$CVX 140 call
$IBIT 65 call
$NVDA 140 call
$AMZN 210 call
$SMCI 43.5 call
$GOOGL 177.5 call
$META 657.5 call
$HOOD 70 call
$AI 28 call
Monthly Archives: May 2025
OptionsExpiration
After covering shorts and after rollouts to next week or beyond here is what was left:
EXPIRED:
AAP 45.0 Put
AAP 52.0 Diagonal Call
AAP 53/52 Bear Call Spreads
CLF 8.0 Covered Calls
CLF 5.5 Puts
MSFT 462.5 Diagonal Call
NVDA 106/116 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 107/116 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 108/116 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 157.5/152.5 Bear Call Spreads
PFE 24.5 Covered Call
SOXL 19.0 Covered Call
SOXL 20.5/19 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 25/21 Bear Call Spread
SPCE 6.0 Covered Calls
TQQQ 73.0 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 74.0 Diagonal Call
TSLA 400/392.5 Bear Call Spread
TSLA 392.5/387.5 Bear Call Spread
TSLA 392.5/385 Bear Call Spread
VFC 14.0 Covered Call
VFC 14.5 Covered Call
VXX 65/61 Bear Call Spread
VXX 65/60.5 Bear Call Spread
WBA 12.0 Covered Calls
ASSIGNMENTS:
CLF 6.0 Puts
SPY
Bought to Close SPY May 30 2025 585.0 Puts @ .02 (sold for 1.78)
Sold SPY Jun 04 2025 583.0 Puts @ 1.60
TLT
Rolled TLT May 30 2025 86.0 Calls to Jun 13 2025 88.0 Calls @ .04 credit (.48 total now)
SPY,
STO July 18, 545 put at 4.72
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 570.0 Put @ 5.27
SOXL
#rolling MORE
#kickthecan
SOLD CALENDAR SOXL /30 MAY 2025 17 PUT/to 6 JUN 2025 PUT @.51
SOLD CALENDAR SOXL /30 MAY 2025 15 PUT/ TO 6 JUN 2025 PUT @.52
SOLD CALENDAR SOXL /30 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT/ TO 6 JUN 2025 PUT@.65
#optionsexpiration
SOXL 18.5 call
SPX
Went ahead and covered the SPX LEAP position I set yesterday. One and a half times the expected move.
Sold SPX Jun 02 2025 5800.0 Put @ 4.20
TQQQ,
My timing could have been better but it is not any where near a full position and if assigned I can write covered calls until forever like fuzzballl.
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/30/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 30th 5780/5800-5980/6000 condors for 1.30, IV 31.70%, deltas -.06 +.05
SPY TLT
Late fills.
Added to LEAP SPX synthetic shorts. Not covering this one with a put sale. Hoping to get a couple uncovered eventually for the next big dip.
SPX Dec 2029 5900/5900/6300 Syn Short @ 374.05 debit
And:
Sold TLT Jun 20 2025 88.0 Put @ 2.59
Sold TLT Jun 20 2025 89.0 Put @ 3.40
SPY
Rolled SPY May 30 2025 580.0 Puts to May 30 2025 585.0 Puts @ .65 credit (1.79 total now)
TLT
Uncovering some of my synthetic longs.
Bought to Close TLT Jun 13 2025 88.0 Calls @ .38 (sold for .66)
TQQQ,
STO July 18, 50 puts at 1.09
TQQQ,
STO June 20, 55 puts at .61
TQQQ,
STO June 13, 60 puts at .84
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/29/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open May 29th 5800/5820-6015/6035 condors for 1.45, IV 34.39%, deltas -.07 +.05
Deltas off on TOS… IB shows deltas as -.05 +.07
NVDA Puts
In quick succession:
Sold 1 NVDA 05/30/2025 106/116 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 05/30/2025 107/116 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 05/30/2025 108/116 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
SPY
Sold SPY May 30 2025 580.0 Puts @ 1.14
TSLA META NVDA SOXL Calls
Sold 1 TSLA 05/30/2025 392.5/385 Bear Call Spread at $0.84 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA 05/30/2025 392.5/387.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.54 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA 05/30/2025 392.5/390 Bear Call Spread at $0.26 Credit
Sold 1 META 05/30/2025 682.5/677.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 05/30/2025 157.5/152.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 05/30/2025 160/155 Bear Call Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold 1 SOXL 05/30/2025 20.5/19 Bear Call Spread at $0.19 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/28/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 28th 5835/5855-5985/6005 condors for 1.20, IV 22.89%, deltas -.06 +.06
TQQQ,
BTC June 20, 55 puts at .70 cents.
BTC June 27, 50 puts at .58 cents.
Just taking risk off the table with this big run up today. I am not able to predict what Trump is going to say or do so better safe than sorry.
SOXL TQQQ TSLA Calls
Sold 1 SOXL 05/30/2025 20.5/19 Bear Call Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ Diagonal 78/73 Bear Call Spread at $0.40 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA 05/30/2025 400/392.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.54 Credit
SPY
Gotta take ’em on a move like this especially in just a couple days.
Bought to Close SPY May 30 2025 585.0 Puts @ 2.20 (sold for 5.05)
Bought to Close SPY Jun 20 2025 540.0 Put @ 1.34 (sold for 4.42)
Bought to Close SPY Jun 20 2025 545.0 Put @ 1.60 (sold for 5.05)
PLTR Put AMZN NVDA SMCI META GOOGL Call
$PLTR STO 5/30 119 put at 1.99
#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$NVDA STO 5/30 146 call at 1.15
$AMZN STO 5/30 210 call at .70
$SMCI STO 5/30 43.50 call at .50
$GOOGL STO 5/30 177.5 call at .45
$META STO 5/30 657.50 call at 1.57
UNH,
BTC June 6, 250 puts at .90, sold at 1.75
Tuesday morning trades
Sold 1 TQQQ Diagonal 77/72 Bear Call Spread at $0.29 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ Diagonal 82/74 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit
Sold 1 MSFT Diagonal 475/462.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.74 Credit
Sold 1 MSFT Diagonal 472.5/460 Bear Call Spread at $1.06 Credit
Sold 1 BA Diagonal 220/210 Bear Call Spread at $0.39 Credit
Sold 1 AAP Diagonal 55/50 Bear Call Spread at $0.43 Credit
Sold 1 AAP Diagonal 60/52 Bear Call Spread at $0.45 Credit
Sold NVDA 05/30/2025 157.5/152.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.17 and $0.22 Credits
#Earnings
Sold 1 VFC 05/30/2025 14.0 Covered Call at $0.04
Sold CLF 05/30/2025 6.0 Puts at $0.08 and $0.11
Sold 1 CLF 05/30/2025 5.5 Put at $0.06
Sold 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 21.0 Covered Call at $0.25
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/27/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 27th 5750/5770-5940/5960 condors for 1.10, IV 27.63%, deltas* -.09 +.04
*These are the deltas from TOS, but they are off again. I went more by premium. Probably could have gone even higher on the put side.
#optionsexpiration $TSLA 360 call $NVDA…
#optionsexpiration
$TSLA 360 call
$NVDA 137 call
$AMZN 210 call
$SMCI 47 call
Earnings 5/26 – 5/30
Econ Calendar 5/26 – 5/30
SOXL
#alittlebitisbetterthannada
#Btc to enable resale of covered calls
BOT SOXL 23 MAY 2025 20 CALL @.01
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#coveredcalls
tIP SOLD SOXL ) 30 MAY 2025 18.5 CALL @.16
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#rolling to not get assigned
tIP SOLD CALENDAR SOXL 23 MAY 2025 17 PUT /30 MAY 2025/@.34
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#optionsexpiration today
SOXL 9.5 put
SOXL 10.5 put
OptionsExpiration
After rollouts to next week or beyond here is what was left:
EXPIRED:
AAP 25.0 Put
AAP 25.5 Put
AAP 26.5 Put
AAP 27.5 Put
AAP 26/28.5 Bull Put Spread
AAP 26.5/28.5 Bull Put Spread
AAP 27/28.5 Bull Put Spread
AAP 50/49 Bear Call Spreads
BA 215/210 Bear Call Spread
BOIL short 40/44/60/74 Iron Condor
BOIL short 40/45/61/70 Iron Condors
BOIL 66/62 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 66/63 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 66/64 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 66/65 Bear Call Spread
CLF 6.5 Puts
CLF 9.0 Covered Call
CVS 57/59 Bull Put Spread
CVS 58/60 Bull Put Spread
CVS 66/62 Bear Call Spread
HAL 24.0 Covered Call
LABU short 40/43/60/62 Iron Condor
MSFT short 430/437.5/470/475 Iron Condor
MSFT short 432.5/440/472.5/477.5 Iron Condor
SOXL 11.5/14.5 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 11.5/14 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 19/17 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 17.0 Covered Call
TQQQ short 57.5/61/72/76 Iron Condor
TQQQ short 57.5/61.5/73/80 Iron Condor
TQQQ 58/62 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 59/62.5 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 60/63 Bull Put Spread
VFC 15.0 Covered Call
VFC 17.0 Covered Call
VXX short 48/50/63/70 Iron Condor
VXX short 48/52/64/69 Iron Condor
VXX 68/63 Bear Call Spread
VXX 63.5/59 Bear Call Spread
VXX 64/59 Bear Call Spread
VXX 64/59.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 64/60 Bear Call Spread
ASSIGNMENTS:
1 CLF 7.0 Put
TQQQ,
STO June 27, $50 puts at 1.17
VXX Calls rolled
Rolled 1 VXX 64/58 Bear Call Spread out a week to 1 VXX 65/60.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit.
Rolled 1 VXX 64/58.5 Bear Call Spread out a week to 1 VXX 65/61 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit.
Tighter spreads with a short strike 2.5 points further out of the money
NVDA Weekly Chart
Right shoulder complete !
SPX
Come and get it! Selling at the expected move and same strike all my SPX short puts are sitting at. Starter position.
Sold SPX Jun 20 2025 6050/6060 Bear Call Spread @ 2.00
SPY
Rolled SPY May 23 2025 585.0 Puts to May 30 2025 585.0 Puts @ 2.90 credit (5.05 total now)
And:
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 540.0 Put @ 4.42
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 545.0 Put @ 5.05
SOXL
rolled CALENDAR SOXL 30 MAY 2025/23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.62
rolled CALENDAR SOXL 30 MAY 2025/23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.62
rolled CALENDAR SOXL 30 MAY 2025/23 MAY 2025 15 PUT @.64
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/23/25
Sold to Open $SPX May 23rd 5655/5675-5875/5895 condors for 1.20, IV 38.90%, deltas -.06 +.05.
Deltas wildly off before market so this was placed 12 minutes after the bell.
Paper trade: 2 minutes after bell: 5695/5715-5835/5855 for 5.40. Already about $1 in profit. The SPX spike up after placement barely affected the premium.
VIX
spikes to 25.53 up over 24% pre-market
SOXL Calls rolled
Bought to close 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 18.5/16.5 Bear Call Spread and Sold 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 21.5/17.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.52 Credit
AMZN CVX TSLA NVDA IBIT Calls
#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$AMZN STO 5/23 210 call at .20
$CVX STO 5/30 140 call at .52
$IBIT STO 5/30 65 call at 1.19
$TSLA STO 5/23 360 call at 1.12
$NVDA STO 5/23 137 call at .25
Embracing my inner @optioniceman. Thank you
PFE SPCE WBA Covered Calls
Rolled 1 PFE 24.5 Covered Call out a week for $0.07 Credit
Rolled SPCE 6.0 Covered Calls out a week for $0.05 Credit
Sold WBA 05/30/2025 12.0 Covered Calls at $0.02 and $0.03
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX
These were sold against Dec 2028 and Dec 2029 synthetic short positions. VIX curve back in contango so a good time to roll.
Rolled SPX Jun 20 2025 6070.0 Puts to Jul 18 2025 6050.0 Puts @ 10.25 credit (35.60 and 29.05 total now)
Rolled SPX Jun 20 2025 6080.0 Puts to Jul 18 2025 6050.0 Puts @ 2.50 credit (21.35 total now)
SPY synthetic stock
Short calls got run over so taking the gains and maybe reloading on a pullback.
Sold to Close SPY Dec 17 2027 450/500/500 Synthetic Stock
Sold to Close SPY Dec 17 2027 450/525/525 Synthetic Stock
Bought to Close SPY Jun 20 2025 530.0 Calls
Net gain per position: 11.75
Just for fun:
Net gain per position WITHOUT the call sales: 31.20 (ouch!!)
TLT
Bought to Close TLT May 23 2025 86.50 Calls @ .01 (sold for .44)
Sold TLT Jun 6 2025 85.50 Calls @ .52
AAP CPB Stocks
Sold a tiny bit of AAP stock at $48.62.
Bought at $48.00 way back on 10/24/2023
Sold a tiny bit more at $50.01
Bought at $49.00 on 10/23/2023
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Started a tiny new position in CPB at $34.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAP Calls
Sold AAP 05/23/2025 50/47 Bear Call Spreads at $0.53 and $0.63 Credits
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 50/48 Bear Call Spread at $0.45 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/22/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 22nd 5730/5750-5920/5940 condors for 1.40, IV 31.52%, deltas -.06 +.06
Paper trade 5775/5795-5890/5910 for 5.05, deltas -.19 +.17
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 550.0 Put @ 3.50
Late day Wednesday fills
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 58.5/62 Bull Put Spreads at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 63/60 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 69/64 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 70/65 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
VXX Calls
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 68/63 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 69/64 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 63.5/59.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Bond auction action
Today another good sign to watch out for bond auctions on the calendar. Yields were already high and spiked after auction, sending indexes plunging.
MSFT TQQQ Puts
Sold 1 MSFT 05/23/2025 430/437.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 MSFT 05/23/2025 432.5/440 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 60/63.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 58/62.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 555.0 Put @ 3.25
ARE KHC Stocks
Added a tiny bit of ARE at $69.00
Started a tiny new position in KHC at $27.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAP Puts
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 25.5 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 25.0 Put at $0.06
#TinyPuts #EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 565.0 Put @ 4.25
TQQQ,
STO June 20, 55 puts at .81
TQQQ,
I forgot to post yesterday that I sold my TQQQ and covered the call options so now just sitting on cash except for the UNH puts. So far it is an okay year for me.
UNH,
STO June 6, $250 puts at 1.75
SPX o-dte trades for 5/21/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 21st 5805/5825-5975/5995 condors for 1.20, IV 26.88%, deltas -.06 +.06
Tuesday late day spreads
Sold 1 LABU 05/23/2025 62/60 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 59/63 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 LVS 05/23/2025 38/40 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
SOXL
#coveredcalls
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 20 CALL @.08
AAP Puts
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 28.5 Put at $0.22
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 27.5 Put at $0.16
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 26.5 Put at $0.11
SPY
Rolled SPY May 23 2025 580.0 Puts to May 23 2025 585.0 Puts @ .60 credit (2.15 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/20/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 20th 5860/5880-6005/6025 condors for 1.15, IV 22.76%, deltas -.06 +.06
SOXL
#shortputs
#pennysfromheaven
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15 PUT @.08
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.12
tIP SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 10.5 PUT @.02
UNH
Two days early on this sale. Traded up to nearly 30 bucks after my entry. TTMR!
Bought to Close UNH Jun 20 2025 250.0 Put @ 3.35 (sold for 3.75)
Monday Spreads
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 11.5/14.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 11.5/15 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 57.5/61 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 57.5/61.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 64/58 Bear Call Spread at $0.48 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 64/58.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.43 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 64/59 Bear Call Spread at $0.33 Credit
TLT
Rolled TLT Jun 13 2025 90.0 Calls to Jun 13 2025 88.0 Calls @ .31 credit (.66 total now)
SPY
Had orders in at the open thinking we might get a little more downside first few minutes. Guess I was a little too aggressive and only got one filled.
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 560.0 Put @ 4.07
Monday morning trades
Sold 1 PFE 05/23/2025 24.5 Covered Call at $0.02
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 14.0 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 14.5 Put at $0.17
Sold 1 VFC 05/23/2025 15.0 Covered Call at $0.82
Sold 1 VFC 05/23/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.26
Sold SPCE 05/23/2025 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.27
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/19/25
#SPX0dte Deltas are whacked on TOS as well as IB, so I’m waiting until after the open.
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