Downside WARNING FIRED

#VIXindicator A warning fired at the close today with the $VIX over 29.00. The last warning in April took 39 trading days before reaching the market low, about a 15% drop. Before that, this warning was not a great indicator in 2021, with many small drops & short-lived drops. This time, we have been dropping for weeks and it took awhile to finally fire.

Here are recent Downside Warnings for reference:
Fired 4/22/22, at the SPX close of 4,272. The SPX low of 3,637 was 39 trading days later (-14.9%)
Fired 2/11/22, at the SPX close of 4,419. The SPX low of 4,115 was 8 trading days later (-6.9%).
Fired 1/20/22, at the SPX close of 4,483. The SPX low of 4,223 was 2 trading days later (-5.8%).
Fired 11/26/21, at the SPX close of 4,585. The SPX low of 4,495 was 5 trading days later (-2.0%).
Fired 9/20/21, canceled quickly but fired again on 9/28/21, at the SPX close of 4,353. The SPX low of 4,278 was 4 trading days later (-1.7%).
Fired 8/18/21, at the SPX close of 4,427. The SPX low of 4,368 was the next day, so another FALSE warning (-1.3%).
Fired 7/19/21, at the SPX close of 4,258. The SPX low was also that day, so this was a FALSE warning.
Fired 5/11/21, at the SPX close of 4,152. The SPX low was the next day at 4,056, so basically a FALSE warning. It dipped again 5 trading days after that to 4,061, then recovered from there(-2.3%).
Fired 2/25/21, at the SPX close of 3,829. The SPX low of 3,723 was 5 trading days later (-2.8%).
ired 1/27/21, at the SPX close of 3,750. The SPX low of 3,694 was only 2 days later (-1.5%).
Fired 9/3/20, at the SPX close of 3,455. The SPX low of 3,209 was 3 weeks later on Sep 24th (-7.1%).

VXX Calls

For next week
Sold VXX Sep 30 2022 23.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.45
Sold VXX Sep 30 2022 24.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.34
#OnlySpreads

SPY

#CoveredCalls – Just in case we bounce Monday taking some more off.

Bought to Close SPY SEP 30 2022 389.0 Calls @ .30 (sold for 12.75)
Bought to Close SPY SEP 30 2022 391.0 Call @ .20 (sold for 5.70)

OptionsExpiration

It’s a Bear Market.
Lots of Covered and Diagonal Calls expired in LABU, TNA, TQQQ and even in VXX (unexpected).
Some Puts were rolled down in TNA and TQQQ, and some calls rolled up in UVXY.
Puts in UVXY and VXX were major gainers. And plenty of VXX puts are still on the books for next week.
==Expired==
LABU 14/10.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Covered Calls

SLV 17.0 Diagonal Puts

TNA 40/40.5/41 Covered Calls
TNA 41.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 48.5/42 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 50/42.5 Bear Call Spreads

TQQQ 27/27.5/28 Covered Calls
TQQQ 36/28.5 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 37.5/28 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 20.0 Diagonal Puts
TQQQ 19.5 Diagonal Put

UVXY 20.5/12 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 9.5 Diagonal Puts — #UVXYContango
UVXY 9.0 Diagonal Puts — #UVXYContango

VXX 28/21.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 25/21 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 18.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 18.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 17.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 17.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 16.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango

== Assignments==
None

SPX trades

#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Sept 26th 3525/3550-3800/3825 condors for 1.40, SPX at 3691, IV 22.9%, deltas -.05 +.05. These are 25-points wide, as not all strikes available so low on the put side. Also went with 5 deltas rather than usual 6 for a bit more safety.

Week in review:
#SPX5dte one loss: -2.20
#SPX1dte: two losses, three wins: +0.70
Same day Fed trade, Friday revenge trade: 2 wins: +7.00

Total for week: +5.50

NVDA

#CoveredCalls – Taking off a few more after overwriting quite a bit.

Bought to Close NVDA SEP 30 2022 145.0 Calls @ .15 (sold for 1.40)

SOXL Puts closed and rolled

Bought to close SOXL Sep 23 2022 9.5 Puts at $0.01. Sold this morning at $0.19 for a scalp trade and on Monday at $0.17

Bought to close SOXL Sep 2022 10.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.18. Sold on Monday at $0.25.
Sold to open SOXL Sep 30 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.38 for a $0.20 Credit

State of the market

T2108: 11.30 (low of the day 9.96)
Fear and Greed Index: 21 (Extreme Fear)
VIX futures in backwardation (www.vixcentral.com)

XBI

#CoveredCalls – A tiny bounce so throwing a few more out next week.

Sold XBI SEP 30 2022 80.0 Calls @ .64

SPY

#CoveredCalls – Sold SPY OCT 7 2022 380.0 Call @ 3.10

SVXY

#BullPutSpreads – Hard to believe this thing is still near 50. Finally taking a hit today since we eased back into backwardation again finally. Taking a defined risk directional shot on it through end of year. Taking assignment is the plan if it keeps dropping.

Sold SVXY JAN 20 2023 60.0/50.0 Bull Put Spread @ 6.25

Stocks

As markets test the June 2022 lows I’m making tiny buys on Higher dividend payers. Biggest one day buying since then.
When SPY and QQQ reach their old lows, I’ll switch to those stocks and suspend most other buys.

LYB at $72.00
PARA at $20.00
DLR at $104.00
STX at $58.00
OGN at $26.00
USB at $42.00
PRU at $89.00
T at $16.00
PKG at $114.10
CFG at $34.00
WHR at $139.53
LUMN at $8.00
FRT at $89.18
CMCSA at $32.00
CFG at $34.00
LNC at $44.00
DD at $51.50
SWK at $80.00
RL at $86.00
IVZ at $15.20
MMM at $113.17
SPG at $90.76
#SP500 #FallingKnife

NVDA SPY TLT XBI

#CoveredCalls – My apartment building lost a little value this week but the tenants still have to pay me. LOL!

NVDA: A few adds this morning.
Sold NVDA OCT 7 2022 139.0 Calls @ 1.35

SPY:
Bought to Close SPY SEP 23 2022 380.0 Call @ .01 (sold for 8.40)
Bought to Close SPY SEP 23 2022 385.0 Call @ .01 (sold for 8.65)

TLT: Bought, sold, rolled
Bought to Close TLT SEP 23 2022 109.5 Calls @ .01 (sold for .45)
Sold TLT OCT 21 2022 110.0 Calls @ .90
Rolled TLT SEP 23 2022 110.0 Put to TLT OCT 21 2022 110.0 Put @ .80 credit (4.15 total now)

XBI: My second biggest position after SPY. Letting all covered calls expire. Not much premium in them since I spent it on some debit rolls…but frees up a lot of shares for new call sales.

EDIT: One add on some of the lower basis shares.

Sold XBI SEP 30 2022 78.0 Calls @ 1.02

The SPXL and TQQQ are…

The SPXL and TQQQ are making new 52 week lows.

SOXL Puts Rolled

Bought to close SOXL Sep 23 2022 10.5 Puts / Sold SOXL Sep 30 2022 10.0 Puts at $0.10 Credit

#smallbuy Buy DSXpB @25.55 #dividends

#smallbuy
Buy DSXpB @25.55
#dividends

VXX Puts

Rolled my largest short put position:
Bought VXX Sep 23 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.35. Sold last week on a rolldown at $1.04.
Sold to Open VXX Sep 30 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.37 for a $0.02 Credit and a full point better on the short strike.
I’m now expecting my VXX 18.5, 18.0, 17.5, 17.0 and 16.5 Diagonal Puts to expire along with 20.5, 21.0 and 21.5 short calls.
#VXXContango #OnlySpreads

SPX stopped

#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX Sept 23rd 3680/3660 put spreads for 5.05. Condors sold yesterday for 1.75.

Another Friday where most of the week’s profit is obliterated. Even though a Downside Warning has not yet fired (it may today), I’m going to need to switch back to same day trades to account for overnight moves. It also is becoming a pattern where a big move (like last Tuesday after CPI and this Wednesday after FOMC) is followed by a quiet day, but then a sharper move will occur a day or two later.

TNA Puts

Rolled 1 TNA Sep 23 2022 32.0 Diagonal Put to 1 TNA Sep 30 2022 31.0 Put at $0.24 Credit

Liquidated some long Puts for small gains. These expire today.
Sold to Close 1 TNA Sep 23 2022 31.0 Put at $0.78. Bought at $0.64
Sold to Close TNA Sep 23 2022 30.0 Puts at $0.40. Bought at an average price of $0.38
#WinWin #OnlySpreads