IRBT / GOOGL Adventure / SPX1DTE / LABU CVX Short Calls SFIX Expired / FB Assigned/ KNX SQ Short Puts

#bups
$IRBT BTC 5/3 98/102 BUPS for .20. STO at 1.35.
$IRBT STO 5/10 95/100 BUPS for 1.00
$IRBT STO 5/10 100105 BUPS for 2.05 You rock @honkhonk81

$GOOGL Misadventure
Assigned this morning stock $2000 (Yikes) Fortunately stock had a good day and I could close
the 5/3 1190/2000 BUPS at .50 per contract less than a total loss. Sold on 4/30

#spx1dte
$SPX 5/3 2850/2870/2945/2965 will show 90% of profit as market closed finally. Thank you @jeffcp66

#shortcalls
$CVX STO 5/10 119 call at .78. Sold against 5/17 long 125 calls. The 5/3 120 calls expired. Sold for 1.52. If this expires the losing trade (so far) of the long call will be reduced by 2.30. They were bought for $3. And another week possible.
$LABU BTC 5/3 50 call and STO 5/10 51 call at 1.45 added credit (Covered) Thank you @hcgdavis.

#optionsexpiration
$SFIX 28 call (covered)

#assignment
$FB 195 calls

#shortputs
$KNX STO 6/21 30 put at .80
$SQ STO 6/21 65 put at 1.82 Thank you @thomberg1201

Almost escaped

#SPX1dte SPX ended the day right on the line…. my 2945 short calls will likely settle with a debit of 19 to 50 dollars. Condors sold yesterday for .80.

#spx

IRBT Gained +5 this week….

IRBT Gained +5 this week. Ha, ha geewhiz, no the robots are not taking over………YET

GOOGL it

#Earnings #Rolling #revengetrade
Sold $GOOGL May 17th 1220/1210 put spreads for 7.75. Replacing my fully ITM spread of the same strikes expiring today.

#shortputs #closing IRBT

April 26, sold a post earnings, @honkhonk81 influenced 95 put for 2.10, bought today for .70

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX May 6th 2885/2905/2970/2985 condors for .80. (IV: 6.77%, SPX 2944)

Econ Calendar for week of 5/6/19

More yapping from Jerome Powell on Wednesday morning.

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Link to calendar: https://us.econoday.com/byweek.asp?day=6&month=5&year=2019&cust=us&lid=0

A TRADE:

IRBT STO 5/10/19 109.0 CALLS @.85 Price now @104.72 1/3 of my position. Covered

#earnings #closing OLED

Yesterday sold a June 21, 110/210 strangle for 1.53, bought today for .85. Even with a 15 point move up, the short call became profitable.

CTSH

STO October 45 puts @.80 cents

TRADES:

IRBT STO 5/10/19 105/104 BuPS @.55
IRBT STO 5’10/19 103/100 BuPS @.1.02

TRADES:

IRBT STO 5/10/19 100/95 BuPS @.77 Margin Required $48 per contract, ridiculous. I could trade all day with only $1000 in my account.

SPX 7-dte

#SPX1dter – tempting fate, Sold $SPX May 10th 2970/2995 call spreads for 3.50.

Never mind

Volatility this week was too minor to disrupt upside warning. Yesterday’s VIX high was 4% shy of canceling the bullish signal, so apparently we are still full steam higher.

AMZN BUCS

#bullputspreads
$AMZN BTO 5/10 1935/1945 BUCS at 6.20

#earnings #rolling CI

May 1, sold June 21, 140/180 strangle, CI has been going down. Rolled the 180 call to 170 for .92, have collected 370 in premium.

A TRADE:

IRBT STO 5/10/19 104.0/101.0 BuPS @1.38

#shortputs #earnings #closing SQ

May 1, Sold June 21 60/90 strangle for 1.18 bought today for .84
Sold June 21, 65 put for 1.89.

Calendars missed

#Earnings Good trades last week followed by a couple misses this week:
Sold to close $MNST 58 #DoubleCalendar for .08. Bought yesterday for .29.
Paid .04 to close $CLX 157.5 put side of #DoubleCalendar. Bought Tuesday for .74

TRADES:

IRBT BTC 5/3/19 104.0 CALLS @.75 BTO @2.20
IRBT STO 5/10/19 105/100 BuPS @2.07

#earnings #closing ATVI

Sold June 21, 45/55 strangle for 2.25, bought today for 1.54.

ANET post-earnings

Sold $ANET 6/21 230 puts @ 3.00.

REGN

#CoveredCalls – Early sale for earnings next week. May adjust it down a little with any more weakness in the stock…

Sold REGN MAY 10 2019 350.0 Call @ 4.08

April Jobs Report

#Jobs Another great month; lowest UE since 1969

+263,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. 190K expected
Unemployment at 3.6%, down by 0.2, a 49-year low
U6 unemployment at 7.3%, unchanged
Wages up 0.2%, 3.2% year over year
Labor force participation 62.8%, down by 0.2

March revised down from 196K to 189K
February revised up from 33K to 56K