Closed the collar for a credit of 4.55, I put the trade on at 2.80
Monthly Archives: July 2025
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/14/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 14th 6175/6195-6280/6300 condors for 1.20, IV 16.11%, deltas -.08 +.06
Earnings 7/14 – 7/18
Econ Calendar 7/14 – 7/18
MSTY/SOXL
#optionsexpiration
msty/20.5/put
soxl/23/put
soxl/25/put
SPX
Another round.
Bought to Close SPX Jul 11 2025 6225.0 Puts @ .10 (sold for 3.50)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 11 2025 6250.0 Puts @ .45 (sold for 7.45)
Sold SPX Jul 14 2025 6225.0 Puts @ 5.10
Sold SPX Jul 14 2025 6230.0 Puts @ 5.70
Rolled SPX Jul 14 2025 6200 Put to Jul 14 2025 6225 Put @ 2.50 credit (10.50 total now)
SMH,
STO August 8, 250 puts at 1.05
SMH,
BYC July 11, 260 puts at .01, sold at 1.41
IBIT,
I put on a collar at the $65 strike for a small trade at 2.80 for September 19 since it is making a new all time high
XRP
Sold a little at 2.58 last night. Holding the rest for a run to 100. 🙂 🙂 🙂
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/11/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 11th 6150/6170-6295/6315 condors for 1.15, IV 21.26%, deltas -.07 +.05
SMH,
STO August 1, 255 puts at 1.05
SOXL/MSTY
TLT
Adding.
Sold TLT Jul 25 2025 87.0 Puts @ .88
Sold TLT Jul 25 2025 88.0 Calls @ .42
SPX
Another round. SPX almost unchanged for the week. 🙂 🙂
Bought to Close SPX Jul 10 2025 6200.0 Puts @ .25 (sold for 11.45)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 10 2025 6200.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 22.10)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 10 2025 6225.0 Puts @ .45 (sold for 6.00)
Sold SPX Jul 11 2025 6225.0 Puts @ 3.50
Sold SPX Jul 11 2025 6250.0 Puts @ 7.50
Sold SPX Jul 14 2025 6200.0 Put @ 8.00
SMH,
STO July 25, 260 puts at .72
QQQ
Rolled Short calls from 7/25/25 540 to 8/15/25 550 @ 2.14 credit
PPG TROW Stock
Sold the last tiny bit of PPG at $120.01. Bought on 03/27 at $106.00
Sold a bit of TROW at $103.01. Bought on 03/11 at $96.00
#FormerFallingKnife
SOXL
#shortputs
#everylittlebithelps
tIP SOLD SOXL 11 JUL 2025 25 PUT @.12
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/10/25
#SPX0dte #RiskReversal
Sold July 10th 6210/6190 put spreads, delta -.09
Bought July 10th 6300/6320 call spreads, delta +.05
IV 16.34%
Total CREDIT +.30
May have missed my chance at this move yesterday, but since we pulled back from highs on futures I don’t want to sell the call side here.
TQQQ,
STO August 22, 84 puts at 5.55
SPX
Sold SPX Jul 10 2025 6225.0 Puts @ 6.00
Sold those way too soon so had to adjust everything else accordingly:
Bought to Close SPX Jul 09 2025 6175.0 Puts @ .65 (sold for 4.00)
Rolled SPX Jul 09 2025 6200.0 Puts to Jul 10 2025 6200.0 Puts @ 5.00 credit (11.45 total now)
Rolled SPX Jul 09 2025 6225.0 Put to Jul 10 2025 6200.0 Put @ 1.10 credit (22.10 total now)
Still leaving a couple uncovered for downside help.
TLT
Setting everything up in the last expiration before the next Fed meeting.
Bought to Close TLT Jul 11 2025 87.0 Calls @ .14 (sold for 1.42)
Bought to Close TLT Jul 18 2025 89.0 Calls @ .07 (sold for .54)
Sold TLT Jul 25 2025 87.5 Calls @ .45
Rolled TLT Jul 11 2025 87.5 Puts to Jul 25 2025 88.0 Puts @ .63 credit (1.45 total now)
Rolled TLT Jul 18 2025 87.0 Puts to Jul 25 2025 87.5 Puts @ .47 credit (1.25 total now)
MSTY
#shortputs
SOLD MSTY 11 JUL 2025 22 PUT @1.18
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/9/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 9th 6170/6190-6280/6300 condors for 1.05, IV 16.43%, deltas -.06 +.06
SPX
Not much going on today so tried legging and rolling with the small swings. Selling all the same strikes tomorrow. That’s what we like! 🙂 🙂 Leaving two positions uncovered.
Bought to Close SPX Jul 08 2025 6175.0 Puts @ .20 (sold for 8.10)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 08 2025 6200.0 Puts @ .45 (sold for 14.00)
Sold SPX Jul 09 2025 6175.0 Puts @ 4.00
Sold SPX Jul 09 2025 6200.0 Puts @ 6.45
Rolled SPX Jul 08 2025 6225.0 Put to Jul 09 2025 6225.0 Put @ 12.00 credit (21.00 total now)
Taking about 75 percent in a day on the straggler:
Bought to Close SPX Jul 11 2025 6050.0 Put @ 1.50 (sold for 5.50)
SPY Put
Bought 1 SPY 08/15/2025 410 Put at $0.14 (life of contract low)
Hoping for a pullback to write against it
MSTY
#shortputs
SOLD MSTY 11 JUL 2025 21.5 PUT @.91
PLTR Put
#shortputs
$PLTR STO 7/1 134 put at 1.57
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/8/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 8th 6190/6210-6260/6280 condors for 4.30, IV 17.62%
I skipped the wide condor today as more tariff news likely to come and there have been too many stop outs in recent days. I may look at selling something at extremes, or even buying something if it gets cheap early in the day.
SOXL
#shortputs
SOLD SOXL 11 JUL 2025 23 PUT @.33
SPY
Starter outside the expected move and down at the 200 day.
Sold SPY Aug 15 2025 580.0 Put @ 3.41
SPX
Leaving a couple shorts uncovered for now. Adjusting the rest.
Bought to Close SPX Jul 07 2025 6175.0 Puts @ .90 (sold for 3.60)
Rolled SPX Jul 07 2025 6175.0 Puts to Jul 08 2025 6175.0 Puts @ 4.50 credit (8.10 total now)
Rolled SPX Jul 07 2025 6200.0 Puts to Jul 08 2025 6200.0 Puts @ 7.50 credit (14.00 total now)
EDIT: Selling one at 2x the expected move for Friday. Brings in a little cash but still helps to the downside overall.
Sold SPX Jul 11 2025 6050.0 Put @ 5.50
QQQ
Rolled Short calls from 7/14/25 537 to 7/25/25 540 @ 1.00 credit
TQQQ,
BTC July 11, $55 puts at .01, sold at .73
It probably would have expired at zero but I freed up a lot of margin at Fidelity.
OptionsExpiration Friday
ASSIGNMENTS:
SOXL 24.0 Covered Call
CLF 7.5 Covered Calls
CLF 8.5 Covered Calls
TZA 11.0 Puts
Today:
Sold 1 TZA 07/11/2025 12.0 Covered Call at $0.17
Sold 1 TZA 07/18/2025 12.5 Covered Call at $0.14
Sold 1 VFC 07/11/2025 14.5 Covered Call at $0.03
Sold WBA 07/11/2025 12.0 Covered Calls at $0.02
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold 1 DOW 07/11/2025 26.5 Put at $0.06
Sold 1 CPB 07/1/2025 30.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 CAG 07/11/2025 20.0 Put at $0.20
#TinyPuts
SPX
Throwing one out there to give Mr. Market something to look at. Letting today’s decay a little more.
Sold SPX Jul 08 2025 6225.0 Put @ 9.00
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/7/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 7th 6175/6195-6300/6320 condors for 1.05, IV 19.01%, deltas estimated -.08 +.06
Earnings 7/7 – 7/11
Econ Calendar 7/7 – 7/11
CE Stock
Sold out of CE in one account once I went above breakeven.
Sold CE at $61.20.
Started buying at $74.00 and finished at $39.00.
During that time they cut the dividend from $0.70 to $0.03 (0.19%)
No reason to hold on any longer when I get over 4% for holding cash
#FormerFallingKnife
Happy Healthy Fourth of July
SOXL/MSTY
#rolling
SOLD MSTY 3 JUL 25 20.5 /TO/11 JUL 25/PUT @.20
SOLD SOXL 3 JUL 25 25/TO/11 JUL 25/ CALL @.55
#optionsexpiration
SOXL/PUT/25
QQQ
Rolled Short calls from 7/7/25 536 to 7/14/25 537 @ .14 credit
slowly working my way out of the hole
SPX
Another round.
Bought to Close SPX Jul 03 2025 6130.0 Put @ .10 (sold for 21.50)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 03 2025 6140.0 Puts @ .10 (sold for 2.45)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 03 2025 6150.0 Puts @ .15 (sold for 3.30)
Sold SPX Jul 07 2025 6175.0 Puts @ 3.60
Sold SPX Jul 07 2025 6200.0 Puts @ 6.50
TZA CPB Puts
Sold 1 TZA Jul 11 2025 10.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 CPB Jul 11 2025 30.0 Put at $0.10
#TinyPuts
June Jobs Report
#Jobs — Exceeding expectations again
Gain of +147,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 125K
Unemployment down by 0.1 at 4.1%
U6 unemployment 7.7%, down by 0.1
Labor force participation down 0.1 to 62.3%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.2%; +3.7% Y/Y
April jobs revised up by +11K to +158K
May jobs revised up by +5K to +144K
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/3/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 3rd 6170/6190-6270/6290 condors for 1.15, IV 14.72%, deltas -.08 +.07
MSTY
#shortputs
SOLD MSTY 3 JUL 2025 20.5 PUT @.13
TROW Stock
Sold a tiny bit of my TROW at 100.01 (after hours).
I scaled into this one all the way down to $83.00. Paid a nice fat dividend on 06/27
#FormerFallingKnife
SLV Call Rolled
Rolled 1 SLV 07/02/2024 33.0 Call to 1 SLV 07/07/2025 33.0 Call at $0.20 Credit
TQQQ,
STO September 19, $60 puts at 2.01
SPX
It’s been awhile but now back to full strength. From now on I’ll leave a couple of the LEAPS shorts uncovered and sell against the rest. I was setting up to do that back in April when we tanked so didn’t get a chance to really take advantage of the drop. (although SPY was very very good to me) 🙂 🙂
Closing July for decent profits and resuming daily sales that will bring in more premium overall.
Bought to Close SPX Jul 18 2025 6060.0 Puts @ 23.20 (sold for 29.30)
Bought to Close SPX Jul 18 2025 6100.0 Puts @ 29.70 (sold for 37.30)
Sold SPX Jul 03 2025 6140.0 Puts @ 2.45
Sold SPX Jul 03 2025 6150.0 Puts @ 3.30
Holding a 6130 for tomorrow @ 21.50 credit also.
SMCI Roll Call (Present)
#coveredcalls
$SMCI BTC 7/3 46.5 call and STO 7/11 48 call at added credit of .20 and $1.50 more if stock calle away
SPY Put
Bought 1 SPY 08/15/2025 405 Put at $0.15 (life of contract low)
Thanks @fuzzballl for the idea
Hope to write against it several times on any pullback
PPG Stock , TZA Put, VFC Call
Sold a tiny bit of PPG at $118.01. Still have a tiny bit bought at $106.
#FormerFallingKnife
Sold 1 TZA 07/03/2025 11.0 Put at $0.09
#TinyPuts
Sold 1 VFC 07/03/2025 13.5 Covered Call at $0.03
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SLV Calls
Sold 1 SLV 07/03/2025 33.0 Diagonal Call at $0.26
PLTR Roll Put
#shortputs
$PLTR BTC 7/3 132 put and STO 7/11 130 put at added credit of 2.30 and $2 less if stock put tome
TLT
Jumping back in.
Sold TLT Jul 11 2025 87.5 Puts @ .81
Sold TLT Jul 18 2025 87.0 Puts @ .79
CNC Put
Sold 1 CNC 07/18/2025 32.5 Put at $1.15
CLF Calls
Sold CLF 07/18/2025 10.5/9 Bear Call Spreads at $0.23 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/2/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX July 2nd 6105/6125-6230/6250 condors for 1.15, IV 18.16%, deltas -.06 +.06
Markets
All major U.S. stock markets will be closed on Friday July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Additionally, major U.S. stock markets will close early at 1 pm ET on Thursday July 3. The Extended Hours session will be available from 1 – 5 p.m. ET.
CLF DOW BMY
Sold CLF 07/03/2025 8.5 Covered Calls at $0.02
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold 1 DOW 07/03/2025 25.5 Put at $0.09
Sold 1 BMY 07/03/2025 45.0 Put at $0.12
#TinyPuts
TQQQ,
STO, August 15, $60 puts at 1.01
QQQ
Rolled QQQ 7/3/25 536 Short Calls to 7/7/25 536 @ .6 credit
TLT
Taking gains a couple weeks early.
Bought to Close TLT Jul 18 2025 85.0 Puts @ .15 (sold for .81)
Bought to Close TLT Jul 18 2025 86.0 Puts @ .29 (sold for 1.25)
Bought to Close TLT Jul 18 2025 87.0 Puts @ .54 (sold for 1.75)
Bought to Close TLT Jul 18 2025 88.0 Put @ .94 (sold for 2.40)
SPY,
BTC July 18, 555 puts at .34, sold ay 1.35
BTC July 25, 550 puts at .52, sold at 1.59
BTC July 31, 545 puts at .68, sold at 1.47
I just want to make room for TQQQ and the margin at Fidelity for these is very high.
SPX
Roll up to the expected move.
Rolled SPX Jul 03 2025 6100.0 Put to Jul 03 2025 6130.0 Put @ 3.25 credit (21.50 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 7/1/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open July 1st $SPX 6100/6120-6230/6250 condors for 1.10, IV 19.54%, deltas -.06 +.06
Higher IV due to Powell/LaGarde speeches, and lots of data coming after the open. Likely won’t consider another trade until after 10am ET.
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