errors and omissions in this list. Please perform your own due diligence and confirm the earnings date BEFORE entering a trade.
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Notable Earnings AM Mon:
SYY, TSG
Notable Earnings PM Mon:
HUYA, SWCH, VIPS, YY
Notable Earnings AM Tues:
AAP, ARRY, BZUN, CDK, CSIQ, EAT, EYE, GDS, HD, TPR
Notable Earnings PM Tues:
A, CASA, CGC, CREE, MYGN, WPM
Notable Earnings AM Wed:
M, PFGC
Notable Earnings PM Wed:
CSCO, NTAP
Notable Earnings AM Thurs:
DESP, JD, WMT, WUBA
Notable Earnings PM Thurs:
AMAT, JWN, NVDA
Notable Earnings AM Fri:
DE
Notable Earnings PM Fri:
None
CRM Called Away
#assignment
$CRM Shares called away at 144. Basis 122.10
LITE BUPS Closed Early / AAXN Short Calls Closed Early
#shortputs
Closed Early
$LITE BTC 8/17 50/55 BUPS at .30 STO 7/16 at 1.25
#shortcalls
Closed Early
$AAXN BTC 8/17 80 calls at .05. STO at 2.25 on 7/23
SPX Campaign / Rolled MZOR puts
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 8/24 2760/2785 at 2.70
#shortputs
$MZOR BTC 8/17 70 puts and STO 9/21 70 puts at an additional .04 credit. Yes Four Cents. But I get 4 weeks.
NVDA
#ShortPuts #IRA – Freeing up some more room in an #IRA. Earnings on this one next week so maybe get a chance to sell it again.
Bought to Close NVDA JAN 18 2019 150.0 Put @ .67 (sold for 4.40)
#fallingknife MCHP is down 11%…
Selling some premium in TSLA
Selling an iron condor with a body width of 100 points in September. Lots of uncertainty with this stock so there’s good premium out of the money. Short strikes are near 20 delta. Risking 6.70 to make 3.30. If this makes a strong move in either direction I’ll roll the other side in for additional credit.
Sold $TSLA Sep 21 290/300/400/410 iron condor @ 3.30.
Market
Is this the start of something bigger or just the weekend selling?
TQQQ
In my IRA, I bought the 2020, 66.67 calls and sold the August 17, 69.5 calls for a net debit of 16.05 so need .22 cents per week to break even.
AMAT ERX
#LongCalls #LEAPS – A couple rolls today…
AMAT:
Earnings next week…
Bought to Close AMAT AUG 10 2018 48.5 Calls @ .03 (sold for 1.60)
Sold AMAT AUG 17 2018 49.0 Calls @ .86
ERX:
Bought to Close ERX AUG 10 2018 37.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .60)
Sold ERX AUG 24 2018 37.0 Calls @ .75
$Hegdavis WDC WDC, keeps going…
$Hegdavis
WDC
WDC, keeps going down. Converted to LEAP #fuzzy earlier in week. Was trying to roll to next week at 70 but because of the internet issues it somehow rolled to 66. Ok so took in a lot of cash but then the internet went down for a few hours. Of course during that time WDC reversed so was losing $ on the new trade and deltas were already flat. So rolled out to 43 DTE and up to 70. Took in 1.32 on the 66 call but had to buy them back and roll for 1.02 debit. So anyway after all that, now have the 60 LEAP 70 43 DTE call spread for cost basis of 19.03. If we rebound will buy back 2-3 of the short calls to let it run. Break below 65 will collar it to prevent further losses. As long as it stays 65-70 should break even in about 6-8 weeks.
As WDC is starting to break below 65, at which point would you consider a collar? Just closed out the short 08/17 70 @ 0.05 so just holding the 60 LEAP. Would appreciate your advise with this.
#shortputs This morning rolled my…
#shortputs
This morning rolled my Aug 10th 37 Puts out to Aug 31st for .90 credit.
#coveredcalls
Sold TWTR 34 Calls at .15 Slowly chipping away at the basis.
#spxcampaign Sold to open Aug…
#spxcampaign Sold to open Aug 17th 2760/2780 BuPS for 1.00 when SPX was at 2839.99. Im doing a 1 week trade as I will be taking a week off after the 17th.
ROKU
Sold the call in my ROKU earnings strangle for 5.70. Bot the strangle for 2.03. Nice 148% profit. Lucky but nice nonetheless.:-)
#earnings
WYNN
STO January 2019, 110 puts @.81 with stock trading at 148
RTN
STO August 17, 200 calls at .73, against my 2020,195 calls in 2020. I have the 200 calls that will expire today so just replacing them early.
OLED, falling knife
BTC September 70 puts @.05, sold at 1.85, closed a month early.
#ironcondor TSLA Sold Sept. 21…
#ironcondor TSLA #shortputs #rolling AAOI
TSLA Sold Sept. 21 235/245/420/430 for 1.27
AAOI Rolled Aug. 17, 40 put sold yesterday to September 18 for 1.76.
AMZN
STO August 17, 1780/1800 bull put spread for a credit of .48 cents.
OLED covered call
#CoveredCalls Sold $OLED Aug 17th 120 covered call for 2.00
ROKU Earnings
#Earnings #JadeLizard – Just to close the books on this…Jade Lizard with 50/51 on the call side and stock obviously blew through that. Closed those for .98 so picking up 2 cents and saving exercise fees. Originally sold for 1.35 so net gain of 37 cents.
See you next quarter!
Good Morning
Thought for the day
Save the earth….. It’s the only planet with chocolate!
We missed again
#VIXIndicator The $VIX avoided an Upside Warning again… clock restarts, we need three consecutive closes below 11.20 (11.19 or lower).
Rolling IQ and AAXN
#shortputs
Rolled
$IQ BTC 8/17 35 put at 5.53 and STO 9/21 35 put at 6.33
$AAXN BTC 8/17 65 put at 5.00 and STO 9/21 35 put at 6.00
#pietrades and #optionsexpiration Fragmented trading…
#pietrades and #optionsexpiration
Fragmented trading day here. They were working on lines near our house and internet kept going in and out which will explain my weird WDC trade.
WDC, keeps going down. Converted to LEAP #fuzzy earlier in week. Was trying to roll to next week at 70 but because of the internet issues it somehow rolled to 66. Ok so took in a lot of cash but then the internet went down for a few hours. Of course during that time WDC reversed so was losing $ on the new trade and deltas were already flat. So rolled out to 43 DTE and up to 70. Took in 1.32 on the 66 call but had to buy them back and roll for 1.02 debit. So anyway after all that, now have the 60 LEAP 70 43 DTE call spread for cost basis of 19.03. If we rebound will buy back 2-3 of the short calls to let it run. Break below 65 will collar it to prevent further losses. As long as it stays 65-70 should break even in about 6-8 weeks.
MU 55/54 diagonal looking ok. Cb 12.43.
EOG 43 DTE 115 put cost basis at 113.20.
TQQQ batch 1 will assign tomorrow at 60 for a 2.21 gain on each contract. Reset Monday, hopefully after at least a little pull back.
TQQQ batch 2 will assign at 59 for 1.75 gain per each contract. Both these are nice 2 week pay checks! Reset Monday.
AMAT batch 1. Rolled 47 cc out a week for 0.52 credit. Cb now 49.24. A few more weeks of rolling then will reset as #pietrade again.
AMAT batch 2 rolled 47 cc out a week for 0.5 credit. This is showing a profit of 0.81 per contract but may keep rolling if it stays in range.
XBI 87/96.5 and 95/96 #fuzzy. Waiting for more decay and will roll next week. Cost basis of 8.62 on first batch and 5.1 on second.
SPX #hedge 2550 put has lost a lot already but gained 0.15 late in the day. Currently 1.75, bought for 2.9. Hope I don’t need it but will roll it at least a week before it expires and change it to a back ratio or risk twist to limit costs. That will be a more efficient hedge.
Hope everyone is having a good week and expiration. Some new trades will be added Monday.
WTW Earnings
#Earnings #CoveredCalls – My final adjustment. I’ll be taking stock at a basis of 79.16. I’m a little bearish thinking this thing is headed for the 200ma. Selling my covered calls ITM a couple weeks out for max downside protection while lowering my basis quite a bit.
Bought to Close WTW AUG 10 2018 80.0 Calls @ .12
Sold WTW AUG 24 2018 75.0 Calls @ 4.13
Stock basis now 75.15 covered with 75 strike calls. I’ll be able to let the stock go near even or roll one more time for a small profit. If it keeps dropping I’ll keep selling slightly ITM until we see a bounce…
The market
The market in vacation, very slow
Afternoon
#ShortPuts, #Coveredcalls
Rolled my Aug 64 Put out and up to Aug 17th 65 Put for .55 credit
Covered NUGT with Aug 17th 22 Calls
Covered MU with Aug 17th 55 Calls
Sold to open AAOI Aug 17th 40 Puts @ .88.
#dividends #shortcallspreads #rolling #earnings AAPL…
#dividends #shortcallspreads #rolling #earnings AAPL
I sold a Sept. 170/175/205/210 #ironcondor for AAPL earnings. AAPL is ex-div tomorrow, not certain someone would exercise the 205, but rolled it to Oct. 210/220 for .92
LABU
#ShortPuts #IRA – With the market up here it’s a good time to book some of these types of positions. Need to free up some buying power too.
Bought to Close LABU SEP 21 2018 60.0 Put @ .45 (sold for 4.70)
Bought to Close LABU SEP 21 2018 55.0 Put @ .24 (sold for 3.50)
#longcalls GLD Followed one of…
#longcalls GLD
Followed one of those e-mail trades from TastyTrade’s Tom Preston, bought Sept. 113/116 call spread for 1.75.
CAH
#ShortPuts #IRA – Adding this to the divvy possibilities. It’s in a big squeeze…not sure which way it’s going but starting to look more bullish. Either way yield 4.5% down at the 43 level.
Sold CAH JAN 18 2019 45.0 Puts @ 1.95
ALRM Early Close Short Put / More TRTN Covered Calls
#shortputs
Closed Early
$ALRM BTC 8/17 40 put at .03. STO 7/23 at .70
#shortcalls
$TRTN STO 8/17 35 calls at 1.50 Second of three tranches covered.
Two down…
#VIXIndicator …one to go. A $VIX close below 11.20 tomorrow will mean an Upside Warning, indicating a high chance of a rally to new all-time highs on the $SPX. The third day is where we failed in both late February and late May, and then new Downside Warnings hit on the fourth days.
STMP
https://thefly.com/landingPageNews.php?id=2774427&headline=STMP-Stampscom-discloses-risk-that-USPS-may-renegotiate-compensation-arrangements
CMLViz backtesting
Here’s some info if you’re interested. https://vimeo.com/238690559
#shortputs #closing NKTR Closed profitable…
#shortputs #closing NKTR
Closed profitable Aug. 17, 50 put and Nov. 30 put, earnings tonight.


