Option Iceman 1:01 pm on Friday, April 5, 2024

OptionsExpiration

Expired on a wild week:
SPY 505/510 Bull Put Spread
SPY 530/525 Bear Call Spread
GLD 222.5/217.5 Bear Call Spread
LABU 88/99 Bull Put Spread
DIS 130/127 Bear Call Spread
DIS 130/126 Bear Call Spread
DIS 130/121 Bear Call Spread
UPS 140/143 Bull Put Spread
AAPL 160/165 Bull Put Spread
ACN 325/327.5 Bull Put Spread
ACN 325/330 Bull Put Spread
ACN 355/350 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 17/14.5 Bear Call Spread
UVXY 9.5 Covered Calls
AAP 89/87 Bear Call Spread
ULTA 410/420 Bull Put Spread
TSLA 155 Diagonal Put
BOIL 17.5 Covered Calls
BOIL 17.0 Covered Call
GILD 69.0 Put
GILD 68.0 Put
NKE 88.0 Put
ETSY 61.0 Put
WBA 18.0 Put
WBA 19.0 Put
CMCSA 40.5 Put

Assignments:
SBUX 88.0 Puts
WBA 19.5 Put

geewhiz112 9:53 am on Friday, April 5, 2024
Tags: CoveredCalls ( 2,200 )

COIN Call Closed

#coveredcalls
$COIN BTC 4/12 295 call at .35. Sto at 9.73 on 3/28

fuzzballl 9:44 am on Friday, April 5, 2024
Tags: SyntheticShortStock ( 108 )

SPX

#SyntheticShortStock – Wow. Didn’t see this reversal coming. Way too early on these this morning. Out a week and down a couple strikes. May adjust again Monday.

Rolled SPX Apr 05 2024 5250.0 Puts to Apr 12 2024 5240.0 Puts @ even (22.65 total now)

Option Iceman 9:23 am on Friday, April 5, 2024
Tags: ReleaseCapital ( 7 )

UPS Calls Closed

Bought to close 2 UPS 04/05/2024 155.00 Calls at $0.01 (Sold at $0.28 and $0.35)
Sold to close 1 UPS 04/05/2024 160.00 Call at $0.01 (Bought at $0.04)

Rolled 1 UPS 04/05/2024 149.0 Call UP to 1 UPS 04/12/2024 150.0 Call at $0.62 Credit
#ReleaseCapital

Option Iceman 8:29 am on Friday, April 5, 2024

SPY vs VIX vs GLD

One of those unusual days when the SPY and the VIX ETF’s plus GLD (gold) are all UP

Option Iceman 8:19 am on Friday, April 5, 2024

TSLA Zero DTE

Bought 1 TSLA 04/12/2024 130.0 Put / Sold 1 TSLA 04/05/2024 155.0 Put at $0.27 Credit

Option Iceman 8:13 am on Friday, April 5, 2024
Tags: everylittlebithelps ( 223 )

DJT Put rolled

Rolled out another week at the same strike
Rolled 1 DJT Apr 05 2024 20.0 Put to next week for $0.09 Credit

#EveryLittleBitHelps

jsd501 8:08 am on Friday, April 5, 2024

TQQQ,

BTC May 10, 50 puts at 1.01 which is where I sold them yesterday. I am now 100% cash and just waiting and watching.

Option Iceman 7:37 am on Friday, April 5, 2024

GLD

New high today
Sold 1 GLD 04/12/2024 227.5/222.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.28

matt0311 6:34 am on Friday, April 5, 2024

SPX Haven’t seen this high…

SPX

Haven’t seen this high expected move in a long time. Remain on the sideline. maybe later.

Jeff 6:34 am on Friday, April 5, 2024
Tags: spx0dte ( 421 )

SPX 0-dte trades 4/5/24

#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 5th 5130/5160-5165/5185 condors for 20.35, IV 31.03%, at 9:32 ET.

I watched several spreads in pre-market, but IV nor premium really dropped much between jobs report and the open. So I didn’t feel I would get an advantage entering before the open.

Jeff 5:37 am on Friday, April 5, 2024
Tags: Jobs ( 131 )

March Jobs Report

#Jobs — Gains exceed expectations once again.

Gain of +303,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 214K
Unemployment down 0.1% to 3.8%, as expected
U6 unemployment 7.3%, unchanged
Labor force participation up 0.2% to 62.7%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.3%, as expected; +4.1% Y/Y as expected

February jobs revised down by -5K to +270K
January jobs revised up by +27K to +256K