Sold 1 LABU Nov 26 2021 45.0 Put at $1.55.
The strike is below the current 52-week low
Monthly Archives: November 2021
AMZN BUPS
#bups
$AMZN STO 12/17 3350/3370 BUPS at 3.40
VXX
Running at the end of the day
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 22.0 Covered Calls at $0.45
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Covered Calls at $0.31
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 23.0 Covered Calls at $0.23
SOXL
STO, SOXL 18 FEB 2022 47 PUT @3.30
STO, SOXL 18 FEB 2022 46 PUT @3.00
STO, SOXL 21 JAN 2022 47.67 PUT @2.05
STO,SOXL 18 FEB 2022 44 PUT @2.55
STO,SOXL 18 FEB 2022 45 PUT @2.65
triggered about 11:30
TMUS stock
Started a tiny position in TMUS at $114.00, at a new 52-week low.
Goes along with my T and VZ positions
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
TSLA – rolling the long out and up
Sold to close 1 TSLA Dec 17 2021 960.0 Call at $237.87. Bought it at $13.58 as the long on a diagonal call spread.
Replaced it with a less expensive long to give me an extra month of rolling my short calls while pulling some cash out of the position.
Bought 1 TSLA Jan 21 2022 1,250.0 Call at $97.62
FXI
#ShortPuts – Small add.
Sold FXI DEC 17 2021 39.5 Puts @ 1.00
PYPL stock
Started a tiny new position in PYPL at what was a new low at $189.00. It’s lower now
#SP500 #FallingKnife
RIVN
New Diagonal Put spread
Bought 1 RIVN Jan 21 2022 65.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 100.0 Put at $0.40 Net Credit
TNA Call
Sold 1 TNA Nov 26 2021 103.5 Diagonal Call Net at $2.10, replacing part of the 99 and 100 calls that expired Friday
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 22nd 4720/4740 call spreads for 7.70. Put side sold for 8.20 on Friday, so 15.90 total credit. Condors bought for 15.05 last Tuesday so .85 profit. I wanted to try to ride this higher but I got filled before I could adjust my limit.
ATVI Stock
Added to my tiny ATVI stock position at $60.00.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
RIVN TSLA
Moving in opposite directions
Sold 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 105.0 Diagonal Put at $2.30, replacing the 130 Put I covered at a nickel on Friday
Sold 1 TSLA Nov 26 2021 1,250.0 Diagonal Call at $10.55, replacing the 1160 Call I covered at a penny on Friday.
Expiration / Assignment
#optionsexpiration #assignment
$DNMR 20 Call
$NIO 45 Call
$BX 148 call
$LABU 53 call
$NAIL 110 call
$SNAP 53 call
$TQQQ 90 put
$TQQQ 110 put
$TQQQ 120 put
$TAN 83 Put
$LABU 48.5 put
$CHWY 70 put
$PFE 46.50 call called away
$PFE 50 call called away
TSLA Call Covered
It took until the end of the day but
Bought to close TSLA 11/19/2021 1160.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold last Friday at $6.47 on a #DoubleDip write against a December long call
OptionsExpiration
As with any major monthly expiration a lot of old long calls and puts from old spreads rolled off. In most cases I was able to get one more week of writing against them since they were worthless coming into this week.
A fresh slate on Monday with a lot less risk.
==EXPIRED==
AMC 11/19/2021 95/48 Bear Call Spread
AMC 11/19/2021 65/47 Bear Call Spread
AMC 11/19/2021 20/39 Bull Put Spreads
LABU 11/19/2021 90/56.0 Bear Call Spread
LABU 11/19/2021 85/56.0 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11/19/2021 56.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 11/19/2021 35/49 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11/19/2021 48.0 Diagonal Puts
SLV 11/19/2021 23.5 Diagonal Calls
SLV 11/19/2021 18/22.5 Bull Put Spreads
TLRY 11/19/2021 20/15.5 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY 11/19/2021 15.0 Diagonal Calls
TLRY 11/19/2021 15.0 Covered Calls
TNA 11/19/2021 98.0 Diagonal Puts – threaded the needle here
TNA 11/19/2021 99.0 Diagonal Calls – here too
TNA 11/19/2021 100.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 11/19/2021 114.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 11/19/2021 70/155.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 70/156.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 75/157.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 110/158.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 110/159.0 Bull Put Spread
VXX 11/19/2021 63/25 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 62/25 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 61/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 60/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 59/23 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 34/22.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 22.5 Covered Calls
VXX 11/19/2021 22.0 Covered Calls
VXX 11/19/2021 21.5 Covered Calls
LABU Puts
Rolled these down 5 points last week, rolling them down 3 points more now
Bought to Close LABU Nov 19 2021 50.0 Puts/ Sold to Open LABU Nov 26 2021 47.0 Puts at $0.05 Credit.
The new strike is below the 52-week low.
My 49 and 48 puts are about to expire along with my 56 Calls
BABA
#ShortPuts – Following @rictor821 .
Sold BABA DEC 23 2021 130.0 Put @ 4.33
RIVN put closed
Bought to close 1 RIVN Nov 19 2021 130.0 Put at $0.05. It won’t trade any lower
Sold as part of a Jan/Nov Diagonal spread earlier this week at $2.32.
Still have the long to write against next week
VXX Calls
Continuing to roll some covered calls, this time up a bit.
Bought to close VXX Nov 19 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.01. Sold on 11/15 at $0.21 and $0.22
Sold to Open VXX Nov 26 2021 23.0 Calls at $0.23 & $0.24.
KOLD Puts Rolled down – again
Bought to close KOLD Nov 19 2021 7.0 Puts at $0.03. Sold in October as a #DoubleDip write at $1.42.
Sold to Open KOLD Dec 17 2021 6.0 Puts at $0.74.
Bought to close KOLD Nov 19 2021 6.0 Puts at $0.03. Sold in October as a #DoubleDip write at $0.90
Sold to Open KOLD Dec 17 2021 5.0 Puts at $0.49.
My long puts are May 2022 3.0 and 4.0.
MTDR PUT Roll / TSLA Call Close / MSTR Call
#shortputs
$MTDR BTC 11/19 42.50 put and STO 11/26 40 put at added credit of .60
#syntheticcoveredcalls #coveredcalls
$TSLA BTC 11/19 1110 call at 4.92. STO at 13.2
$TSLA STC 11/19 910 call at 191.92
$MSTR STO 11/26 770 call at 14.00
T stock
Added to my tiny T stock position at a fresh 52-week low at $24.00
Low forward P/E, high divvy down here.
My chart only goes out 5 years and this is as low as it’s been.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TSLA Puts
Bought to close 1 TSLA Nov 19 2021 840.0 Put at $0.01. Sold this on Monday at $2.06
Bought to close 1 TSLA Nov 19 2021 835.0 Put at $0.01. Sold this on Monday at $1.78
Both were #DoubleDip writes against leftover longs from earlier diagonal spreads
Into Year End ETFs
#ShortPuts #Bullish
Opening a few small positions in ETFs that I am bullish on through the end of the year.
STO IWM DEC 31 2021 230.0 PUT @ 5.85
STO XLF DEC 31 2021 39.0 PUTs @ 1.02
STO XLI DEC 31 2021 106.0 PUT @ 2.37
Couldn’t help myself on this last one…
STO BABA JAN 21 2021 145.0 PUT @ 11.00
LABU SNAP ZM
#ShortPuts #CoveredCalls – A little bit of everything.
LABU: Stock will be assigned at 51.45 basis in an IRA. Getting a jump on the covered calls.
Sold LABU NOV 26 2021 47.5/67.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 3.20 (meant to do the 47s but fat finger 🙂 )
SNAP: Covered. Replacing today’s expiration.
Sold SNAP DEC 3 2021 54.0 Calls @ 1.33
ZM: Covered. Earnings next week but keeping downside protection.
Rolled ZM NOV 19 2021 230.0 Call to NOV 26 2021 230.0 Call @ 2.45 credit (early on this one)
SOXL,TQQQ
Markets
15 of the top 20 losers in the #SP500 are Oil and Gas related stocks
Questions about continued demand if worldwide lockdowns reappear.
Most of these set their highs for the year within the last 30 days.
TQQQ,
STO December 31, 125 put at 1.80
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 22nd 4710/4690 put spreads for 8.20. Call side holding for later today or Monday. Condors bought for 15.05 on Tuesday.
ZIM,
STO December 17, 50 put at 2.00, stock is trading at $57 and SMM put it on their Active trade list today.
VXX Calls
Just starting to roll some covered calls
Bought to close VXX Nov 19 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.03. Sold on 11/15 at $0.20.
Sold to Open VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.38
TFX Stock
Bought a tiny bit of TFX at 327.66, at a fresh 52-week low
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX Long term
Bought to open VXX Jan 19 2024 5.0 Put at $0.90
#VXXContango purchase
SOXL
BTC/21 JAN 2022 30 PUT @.35 /SOLD FOR 2.40
holding this for 78 days -64 to go, not worth waiting /can redeploy capital.
MRVL Call Roll / LABU Put Roll
#syntheticcoveredcalls
$MRVL BTC 11/19 74 call and STO 11/26 75 call at added credit of .13
#shortputs
$LABU BTC 11/19 52.5 put and STO 11/26 51.50 put at .43 added credit
RIVN Put Rolled
Bought to close 1 RIVN Nov 19 2021 130.0 Diagonal Put / Sold to Open 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 120.0 Put at $0.20 Credit and jumped the short strike down 10 points.
I’ll ride one more of these 130.0 Diagonal Puts into tomorrow’s expiration
TQQQ,
BTC November 19, 110 put at .01, sold at 1.23
Rolling AMZN
Rolled $AMZN 12/3 3420/3430/3650/3660 iron condor out to 12/31 3560/3570/3790/3800 iron condor @ .70 credit. Total credit brought in now 4.70.
VXX Put Rolls
Rolled VXX 24.5 Puts to next week’s 24.5 Puts for $0.12 Credit
Rolled VXX 24.0 Puts to next week’s 24.0 Puts for $0.15 Credit
Rolled VXX 22.5 Puts to next week’s 22.5 Puts for $0.30 Credit
Rolled down VXX 21.5 Puts to next week’s 21.0 Puts for $0.02 Credit
TQQQ,
STO January 21, 100put at 1.05
TQQQ Call Rolls
Rolled This week’s calls to next week
Rolled 144.0 Call to 144.0 Call for $0.16 Credit
Rolled 149.0 Call to 150.0 Call for $0.65 Debit ( no 149 strike for next week) -bumped the strike up a point
Rolled 159.0 Call to 159.0 Call for $0.98 Credit
Rolled 161.0 Call to 162.5 Call for $0.05 Credit – bumped the strike up 1.5 points
Rolled 166.0 Call to 169.0 Call for $0.14 Credit – bumped the strike up 3.0 points
TQQQ early Call assignment
I got assigned overnight on 1 short TQQQ Nov 19 2021 125.0 Call.
To take care of the short stock I exercised my own long TQQQ Nov 26 160.0 Call. Paid $0.88 for it on 10/11.
One less thing to worry about tomorrow.
#CantWinThemAll
NVDA Earnings
#ShortPuts #Earnings #OneNightStand
Bought to Close NVDA NOV 26 2021 280.0 Put @ .63 (sold for 4.22)
Thanks @fuzzballl
LABU
#BearCallSpreads #JadeLizards – Turning some short puts into Jade Lizards.
Sold LABU DEC 17 2021 50.0/55.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 2.25
NVDA earnings
#ShortPuts #Earnings #OneNightStand – I’ll take it.
Bought to Close NVDA NOV 26 2021 280.0 Put @ .65 (sold for 4.00)
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 19th 4670/4650 put spreads for 3.20. I think the bias is to upside but got caught in the huge spike without enough time to alter my bid. Now I need a decent recovery into tomorrow’s close to collect on the call side. Condors bought for 15.45 on Monday.
RIVN Options
Weeklys now trading
Just in time as I will likely have to roll my short puts tomorrow
CAG CTXS FLT MKTX Stock
Market is up but four #SP500 stocks opened at new lows
Bought CAG at $31.68 – first purchase
Bought CTXS at $85.00 – avg. cost at $89 (stock is now below the 3-year and Covid low)
Bought FLT at $229.00 – first purchase
Bought MKTX at $380.00 – avg. cost at $400
#Fallingknife times 4
soxl
TSLA – closing long call
Finally dumped the extra long TSLA December call left over from a successful diagonal trade from late October.
Here’s how it went down:
10/27 Bought TSLA Dec 1250 Call @ 29.20
10/27 Sold TSLA 10/29 1050 Call @ 31.80
10/29 Bought TSLA 10/29 1050 Call @ 53.21
10/29 Sold TSLA 11/05 1080 Call @ 53.80
11/04 Bought TSLA 11/05 1080 Call @ 153.43
11/04 Sold TSLA 11/12 1100 Call @ 155.93
11/12 Bought TSLA 11/12 1100 Call @ 0.02
11/17 Sold TSLA Dec 1250 Call @ 30.00
#WinWin
TQQQ Put Scalps
Sold TQQQ Nov 19 2021 158.0 Put at $0.27
Sold TQQQ Nov 19 2021 159.0 Put at $0.37
Hoping TQQQ tests these levels on Friday to help my call positions.
EVGO SNAP SOXL TQQQ Put Close / BX TSLA Call / MSTR Call Close
#shortputs
$EVGO BTC 11/19 14 put at .05. STO at 1.00. Thank you @walter6871
$SNAP BTC 11/19 53 put at .20. STO at 2.57
$SOXL BTC 11/26 55 put at .25. STO at 2.57. Thank you @fuzzballl
$TQQQ BTC 12/3 125 put at .35. STO at 2.78. Thank you @fuzzballl
#syntheticcoveredcalls #coveredcalls
$BX STO 11/19 148 call at .50
$MSTR BTC 11/19/870 call at .75. STO at 53.38
$TSLA STO 11/19 1110 call at 13.20
NVDA
Rolled $NVDA 275/285 Nov-19-21 #BuPS // Dec-03-2021 @0.65 credit.
Looking for some breathing room after today’s drop.
WU Stock
Added to my WU position at the old 52-week low of 16.92
Low P/E, High Divvy down here.
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
EWZ
STO EWZ Jan21’22 26 PUT @1.10
RIVN Diagonal Put
Bought to Open 1 RIVN Jan 21 2022 70.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 RIVN Nov 19 2021 130.0 Put at $0.15 Net Credit.
If the stock stays above 130 for 2 more days I’ll have a “free” lottery ticket long put for 2 more months
NVDA ROKU TSLA
#ShortPuts – A little early on these.
NVDA: Earnings today but going out an extra week.
Sold NVDA NOV 26 2021 280.0 Put @ 4.00
ROKU: Couldn’t resist.
Sold ROKU DEC 17 2021 225.0 Put @ 5.00
TSLA: Taking well over half a month early.
Bought to Close TSLA DEC 17 2021 700.0 Put @ 2.45 (sold for 5.50)
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 17th 4655/4675 call spreads for 19.00. Condors bought for 16.25 last Thursday.
Markets
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Bought to Close TQQQ DEC 3 2021 125.0 Put @ .37 (sold for 2.90)
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Another one.
Bought to Close SOXL NOV 26 2021 55.0 Put @ .29 (sold for 2.40)
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Late fill.
Bought to Close SOXL DEC 10 2021 41.0 Put @ .20 (sold for 2.05)
FDX Stock
Sold off my first tiny lot of FDX stock at $255.25. Bought on 09/22/2021 at $230.00.
I made two more buys around #Earnings at $225.00 and $220.00.
#SP500
Former #FallingKnife
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Bought to Open $SPX Nov 22nd 4690/4710-4720/4740 condors for 15.05, with SPX at 4714.
INMD, STO December 17, 80…
INMD, STO December 17, 80 put at 1.95, stock is at 95
EWZ
#ShortPuts – Rolling…
Rolled EWZ NOV 19 2021 30.5 Put to DEC 17 2021 29.0 Put @ .98 credit (2.23 total now)
Rolled EWZ NOV 19 2021 31.0 Put to DEC 17 2021 31.0 Put @ 1.99 credit (3.04 total now)
Rolled EWZ NOV 19 2021 31.5 Put to DEC 17 2021 30.0 Put @ .81 credit (2.04 toal now)
Rolled EWZ NOV 19 2021 32.0 Put to DEC 17 2021 32.0 Put @ 1.95 credit (3.42 total now)
Closing TQQQ Bought to close…
Closing TQQQ
Bought to close $TQQQ Nov 19 70 put @ .01
TAN,
STO December 31, 85 put at 1.20
HOOD TNA TQQQ
#ShortPuts – A few…
HOOD: Continuing to move away from so many individual stocks. Reducing here at breakeven.
Bought to Close HOOD DEC 3 2021 33.0 Put @ 1.44 (sold for 1.40)
Bought to Close HOOD DEC 3 2021 34.0 Put @ 1.95 (sold for 1.85)
Bought to Close HOOD DEC 10 2021 32.0 Puts @ 1.22 (sold for 1.25)
TNA: New starter position.
Sold TNA DEC 17 2021 90.0 Put @ 2.80
TQQQ: Taking it here.
Bought to Close TQQQ NOV 26 2021 127.5 Put @ .16 (sold for 2.60)
ZBH –
Added to my tiny ZIMMER BIOMET stock position at a new low of $130.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SOXL
STO,31 DEC 2021 48 PUT @1.80
STO,31 DEC 2021 55 PUT @3.60 /thanks fuzzballl
TQQQ,
BTC December 23, 170 put at 13.40, sold at 13.50 so a small loss
RIVN Options
Begins trading today
Monthlys only so far.
High strike at 220, Low strike at 70 for November, December.
Also Jan, Mar, Jun 2022 options and Jan 2023 and 2024
TQQQ,
BTC November 19, 70 put at .01, sold at 1.45
BTC November 19, 80 put at .01, sold at 1.13
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