#ShortPuts #IRA – Just noticed this from earlier. Clearing out a little more to make room for the next implosion…these are the post-split numbers.
Bought to Close TQQQ JAN 18 2019 18.33 Puts @ .15 (sold for 1.33)
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FB TWTR earnings…
#Earnings – Taking a total loss of $177 dollars in my iron fly lottery tickets. It’s amazing that not even a 4.1% GDP can overcome the power of the Fuzz….how many billions of dollars of market value have I wiped out in two days??
🙂
😦
ADSK
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Finally a pullback to get rid of a non ratio position. Selling next week minimally and ratio’d…
Bought to Close ADSK JUL 27 2018 135.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for 1.50)
Sold ADSK AUG 3 2018 133.0 Calls @ 1.20
TWTR
#Earnings – OK…after this TWTR should be trading about 15 dollars tonight. 🙂
Sold 38.5/42.5/46.5 Iron Flies @ 3.27
Risking 73 to make 327 needing just slightly less than the expected move…
SPY Hedge
#Hedge – With the hedge subject being discussed here’s what I did based on last nights Theo Trade free update video. Playing SPY both ways for minimal cost but still very nice protection. He says max risk is what you paid for the position but it looks like there are small pockets of slightly greater risk if held all the way to expiration. I’m not 100 percent sure I’ve got the risk graph configured properly. I also moved the strikes up a little from the video.
AMBA AZO ERX FAS OLED PYPL
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Some rolls and adjustments….these are all ratio’s except for AZO which is a trade repair from an old strangle that I’m working.
AMBA:
Bought to Close AMBA JUL 27 2018 41.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .62)
Sold AMBA AUG 3 2018 40.5 Calls @ .50
AZO:
Rolled AZO JUL 27 2018 662.5 Call to AUG 10 2018 665.0 Call @ .31 debit
Stock was up big on ORLY earnings earlier. We know how that worked out last quarter 🙂
ERX:
Rolled ERX JUL 27 2018 37.5 Calls to AUG 3 2018 38.0 Calls @ .15 credit
FAS:
Rolled FAS JUL 27 2018 65.5 Calls to AUG 10 2018 66.0 Calls @ even
OLED:
Rolled OLED JUL 27 2018 91.5 Calls to AUG 17 2018 95.5 Calls @ .13 credit
PYPL:
Using the earnings weakness to roll and reduce the ratio. Should pay off on the next bounce…
Rolled PYPL JUL 27 2018 85.0 Calls to AUG 17 2018 85.5 Calls @ total debit of $75.00 (reduced from 8 to 7)
TQQQ
#ShortPuts #IRA – Clearing out a little more to make room for the next implosion…these are the post-split numbers.
Bought to Close TQQQ JAN 18 2019 16.67 Puts @ .15 (sold for 1.07)
NVDA FB
#ShortPuts – Alright…my 52 dollar loss on the iron fly single handedly brought down FB (sorry Zuck!). 🙂
Had to book an NVDA position to make room for a new FB. Was considering doing it before earnings anyway.
Bought to Close NVDA SEP 21 2018 175.0 Put @ .40 (sold for 4.90)
Sold FB JAN 18 2019 155.0 Put @ 5.50 (a little early)
FB
#Earnings – Just for the heck of it….
Sold 212.5/217.5/222.5 Iron Flies @ 4.48
Risk 52 to make 448 but need half the expected move…low risk with low probability.
ROKU
Hey Mama….how does ROKU look for an earnings runup play? I’m guessing yesterday would’ve been better. We’re about 2 weeks out now.
TQQQ (again)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Trading around this one again. Looking to reduce some of my positions so booking some profits. It was a 3×2 ratio so taking it off on the bounce today.
Sold to Close TQQQ JAN 17 2020 60.0 Calls
Bought to Close TQQQ AUG 3 2018 57.5 Calls
All said and done a 1.49 winner on the 3 lot. A great year in TQQQ so far…
AVGO
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Well that didn’t take long….negative deltas for a second time so booking it. Sold first batches of weekly calls aggressively and non-ratio’d just in case there was no bounce. Since it got the bounce I’ll take the quick 10 day winner.
Sold to Close AVGO JAN 17 2020 210.0 Calls
Bought to Close AVGO AUG 3 2018 212.5 Calls
3.45 winner on a big ‘ol 2 lot…
AVGO
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Reaching negative deltas so rolling out and up. Negative deltas a second time and I’ll book it as a short term win.
Rolled AVGO JUL 27 2018 210.0 Calls to AUG 3 2018 212.5 Calls @ .15 debit
TSLA
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Another fill on Friday while I was out….a call side roll still prior to earnings…
Rolled TSLA Jul 20 2018 315.0 Calls to Jul 27 2018 315.0 Calls @ 6.15 credit (11.80 total now)
CELG
#LongCalls – A final postmortem on my old buddy after taking the trade all the way to the end selling weeklies against long calls…(this was an experimental shorter term position and not a #LEAPS trade).
Initial Cost of a 5 lot of long calls: $5116.95
Total weekly premium received: $4983.85
Net loss of 133.10 including commissions. The trade was never profitable so happy with the end result….adios Mr. CELG!
LABU NVDA RTN SMH TQQQ
#LongCalls #LEAPS – All of these are ratios except the SMH (wish it was). Taking care of these today since I’ll be out all day tomorrow (3 day golf weekend…LOL). Still will have TSLA, AMAT, AVGO, CELG, EWZ to watch.
LABU:
Rolled LABU JUL 20 2018 90.0 Call to AUG 10 2018 91.0 Call @ .24 credit
NVDA:
Rolled NVDA JUL 20 2018 247.5 Call to JUL 27 2018 250.0 Call @ .55 credit
RTN:
Rolled RTN JUL 20 2018 195.0 Calls to AUG 3 2018 197.5 Calls @ .25 debit
SMH:
Rolled SMH JUL 20 2018 102.0 Calls to AUG 10 2018 103.0 Calls @ .12 credit
TQQQ:
Rolled TQQQ JUL 20 2018 57.0 Calls to AUG 3 2018 57.5 Calls @ even
PM
#ShortPuts #IRA #FallingKnife – A great dividend down at these levels. I missed the earnings selloff first thing this morning…
Sold PM DEC 21 2018 75.0 Put @ 2.60
Sold PM JAN 18 2019 75.0 Put @ 2.87
LMT
#preearnings #earningsrunup – Nice bounce today. Got the 40 percent….woohoo! Looks like it could have some more room too…another 4 dollars up to the 200ma.
Sold to Close LMT JUL 27 2018 327.5 Call @ 2.65 (bought for 1.90)
ERX
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Been wanting back in this one so earnings season probably as good a time as any…
5×4 ratio for now since there’s plenty of time left to get it all back…
Bought ERX JAN 17 2020 37.0 Calls @ 10.00
Sold ERX JUL 27 2018 37.5 Calls @ .95
CELG
#LongCalls – The experiment is winding down…adding another little bull put spread for some help. Still would like it back closer to 85 but risk is capped at 86. Looking like it will be an overall small loser but with earnings next week I may try one more trade to get even…LOL
Sold CELG JUL 20 2018 84.5/82.5 Bull Put Spreads @ .27
NFLX
At this pace a Jan 250 strike will be pushing 8 bucks tomorrow…
EDIT….oops was looking at Jun
TNA
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Using today’s pullback to book another one of my non-ratio positions. I’ll definitely be looking to reset on some more weakness….
Bought to Close TNA JUL 20 2018 81.0 Calls
Sold to Close TNA JAN 17 2020 80.0 Calls
All said and done made 1.02 per contract on a 7 lot. LEAPS were up about 12 points but blocked by the weekly sales almost from the beginning. 😦
ADSK FAS GLD NVDA OLED
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Another week….luckily these are ratioed so making a little bit on the run up. Did a little rolling but still keeping some downside room.
ADSK: (selling against short puts and long LEAPS)
Rolled ADSK JUL 13 2018 133.0 Calls to JUL 27 2018 135.0 Calls @ .48 credit
FAS:
Rolled FAS JUL 13 2018 64.5 Calls to JUL 27 2018 65.5 Calls @ .39 credit
Added one as well. Still little to no upside risk…
Sold FAS JUL 27 2018 65.5 Call @ 2.54
GLD:
Bought to Close GLD JUL 13 2018 119.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for .78)
And on the little bounce a couple days ago:
Sold GLD JUL 20 2018 118.5 Calls @ .44
NVDA:
Rolled NVDA JUL 13 2018 245.0 Call to JUL 20 2018 247.5 Call @ .35 credit
OLED:
Rolled OLED JUL 13 2018 90.0 Calls to JUL 27 2018 91.5 Calls @ .15 credit
Waiting to see how the AMAT 46 calls turn out and that’s it for this week…
AVGO
#LongCalls #LEAPS – New position…non-ratio 2×2 that I’ll roll immediately if deltas become negative. I’m guessing it grinds around down here or possibly drifts lower into earnings…
Bought AVGO JAN 17 2020 210.0 Calls @ 27.50
Sold AVGO JUL 20 2018 212.5 Calls @ 2.20
TSLA
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Re-loading the call side…
Bought to Close TSLA JUL 13 2018 320.0 Calls @ .12 and .14 (sold for 4.21)
Sold TSLA JUL 20 2018 315.0 Calls @ 5.65 and 5.39
AVGO
#ShortPuts #IRA – It would be a decent dividend down here with pretty good call premium on top of that. Starter position…
Sold AVGO JAN 18 2019 170.0 Put @ 5.00
FAS
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Was busy all weekend so just now getting caught up on last weeks trades. In the meantime had a small position over at Tastyworks that went negative deltas today (non-ratio) so booking it.
Sold to Close FAS JAN 18 2019 65.0 Calls
Bought to Close FAS JUL 20 2018 64.0 Calls
Booked 1.45 per contract on a huge 2 lot 🙂
FAS NVDA OLED
#LongCalls #LEAPS – All ratio positions so no need to get crazy. Just easing them up and keeping a little downside cushion. Done for the day!
FAS:
Rolled 63.5 Calls to next week 64.5 @ .17 credit (2 accounts)
NVDA:
Rolled 242.5 Call to next week 245.0 @ .57 credit
OLED:
Rolled 87.0 Calls to next week 90.0 @ .20 credit
CELG again….
#LongCalls – This is getting old. Big rally today above the 50ma. Rolled iron condor to a (semi) Jade Lizard putting most of the risk below the 50ma now.
Won’t bore you with numbers but rolled the short put side up to the 50ma. Took the credit and rolled short call side up. Call side is now a dollar wide with .40 credit. Put side is wider now so that’s where the risk is.
Plan A:
If it continues rallying I’ll roll the short puts up again to try to get as much of the 60 cent risk as I can.
Plan B:
If it tanks I may close the whole thing and see where I stand. If I’m not satisfied I’ll roll it all into a new 2020 LEAP position since it seems like it’s finally reversing course.
XBI roll and reduce
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Another one similar to XLY. Caught a great move and weeklies got run over so trade hasn’t really made anything. Rolling the short calls out a few weeks but not up much. Using the credit to remove one short call. This gives a 10×9 ratio reducing the upside risk. I’ll be watching it closely…in case of a pullback I might be able to get out at even and then reset to 2020 (or add to LABU instead)
Bought to Close 10 XBI JUL 13 2018 94.0 Calls
Sold 9 XBI AUG 10 2018 94.5 Calls
Did the roll for a total debit of .60. Since it was unbalanced that debit is not per contract. It’s 60 dollars total for the trade. A small price to pay to remove a lot of risk…
TSLA
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Re-loading the call side…
Bought to Close TSLA JUL 6 2018 320.0 Calls @ .10 (sold for 5.00)
Sold TSLA JUL 13 2018 320.0 Calls @ 4.21
RTN
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Replacing this week’s…
Sold RTN JUL 20 2018 195.0 Calls @ 1.35
XLY
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Instead of messing with this one any more I’m booking it at breakeven. Caught a great move on the entry months ago but weekly (1×1) call sales got run over and the trade just never worked. I’ll re-load on a pullback.
Sold to Close XLY JAN 18 2019 105.0 Calls
Bought to Close XLY JUL 6 2018 107.5 Calls
FB
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Had been playing this one from both sides. The bounce today gets the overall position back to zero deltas. Since it’s only out to 2019 this is probably a good place to book it. Call side struggled a little but put side was great.
Sold to Close FB JAN 18 2019 190.0 Calls
Bought to Close FB JUL 13 2018 185.0 Calls
Sold to Close FB JAN 18 2019 160.0 Puts
Bought to Close FB JUL 20 2018 195.0 Puts
All said and done made 83 cents per contract on this wild experiment. (10 lot….5 each side)
TSLA
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Gonna have to roll the DITM puts as best I can but at least the call side is back in play. I’ll be using the ratio method for the call side since there’s plenty of premium available. Puts have about $15 dollars of premium in them so far so their basis is around 342 against long 2020 300 LEAP puts.
Rolled TSLA JUL 6 2018 360.0 Puts to JUL 27 2018 357.5 Puts @ .19 credit
Sneaking in a double dip on the call side this week….
Rolled TSLA JUL 6 2018 320.0 Calls to JUL 6 2018 312.5 Calls @ 1.81 credit (6.81 total now)
AMBA LABU
#LongCalls #LEAPS – A couple minor adjustments. Have to say the whole ratio thing is working great. No upside risk at all even when the short calls get a little underwater.
AMBA:
Rolling down and in to get out of these sooner allowing an extra week of sales.
Rolled AMBA JUL 20 2018 43.5 Calls down and in to JUL 13 2018 41.0 Calls @ .02 credit
LABU:
Rolled LABU JUL 6 2018 88.0 Call to JUL 20 2018 90.0 Call @ .11 credit
FAS
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Small position over at Tastyworks…
Bought to Close FAS JUL 6 2018 68.5 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.06)
Sold FAS JUL 20 2018 64.0 Calls @ 1.90
TSLA
#LongLEAPStraddles – A small delta adjustment on the put side…
Rolled TSLA JUL 6 2018 340.0 Put up to JUL 6 2018 360.0 Put @ 7.09 credit (18.64 total now)
TSLA
This should be a wild week….I’m long 2020 LEAPS puts and calls against Jul 6th short puts and calls.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/tesla-q2-production-and-delivery-numbers.html
CELG saga continues…
#LongCalls #CondorRoll – Of course I was a day early on my CELG sale for next week…LOL. Stock has started out strong today and looks to finally be heading back up (for now). I’ve been lucky so far selling just above this base but figured it would pop out eventually. For safety, I’m rolling the short call spread out a couple weeks to a skewed narrower iron condor. Playing it slightly bullish. I’m now in the expiration month of my long calls so we’ll wait and see where this ends.
To mange it I can roll the untested side (short only probably) for extra premium.
Bought to Close CELG JUL 6 2018 79.5/84.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .94
Sold CELG JUL 20 2018 74.0/77.0/83.0/86.0 Iron Condors @ 1.03
Originally sold the BeCS @ .37 so with the roll credit the condor is worth .46
TSLA
Leaks coming out from the factory…might come up a little light on the 5000/wk goal.
https://www.reuters.com/article/tesla-production/tesla-lagging-on-model-3-production-workers-say-idUSL1N1TR1WA
AMAT FAS GLD LABU NVDA RTN TQQQ
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Pretty good day of booking winners and selling new ones. Early on some and late on some but all of these are now ratios to reduce whipsaw upside risk.
AMAT:
Bought to Close AMAT JUL 6 2018 48.5 Calls @ .08 (sold for .41) A synthetic double dip this week 🙂
Sold AMAT JUL 13 2018 46.0 Calls @ .98
FAS: (2 accounts)
Bought to Close FAS JUN 29 2018 65.0 Calls @ .17 (sold for 1.40)
Bought to Close FAS JUN 29 2018 65.0 Calls @ .15 (sold for 1.42)
Sold FAS JUL 6 2018 63.5 Calls @ 1.22
Sold FAS JUL 6 2018 63.5 Calls @ 1.17
GLD:
Bought to Close GLD JUL 6 2018 121.5 Calls @ .08 (sold for .49)
Sold GLD JUL 13 2018 119.0 Calls @ .78
LABU:
Bought to Close LABU JUN 29 2018 103.0 Calls @ .09 (sold for 3.50 total after a double dip rolldown)
Sold LABU JUL 6 2018 88.0 Call @ 3.20
NVDA:
Bought to Close NVDA JUN 29 2018 250.0 Calls @ .11 (sold for 3.62 total after a double dip rolldown)
Sold NVDA JUL 6 2018 242.5 Call @ 2.81
RTN:
Bought to Close RTN JUN 29 2018 207.5 Calls @ .03 (sold for .73)
Sold RTN JUL 6 2018 195.0 Calls @ 1.24
TQQQ:
Adjusted early and ratio’d after adding to LEAPS
Bought to Open TQQQ JAN 17 2020 60.0 Call @ 13.50 (adding)
Bought to Close TQQQ JUL 20 2018 60.0 Calls @ 1.40 (sold for 1.65)
Sold TQQQ JUL 20 2018 57.0 Calls @ 2.65
CELG
#LongCalls – It’s been a long time coming but this next sale puts CELG in the green if it works out. Replacing this week’s expiration.
Sold CELG JUL 6 2018 79.5/84.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .37
AMBA
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Being careful with a possible whipsaw in this one also. No need to rush things. Already reduced basis by 43 percent in 5 weeks with the LEAPS out to 2020.
Bought to Close AMBA JUN 29 2018 44.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .67)
Sold AMBA JUL 20 2018 43.5 Calls @ .75
EWZ
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Treading very carefully on this one. Only selling half size and bringing in just enough to cover the LEAPS cost until it starts to recover.
Bought to Close EWZ JUN 29 2018 35.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for .21)
Sold EWZ JUL 20 2018 33.0 Calls @ .44
TQQQ
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Jumping back in with a starter position. 20 percent of the size I closed on Friday and 2 dollars less. Leaving room to add if it keeps dropping.
Bought TQQQ JAN 17 2020 60.0 Calls @ 14.55
Sold TQQQ JUL 20 2018 60.0 Calls @ 1.65
T
#ShortPuts #IRA – Sold T JAN 18 2019 30.0 Puts @ 1.59
AMAT EWW FAS LABU OLED
#LongCalls #LEAPS – More premium collecting. Rolled some short calls down in this week and sold next week in some others.
AMAT:
Bought to Close AMAT JUN 29 2018 50.0 Calls @ .03 (sold for .49)
Sold AMAT JUL 6 2018 48.5 Calls @ .41 (80 percent size)
EWW:
Rolled 45.5 calls to next week 46 @ .10 credit
FAS:
Rolled this week 67.5 calls down to 65 @ .45 and .41 credits
LABU:
Rolled this week 112 calls down to 103 @ 1.05 credit
OLED:
Bought to Close OLED JUN 29 2018 94.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.00)
Sold OLED JUL 6 2018 87.0 Calls @ 1.00
SOXL
#ShortPuts #IRA – Adding one at lowest available strike.
Sold SOXL NOV 16 2018 65.0 Put @ 3.20
UVXY
#BearCallSpreads – Sold UVXY JAN 18 2019 20.0/30.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .91
NVDA
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Doing a cautious roll down this week for a possible double dip…
Rolled NVDA JUN 29 2018 260.0 Calls to JUN 29 2018 250.0 Calls @ .90 credit (3.62 total now)
CELG
#CoveredCalls #IRA – Sold CELG JAN 18 2019 95.0 Calls @ 2.46
CELG
#LongCalls – Almost a scratch…replacing this week’s expiration.
Sold CELG JUN 29 2018 81.0/85.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .34
AMBA
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Replacing this week’s expiration. Selling 4×5 ratio…
Sold AMBA JUN 29 2018 44.0 Calls @ .67
FAS
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Same as TQQQ. LEAPS sale price got hit so booking it. I’ll wait and see if weekly 67’s expire (it’s close). I’ve got FAS in three different accounts. I will definitely reset this one to be able to sell weeklies thru bank earnings.
Sold to Close FAS JAN 17 2020 62.0 Calls
All said and done booking 2.53 on a 5 lot. Had zero basis reduction in this one. Fought the short calls the entire time. Perfect time to reset…
TQQQ
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This thing is right up near all time highs and my short calls are (finally) out of trouble. The LEAPS roll up strateegery functioned perfectly here unlocking the profit by getting the short calls out of the way. I’ll take the weekend to decide what to do next….might jump right back in!…LOL
Part of the reason to close this is I had a wild price set to sell the LEAPS (about 75 cents above the mid) and it got filled so closed the short calls that were right ATM.
Sold to Close TQQQ JAN 17 2020 60.0 Calls
Bought to Close TQQQ JUN 22 2018 61.5 Calls
All said and done booking 2.40 per contract on a 10 lot. That’s the second round trip in this thing. Yearly gains pushing 6.00 in the ticker. It’s a fun one!
DG
#ShortPuts – Leftovers from an earnings trade. I’m booking it with DG up near a double top. Still long with 2019 LEAPS in another position.
Bought to Close DG JUL 13 2018 94.0 Puts @ .45 (sold for 1.95)
TSLA
#LongLEAPStraddles – On the little bounce got the puts rolled and the new call sold. Unfortunately was very aggressive on the put sales but they are pretty easy to roll while storing some nice premium.
Rolled TSLA JUN 22 2018 367.5 Put to JUL 6 2018 360.0 Put @ .85 debit (total premium now 14.55)
Rolled TSLA JUN 22 2018 350.0 Put to JUN 29 2018 345.0 Put @ 1.90 credit (total premium now 10.45)
Selling against wide bear put spreads in 2020. To give it some more downside breathing room I’m closing one of the shorts in 2020 at a small profit. Will do the same on the call side if we pull back a little further.
Bought to Close TSLA JAN 17 2020 200.0 Put @ 29.60 (sold for 31.52) This becomes part of the basis now…
And finally:
Sold TSLA JUN 29 2018 360.0 Call @ 3.15
TSLA
#LongLEAPStraddles – I’ll be rolling some puts and re-selling this call later today…
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 22 2018 370.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 3.00)
Russell Rebalance
Friday will likely be the year’s biggest stock market volume day with big action in Apple, JP Morgan –
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/22/russell-rebalance-will-make-friday-the-years-biggest-stock-volume-day.html
LABU
#LongCalls #LEAPS – I’ll jump in this with you guys. Premiums great so can’t get hurt too bad even with that big ‘ol red bar today. 40 percent size here for a starter.
Bought LABU JAN 17 2020 110.0 Calls @ 31.00
Sold LABU JUN 29 2018 112.0 Calls @ 2.45
Payoff by Jan 2019 and Jan 2020 is .98/.25
Playing this as my standard entry for first two weeks. Sell max calls and roll if negative deltas are reached. If negative deltas reached a second time then book it.
EWZ
#ShortPuts #IRA – Thanks @tabortrader for the reminder. Adding to my ladders…
Sold EWZ DEC 21 2018 30.0 Put @ 2.51
Sold EWZ JAN 18 2019 29.0 Put @ 2.24
Sold EWZ JAN 18 2019 28.0 Put @ 1.87
UVXY
#BearCallSpreads – Sold UVXY JAN 18 2019 15.0/25.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .99
AMAT
#LongCalls #LEAPS – I’ll jump in this with you guys. Premiums decent and earnings not until mid August.
Bought AMAT JAN 17 2020 50.0 Calls @ 7.70
Sold AMAT JUN 29 2018 50.0 Calls @ .49
Payoff by Jan 2019 and Jan 2020 is .25/.09
Playing this as my standard entry for first two weeks. Sell max calls and roll if negative deltas are reached. If negative deltas reached a second time then book it.
ADSK
#ShortStrangles – One of two positions in this one. Selling short term calls against long term short puts. A welcome pullback today for a nice roll. Earnings not until late August…
Rolled ADSK JUN 22 2018 135.0 Calls to JUL 20 2018 139.0 Calls @ even
GLD
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Been in it awhile and not a fan. Breakeven is the goal here. Selling carefully at about a 70 percent ratio to the long LEAP calls. Been caught in a couple whipsaws in this thing already…
Bought to Close GLD JUN 22 2018 122.5 Calls @ .01 (sold for .32)
Sold GLD JUL 6 2018 121.5 Calls @ .49
Adding disaster puts? Hmmmm….
Something my brother came up with that seems interesting. Ticker isn’t important or the length of trade or the strikes. The point of the exercise is the curve on the graph during an implosion. Adding disaster puts only adds a few pennies to weekly sales required on these 2020 positions while practically eliminating long term downside risk. This example is FAS buying LEAPS slightly ITM and disaster puts 20 percent below the current stock price.
You can play with the numbers and strikes to get a suitable position. I’m kinda liking the disaster puts idea though…
FB
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles #PureProfit – I have no idea how this stock can be so high. I’m not a fan but I will trade it. Working both sides…
Puts:
Bought to Close FB JUN 22 2018 192.5 Puts @ .17 (sold for 5.60)
Out of the 5.60 the last 1.70 becomes #PureProfit in the position. The cost of the LEAP puts has been recovered now. On a 5 lot this should generate some nice income. With earnings coming in late July I’ll continue to sell aggressively.
Sold FB JUN 29 2018 200.0/180.0 Bull Put Spreads @ 2.30 credit. (I expect this to take some heat but that’s alright with call side needing a little pullback).
Calls:
Obviously difficult to stay up with the stock rise on the call side. Using my strategy of rolling up the LEAPS to finance the weekly call roll. This roll is out to just before earnings. Next roll can then be into the high IV of earnings…
Rolled FB JAN 18 2019 180.0 Calls to JAN 18 2019 190.0 Calls @ 6.85 credit
Rolled FB JUN 22 2018 177.5 Calls to JUL 13 2018 185.0 Calls @ 6.57 debit
OLED
#SyntheticStock – Just about the last of my old synthetic stock positions. Out to 2019 needing .95 per week to scratch. As this winds down I may add to the 2020 position. Still liking the premium in this.
Bought to Close OLED JUN 22 2018 98.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.15)
Sold OLED JUN 29 2018 92.5 Calls @ 1.15
UPRO
#ShortPuts #IRA – First time in this one so selling some conservative positions. Hopefully can add on more of a pullback.
Sold UPRO DEC 21 2018 35.0 Put @ 1.66
Sold UPRO DEC 21 2018 30.0 Put @ 1.05
Sold UPRO JAN 18 2019 35.0 Put @ 1.99
Sold UPRO JAN 18 2019 30.0 Put @ 1.25
EDIT for ticker symbol. Was borrowing a copy/paste from OLED…LOL
OLED
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Couple positions in this thing. These are sold against the 2020’s. Goal here is 74 cents per week to have LEAPS covered with a year to go…
Bought to Close OLED JUN 22 2018 100.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.25)
Sold OLED JUN 29 2018 94.0 Calls @ 1.00
SOXL
#ShortPuts #IRA – Throwing one out there for a starter…
Sold SOXL NOV 16 2018 90.0 Put @ 5.10
Expirations…
#OptionsExpiration – Had a few this week….
CELG 80/85 BeCS (sold for .45)
EWW 45.5 Calls (sold for .49)
GLD 123.5 Calls (sold for 1.00)
OLED 99.5 Calls (sold for 1.20)
RH 94/120/122 JadLiz (scratched out .22 profit)
FAS
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This morning it looked like I might get the nice surprise of the weekly expiring. Not gonna happen so have to take the roll. Picking up a buck of upside.
Rolled FAS JUN 15 2018 66.0 Calls to JUN 22 2018 67.0 Calls @ .02 credit
TNA
#LongCalls #LEAPS -Another position where the weeklies got annihilated. Set this one up prior to our unbalanced strategy. The LEAPS have about 13 dollars of profit in them that I’d like to keep as much of as possible.
Small adjustment to get the weekly call sales a little more rollable. This does give up some downside protection but preserves the potential gains already in the LEAPS. Rolling LEAPS up to finance a rollup of the weekly calls. You could look at this as closing a winner and resetting but I still consider the same trade until completely closed.
I don’t do this often but it worked great in an AMZN position last year…
Rolled TNA JAN 17 2020 70.0 Calls to JAN 17 2020 80.0 Calls @ 5.63 credit
Rolled TNA JUL 20 2018 75.0 Calls to JUL 20 2018 81.0 Calls @ 5.27 debit
LEAPS rolled up 10 but was only able to roll weeklies up 6. That’s ok though….pocketed some cash and accomplished the goal of getting the weeklies back in play. Hopefully roll them again next time and get them out of trouble. Get rid of them eventually and get the full profit out of the LEAPS.
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