QQQ

Sold my oldest and highest cost tiny lot of QQQ at $325.72. Bought on 09/29/2022 at $269.27
It’s at a 6-month high
#FormerFallingKnife

More VIX Call spreads

Bought 1 VIX May 17 2023 29.0 Call Net at $0.08
Sold 1 VIX May 17 2023 22.0 Call at $0.38

Bought 1 VIX May 17 2023 29.0 Call at $0.10
Sold 1 VIX May 17 2023 23.0 Call at $0.33
#OnlySpreads

CROX Put Roll

#shortputs
$CROX BTC 5/12 118 put and STO 5/19 116 put at added credit of .30 and $2 lower if assigned

Stocks

Added to my tiny position in NWL at $9.50. Div = 9.2%
Also added to my tiny position in MMM at $100.00. Div = 5.95%
#SP500 #FallingKnife

SPX stopped

#SPX1dte BTC put side for 6.55. I honestly have no excuse for this, so I won’t try to make one.

AI Call Roll / AMD Call

#shortstrangles
$AI BTC 5/12 2o call and STO 5/19 21 call at added credit of .10 and gain $1 if called away next week. Put side of strangle should expire

#coveredcalls
$AMD STO 5/12 103 call at .40

VXX Covered Calls

Rolling down a portion of this week’s covered calls for a double dip on the premium
Bought to close VXX May 12 2023 45.0 Covered Calls at $0.07. Sold last Friday at $0.36 and $0.28
Sold VXX May 12 2023 40.0 Covered Calls at $0.39 and $0.41.
#DoubleDip

LABU

Sold LABU May 12 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.09

VIX VXX

Opposites: Betting the VIX stays down but VXX doesn’t drop too much
Bought VIX May 17 2023 25.0 Calls at $0.12, $0.17 and $0.18
Sold VIX May 17 2023 21.0 Calls at $0.33 and $0.50
Sold VIX May 17 2023 20.0 Calls at $0.46 and $0.58
Sold VIX May 17 2023 19.0 Calls at $0.70 and $0.85

Sold VXX May 12 2023 36.0 Puts at $0.14, $0.15 and $0.16

SPX same day

#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX May 10th 4200/4220 call spreads for .45, when delta was +.04.

Looking to sell the 4085/4065 put spreads.

April CPI report

Core CPI up 5.5%, year over year, as expected.
Non-core up 4.9%, vs 5.0% expected.
Up 0.4% in April.