#SueCollar TGT adjustment

Here’s the opening trade I did on Oct 15:
TGT
Bought 300 shares @ 111.84
Bought 3 Nov 8 110 put @ 1.65
Sold 3 Nov 29 112 Call @ 4.70

Whenever the puts are over a double, I look to adjust and take that profit, lowering cost basis.

Here’s my adjustment:
1. Sold 3 Nov 8 110 puts @ $3.84 ($657 profit)
2. Bot 3 Nov 29 112 Call @ 1.71 ($897 profit)
3. Bot 3 Nov 15 105 puts @ 1.31
4. Sold 3 Dec 13 106 calls @ 4.45

Thought process:
–Puts had more than doubled, calls had decayed over 60%. That’s what I like about this structure, the gamma in the short-dated puts can really cause a big move, yet the long dated calls still have really nice decay.
–Normally I would have bought Nov 22 puts, but that is earnings week and the puts are too expensive for me that week
–TGT dividend is the day before earnings, my short calls should have very adequate premium in them to be able to sustain a move up into earnings but still collect the dividend (.66).
–The math on this can be simple or complicated. Doing the simple math, my net debits and credits now across all options trades is $2496 credit, divided by 300 shares = $8.32 in cost basis reduction. That takes me to 103.52 for cost basis on shares purchased at 111.84. Obviously all of that cost basis reduction is not yet realized, and will change with the next adjustment—so $103.52 is “blue sky” at this point.
–I chose the Dec 13 calls to sell based on the dollar-strikes, I like to get right ATM
–I’m crash protected with the 105 puts.