STO April 8, 40 put at .48
Monthly Archives: March 2022
TLRY Covered Calls
Sold TLRY Mar 25 2022 7.0 Calls at $0.15
Sold TLRY Mar 25 2022 7.5 Calls at $0.09
FBHS stock
Started a tiny new position in FBHS at $80.00 at a new 52-week low
#SP500 #FallingKnife
More ZIM Puts
#shortputs
$ZIM STO 3/25 74 put at .90
TQQQ Calls
At the close, Sold TQQQ Mar 25 2022 58.0 Calls at $0.75 and $0.77
SPX trades
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 23rd 4430/4450-450/4600 condors for 1.95, SPX at 4513, IV 20.6%, deltas -.12 +.05.
The put side was an error, meant for the 4430 to be short strike, not the long one. But I will let it ride.
PARA Stock
Sold 1/3 of my PARA(formerly VIAC) and my highest cost lot at $37.84.
Bought at $32.00 on 11/29/21. My remaining shares are up about 35%.
Former #FallingKnife
ZIM Put
#shortputs
$ZIM STO 4/14 70 put at 1.90
TQQQ,
STO April 1, 45 put at .46 cents.
SOXL TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Taking anything at 60 percent of max or better on the nice bounce.
Bought to Close SOXL MAR 25 2022 35.0 Put @ .21 (sold for 2.40)
Bought to Close SOXL APR 1 2022 35.0 Puts @ .81 (sold for 2.95 avg)
Bought to Close SOXL APR 8 2022 30.0 Put @ .51 (sold for 3.00)
Bought to Close SOXL APR 14 2022 30.0 Put @ .73 (sold for 3.30)
Bought to Close SOXL APR 22 2022 30.0 Put @ 1.00 (sold for 3.20)
Bought to Close TQQQ MAR 25 2022 50.0 Put @ .37 (sold for 2.70)
Bought to Close TQQQ APR 8 2022 45.0 Put @ .83 (sold for 3.60)
Bought to Close TQQQ APR 14 2022 40.0 Put @ .58 (sold for 3.00)
And let’s try to stir things up a little: #TakeOneForTheTeam
Sold SOXL MAR 25 2022 41.0 Put @ 1.71
Sold SOXL APR 1 2022 40.0 Put @ 2.35
Sold TQQQ MAR 25 2022 56.0 Put @ 1.80
Sold TQQQ APR 1 2022 55.0 Put @ 2.45
KOLD Put
Sold 1 KOLD Apr 14 2022 20. Put at $2.15.
Written against a long August 10.0 put that was fully paid for when the March 20.0 put sold against it expired last Friday.
#DoubleDip
TNA TQQQ Calls
Sold 1 TNA Mar 25 2022 66.0 Call at $2.17
Sold 1 TQQQ Mar 25 2022 56.0 Call at $1.61 (the stock has made a straight line run from 38.92 to 55.50 in the last 6 days)
XBI
#ShortPuts – Late fill…adding.
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 87.0 Put @ 3.10
SPXpire
#SPX1dte Expiring: $SPX March 21st 4320/4340-4540/4560 condors, sold Friday for 1.60.
SPY,
STO April 14, 405 put at 2.10
TNA
#ShortPuts – Starter.
Sold TNA APR 14 2022 50.0 Puts @ 1.21
XBI
#CoveredCalls – Covering a few shares that were assigned.
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 95.0 Calls @ 2.15
soxl
#coveredcalls
sto 25 MAR 22 42 CALL @.72
TQQQ XBI
#ShortPuts – A few.
TQQQ: Close and open.
Bought to Close TQQQ APR 1 2022 40.0 Put @ .43 (sold for 2.75)
Sold TQQQ APR 22 2022 47.5 Put @ 2.90
XBI: New ladder.
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 88.0 Put @ 3.15
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 89.0 Put @ 3.10
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 90.0 Put @ 3.25
LABU Put
Sold 1 LABU Mar 25 2022 13.0 Put at $0.15
FANG,
STO April 14, 115 put at 1.15
FB,
STO May 20, 150 put at 1.36
VXX Call Ladder
Sold 1 VXX Mar 25 2022 35.0 Call at $0.31
Sold 1 VXX Mar 25 2022 33.0 Call at $0.34
Sold 1 VXX Mar 25 2022 32.0 Call at $0.35
Sold VXX Mar 25 2022 31.0 Calls at $0.44 & $0.45
Sold VXX Mar 25 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.49 & $0.50
Sold VXX Mar 25 2022 29.5 Calls at $0.40 & $0.42
Sold 1 VXX Mar 25 2022 29.0 Call at $0.49
Sold 1 VXX Mar 25 2022 28.5 Call at $0.54
Replacing similar calls that expired Friday
The short squeeze in VXX is still an issue. But the VIX index and /VX futures are falling early on
TQQQ Diagonal Bear Call Spread
Bought to Open 1 TQQQ Apr 08 2022 60.0 Call at $1.09
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Mar 25 2022 55.0 Call at $1.42 for a $0.33 Credit.
It’s really a calendar spread where I can write against the long 2 more times after this week.
RIVN
Walking away from this disaster and dumping the last of my positions
Sold to Close long positions instead of writing against them one more time.
RIVN Mar 25 2022 57 Calls at $0.26
RIVN Mar 25 2022 58 Calls at $0.22
RIVN Mar 25 2022 59 Calls at $0.20
RIVN Mar 25 2022 60 Calls at $0.17
Sold 1 RIVN Apr 01 2022 30.0 Put at $0.24
Sold 1 RIVN Apr 08 2022 30.0 Put at $0.49
FMC Stock
Sold the last of my FMC stock at $130.94. (a new 5-yr high)
Bought this on 08/19/2021 at $90.00 (less than 3 points from the 52-week low)
How the #FallingKnife strategy is supposed to work
Former #SP500 #FallingKnife
NFLX NVDA SOXL SVXY TNA TQQQ XBI
#ShortPuts #CoveredCalls – Catching up on yesterday.
NFLX: Covered.
Rolled NFLX MAR 18 2022 350.0 Call to MAR 25 2022 352.5 Call @ .82 credit (8.92 total now)
NVDA: A quickie.
Bought to Close NVDA APR 1 2022 225.0 Put @ 1.80 (sold for 4.50)
SOXL: Taking the quick profit over a month early and rolling covered.
Bought to Close SOXL APR 29 2022 30.0 Put @ 1.80 (sold for 3.80)
Rolled SOXL MAR 18 2022 28.0 Calls to APR 14 2022 31.0 Calls @ .90 debit (6.75 total now)
SVXY: Closing and opening.
Bought to Close SVXY MAR 18 2022 48.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 2.10)
Bought to Close SVXY APR 14 2022 42.0 Put @ .61 (sold for 2.20)
Bought to Close SVXY APR 14 2022 45.0 Put @ .97 (sold for 2.35)
Sold SVXY APR 14 2022 50.0 Put @ 2.50
TNA: More quickies.
Bought to Close TNA APR 14 2022 40.0 Put @ .52 (sold for 1.60)
Bought to Close TNA APR 14 2022 45.0 Put @ .84 (sold for 2.15)
TQQQ: Rolling covered.
Rolled TQQQ MAR 18 2022 40.0 Calls to APR 14 2022 42.0 Calls @ .13 debit (8.60 total now)
XBI: Taking a bunch of these with the nice run up.
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 89.0 Put @ .10 (sold for 2.40)
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 90.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 5.85)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 79.0 Put @ .70 (sold for 2.00)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 80.0 Put @ .80 (sold for 2.20)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 81.0 Put @ .85 (sold for 2.50)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 82.0 Put @ 1.00 (sold for 2.60)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 83.0 Put @ 1.15 (sold for 2.25)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 84.0 Put @ 1.35 (sold for 2.56)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 85.0 Put @ 1.60 (sold for 2.93)
Bought to Close XBI APR 14 2022 86.0 Put @ 1.85 (sold for 3.32)
#optionsexpiration SOXL March 18 22…
SOXL
March 18 22 put sto .22
March 18 23 put/sto .31
March 42 call/sto .60
LABU
March 18 11 put sto 18
March 18 11.5 put sto .28
Markets
Stocks
Only one trade today, but a good one
Sold the last half of my AMZN stock at $3207.00. Bought 4 days ago at $2,879.56
Former #FallingKnife
Getting my #FallingKnife #HomeGrownETF back to 50% cash
VXX Puts Closed
Bought to close VXX Mar 18 2022 24.5 Puts at $0.01 before I could get the order cancelled near the close.
Sold this week at an average price of $0.17
SPX 1-dte
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 21st 4320/4340-4540/4560 condors for 1.60, SPX at 4461, IV 15.9%, deltas -.07 +.06
Expiring: March 18th 4270/4290-4490/4510 condors, sold yesterday for 1.30.
Also expiring, ill-fated 4060/4040 bear put spread, when I foolishly thought we’d be headed down. Had I bought the same on call side it would be expiring for 20.00 today.
LABU Covered Calls
Rolled LABU 03/18/2022 15.0 Calls to LABU 03/25/2022 15.5 Calls at 0.06 Credit plus 0.50 more on the strike
Rolled LABU 03/18/2022 16.0 Calls to LABU 03/25/2022 17.0 Calls at 0.13 Credit plus 1.00 more on the strike
Rolled LABU 03/18/2022 16.5 Calls to LABU 03/25/2022 18.0 Calls at 0.18 Credit plus 1.50 more on the strike
Rolled LABU 03/18/2022 17.0 Calls to LABU 03/25/2022 18.5 Calls at 0.40 Credit plus 1.50 more on the strike
TNA and TQQQ Covered Calls
Rolling out and up some covered calls while keeping a decent amount of downside protection and bringing in a bit of cash:
Rolled TQQQ 03/18/2022 46.0 Calls to TQQQ 03/25/2022 46.0 Calls at $0.52 Credit
Rolled TQQQ 03/18/2022 47.0 Calls to TQQQ 03/25/2022 47.5 Calls at $0.27 Credit plus another 0.50 on the strike
Rolled TQQQ 03/18/2022 48.0 Calls to TQQQ 03/25/2022 49.0 Calls at $0.10 Credit plus another 1.00 on the strike
Rolled TQQQ 03/18/2022 49.0 Calls to TQQQ 03/25/2022 50.0 Calls at $0.37 Credit plus another 1.00 on the strike
Rolled TNA 03/18/2022 61.0 Calls to TQQQ 03/25/2022 62.5 Calls at $0.37 Credit plus another 1.50 on the strike
SOXL
BTC MAR 2022/18 MAR 34 CALL
STO MAR 2022/25 MAR 34 CALL NET .70 /1.16 sub total so far!
QUE up raw hide music/
first time in a long time.
RIVN Puts closed
Bought to close 1 RIVN Mar 18 2022 37.0 Put at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $2.10
Bought to close 1 RIVN Mar 18 2022 39.0 Put at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $3.08
LABU
My previous scalp trades are not working and will have to be rolled out.
Trying one last time.
Sold LABU Mar 18 2022 17.0 Calls at $0.35
Sold 1 LABU Mar 18 2022 17.5 Call at $0.26
VXX Calls
Bought to close VXX Mar 18 2022 55.0 Calls at $0.01. Sold Tuesday at $1.79, $2.19, $2.39 and $4.00
Replaced most of these with calls for next week with strikes above the Tuesday spike high.
Sold VXX Mar 25 2022 44.0 Call at $0.54
Sold VXX Mar 25 2022 43.0 Call at $0.58
Sold VXX Mar 25 2022 42.0 Call at $0.61
VXX
Interesting chart. What happens when Barclays unclenches?
LABU Puts
Bought to close LABU Mar 18 2022 13.5 Puts at $0.05. Sold last week at $0.80.
Bought to close 1 LABU Mar 18 2022 18.0 Put at $2.43. Sold last week on a roll at $3.78
Sold to Open 1 LABU Mar 25 2022 17.5 Put at $2.45 and lowered the strike of this last short put $0.50.
SPX 1-dte
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Mar 18th 4270/4290-4490/4510 condors for 1.35, SPX at 4406, IB 28.1%, deltas -.07 +.06.
XBI
#ShortPuts – Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 88.0 Put @ .65 (sold for 3.20)
VXX Puts
Bought to close VXX Mar 18 2022 22.0 Puts at $0.01. Sold at $0.11 Tuesday
A new VXX Contango Trade:
Sold to open VXX Mar 18 2022 24.0 Puts Net Credit at $0.07
Bought VXX May 20 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.05 for a 0.02 Credit
Short DTE = 1
Long DTE = 64
#VXXContango
SPX stopped
#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX Mar 17th (monthlys) 4445/4465 call spreads for 1.75. Condors sold yesterday for 1.75. Lost commissions but otherwise breakeven… can’t risk overnight gap risk since these settle in the morning.
SOXL XBI
#ShortPuts – A couple more in case tomorrow gets crazy.
Bought to Close SOXL MAR 18 2022 35.0 Put @ .59 (sold for 2.50)
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 87.0 Put @ .30 (sold for 2.35)
SPY
#ShortPuts – Almost half in a day. I’ll take it.
Bought to Close SPY APR 14 2022 400.0 Put @ 2.75 (sold for 5.02)
XBI
#ShortPuts – Even though it’s up today it’s still down at a good level for adding. Replacing the strikes closed earlier. Chart shows entering a squeeze and trying to get above the 20 day. Still a few more this week I’ll be watching tomorrow.
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 83.0 Put @ 2.25
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 84.0 Put @ 2.56
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 85.0 Put @ 2.93
Sold XBI APR 14 2022 86.0 Put @ 3.32
LABU Call scalp
Sold to open LABU Mar 18 2022 16.0 Calls at $0.11
Sold to open LABU Mar 18 2022 16.5 Calls at $0.07
NVDA SPXL XBI
#ShortPuts #JadeLizards – Taking quite a few off and adding a couple new ones.
NVDA: Like to see SOXL pull back so going aggressive on NVDA 🙂 🙂
Sold NVDA APR 1 2022 225.0 Put @ 4.50
Sold NVDA APR 14 2022 215.0 Put @ 5.40
Decent Jade Lizard gains that ran away to the upside:
Bought to Close NVDA MAR 18 2022 210/210/215 Jade Lizard @ 4.95 ( sold for 5.70)
Bought to Close NVDA MAR 18 2022 220/230/240 Jade Lizard @ 7.55 ( sold for 10.95)
SPXL: Glad to be out with a profit. Might reload on a pullback.
Sold SPXL Covered Stock @ 94.85 (basis 93.70)
XBI: This is turning into a good one. Don’t rally too much!
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 83.0 Put @ .13 (sold for 2.25)
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 84.0 Put @ .20 (sold for 2.40)
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 85.0 Put @ .35 (sold for 2.70)
Bought to Close XBI MAR 18 2022 86.0 Put @ .48 (sold for 2.70)
Stocks
Sold half my TMUS stock at $128.57. Got pretty close to the 2022 YTD high.
Bought this lot on 11/22/21 at $114.00
LABU Calls and Puts
Sold to open LABU Mar 18 2022 15.0 Covered Calls at $0.20 and $0.25
Sold to close 1 LABU Mar 18 2022 13.0 Put at $0.60
Sold to close LABU Mar 18 2022 15.0 Puts at $2.00.
SVXY
#ShortPuts – Taking the highest strike off.
Bought to Close SVXY MAR 18 2022 50.0 Put @ .50 (sold for 2.45)
SPX 1-dte
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 17th (monthlys) 4160/4180-4445/4465 condors for 1.75, SPX at 4328, IV 28.8%, deltas -.06 +.06. These stop trading at tomorrow’s close… but settle on Friday morning’s open.
VXX Puts
Bought to close VXX Mar 18 2022 21.5 Puts at $0.01. Sold at $0.10 yesterday.
Some new VXX Contango Trades:
Sold to open VXX Mar 18 2022 24.5 Puts at $0.17
Bought VXX May 20 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.10 for a 0.07 Credit
Short DTE = 2
Long DTE = 65
Sold to open VXX Mar 18 2022 24.5 Puts at $0.16
Bought VXX May 20 2022 16.0 Puts at $0.13 for a 0.03 Credit
Short DTE = 2
Long DTE = 65
#VXXContango
TNA
#ShortPuts – Close and open.
Bought to Close TNA MAR 18 2022 45.0 Put @ .13 (sold for 1.30)
Bought to Close TNA MAR 18 2022 50.0 Put @ .20 (sold for 2.05)
Sold TNA APR 14 2022 45.0 Put @ 2.15
SPY
#ShortPuts – Back in April again. Starter…
Sold SPY APR 14 2022 400.0 Put @ 5.02
SOXL
#ShortPuts – In a different account than my big position. Had a crazy order in that filled.
Sold SOXL APR 29 2022 30.0 Put @ 3.80
TQQQ Call
Just before the Fed announcement:
Sold 1 TQQQ Mar 18 2022 48.0 Call at $0.83
FXI SOXL
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts – One of each.
FXI: Rolling protection back up. Lost .35 on the round trip.
Rolled FXI APR 14 2022 20.0 Calls to APR 14 2022 25.0 Calls @ 4.75 debit.
SOXL: Adding.
Sold SOXL APR 22 2022 30.0 Put @ 3.20
Fed decision in
#FOMC A quarter percent increase, to a range of 0.25-0.50%
TQQQ TNA Calls
Sold TQQQ Mar 18 2022 50.0 Calls at $0.41 and $0.57
Sold 1 TNA Mar 18 2022 62.5 Covered Call at $0.29
Sold 1 TNA Mar 18 2022 63.0 Covered Call at $0.27
TQQQ,
STO January 75 calls at 4.30
LABU Covered Calls
Sold LABU Mar 18 2022 15.0 Covered Calls at $0.15
Stocks
Selling into the bounce:
Sold the other half of my BKNG long stock at $2198.00. Bought on 3/8 at $1800.00 (Missed the low by less than 4 points)
Sold half my AMZN that I bought as an impulse purchase after they announced the 20 for 1 split.
Sold AMZN at $2994.00. Bought on 03/09 at $2,972.50.
At least I did average down once at $2,879.56 on 3/14.
Former #FallingKnife
SPX stopped
#SPX #SPX1dte Double loser for me today, clearly wrong about a short-term bearish direction (although still have until Friday on that trade), but also just stopped out on the 1-dte trade. Shouldn’t mess with the Fed, I guess.
Bought to close $SPX March 16th 4385/4405 call spreads for 3.30. Condors sold yesterday for 1.65.
SPX 1-dte
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 16th 4105/4125-4385/4405 condors for 1.65. SPX at 4268, IV 36.05%, deltas -.05 +.05
TNA Call
Sold 1 TNA Mar 18 2022 59.0 Call at $0.71
AARK QYLD SPY
#LongStock #ShortPuts – Taking a few scalps on the bounce.
ARKK: Another round.
Bought to Close ARKK MAR 18 2022 61.0 Calls @ .15 (sold for 1.40)
Sold ARKK MAR 25 2022 57.0 Calls @ 1.55
QYLD: Quite a few shares so happy with the profit.
Sold QYLD @ 19.66 (bought for 19.28 average)
SPY: Taking these on the nice bounce.
Bought to Close SPY MAR 18 2022 405.0 Put @ .75 (sold for 3.30)
Bought to Close SPY APR 14 2022 380.0 Put @ 2.71 (sold for 4.10)
Bought to Close SPY APR 14 2022 385.0 Put @ 3.25 (sold for 5.00)
Bought to Close SPY APR 14 2022 390.0 Put @ 3.93 (sold for 6.00)
EDIT: Added AARK
TQQQ Covered Call Ladder
Now all my long stock is covered for this week
Sold:
TQQQ Mar 18 2022 46.0 Call at $0.80
TQQQ Mar 18 2022 47.5 Call at $0.43
TQQQ Mar 18 2022 48.0 Call at $0.34
SPX bearish
#SPX Taking a low risk trade to downside… The Fed will likely announce IR increase, but who really knows what short term effect will be? I believe we still have lower to go regardless of tomorrow’s decision. Right now we are hitting against the top of the downward channel on the daily chart.
Bought to Open $SPX March 18 4060/4040 put spreads for 1.75.
Stocks
First the good;
Sold half of my BKNG long stock at $2083.00. Bought on 3/7 at $1900.00.
Former #FallingKnife
Bought EA at $118.00
Bought SWK at $144.21
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX
Back to the puts. One last set of writes against long Mar 18th Puts paid for by earlier Diagonal Put spreads.
Sold VXX Mar 18 2022 22.5 Puts at $0.15 and $0.16
Sold VXX Mar 18 2022 22.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold VXX Mar 18 2022 21.5 Puts at $0.09
#VXXContango trades
SOXL TQQQ
#CoveredCalls – Selling a couple early on the bounce.
Sold SOXL MAR 25 2022 28.0 Call @ 4.16
Sold TQQQ MAR 25 2022 40.0 Call @ 4.20
SOXL
sto 18 MAR 2022 34 CALL @.47
TNA Covered Call
Sold 1 TNA Mar 18 2022 62.0 Call at $0.27
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