The banks start reporting on Friday to kick off earnings season.
Daily Archives: Friday, July 5, 2024
Economic Calendar 7/8 – 7/12
TLT
I’ve got some 94 strike covered calls so rolling up short puts in case we keep going.
Rolled TLT Jul 19 2024 91.0 Puts to Jul 19 2024 92.5 Puts @ .50 credit (1.80 total now)
Happy 4th a day late!
Back from France and reloading inventory (trades). Should be at my normal level today.
So if people are interested, the butterfly and broken wing butterfly are some of the best tactics for income trading. I have taken others ideas and tweaked them for shorter term income generation. Typically 14-21 DTE but occasionally longer. Works on just about any ticker but SPX is probably the most efficient. The market determines the initial levels, delta zero on a 1 lot. Below is a screen shot of today’s trade.
I then manage with calendars, diagonals, verticals, or additional butterflies. Take profits around 5-10% which is usually over the weekend or within a week. Rinse and repeat. A significant move in either direction and I re-adjust the legs by moving either the leg or some of the center strikes. Since Oct 2022 it has made $128,153 on max risk of 100k (10-20k risk per account x 6 accounts).
Have to go out 28 DTE today due to low VIX to not have to pay too much for it.
TQQQ,
STO August 2, $70 puts at 1.01
SPX
Getting kinda scary up here. Crazy.
Bought to Close SPX Jul 05 2024 5485.0 Puts @ .50 (Sold for 22.90)
Sold SPX Jul 08 2024 5520.0 Puts @ 7.00
SPX 0-dte trades 7/5/24
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 5th 5505/5535-5540/5570 condors for 13.60, IV 15.76%
June Jobs Report
#Jobs — Gains beat expectations again, but drop in prior months
Gain of +206,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 190K
Unemployment up 0.1% to 4.1%, vs expectation of unchanged
U6 unemployment 7.4%, unchanged
Labor force participation up 0.1 to 62.6%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.3%; +3.9% Y/Y
May jobs revised down by -54K to +218K
April jobs revised down by -57K to +108K




