#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX 4365/4385-4525/4545 condors for 1.20, SPX at 4463, deltas -.05 +.07, IV 19.1%
Daily Archives: Thursday, August 10, 2023
SPX risk off
#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX Aug 10th 4430/4410 put spreads for .30, condors sold this morning for 1.15
My stop was NOT hit, but this stair-stepping down has me nervous I’ll face a bigger loss before the close.
VXX Puts
Rolled down VXX 08/11/2023 30.5 Puts to VXX 08/18/2023 30.0 Puts at $0.25 Debit but gained $0.50 on the short strike.
Markets
Quite a stat from
@bespokeinvest
The 101 S&P 500 stocks that pay no dividends are up an average of 20.7% YTD, while the 100 highest yielding stocks in the index are down 3.2% YTD.
CSCO Stock
Sold my last tiny lot of CSCO at $53.89
Bought on 05/19/2022 at $42.91.
#FormerFallingKnife
BOIL Spreads
Yesterday I sold 1 BOIL 85/75 Diagonal Call spread at $2.48 Credit
Today :
Sold 1 BOIL 57/67 Diagonal Put spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 53/66 Diagonal Put spread at $0.18 Credit.
#OnlySpreads
CPI report & Jobless claims
July inflation was +0.2%, as expected. +3.2% year over year, versus 3.3 expected.
Weekly jobless claims higher than expected: 248K versus 230K estimated
SPX same day
#SPX1dte About three minutes after CPI report release: Sold to Open $SPX Aug 10th 4410/4430-4555/4575 condors for 1.15, deltas -.06 +.05, IV 28.2%.
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