Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 55.0 Puts at $0.51
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 54.0 Puts at $0.42 and $0.44
Low trade in TQQQ for this week was about 55.85
Today’s low so far is 59.22
Monthly Archives: February 2022
SOXL XBI
#ShortPuts – Reloading some after closing yesterday.
Sold SOXL MAR 11 2022 40.0 Put @ 2.20
Sold SOXL MAR 18 2022 40.0 Put @ 3.00
Sold SOXL MAR 25 2022 40.0 Put @ 3.10
Sold XBI MAR 18 2022 89.0 Put @ 2.40
Downside Warning canceled
#VIXIndicator So the last UPSIDE warning was kind of a bust… let’s see if we get another shot this time. Two more consecutive $VIX closes below 21.17 will trigger it.
LABU Covered Calls
Couldn’t get anything from this week’s 25 calls so switched to next week.
Sold 1 LABU Feb 18 2022 25.0 Covered Call at $0.50
NVDA Put Close / RIVN Put
#shortputs
$NVDA BTC 2/11 242.5 put at .36. Collected 8.15 with original @fuzzballl idea rolled once.
$RIVN STO 2/11 61 put at .85
LABU Call Spread
Bought to open LABU Feb 25 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.12
Sold to Open LABU Feb 11 2022 23.0 Calls at $0.32
I’ve got 20, 21 and 22 short puts that would work very well if I have to cover these short calls.
Plus I have a bunch of long stock from put assignments
XBI
#ShortPuts – Taking a couple.
Bought to Close XBI FEB 18 2022 80.0 Put @ .08 (sold for 2.35)
Bought to Close XBI FEB 18 2022 85.0 Put @ .22 (sold for 3.50)
ENPH Put
$ENPH STO 2/18/2022 150 put at 4.40
SPX 3-dte
#SPX5dte This is falling under my 5-dte hashtag, but it’s actually 3 trading days to expiry. Since we’re currently trading between 4500 and 4600 and not too close to either, I’m trying this one-off betting we won’t end Monday near here. Hopefully the market will love me on Valentine’s Day .
Bought to open $SPX Feb 14th 4540/4560-4570/4590 condors for 17.20, with SPX at 4567.
ALGN Stock
Sold off my 2nd lot of ALGN at $537.45.
Bought this on Jan 21st at $475.00 which, at the time, was a new low.
Still have a tiny bit left that was bought at $450.00
#SP500
Former #FallingKnife
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Only in these a few days so taking over half of max. Plenty of time to sell again.
Bought to Close SOXL MAR 11 2022 35.0 Puts @ 1.10 (sold for 2.65)
Bought to Close SOXL MAR 18 2022 35.0 Puts @ 1.44 (sold for 3.10)
SPX stopped
#SPX1dte Had a good run but got stopped out this morning,
bought to close $SPX Feb 9th 4585/4605 call spreads for 4.80. Condors sold for 1.70 yesterday.
TQQQ Covered Call Ladder
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 64.0 Call at $0.42
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 64.5 Call at $0.37
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 65.0 Call at $0.26
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 65.5 Call at $0.21
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 66.0 Call at $0.14
Sold TQQQ Feb 11 2022 66.5 Call at $0.14
Not so KOLD anymore
Bought to close KOLD1 (pre-split contracts) Feb 18 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.45. Sold at $0.60 before the latest collapse in KOLD.
Taking a little risk off the table.
XLV Puts early rolldown
Bought to close XLV Feb 11 2022 134.0 Puts at $0.90. Sold last Wednesday on a rolldown at $2.09. (I seem to always be rolling these early)
Sold XLV Feb 18 2022 133.0 Calls at $1.03 and gained a point on the short strike.
PFE Strangle Close / PFE Call Close
#shortstrangles #earnings
$PFE BTC 2/11 49/60 strangle at .10. STO at .85 yesterday.
#coveredcalls
$PFE BTC 2/11 57 call at .02. STO at .70 yesterday.
SPX 1-dte
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Feb 9th 4405/4425-4585/4605 condors for 1.65, SPX at 4518, IV 16.7%, deltas -.06 +.07
Expired yesterday: Feb 7th 4385/4405-4595/4615 condors, sold Friday for 1.70.
VXX Puts and Calls
The VIX is down 5% today as the market rallies. Added these:
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.12
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 21.0 Calls at $0.32
Total strangle credit for this week: $0.44
SPY
#ShortPuts – Just missed this yesterday. For some reason it filled this morning.
Sold SPY MAR 18 2022 420.0 Put @5.50
VXX Puts
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 19.0 Puts at $0.26
Bought VXX Sep 16 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.17.
Long DTE = 220
Short DTE = 3
#VXXContango
My short VXX Calls and Puts for this week are now in balance.
labu
sto 11 FEB 2022 15.5 PUT @.20
sto 11 FEB 2022 13.5 PUT @.10
TNA Calls
Sold TNA Feb 11 2022 65.0 Calls at $0.61 and $0.87
Sold TNA Feb 11 2022 66.0 Calls at $0.58
Sold TNA Feb 11 2022 67.0 Call at $0.44
FB Stock
Added a tiny bit of FB at $220.57.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
(now 100 points below it’s pre-earnings price)
VXX – More Puts and a call
Sold 1 VXX Feb 11 2022 19.0 Put at $0.25
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.11
Sold against old long VXX Puts from earlier spreads.
30 minutes later:
Sold 1 VXX Feb 11 2022 24.0 Call at $0.25
The VIX is bouncing all over the place.
TQQQ Call
$TQQQ STO 2/11 59 call at 2.20. Thank you @fuzzballl for the reminder.
LABU Call Spread
Bought to open LABU Feb 25 2022 30 Calls at $0.10
Sold to Open LABU Feb 11 2022 22.5 Calls at $0.30
I’ve got 20, 21 and 22 short puts that would work very well if I have to cover these short calls.
Closing SPOT
Bought to close Feb 18 150/140 bull put spread @ .60. Sold for 2.00 on 2/3.
VXX puts
Bought to open $VXX Feb 25 22 puts @ 3.11 with VXX around 20. Looking for further contract in volatility. VIX still above 22.
VXX Calls
Sold Puts earlier, Calls now
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 22.5 Diagonal Calls @ $0.42 and $0.43
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 23.0 Diagonal Calls @ $0.32, $0.33, $0.35 and $0.36
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 23.5 Diagonal Calls @ $0.29 and $0.30
Sold VXX Feb 11 2022 24.0 Diagonal Calls @ $0.24, and $0.25
EWZ LABU Call
$EWZ STO 2/11 32.50 call at .21
$LABU STO 2/11 22 call at .40
HUT Call / PFE Strangle
#coveredcalls
$HUT STO 2/11 8.50 call at .10
VXX Put Spreads
All last weeks’ short puts expired so I’ll hold on to those long puts that are now “free” and do it all over again.
Bought VXX Jun 16 2023 5.0 Puts at $0.40
Sold to Open VXX Feb 11 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.43
Short DTE = 4
Long DTE = 494
Bought VXX Jan 20 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.32
Sold to Open VXX Feb 11 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.43
Short DTE = 4
Long DTE = 347
#VXXContango
CLX FB SWK ZBH Stocks
Added a tiny bit to these at new 52-week lows
Bought CLX at $140.00 (a new 3-year low)
Bought FB at $230.00
Bought SWK at $161.74
Bought ZBH at 112.55
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TQQQ
#CoveredCalls – Some late fills.
Rolled TQQQ FEB 4 2022 57.5 Calls to TQQQ FEB 11 2022 60.0 Calls @ .15 credit (1.55 total now)
Bought to Close TQQQ FEB 4 2022 59.0 Calls @ .21 (sold for 2.10)
Bought to Close TQQQ FEB 4 2022 60.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 2.50)
Sold TQQQ FEB 11 2022 59.0 Calls @ 2.74
Sold TQQQ FEB 11 2022 59.0 Call @ 2.85
Sold TQQQ FEB 18 2022 64.0 Calls @ 1.51
SPX
Bring the gamma!
Tuesday and Thursday expiries coming to the $CBOE $SPX https://t.co/dcHHNsXYXv—
Pat Hennessy, CMT (@pat_hennessy) February 04, 2022
OptionsExpiration
Reacting to the severe drops in stocks like LABU, RIVN, TNA and TQQQ, I spent most of the week setting up diagonal bear call spreads that all worked to give me some cash flow.
A partial recovery in the market today also helped me to roll my puts in these for small credits.
And once again, I threaded the needle by having VXX close above 20 and below 21.50 and all the VXX puts and calls expired (along with some old long VXX calls left over from previous spreads).
Expired:
LABU 25.0 Covered Calls
LABU 17.0 Diagonal Puts
RIVN 160/74 Bear Call Spread
RIVN 85/73 Bear Call Spread
RIVN 85/72 Bear Call Spread
RIVN 80/67 Bear Call Spread
TNA 105/67 Bear Call Spread
TNA 80/67 Bear Call Spread
TNA 79/67 Bear Call Spread
TNA 66.0 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 75/69 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 75/67 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 74/66.5 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 66.5 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 66.0 Covered Call
TQQQ 65.5 Covered Call
TQQQ 65.0 Covered Call
VXX 40/29 Bear Call Spread
VXX 39/28 Bear Call Spread
VXX 39/27 Bear Call Spread
VXX 38/26 Bear Call Spread
VXX 38/25.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 37/25 Bear Call Spread
VXX 36/25 Bear Call Spread
VXX 35/25 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 34/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 33/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 32/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 31/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 24.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Call
VXX 23.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 22.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 22.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 21.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.0 Diagonal Puts – #VXXContango
VXX 19.5 Diagonal Puts – #VXXContango
VXX 19.0 Diagonal Puts – #VXXContango
XLV 131.0 Diagonal Puts
Assignments:
Only 1, and it happened last night
1 TNA 80.50 Put
SPX trades
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Feb 7th 4385/4405-4595/4615 condors for 1.70, SPX at 4513, deltas -.06 +.06
Expiring: 4335/4355-4590/4610 condors, sold yesterday for 1.55
SPY Put Ladder
Decided to go 7 weeks out to start the ladder. Also planning to be aggressive with this ladder to try to keep up with the growth of SPY.
Sold SPY March 25th 2022 450 Put @ 13.00
TSLA Put Closed and Call rolled up
Bought to close 1 TSLA Feb 04 2022 860.0 Put at $0.01. Sold last week on a rolldown after earnings at $50.92
All my short puts are gone.
Bought to close TSLA Feb 04 2022 900.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TSLA Feb 11 2022 930.0 Call at $0.02 Credit.
At the open today it looked like this would expire.
I have 3 long TSA calls (2 are fully paid for and not worth much) against this 1 short Call
VXX Call Roll
Rolled part of the position up:
Bought to close VXX Feb 04 2022 22.0 Calls at $0.06. Sold last Friday on a rollup at $2.78
Sold to Open Contracts VXX Feb 11 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.32
SOXL
#CoveredCalls – A few more.
Bought to Close SOXL FEB 4 2022 43.0 Calls @ .34 (sold for 3.25)
Bought to Close SOXL FEB 4 2022 47.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 3.00)
Bought to Close SOXL FEB 4 2022 48.5 Call @ .05 (sold for 2.30)
Sold SOXL FEB 11 2022 40.0 Calls @ 4.04
Sold SOXL FEB 11 2022 48.0 Calls @ 1.07
ARKK
#CoveredCalls – Another round.
Bought to Close ARKK FEB 4 2022 74.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.84)
Sold ARKK FEB 11 2022 75.0 Calls @ 1.70
TNA Call Rollups
Bought to Close 1 TNA Feb 04 2022 62.0 Diagonal Call at $0.03. Sold on Monday at $0.99
Bought to Close 1 TNA Feb 04 2022 63.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold on Monday at $0.86
Sold to Open 1 TNA Feb 11 2022 66.0 Call at $0.43
Sold to Open 1 TNA Feb 11 2022 67.0 Call at $0.33
TSLA Put
Bought to close 1 TSLA Feb 04 2022 700.0 Put at $0.01. Sold last week at $3.50
Still waiting on and TSLA 860.0 Put to drop to a penny too.
SPY Covered Calls
Managed to get out of my long stock for breakeven. Basis was 446.33 and closed stock plus covered calls for 446.35. Looking to build a put ladder over the next few weeks as long as SPY keeps trending above its 50-Wk MA.
#coveredcalls
TQQQ Call Ladder rollup
Rolled up some of my covered calls to next week at strikes above this week’s high.
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Feb 04 2022 63.5 Call at $0.02. Sold last Friday at $0.41.
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Feb 04 2022 64.0 Call at $0.01. Sold last Friday at $0.39.
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Feb 11 2022 66.5 Covered Call at $0.41
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Feb 11 2022 67.0 Covered Call at $0.37
XOP,
STO March 18, 100 put at 2.75 with stock at 113,
If Russia does invade, oil should rise
Stocks
Added to my tiny position in CLX at 144.51 (at a 3-year low)
Added to my tiny position in PYPL at $123.00
Added to my tiny position in SWKS at $132.00
Added to my tiny position in XYL at $88.00
Started a new position in FTV at $65.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
January Jobs report
#Jobs — Above expectations for a change; wage growth strong, labor participation up, Nov & Dec jobs revised upward by ridiculous amounts.
Gain of +467,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 150K
Unemployment at 4.0%, up by 0.1 (vs. 3.9 estimate)
U6 unemployment at 7.1%, down by 0.2
Labor force participation 62.2%, up by 0.3
Average hourly earnings up 0.7%, vs. 05 estimate
December jobs revised up by +311K to +510K
November jobs revised up by +398K to +647K
labu
#shortputs
sto 4 FEB 2022 16 PUT @.20
avg down
AMZN Giveth After FB Tooketh Away
LABU Long Put
Closed the last of these since it expires tomorrow
Sold to close 1 LABU Feb 04 2022 25.0 Put at $8.00. Bought on 01/05/2022 at $1.20.
I’m guessing I’ll have to roll the short Feb 04 2022 17.0 Puts I thought would expire, but I’ll deal with that tomorrow.
SPX 1-dte
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Feb 4th 4335/4355-4590/4610 condors for 1.55. SPX at 4481, IV 24.3%, deltas -.07 +.05
FB
Possibly too early, but…
STO FB Mar18’22 190 PUT @ 2.05
STO FB May20’22 175 PUT @ 3.75
SVXY
#ShortPuts – Was completely out of it for a whole day. New starter out in March.
Sold SVXY MAR 18 2022 50.0 Put @ 2.45
FB Stock
Started a tiny new position in FB at $237.00.
Down 27% and at a new low
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VIX
Futures still in contango for now, even with the VIX up 13% to 24.87
$RUT
A rally to a difficult level where overhead supply comes into play… Fade the move here- our thinking. pic.twitter.com/8CQ0BTgcJL
— Carter Braxton Worth (@CarterBWorth) February 2, 2022
SPOT Feb
Post-earnings sold to open $SPOT Feb 18 150/140 bull put spread @ 2.00
TNA Put Rolldowns
Bought to close 1 TNA Feb 04 2022 67.0 Put at $6.71. Sold on a roll last Friday at $14.95
Sold to Open 1 TNA Feb 11 2022 66.0 Put at $6.73. A small credit but gained a point on the strike.
Bought to close 1 TNA Feb 04 2022 65.0 Put at $4.58. Sold on a roll last Friday at $12.76
Sold to Open 1 TNA Feb 11 2022 63.0 Put at $4.60. A small credit but gained 2 points on the strike.
HON XYL Stock
Started a tiny new position in HON at a new low of $195.28.
Started a tiny new position in XYL at a new low of $93.29
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX Calls
Writing against most of my leftover long calls and hoping this move in VXX gets all my short puts for this week expire (or at least drop to a penny)
Sold VXX Feb 04 2022 23.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.20
Sold VXX Feb 04 2022 22.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.29
Sold VXX Feb 04 2022 22.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.35
Sold VXX Feb 04 2022 21.5 Diagonal Call at $0.43
SPXpire
#SPX1dte Expired: $SPX Feb 2nd 4415/4435-4615/4635 condors, sold yesterday for 1.30.
FB
Facebook Plummets 16% After Missing Across The Board, Guiding Below Expectations
XBI
#ShortPuts – Adding.
Sold XBI MAR 18 2022 83.0 Put @ 2.25
ETSY stock
Started a tiny new position in ETSY at $136.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
XLV early Put rolldown
Given that the market could hit another air pocket at any time I’m taking the opportunity to roll these puts down for another week.
Bought to close XLV Feb 04 2022 134.5 Puts at $1.97. Sold on a rollout last Friday at $6.58
Made back more on this trade than I lost on the Roll last week.
Sold to Open XLV Feb 11 2022 134.0 Puts at $2.09.
XLV has rallied to 132.70 and I still have XLV 131.0 Puts that I hope to let expire.
VRTX Stock
Sold the last of my tiny VRTX stock position at $251.00, a new 52-week high.
Bought this pretty close to the 52-week low at $180.00 on 10/01/2021.
Former #Sp500 #FallingKnife
SVXY
#ShortPuts – Nice VIX collapse so taking over 60 percent of max.
Bought to Close SVXY FEB 18 2022 55.0 Put @ 1.30 (sold for 2.50)
Bought to Close SVXY FEB 25 2022 50.0 Put @ .90 (sold for 2.60)
Bought to Close SVXY MAR 4 2022 45.0 Put @ .75 (sold for 2.20)
Bought to Close SVXY MAR 18 2022 40.0 Put @ .80 (sold for 2.45)
SPY
#ShortPuts – Taking off my higher strikes for gains.
Bought to Close SPY FEB 18 2022 435.0 Put @ 2.55 (sold for 4.00)
Bought to Close SPY MAR 18 2022 425.0 Put @ 5.00 (sold for 5.90)
SOXL
#CoveredCalls – I’ll assign these to one of my lots after I see how the week shakes out.
Sold SOXL FEB 11 2022 52.0 Calls @ 1.60
LABU
Because of last week’s short put assignments I find myself with excess long Puts the expire Friday.
Sold to close 1 LABU Feb 04 2022 25.0 Put at $5.80. Still have more to sell.
Bought this on 12/31 at $0.73.
This helps offset part of the loss on the LABU stock position.
KOLD reflects “White Death” fear in Texas
Ditching spreads on KOLD for this one trade
Sold 1 KOLD Feb 18 2022 23.0 Put at $3.50.
15% return on cash if it expires in a couple of weeks.
VXX Put Spread
Bought VXX Nov 18 2022 5.0 Puts at $0.10
Sold to Open VXX Feb 04 2022 19.0 Puts at $0.18
Short DTE = 2
Long DTE = 289
#VXXContango
TQQQ Calls
Sold TQQQ Feb 04 2022 69 Diagonal Calls at $0.52.
Paired with short puts rolled over last week and long stock.
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