Added a tiny bit of KHC at $23.48
#SP500 #FallngKnife
Monthly Archives: January 2026
HLT Spread
Sold 1 HLT 01/09/2026 300/297.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.35 Credit
GE,
STO February 20, 310/320 put spread at 3.40
SPY rolls 1/6/26
#FuzzyLEAPs Rolling on the intraday swings
At the low of day, rolled $SPY Jan 6th 686 put to Jan 7th 686 put for .61 (10.25 so far)
As we spiked higher, rolled Jan 6th 689 put to Jan 7th 689 put for .69 (7.42 so far)
My 687 roll didn’t fill yet, so looking for another dip to get good premium. (15.87 so far)
BOIL SOXL GLD Spreads
Bought 1 BOIL 01/16/2026 15.0 Put / Sold 1 BOIL 01/09/2026 17.5 Put at $0.13 Diagonal Credit
Bought 1 SOXL 01/16/2026 58.0 Call / Sold 1 SOXL 01/09/2026 52.5 Call at $0.12 Diagonal Credit
Sold 1 GLD 01/07/2026 425/420 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 GLD 01/09/2026 430/425 Bear Call Spread at $0.22 Credit
BW
#rolling
Sto-BW /from-16 JAN 2026 7.5 PUT to-15 MAY 2026/@1.17
SLV Expiration
1 SLV 74/71.5 Bear Call Spread
1 SLV 58.50/61 Bull Put Spread
1 SLV 60/63 Bull Put Spread
META GOOGL SOXL AMZN Covered CAlls
#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$META STO 1/9 685 calls at 1.10
$GOOGL STO 1/9 327.5 calls at .80
$SOXL STO 1/9 56 calls at .45
$AMZN STO 1/9 240 calls at .45
KMB Puts
Sold 1 KMB 01/09/2026 95/96 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
SLB HAL Stock
Sold a tiny bit of SLB at $45.01.
Bought at $40 in September of 2024
Sold a tiny bit of HAL at $33.03.
Bought at $30 in September of 2024
SPY rolls 1/5/26
#FuzzyLEAPs Tried to wait for a dip to roll but never got it. As a result, I’m getting less than I could have had I rolled early. However, now I feel we are enough above 686 that I’m going to let today’s expire.
Sold $SPY Jan 6th 686 put for .66. Today’s 686 will expire, barring some last minute crash, in which case I will close it.
My other two expire tomorrow so I will let them ride since they are close enough to the money, 687 and 689.
SPY
I’ll look to reload on any decent dips.
Bought to Close SPY Feb 20 2026 700.0 Puts @ 16.60 (sold for 18.70)
NVDA
Sold 1 NVDA 01/09/2026 197.5 Call at $1.26 against a long NVDA 202.5 Call left over from last week’s diagonal Spread
#DoubleDip
Sold 1 NVDA 01/09/2026 172.5/175 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
PG SLV Put Spreads
Sold 1 PG 01/09/2026 135/137 Bull Put Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 01/09/2026 57/62 Bull Put Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 01/12/2026 57/61 Bull Put Spread at $0.16 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 01/14/2026 55/60 Bull Put Spread at $0.22 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 01/16/2026 55/60 Bull Put Spread at $0.30 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 01/07/2026 60/65 Bull Put Spread at $0.27 Credit
SPX
With 9 more trading days left on this one I think I can do better selling daily aggressively and being much less directional. Been rolling this one up and staying ITM since the gubment shutdown started. Booking it and reselling tomorrow.
Bought to Close SPX Jan 16 2026 7000.0 Put @ 96.70 (sold for 213.35)
Sold Jan 6 2026 6925.0 Put @ 18.70
CPB KMB Stock
Added tiny bits of CPB at $27.60 and KMB at $99.00 and $98.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPX
Straight roll.
Rolled SPX Jan 5 2026 6900.0 Puts to Jan 6 2026 6900.0 Puts @ 6.90 credit (53.10 total now)
Some light maintenance on the rental houses.
Rolled Dec 2029 6800 long puts up to Dec 2029 6900 long puts
Rolled Dec 2029 6800/7200 BeCS to Dec 2029 6900/7300 BeCS
Net debit for the whole thing: 32.20 per house
Earnings 1/5 – 1/9
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Econ Calendar 1/5 – 1/9
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SPX decisions (it’s good!)
With SPX basically unchanged from late October, I’ve had continuous premium coming in with little to no change in the LEAPS values. Love it!! With two more rolls next week all cash outlay for all positions will be recovered. And with the long LEAP puts sitting at 6800 things are setting up nicely.
But how can we make things even better and safer? After a long “Red Team” call with my brother @bikeeagle we came up with some ideas on what to do with excess cash that will hopefully be coming in (but you never know! 🙂 🙂 )
Some ideas:
1. Keep doing everything as is and just add to the LEAPS.
2. Roll up the LEAPS further and even into the money a little on the put side for margin reduction and more downside protection.
3. Buy back the bear call spread LEAPS. That would be nice margin reduction getting rid of those.
4. When adding going forward only buy the LEAP put. A little more expensive but no margin hit on the call side.
5. Go ahead and roll the current LEAPS positions out to 2030 now.
What I’m leaning towards as premium received allows:
2 and 3 together then 5 then 4.
It’ll take awhile but would make the setup absolutely perfect….
OptionsExpiration
SOXL 49/48 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 50.5/48 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 50/48 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 35.5/40 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 195/192.5 Bear Call Spread
NVDA 192.5 Diagonal Call
SLV 59/61.5 Bull Put Spread
SLV 61/64 Bull Put Spread
SLV 71/68.5 Bear Call Spread
SPY 690/689 Bear Call Spread
SPY 688/687 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 21.0 Puts
SPCE 4.5 Covered Calls
Assignments:
1 BOIL 22.0 Put
Decent start to the new year
TQQQ,
STO Feb. 20, $45 puts at 1.70
STO Feb. 13, 46 puts at 1.70
BW
#rolling
CALENDAR BW 16 JAN 2026 7.5 PUT to/15 MAY 2026/7.5-put@1.26
BOIL Put
Sold BOIL 01/09/2026 18.5 Puts at $0.16 and $0.20
#TinyPuts
SPX
Straight roll.
Rolled SPX Jan 2 2026 6900.0 Puts to Jan 5 2026 6900.0 Puts @ 6.00 credit (46.20 total now)
SPY action 1/2/26
#FuzzyLEAPs I was assigned 200 shares of $SPY from my Jan 2nd 687 puts. Oddly, I was NOT assigned from my deeper ITM 689 put. That may have been due to margin considerations.
Today I sold the stock for 686.75. Cost basis was 685.78, given the price of my roll trade on Wednesday.
Then:
Sold (1) Jan 5th 687 put for 2.40
Sold (1) Jan 5th 686 put for 1.74
Also:
Rolled Jan 2nd 689 put to Jan 6th 689 put, .90 credit (skipping a day to avoid assignment)
Pretty easy management of the assignment. Wish I had waited a bit to sell the puts because now they are over a dollar higher each.
SLV NVDA Calls
Sold 1 SLV 01/05/2026 74/71.5 Bear Call Spread ar $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 01/07/2026 77/74.5 Bear Call Spread ar $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 01/09/2026 212.5/207.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit
Zero day Spreads
Sold 1 SPY 01/02/2026 688/687 Bear Call Spread at $0.32 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 01/02/2026 690/689 Bear Call Spread at $0.07 Credit
Sold 1 SOXL 01/02/2026 49/48 Bear Call Spread at $0.28 Credit
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