Expired:
SPX Oct 31 2025 6800.0 Put (Sold for 12.50)
Monthly Archives: October 2025
SPY Experiment Closed
Been running this in my own account as a test before moving over to my daughter’s account. Wanted to make sure SPY worked similar to SPX. Here’s the results for 8 weeks total on a 5 lot.
Set position on Sep 4th and rolled them up on Oct 21 (Dec 2027 660/660/700)
Closed position this afternoon.
Loss on LEAPS of 4425
Total premium received: 12465
Net gain: 8040
Net gain per position: 1608
Works fine but I feel like SPX works a little better. Maybe because SPX LEAPS are a lot further out in time…not really sure. Still overall I’ll use it until the account grows enough to switch over to SPX. SPX has no early assignment risk and better tax treatment also.
New position now in different account is Jan 2028 680/680/720
SPX
Straight roll:
Rolled SPX Oct 31 2025 6850.0 Puts to Nov 3 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 10.00 credit (51.90 total now)
And out and down to next Friday for nice credit:
Rolled SPX Oct 31 2025 6875.0 Puts to Nov 7 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 12.00 credit (58.90 total now)
SPY
Straight roll.
Rolled SPY Oct 31 2025 682.0 Puts to Nov 3 2025 682.0 Puts @ 1.25 credit (4.80 total now)
TQQQ,
BTC November 14, 100 puts at 1.08 for a profit of .03 cents. I am now 100% in cash
SPX, BTC the October 31,…
SPX, BTC the October 31, 6800 put at 1.30 so now I can run errands and go to the gym.
I expect the October 31, TQQQ, 95 puts will expire at zero today.
TQQQ,
BTC November 7, $105 puts at .50 cents. Sold at $1.01. A lot of stocks are not participating in the rally so I decided to lighten up. The generals are leading the charge but the troops are not following.
SPX
Leaving the lid on. Rolled on the opening bounce. Sitting on everything else for now.
Rolled SPX Oct 31 2025 6900.0 Put to Nov 7 2025 6900.0 Put @ 25.00 credit (85.50 total now)
AMZN
#thetadiditsthing
Had a btc for .05cents and theta did its thing earlier then expected. But that’s ok, returned buying power.
BTC AMZN 31 OCT 2025 215/210 PUT @.03
SPX Put
#shortputs
Took the @fuzzballl and @jsd501 put trade yesterday.
$SPX STO 10/31 6780 put at 14.70. Closed today at 4.00. Thank you both
SPX
Straight rolls everywhere today.
Rolled SPX Oct 30 2025 6850.0 Puts to Oct 31 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 15.00 credit (41.90 total now)
Rolled SPX Oct 30 2025 6875.0 Puts to Oct 31 2025 6875.0 Puts @ 12.50 credit (46.90 total now)
SPY
Straight roll.
Rolled SPY Oct 30 2025 682.0 Puts to Oct 31 2025 682.0 Puts @ 1.05 credit (3.55 total now)
Scary
@jeffcp66
Is the wallpaper for Halloween or the market? Frightened minds want to know.
GLD Expiration
1 GLD 10/29/2025 383/374 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ,
STO November 7, $105 puts at 1.01
STO November 14, $100 puts at 1.08
SPX
Adding one for an earnings play.
Sold SPX Oct 31 2025 6800.0 Put @ 12.50
SPX SPY
Rolling. Great premium rest of the week.
Rolled SPX Oct 29 2025 6850.0 Puts to Oct 30 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 12.50 credit (27.00 total now)
Rolled SPX Oct 29 2025 6850.0 Puts to Oct 30 2025 6875.0 Puts @ 20.00 credit (34.45 total now)
And:
Rolled SPY Oct 29 2025 682.0 Puts to Oct 30 2025 682.0 Puts @ .95 credit (2.47 total now)
Falling knife stocks
in the SP500 index with over 4% dividends at new lows
Bought a tiny bit of CPT at $97.50
Bought a tiny bit of MAA at $127.00
Bought a tiny bit of HRL at $22.00
Bought a tiny bit of CMCSA at $29.00
Bought a tiny bit of GIS at $47.00
Bought a tiny bit of ARE at $60.00
Bought a tiny bit of CAG at $17.50
Bought a tiny bit of CLX at $113.00
Bought a tiny bit of KMB at $117.00
FI
Nibbling on a spec trade.
Bought a tiny bit of FI at $75.00 and $76.00 pre-market. Previous close was $126.22
A real #FallingKnife
CLX KMB
Lightened up on a tiny bit of KMB at $121.68 (I have a bull put spread for Friday) while adding a tiny bit more of CLX at $115.00
#FallingKnife
Tuesday spreads
Sold 1 KMB 10/31/2025 114/116 Bull Put Spread at $0.30 Credit
Sold 1 TMO 10/31/2025 542.5/545 Bull Put Spread at $0.40 Credit
Sold 1 BMY 10/31/2025 38.5/40 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 CMG 10/31/2025 34/36 Bull Put Spread at $0.21 Credit
SPX
Throwing this out there under my LEAPS for some extra downside help just in case. Long put at the 200 day.
Bought to Open SPX Dec 21 2029 6000/5500 Bear Put Spread @ 102.60
SPY/VIX
One of those odd days where both SPY/SPX and VXX/VIX are all up.
ALSO A LARGER THAN NORMAL NUMBER OF NEW 52-WEEK LOWS IN THE SP500 with the overall index at an all-time high
WTAF???
SPX 0DTE Fun Fact
SPX SPY
Rolling. Great premium rest of the week.
Rolled SPX Oct 28 2025 6825.0 Puts to Oct 29 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 9.00 credit (13.65 total now)
Rolled SPX Oct 28 2025 6850.0 Puts to Oct 29 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 7.50 credit (16.90 total now)
And:
Rolled SPY Oct 28 2025 680.0 Puts to Oct 29 2025 682.0 Puts @ 1.06 credit (1.54 total now)
Tuesday trades
Bought to close 1 UPS 10/31/2025 73.0 Put at $0.01 (sold yesterday)
With the freed up buying power:
Sold 1 CMG 10/31/2025 34.5 Put at $0.12
Sold 1 CNC 10/31/2025 27.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 IP 10/31/2025 43.0 Put at $0.20
Also sold CE 11/21/2025 65.0 Covered Calls at $0.20
#EveryLittleBitHelps
GLD Expiration
1 GLD 10/27/2025 425/420 Bear Call Spread
SPX
Crazy market. All news is good news!
Bought to Close SPX Oct 27 2025 6725.0 Puts @ .10 (sold for 5.20)
Bought to Close SPX Oct 27 2025 6750.0 Puts @ .15 (sold for 7.30)
Sold SPX Oct 28 2025 6825.0 Puts @ 4.60
Sold SPX Oct 28 2025 6850.0 Puts @ 9.40
Sold SPX Oct 31 2025 6900.0 Put @ 60.50
Some new carpet in the rental houses:
Rolled Jan 2029 6600 long puts up to Jan 2029 6800 long puts
Rolled Jan 2029 6600/7000 BeCS to Jan 2029 6800/7200 BeCS
Net debit for the whole thing: 60.75 per house
Monday trades
Sold 1 BMY 10/31/2025 41.0 Put at $0.24
Sold 1 BMY 10/31/2025 40.0 Put at $0.16
Sold 1 BMY 10/31/2025 39.0 Put at $0.07
Sold 1 BAX 10/31/2025 19.0 Put at $0.05
Sold 1 OXY 10/31/2025 40.5 Put at $0.07
Sold 1 UPS 10/31/2025 73.0 Put at $0.16
#TinyPuts
Earnings 10/27 – 10/31
Econ Calendar 10/27 – 10/31
For next week
Sold 1 BAX 10/31/2025 26.0 Covered Call at $0.20
Sold 1 BAX 10/31/2025 20.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 CMCSA 10/31/2025 26.0 Put at $0.09
OptionsExpiration
GLD 353/358 Bull Put Spread
GLD 366/370 Bull Put Spreads
GLD 367/372 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 28.5/32 Bull Put Spread
KVUE 17.0 Covered Call
SPCE 5.0 Covered Calls
DOW 18.5 Puts
DOW 19.0 Put
F 11.0 Put
INTC 29.5 Put
KVUE 13.5 Puts
LUV 24.0 Put
T 24.0 Put
T 24.5 Puts
Expiration
#optionsexpiration
$RGTI 50 call
$MARA 24 call
$AMD 260 call
$BMNR 61 call
$SOXL 47
$RIOT 24 call
$CLSK 25 call
$NVDA 195 call
$GOOGL 272 call
$AMZN 227.5 call
$COIN 380 call
$PLTR 195 call
SPY
SPY experiment continues. Same setup as SPX.
Expiring:
SPY Oct 24 2025 670.0 Puts (sold for 5.20)
And:
Sold SPY Oct 27 2025 673.0 Puts @ .80
SPX
Been rolling these for awhile. I’ll go ahead and book ’em and reset.
Bought to Close SPX Oct 24 2025 6675.0 Puts @ .20 (sold for 31.90)
Bought to Close SPX Oct 24 2025 6700.0 Puts @ .30 (sold for 37.15)
Bought to Close SPX Oct 24 2025 6725.0 Put @ .35 (sold for 123.55)
Sold SPX Oct 27 2025 6725.0 Puts @ 5.20
Sold SPX Oct 27 2025 6750.0 Puts @ 7.30
Saving grace
#SPX0dte Sold 6770/6800-6805/6830 condors for 9.95, BTC for 6.50. That took my small loss for the week and made it a small gain. Short trade wins after all. Downside Warning was canceled yesterday which hopefully means a period of calm. I think these last five weeks where I have struggled and abstained started right after a calm period ended and a wild one began. The wild swings began 14 trading days before the China tweet that dumped the $SPX. It’s like the market knew it was coming. And nine days after that VIX is back down and I get a calm Friday afternoon to save the week.
That said, I’m not going back to business as usual. Still going to be cautious.
SPX
I’ll take it for a little one day scalp. Big day tomorrow if 6700 and 6725 hold….
Bought to Close SPX Oct 24 2025 6530.0 Put @ .60 (sold for 7.50)
SPX
Back to unchanged on the week. Selling the bottom of the expected move.
Sold SPX Oct 24 2025 6530.0 Put @ 7.50
SPX 0-dte trades for 10/22/25
#SPX0dte Sold to open $SPX Oct 22nd 6650/6670-6790/6810 condors for 1.05, IV 19.36%, deltas -.06 +.05
TQQQ,
STO October 31, $95 puts at .96
TQQQ,
FWIW, I was assigned the stock at 104.25 over the weekend and on Monday I sold them at 108.09 and now am in cash.
SPX
Rolling half.
Rolled SPX Oct 24 2025 6675.0 Puts to Oct 24 2025 6700.0 Puts @ 5.25 credit (37.15 total now)
SPY
Maintenance on the rentals and raising rent. 🙂 🙂
Rolled SPY Dec 2027 650/650/690 to Dec 2027 660/660/700 @ 4.05 debit
Rolled SPY Oct 24 2025 665.0 Puts to Oct 24 2025 670.0 Puts @ 1.05 credit (5.20 total now)
Expiration
#optionsexpiration #coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$RGTI 65 call
$NNE 61 call
$SMCI 62 call
$TSLA 452.50 call
$CIFR 23call
$BMNR 62 call
$SOXL 45 and 44 call
$BITX 59 call
$SMR 60 call
$META 750 call
$NVDA 200 call
$GOOGL 255 call
$AMZN 230 call
$MRVL 96 call
$MSFT 527.50 call
$PLTR 170 put
$CRWV 136 put
#assignment
$QBTS 39 put
SPX SPY
Taking over half a month early.
Bought to Close SPY Nov 21 2025 605.0 Put @ 2.17 (sold for 4.95)
Bought to Close SPX Nov 21 2025 6100.0 Put @ 24.50 (sold for 51.00)
Earnings 10/20 – 10/24
Econ Calendar 10/20 – 10/24
SPY
Using the morning “bounce” to roll to next Friday.
Rolled SPY Oct 20 2025 668.0 Puts to Oct 24 2025 665.0 Puts @ .75 credit (4.15 total now)
SPX
Using the morning “bounce” to roll everything to next Friday. A few weeks or longer of rolling down isn’t a bad thing. LEAPS aren’t losing and still bringing in credit and resetting short puts lower. This strategy can handle a little backwardation but the rolls get tougher if backwardation steepens to levels it was at back in April.
And…..2029 is a long way off! LOL
Rolled SPX Oct 17 2025 6715.0 Puts to Oct 24 2025 6675.0 Puts @ 3.00 credit (27.70 total now)
Rolled SPX Oct 20 2025 6700.0 Puts to Oct 24 2025 6675.0 Puts @ 10.00 credit (36.20 total now)
META AMZN
#kickthecan
#rolling
SOLD VERT ROLL AMZN from 17 OCT 2025/to 31 OCT 2025/ 215/210/215/210 PUT @.60
SOLD VERT ROLL META from 17 OCT 2025/to 31 OCT 2025/ 710/705/710/705 PUT @.57
SPX
BTO Jan 26 (AM) 6000 / Oct-22 6500 Put Diagonal @58.65
The long strike is around 200 dMA, while the short is under the 50 dMA. +10 delta.
I have a bearish bias longer term, but in short term I’d like, in a few rolls, to recover the debt, and hopefully move the short strike down to reduce the margin requirement. If the short strike is threatened, will roll it out and down.
Haven’t posted here for a few months. Hope everyone is doing well trading and else.
BTW, I am still in that short daily strangle trade on SPX, somewhat a wild ride after entering it since March.
SPX
Going out to Nov and selling the 200 day.
Sold SPX Nov 21 2025 6100.0 Put @ 51.00
SPY
Starter at the 200 day (again):
Sold SPY Nov 21 2025 605.0 Put @ 4.95
New VIX high…
Exceeded Tuesday’s high by more than 3.00… is this crashout Thursday?
Day 12 out of 14
#SPX0dte Another day, another EM breach. Got some profit on a long put spread, bought for .35 at the open, legged out for 1.875.
SPY
Rolled SPY Oct 17 2025 669.0 Puts to Oct 20 2025 668.0 Puts @ .40 credit (3.40 total now)
SPX
A few adjustments.
Rolling half:
Rolled SPX Oct 17 2025 6715.0 Puts to Oct 20 2025 6700.0 Puts @ 1.50 credit (26.20 total now)
And:
Rolled SPX Oct 17 2025 6750.0 Put to Oct 24 2025 6725.0 Put @ 11.00 credit (123.45 total now)
GOOG
#earlyclose
#releasecapital
BTC VERTICAL GOOG 17 OCT 2025 240/235 PUT @.05
VXX Up
as is SPY and GLD (big time)
What could possibly go wrong!
ETHU
#rolling
SOLD VERT ROLL ETHU, from 17 OCT 25/to 21 NOV 2025/ 95/90/95/90 PUT @1.45
Swings continue
Today is the 11th day out of 13 with an EM breach of the 6-delta condor. I am trying cheap long spreads, puts and calls. Yesterday had a small win on the call side which broke me even. Will happen again today if we go higher. Certainly need to continue my moratorium on short spreads.
SPX SPY
Taking these on the bounce.
Bought to Close SPX Oct 17 2025 6350.0 Put @ 1.50 (sold for 11.00)
Bought to Close SPY Nov 21 2025 605.0 Put @ 2.53 (sold for 4.27)
SPX SPY
Sold SPX Oct 17 2025 6350.0 Put @ 11.00
Sold SPY Nov 21 2025 605.0 Put @ 4.27
SPY
I’ll take it. Baby TACO.
Bought to Close SPY Nov 21 2025 600.0 Put @ 2.39 (sold yesterday for 4.35)
SPX
Yummy!
Bought to Close SPX Oct 13 2025 6600.0 Put @ .60 (sold for 34.10)
SPX
Out and down to Friday.
Rolled SPX Oct 13 2025 6725.0 Puts to Oct 17 2025 6715.0 Puts @ 2.00 credit (23.50 total now)
Rolled SPX Oct 13 2025 6730.0 Puts to Oct 17 2025 6715.0 Puts @ 1.00 credit (25.20 total now)
PLTR Put
#shortputs
$PLTR STO 10/17/2025 170.00 P @ $2.28
Earnings 10/13 – 10/17
Econ Calendar 10/13 – 10/17
Expiration
#optionsexpiration #syntheticcoveredcalls #coveredcalls
$AMZN 232.5 call
$MSFT 540 call
$COIN 15 call
$MRVL 95 call
$RIOT 24 call
$GOOGL 260 call
$PLTR 190 call
$TSLA 470 call
$BMNR 70 call
$SMCI 56 call
$NNE 65 call
#calledaway
$SRPT 21.5 call called away
AS sometimes happens selling the position instead of these calls would have been prescient.
Have a nice weekend.
SPY
Also filled before the drop.
Rolled SPY Oct 10 2025 670.0 Puts to Oct 13 2025 670.0 Puts @ .90 credit (2.40 total now)
And a starter at the 200 day after the drop:
Sold SPY Nov 21 2025 600.0 Put @ 4.35
Things are getting ugly.
Things are getting ugly. 😦
SPX
Driving most of the day. These were filled with standing orders prior to the drop. Same fills as yesterday:
Rolled SPX Oct 10 2025 6725.0 Puts to Oct 13 2025 6725.0 Puts @ 8.00 credit (21.50 total now)
Rolled SPX Oct 10 2025 6730.0 Puts to Oct 13 2025 6730.0 Puts @ 9.00 credit (24.20 total now)
Pulled over and added this one first chance I got:
Sold SPX Oct 13 2025 6600.0 Put @ 34.10
And finally…leaving the lid on with this one:
Rolled SPX Oct 10 2025 6750.0 Put to Oct 17 2025 6750.0 Put @ 3.00 credit (112.45 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 10/10/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Oct 10th 6660/6680-6780/6800 condors for 1.05, IV 16.78%, deltas -.07 +.06
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