#optionsexpiration
$PFE 44 call
$SPXW 4235/4260/4470/4445 STO at 3.95
$SPXW 4230/4255/4450/4425 STO at 3.75 Thank you @ramie77 for inspiration
Monthly Archives: October 2021
LABU Put
Bought to close 1 LABU Oct 08 2021 52.0 Put at $0.20 as it dropped in the money. Sold last Friday at $1.40.
Replaced it with 1 LABU Oct 15 2021 49.0 Put at $1.25.
SPX Monday call spread
Trying something for this weekend. Sold Oct 11 4430/4455 bear call spread @ 2.40, short calls 15 delta. I’m more concerned with big gaps down over the weekend, not as much with big gaps up. I’m fading the idea of a 40 point gap up on Monday morning with SPX around 4391 right now. Will look to take off quickly on Monday morning. Just running some stuff through the lab 🙂
TSLA pre earnings
#ShortPuts – A one week quickie at over 2 times the expected move and below all major moving averages and at recent lows.
Sold TSLA OCT 15 2021 675.0 Put @ 2.45
VXX Puts
Bought to close VXX Oct 08 2021 24.5 Puts at $0.01.
#VXXContango trade.
SPX 1 DTE
#spx1dte
$SPX STO 10/11 4300/4320/4455/4475 at 1.20 SPX at 4400
SPX trades
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Oct 11th 4290/4310-4450/4470 condors for 1.20, SPX at 4396, IV 10.5%, deltas -.06 +.06
Expiring: Oct 8th 4310/4330-4465/4485 condors, sold yesterday for 1.10
#SPX7dteLong Expiring with max credit of 20.00: Oct 8th 4300/4320 call spreads. Condors bought Monday for 17.90.
LABU
#ShortPuts – A few more.
Sold LABU OCT 22 2021 45.0 Puts @ 1.00
Sold LABU OCT 22 2021 47.5 Puts @ 1.57
LABU
#ShortPuts – Pretty good week in this one. Re-loading here.
Bought to Close LABU OCT 8 2021 51.0 Puts @ .05 (sold for 1.15)
Bought to Close LABU OCT 8 2021 52.0 Puts @ .10 (sold for 1.40)
Bought to Close LABU OCT 8 2021 53.0 Puts @ .58 (sold for 1.75)
Sold LABU OCT 15 2021 50.0 Puts @ 1.39
Sold LABU OCT 15 2021 51.0 Puts @ 1.72
TSLA Call Roll
Bought to close 1 TSLA Oct 08 2021 810.0 Call at $0.01. Sold last Friday at $7.05.
Sold to Open 1 TSLA Oct 15 2021 810.0 Call at $6.81.
This is the 3rd write against my long December 1000.0 Call. I’ve recovered over twice the purchase price.
#TripleDip
LABU Call Roll
Bought to close 1 LABU Oct 08 2021 54.0 Call at $0.04. Sold this one on 10/07 at $0.57. I sold others higher.
To replace it, Sold to Open 1 LABU Oct 15 2021 55.0 Call at $1.14.
Still waiting out other puts and calls until the close
INMD Call Close / TQQQ Put Close
#coveredcalls
$INMD BTC 10/15 77.50 call at 1.00. STO at 2.75
#shortputs
$TQQQ BTC 10/15 90 put at .10. STO at .83
VXX Covered Calls
Bought to close VXX Oct 08 2021 35.0 Calls at $0.01. Sold at an average of $0.98
VXX Put Roll
I obviously didn’t see this market rebound coming on Monday so I have some VXX Puts to roll.
Bought to Close VXX Oct 08 2021 25.5 Puts/ Sold to Open VXX Oct 15 2021 25.0 Puts at $0.17 Credit plus gained a $0.50 better strike
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Adding one.
Sold SOXL NOV 19 2021 35.0 Put @ 2.15
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Replacing positions closed yesterday. Selling at or outside the expected move and below the 200 day.
Sold TQQQ NOV 12 2021 105.0 Put @ 3.00
Sold TQQQ NOV 12 2021 110.0 Put @ 4.00
TQQQ Put Rolldowns
While I was rolling up my call, I was rolling down my 2 puts
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 123.0 Put at $0.14. Sold last week at $2.75.
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 124.0 Put at $0.17. Sold last week at $3.51.
Sold to open 1 TQQQ Oct 15 2021 119.0 Put at $1.31 and
Sold to open 1 TQQQ Oct 15 2021 120.0 Put at $1.49 to replace them.
So for next week I have short TQQQ 119/125 and 120/127 short strangles
TQQQ Call Rollup
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 124.0 Call at $5.81. Sold on a rollup on 09/29 at $7.02.
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Oct 15 2021 127.0 Call at $5.88 to replace the position just covered at a small credit and a 3 point bump in the short strike.
Felling a bit better about my 130, 131 and 132 Calls that expire this afternoon.
September Jobs Report
#Jobs — Second month in a row below expectations, lowest increase of the year
Gain of +194,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 500K.
Unemployment at 4.8%, down by 0.4
U6 unemployment at 8.5%, down by 0.3
Labor force participation 61.6%, down by 0.1%
Average hourly earnings up 0.6% vs expected .4%
August jobs revised up by +131K to +366K
July jobs revised up by +38K to +1.091M
CRWD Put Close
#shortputs
$CRWD BTC 10/8 247.50 at 1.59. STO at 7.72.
TQQQ,
STO November 19, 80 put at 1.13
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Earlier: Bought to Open Oct 13th 4395/4415-4425/4435 condors for 16.85, with SPX at 4418.
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Oct 8th 4310/4330-4465/4485 condors for 1.10, SPX at 4410, IV 13.4%, deltas -.06 +.06
SPY
#ShortPuts – One more. Almost half 43 days early.
Bought to Close SPY NOV 19 2021 400.0 Put @ 2.45 (sold for 4.46)
PINS
#CoveredCalls – Still working back to even in this pig.
Bought to Close PINS OCT 8 2021 54.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.09)
Sold PINS OCT 22 2021 54.0 Calls @ .91 (week before earnings)
VXX Covered Call
Bought to close 1 VXX Oct 08 2021 36.0 Covered Call at $0.02. Sold at $1.22
TQQQ Call Rollup
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 123.0 Call at $7.65. Sold on a rollup on 09/29 at $8.69.
The short TQQQ 123.0 Put paired with it looks to expire tomorrow.
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Oct 15 2021 125.0 Call at $7.90 to replace the position just covered at a small credit and a 2 point bump in the short strike
SPX closing and re-establishing
Moving the structure up and after this face-ripping rally in the SPY.
Bought to close $SPXW Oct 8 4330/4355/4425/4450 iron condor @ 13.50 (loss of 7.40)
Sold to open $SPXW Oct 8 4350/4375/4455/4480 iron condor @ 7.75
SPX roll up
Rolled $SPXW Oct 8 4260/4235 bull put spread up to 4355/4330 for 2.10 credit. Short strike 16 delta. Position is now 4235/4260/4425/4450 iron condor with 6.10 total premium taken in.
LABU TQQQ VXX – 1dte
Sold LABU Oct 08 2021 54.0 Calls at $0.95
Sold 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 132.0 Call at $1.49
Sold VXX Oct 08 2021 25.0 Puts at $0.18 and $0.22
SOXL SPY TQQQ
#ShortPuts #LongStock – Taking a few off here.
SOXL: Sold stock pre market.
Sold SOXL @ 40.78 (bought for 36.75)
SPY: Pushing up against resistance so taking these.
Bought to Close SPY OCT 15 2021 415.0 Put @ .49 (sold for 2.90)
Bought to Close SPY OCT 29 2021 410.0 Put @ 1.53 (sold for 4.05 yesterday)
TQQQ: A few more.
Bought to Close TQQQ OCT 8 2021 115.0 Put @ .10 (sold for 2.35)
Bought to Close TQQQ OCT 8 2021 120.0 Put @ .21 (sold for 2.30)
SPX expiration
$SPXW Oct 6 4165/4190/4385/4410 iron condor expiring for full profit. Sold for 4.10 on Oct 4.
VXX1 Puts
Dumping the last of my long VXX Pre-split 4.0 Puts at a small gain. There is really no good way to write against these anymore.
Sold VXX1 Jan 21 2022 4.0 Puts at $0.14.
The wonders of limit orders 🙂
#VXXContango
TLRY Options
#Earnings just around the corner and both the put and call premiums for Friday suddenly expanded in the last few minutes.
Sold TLRY Oct 15 2021 9.0 Puts at $0.25.
Sold TLRY Oct 08 2021 9.5 Puts at $0.28.
Sold TLRY Oct 08 2021 13.0 Calls at $0.26.
Sold TLRY Oct 08 2021 13.5 Calls at $0.13.
Stock at $10.90 down $0.20
VXX Puts
Sold 1 VXX Oct 08 2021 25.5 Put at $0.25. It traded as low as $0.07 this morning.
Paired with a whole bunch of short VXX 28.0 Calls sold this morning and hedged with plenty of long puts in 2022.
SPX 3 day trade for Friday expiration
Sold to open $SPXW Oct 8 4235/4260/4425/4450 iron condor @ 4.00 with SPX at 4355. Short puts 13∆, short calls 12∆.
TQQQ,
BTC October 8,95 put at .05,sold at 1.10
AMGN Stock
Another #SP500 stock hits a new low.
Bought a bit of AMGN at $210
#FallingKnife
LABU,
BTC January 21, 25 puts at 1.25 at 1.25, sold at 1.59
SOXL,
BTC November 19, 20 put at .38, sold at 2.00
BTC January 21, 20 put at 1.15, sold at 1.15
BTC January 21, 30 put at 3.36, sold at 2.40 so taking a loss.
Both SMM and Minervini are negative on the market so just reducing risk and freeing up margin.I still have a lot of TQQQ puts out to January.
SPY
#ShortPuts – Adding in between my two monthly positions. Just outside the expected move and slightly below the 200 day.
Sold SPY OCT 29 2021 410.0 Put @ 4.05
#Gamma Can anyone explain the…
#Gamma
Can anyone explain the Gamma effect to me?
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Add to the ladder.
Sold SOXL NOV 12 2021 35.0 Put @ 2.75
TLRY Puts
Sold TLRY Oct 08 2021 10.0 Puts at $0.26
Paired with the short TLRY Oct 08 2021 13.0 and 13.5 Calls sold yesterday.
#Earnings tomorrow
COIN SOXL UNG
#ShortPuts #LongPuts – Just catching up on a couple while out on the road. Next week is my bigger week…
COIN: Wild ride on this one so taking the gain here.
Bought to Close COIN OCT 8 2021 230.0 Put @ .70 (sold for 3.60)
SOXL: In a smaller account different from my short put positions.
Bought stock pre market @ 36.75 (one tenth position size)
UNG: Took profits on a batch of long puts.
Sold to Close UNG JAN 20 2023 10.0 Puts @ 1.15 (bought for .88 average)
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Sold to close $SPX Oct 6th 4340/4320 put spreads for 10.90. Still holding call side for any additional bounce today. Condors bought for 17.90 last Thursday.
FIS INCY MKTX stock
Bought a tiny bit of these at fresh 52-week lows
FIS @ $119.17
INCY @ $64.88
MKTX @ $404.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Oct 08 2021 28.0 Covered Calls at $0.66 and again at $0.78.
Took some of the cash and bought one more Jan 21 2022 18.0 Put at $0.60.
#VXXContango
TNA Call
Sold 1 TNA Oct 08 2021 88.0 Call at $1.29
TQQQ Call
Sold 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 130.0 Call at $1.01
Closing ABBV
Bought to close $ABBV Oct 15 105 puts @ .60. Sold for 1.62 on 9/8.
KOLD Diagonal Spread
Bought to Open 1 KOLD May 20 2022 3.0 Put at $0.90
Sold to Open 1 KOLD Oct 15 2021 6.0 Put at $0.95.
We will see if the Nat Gas rally is still on in 9 trading days.
Pretty low risk speculation.
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Bought to Open $SPX Oct 11th 4335/4355-4365/4385 condors for 17.40, with SPX at 4360.
TLRY
Sold TLRY Oct 08 2021 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.15
Sold TLRY Oct 08 2021 13.5 Covered Calls at $0.11
SOXL,
BTC October 15, 35 put at 1.10, sold at 1.20, just want to reduce risk and free up margin.
PCAR – Paccar Inc
Bought a tiny bit of PACR at a new low of $78.00 on the open and at a new low.
IPGP – IPG Photonics Corp
Bought a tiny bit of IPGP at a new low of 156. It went a it lower after the open.
I’ll add at 150 if it gets there.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
LABU Put
Sold 1 LABU Oct 08 2021 50.0 Put at $1.55.
Replaces the short LABU 55.0 put from last week that I covered a a nickel.
#DoubleDip
AMC Puts
Sold AMC Oct 08 2021 33.0 Puts at $0.39.
Replacing the short AMC 36 puts that expired Friday.
I’ve got short calls at 29 and 30 that I’ve been rolling forward for weeks so not too worried about the downside.
VXX
Sold VXX Oct 08 2021 33.0 Calls at $0.35.
Took part of the cash and Bought 1 VXX Jan 21 2022 18.0 Put at $0.70
#VXXContango
AMZN put spread
Sold to open $AMZN Oct 29 2950/2940 bull put spread @ 1.78, short puts 22 delta. Earnings expected the following week.
Gartman indicator
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/gartman-bull-market-has-ended-and-bear-market-has-begunin-earnest
You know what that means. Back the truck up and load up!
TQQQ,
STO November 19, 70 put at 1.45
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Bought to Open $SPX Oct 8th 4270/4290-4300/4320 condors for 17.90, with SPX at 4292.
TQQQ,
STO November 12, 75 put at 1.45
SPX 3 day trade
Sold $SPXW 10/6 4165/4190/4385/4410 iron condor @ 4.10. Short puts 12∆, short calls 11∆.
TQQQ additions
Sold to open:
$TQQQ Oct 22 90 put @ 1.35
$TQQQ Nov 19 70 put @ 1.40
Expirations
I closed just about everything early. Remaining expirations only in TQQQ:
$TQQQ Oct 1 95 puts
$TQQQ Oct 1 110 puts
$TQQQ Oct 1 120 puts
Expiring
$TSLA Oct-01-21 690/700/830/840 #ironcondors legged in, @2.29 total.
LABU
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts – Stock getting called away at breakeven. Assigned originally at 65 and letting it go at 54 so nice basis reduction at least. Resetting the position for next week.
Sold LABU OCT 8 2021 53.0 Puts @ 1.75
Sold LABU OCT 8 2021 52.0 Puts @ 1.40
Sold LABU OCT 8 2021 51.0 Puts @ 1.15
OptionsExpiration
A pretty good week
==EXPIRED==
AMC 10/01/2021 21/36 Bull Put Spread
LABU 10/01/2021 90/66 Bear Call Spread
LABU 10/01/2021 80/65 Bear Call Spread
LABU 10/01/2021 75/64 Bear Call Spread
TLRY 10/01/2021 20/13 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY 10/01/2021 12.5 Diagonal Calls
TLRY 10/10/2021 12.5 Covered Calls
TNA 10/01/2021 105/94 Bear Call Spread
TNA 10/01/2021 93.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 10/01/2021 92.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 10/01/2021 90.0 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 10/01/2021 146.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 10/01/2021 120.0 Diagonal Puts
TQQQ 10/01/2021 80/119 Bull Put Spread
VXX 10/01/2021 35.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 10/01/2021 34.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 33.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 32.5 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 32.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 31.5 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 31.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 30.5 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 30.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 29.5 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 29.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 10/01/2021 28.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 10/01/2021 27.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 10/01/2021 25.0 Diagonal Put #VXXContango
VXX 10/01/2021 23.5 Diagonal Puts #VXXContango
SQQQ Covered Call
Bought to close 1 SQQQ Oct 01 2021 8.5 Call at $0.02.
Replaced it with 1 SQQQ Oct 08 2021 8..5 Call at $0.29 for next Friday.
TQQQ Put Roll again
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Oct 01 2021 128.0 Diagonal Put at $0.96. Sold on 09/28 for $2.29
Replaced it with 1 TQQQ Oct 08 2021 123.0 Put at $2.75.
This gives me a short TQQQ 123 straddle for next Friday with a total premium of $11.44
All the rest of my short TQQQ Calls and Puts will expire.
#soxl #assignment soxl 44.5 put…
#soxl
#assignment soxl
44.5 put ,10/01/2021 sto @.50
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Soxl
sto SOXL ,15 OCT 2021, 45 CALL @.60 to cover
LABU Put Closed
Bought to close 1 LABU Oct 01 2021 55.0 Put at $0.05. It won’t trade any lower.
Sold at $0.82.
All my calls for this week will still be expiring.
ZM
#CoveredCalls – Another round.
Bought to Close ZM OCT 1 2021 270.0 Call @ .10 (sold in the money for 10.45)
Sold ZM OCT 15 2021 275.0 Call @ 5.20
PINS
#CoveredCalls – Still working back to even on this one. Selling new batch the week before earnings.
Bought to Close PINS OCT 1 2021 57.0 Calls @ .02 (sold for 1.24)
Sold PINS OCT 22 2021 55.0 Calls @ 1.23
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