Tiny fills of some more yield plays in the pre-market:
BBY at $55.00
COP at $80.00
DOW at $25.00
UPS at $90.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Monthly Archives: April 2025
APA LYB TGT Stocks
Nibbling a little bit on some yield plays
Bought APA at $14.00
Bought LYB at $53.00
Bought TGT at $89.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SOXL
#shortputs
SOLD SOXL 11 APR 25 9 PUT @.51
#COMe getmeMSmarket
SPY
Rolled SPY Apr 08 2025 510.0 Call to Apr 09 2025 513.0 Call @ .05 credit (6.05 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/8/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 8th 5410/5430 call spreads for .80, IV 88.40%, delta +.06
Up 3.6%, this would require a 6% up day to be breached. Certainly not impossible in this market but I waited to make sure the rally didn’t have massive follow through. I also bought a cheap long put spread before the open, 4870/4850mfor .55. That’ll be a bust unless we get a collapse. Fingers crossed! Maybe Bill Ackerman can say something bearish today.
SPY
Pretty low risk and not a bad price with the high IV. New synthetic long SPY starter position.
Bought to Open SPY Dec 17 2027 450/500/500 Synthetic Stock @ 65.0 debit (450 strike long disaster put)
and:
Sold SPY Apr 08 2025 510.0 Call @ 6.00
SPX
This was from my latest experiment. Buying a DITM LEAP put and selling daily against it. Rolling the long LEAP down for credit now. Short next week’s 5975 against it. Not sure how I’ll handle that yet. Probably a debit roll to somewhere.
Rolled SPX Dec 21 2029 7000.0 Put to Dec 21 2029 6000.0 Put @ 500.0 credit (reduces total debit to 385.0)
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/7/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 7th 4650/4675-5250/5275 condors for 1.65, IV 129.50%, deltas -.06 +.05
I was building put spreads to sell at the bottom and by the time I entered the trade we were headed back up so I missed it. Now I sold where we opened and I’m immeditaly getting crushed by a spike rally.
SOXL CLF WBA LVS VFC Calls
Sold 1 SOXL 04/11/2025 13.0 Covered Call at $0.11 – vs. stock put to me at $12 Friday
Sold SOXL 04/11/2025 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.03 and $0.06
Sold 1 SOXL 04/17/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.12
Sold 1 SOXL 04/25/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.18
Sold 1 SOXL 05/02/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.24
Sold 1 CLF 04/11/2025 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.03 – vs. stock put to me at $8 Friday
Sold CLF 04/11/2025 9.5 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold 1 CLF 04/17/2025 9.5 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold WBA 04/11/2025 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.03
Sold 1 LVS 04/11/2025 39.0 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold VFC 04/11/2025 15.0 Covered Calls at $0.06 – vs. stock put to me at $14 Friday
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Earnings 4/7 – 4/11
Econ Calendar 4/7 – 4/11
SPY Puts rolled
I never would have believed I would have to do this
Rolled 1 SPY 04/04/2025 516/521 Bull Put Spread to 1 SPY 512/520 04/07/2025 Bull Put Spread at $0.19 Credit
Hoping for a bear market rally soon
Nibbling on some higher yield stocks
TROW at $83.00
SWK at $60.00
VTRS at $8.00
LYB at $60.00
TGT at $91.00
BBY at $60.00
UPS at $100.00
PSX at $99.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife – off a cliff today
T2108
Worden T2108 (% of stocks above the 40 day moving average) currently at 7.61, was as low as 6.56 intraday.
QQQ
#longLEAPs BTO QQQ 12/17/27 $270 call @ $190
Still buying, going deeper ITM down to the .90 Delta
Underlying hovering around $425
Rolling AMZN
Rolled $AMZN Apr 4 190 puts out to Apr 25 190 puts @ 3.10 credit.
Total credit in position: 4.36
$AMZN Apr 4 200 puts were assigned overnight. Sold the stock and rolled out to 4/25 200 puts for 1.11 credit.
Total credit in position: 3.35
COST AMZN MSTR
SPY
$SPY short term line in sand
SPY
Rolling rest of April out but not down. Still decent basis reduction.
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 535.0 Put to May 16 2025 535.0 Put @ 5.75 credit (8.90 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 540.0 Put to May 16 2025 540.0 Put @ 4.25 credit (7.70 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 545.0 Put to May 16 2025 545.0 Put @ 3.25 credit (6.90 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 550.0 Put to May 16 2025 550.0 Put @ 3.00 credit (6.20 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 555.0 Put to May 16 2025 555.0 Put @ 2.75 credit (7.80 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 560.0 Put to May 16 2025 560.0 Put @ 2.50 credit (14.50 total now)
Still profitable for the year…
Still profitable for the year but gave back a lot of the gains for the year.
Fibonacci approaching a 268% retracement. My thought is if that holds we might have a good entry point. If not next stop down is probably around 4950 as the closest round number. Actual number probably 4963.
Cash is a position, trade smart!
Actually I am trying to throw on some SPX butterflies but there is no liquidity and most the $5 increment options have not traded so I cannot get a fill anyway.
Market looked at the T2107…
Market
looked at the
T2107 from TC2000 just 15 % of stocks are above the 200 day average, June ’22 and of course beginning of ’22 were lower.
T2108 just 8.8% of stocks are above the 40 day moving average. June ’22 was 8.02 and there was early ’20 were it was at about 1.53% .
Both haven’t shown a reversal sign as of yet. The down move can still continue. I will remain in cash as much as possible and not yet enter any trade in hope of a reversal.
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/4/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 4th 5010/5030-5410/5430 condors for 1.50, IV 85.13%, deltas -.06 +.07
March Jobs Report
#Jobs — More gains, UE ticks higher
Gain of +228,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 140K
Unemployment up 0.1 to 4.2%
U6 unemployment 7.9%, down by 0.1%
Labor force participation up 0.1 to 62.5%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.3%; +3.8% Y/Y
February jobs revised down by -34K to +289K
January jobs revised down by -14K to +111K
Tariff impact
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/03/2025 520/525 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 04/03/2025 518/523 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 04/03/2025 582/577 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ,
I closed my strangle at 1.45 for a small loss. I think it is better to be in cash.
SPX
Bought to Close SPX Apr 17 2025 5900/5905 Bear Call Spreads @ .05 (sold for 1.25)
SPY
Adding.
Sold SPY May 16 2025 485.0 Put @ 3.80
Sold SPY May 16 2025 480.0 Put @ 3.40
TQQQ Calls / VXX Puts closed
Bought to close TQQQ 04/04/2025 70/65 Bear Call Spreads at $0.01
Bought to close TQQQ 04/04/2025 69/66 Bear Call Spreads at $0.01
Bought to close VXX 04/04/202541.5/46.5 Bull Put Spreads at $0.01
#ReleaseMargin
QQQ
BTO QQQ 12/17/27 $320 call @ $175
Adding to my LEAPS Position on today’s weakness
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/3/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX 5320/5340-5600/5620 condors for 1.50, IV 55.26%, deltas -.06 +.05
Plenty wide but expected move +/- 65.00 at moment.
TQQQ,
In June of 2012 we traded below $1.00 on the TQQQ and what a bargain that turned out to be. The strangle I put on today is going to be a short term trade of 3 weeks at best. Other than that, I am just sitting on cash.
TQQQ,
STO May 16, 35/80 strangle at 1.01
SPY
Adding.
Sold SPY May 16 2025 490.0 Put @ 3.59
Mag 7 vs The Other 493 YTD….interesting
VXX Puts
After hours during the President’s presser
Sold 1 VXX 04/04/2025 40.5/46 Bull Put Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 04/04/2025 40/46 Bull Put Spread at $0.19 Credit
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/02/2025 524/529 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 04/02/2025 523/528 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 04/02/2025 574/571 Bear Call Spread
BA Calls
Sold 1 BA 04/04/2025 180/177.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
SPY Calls
Sold 1 SPY 04/03/2025 582/577 Bear Call Spread at $0.33 Credit
#1DTE
Close TSLA Call Put
TSLA BTC 4/4 287.5 call at $2. STO at $13.99 on 3/25
TSLA BTC 4/4 205 put at .10. STO at $3.40 on 3/24
TSLA GOOGL NVDA META AMZN Calls
#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$TSLA STO 4/4 287.5 call at 1.55
$GOOGL STO 4/4 162.5 call at .45
$NVDA STO 4/4 116 call at .35
$META STO 4/4 615 call at 2.00
$AMZN STO 4/4 200 call at .50
$AMZN STO 4/4 202.5 call at .35
$NVDA STO 4/4 115 call at .55
TQQQ Calls
Sold TQQQ 04/04/2025 69/66 Bear Call Spreads at $0.15 and $0.22 Credits
Sold TQQQ 04/04/2025 71/65.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.23 and $0.28 Credits
VXX Puts
Sold VXX 04/04/2025 41.5/46.5 Bull Put Spreads at $0.14, 0.16 and $0.20 Credits
Sold 1 VXX 04/04/2025 40.5/46 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 04/04/2025 40/46 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Paired with many VXX Bear Call Spreads
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/2/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 2nd 5480/5500-5695/5715 condors for 1.45, IV 39.14%, deltas -.05 +.06, at 9:56 ET
Wasn’t planning to trade today as the Trump presser was going to be during market, but it is now at 4pm, market close. Volume is down meaning traders are waiting. Nonetheless, another day of opening lower and bouncing higher, but I waited until at least the appearance of consolidation.
MSTR COST AMZN Calls
Sold MSTR 04/04/2025 347.5/345 Bear Call Spreads at $0.21 and $0.31 Credits
Sold 1 MSTR 04/04/2025 352.5/350 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 COST 04/04/2025 1010/1005 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold AMZN 04/04/2025 207.5/205 Bear Call Spreads at $0.17 and $0.29 Credits
Sold 1 AMZN 04/04/2025 212.5/210 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 Credit
Thanks @walter6871 for the ideas
LULU SOXL LABU CLF
Sold LULU 04/04/2025 315/305 Bear Call Spreads at $0.27 and $0.37 Credits
Sold 1 LABU 04/04/2025 42.0 Put at $0.21
Sold 1 SOXL 04/04/2025 11.5 Put at $0.06
Sold SOXL 04/04/2025 20.5 Covered Calls at $0.03
Sold CLF 04/04/2025 9.5 Covered Calls at $0.03
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY
Selling the top of the ladder.
Sold SPY Apr 17 2025 560.0 Put @ 12.00
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 530/535 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 529/534 Bull Put Spread
Both sold yesterday
SPY Calls
Sold 1 04/02/2025 574/571 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit
Paired with multiple short Put spreads sold yesterday
#1DTE
BOIL Puts / BA NKE Calls
Sold BOIL 04/04/2025 63/68 Bull Put Spreads at $0.22 and $0.24 Credits
Paired with BOIL Calls sold yesterday
Sold 1 BA 04/04/2025 180/175 Bear Call Spread at $0.49 Credit
Paired with BA Puts sold yesterday
Sold 1 NKE 04/04/2025 72/68 Bear Call Spread at $0.14 Credit
Paired with NKE Puts sold yesterday
TQQQ Calls
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/04/2025 70/65 Bear Call Spread at $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/04/2025 71/65.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
COST MSTR AMZN
#shortcallspreads
SOLD VERTICAL COST 4 APR 25 1000/1005 CALL @.20
SOLD VERTICAL MSTR 4 APR 25 342.5/345 CALL @.20
SOLD VERTICAL AMZN 4 APR 25 202.5/205 CALL @.21
VXX Calls
Sold VXX 04/04/2025 58/55 Bear Call Spreads at $0.48 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 65/57 Diagonal Bear Call Spread at $0.31 Credit
QQQ
BTO QQQ 12/17/27 $320 call @ $187
Adding to QQQ LEAPS position but much deeper ITM
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/1/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 1st 5460/5480-5680/5700 condors for 1.30, deltas -.06 +.04. IV is unknown as Schwab options chain not showing IV or EM on today’s options chain. I will use a stop of 2.00 in premium for each side of the condor today.
Options Bistro 