Expired:
AAP 51 Put
BAX 21 Put
BMY 44 Put
PCG 13 Put
VFC 10 Put
HAL 24.5 Covered Call
VFC 14.5 Covered Call
VFC 15 Covered Call
Assignments:
1 TZA 11.0 Covered Call
1 TZA 11.5 Covered Call
1 BAX 26.0 Put
1 CSR 26.0 Put
1 DOW 22.5 Put
Daily Archives: Friday, August 1, 2025
PLTR Put
#shortputs
$PLTR STO 8/8 135 put at 2.29. Earnings Monday. Strike is below expected move.
AMZN
Rarely trade individual companies any more but this looked fun. Playing for a bounce. If no bounce then lower the better for stock assingment. No matter how low it goes I’ll get assignment at 6 dollars above where it’s trading by closing the long put at the last second.
Sold AMZN Sep 19 2025 230/215 Bull Put Spread @ 9.00
SPX SPY
Wild morning. I’ll be out all next week (Sturgis baby!!) so taking everything out to at least the 11th.
SPX hedge:
Almost a double in a day.
Sold to Close SPX Sep 19 2025 6000/5950 Bear Put Spreads @ 8.10 (bought for 4.30)
SPX Put sales against LEAPS:
Since I left two LEAPS uncovered going out to Aug monthly and down by the 200 day.
Sold SPX Aug 15 2025 5800.0 Put @ 10.30
Sold SPX Aug 15 2025 5900.0 Put @ 20.00
Rolling the rest and adjusting to same strike.
Rolled SPX Aug 01 2025 6350.0 Puts to Aug 11 2025 6350.0 Puts @ 15.00 credit (61.90 total now)
Rolled SPX Aug 01 2025 6360.0 Puts to Aug 11 2025 6350.0 Puts @ 4.00 credit (52.20 total now)
Rolled SPX Aug 01 2025 6410.0 Put to Sep 19 2025 6375.0 Put @ 14.00 credit (49.50 total now)
SPY:
Here we go again. Out to the 200 day and lower.
Sold SPY Sep 19 2025 580.0 Put @ 5.12
Sold SPY Sep 19 2025 590.0 Put @ 6.42
Forgot I didn’t have these for margin reduction:
Bought to Open SPY Sep 19 2025 300.0 Puts @ .11
EMN DOW Stock
Started a new tiny position in EMN at $57.00
Added a tiny bit of DOW at $21.95
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SOXL
SOLD SOXL 1 AUG 2025 25 PUT/TO 8 AUG 25 PUT/ @.71
SOLD SOXL 1 AUG 2025 24.5 PUT/TO 8 AUG 24.5 PUT/ @.82
SOLD SOXL 1 AUG 2025 24 PUT/TO 8 AUG 24 PUT/ @.83
SPX 0-dte trades for 8/1/25
#SPX0dte Sitting on my hands for now. Have been trying to sell call spread on any bounce, but not getting a chance. Missed my fill in pre market. Given this week’s pattern of fading after the open I was not going to sell a put spread today. Upside Warning is canceled. Downside one will take effect with $VIX close over 19.34.
July Jobs Report
#Jobs — Lower than expected and hugely lower prior month revisions
Gain of +73,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 100K
Unemployment up by 0.1 at 4.2%
U6 unemployment 7.9%, up by 0.2
Labor force participation down 0.1 to 62.2%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.3%; +3.9% Y/Y
May jobs revised down by -125K to +19K
June jobs revised down by -133K to +14K
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