/ES experiment

#Futures – Adding a new position using fibwizard’s call strike from his SPX trade earlier. Going a roundabout way to make it a no risk to the downside trade…while setting up a nice short entry if we rally big.

SOLD /ESM7 (June) @ 2366.50

and:

SOLD /ESM7 APR 17 (Wk3) 2425 PUT @ 66.25

So:

1. Position makes 7.75 on anything below 2425
2. I’ll go short /ES at a basis of 2432.75 on anything above 2425
3. Anything in the gray area between 2432.75 and 2425 is profitable with closer to 2425 being better

This is an experiment….looking at it now with all the numbers in front of me a better play would’ve maybe been to sell a slightly lower put to capture more possible gains while getting a short basis closer to 2425.

UVXY

#ShortCallSpreads – Bought to Close UVXY MAR 17 2017 30.0/35.0 Bear call spreads @ .06 (sold for 1.22)

SVXY ladder

Adding one….

Sold 1 SVXY JAN 19 2018 245.0 Call @ 3.75

REGN adjustment

Risk reduction while still bringing in more than the original strangle…

Bought to Close REGN MAR 17 2017 380.0 Straddle @ 16.45 (sold for 20.12)

then:

Sold REGN MAR 17 2017 365.0/395.0 Strangle @ 5.62

/ES

#Futures – Re-establishing a slight short position for some protection. This won’t make much but it’s a safe starting point.

SOLD /ES @ 2374.50

and:

SOLD /ES MAR 17 2400 PUT @ 29.00

This gives a short basis of 2403.50 so if /ES finishes below 2400 position makes 3.50. If it finishes above 2400 It’ll be a great point to sell more puts. I’ll look out to the June contract after this one…

NVDA

#ShortStrangles – Closing the call side of the strangle and still holding 105 puts. Planning on applying this gain to the stock basis if I take the stock vs. rolling the puts. Wait and see how next week looks if she rallies any.

Bought to Close NVDA MAR 17 2017 110.0 Calls @ .12 (sold for 2.17)

TLT roll

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Hoping for a bigger bounce in this thing but not really following through. Take what I can get…

Rolled 119.5 puts to next week’s 119.5 puts @ .48 credit. Just for fun here’s my current positions in this experiment:

(4) March 10th 119.5 puts
(4) March 10th 120 calls
(3) March 17th 120 calls
(3) March 17th 121 calls
(6) June 16th 132 puts

This results in a long delta position of 527 but if you remove the DITM June puts it’s a -34 delta. While waiting for TLT to recover I’m able to roll the DITM June puts out 3 months and down one strike for about even. Can continue doing that forever while trading aggressively underneath it. Overall working pretty good in spite of starting this just prior to the implosion.

Total premium received since the beginning (October 2016) : 81.53 points

Decent return on 6300 margin and what was a one third size position for the first 3 months of the experiment.

EWW

#ShortStrangles – Kinda screwed this one up…forgot I had this order in and it filled on the spike at the open.

Sold EWW APR 21 2017 43.0/48.0 Strangles @ 1.15

Because of that I’m closing the current one a little sooner than I intended strictly for position size and risk management. Still a nice profit so I’m not gonna complain (too much). 🙂

Bought to Close EWW MAR 17 2017 43.0/48.0 Strangles @ .67 (sold for 1.40)

SVXY

#IRA #ShortPuts – Bought to Close SVXY MAR 17 2017 80.0 Put @ .10 (sold for 2.20)

Rolled GLD

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – No time value left in these so rolling and collecting additional premium.

Rolled this week’s 120.5/113 inverted strangles out two weeks for .54 credit.

Position is now March 17 monthly 120.5/113.0 inverted @ 6.05 credit.

CAT

Possible #FallingKnife – IRS investigation?

REGN risky adjustment

#Rolling #ShortStrangles #ShortStraddles – With all the good news for biotech coming from the big speech, I’m making a pretty aggressive roll. I’ve already rolled this put up once and doing it again.

Rolled March 17th 360 put up to 380 @ 6.08 credit.

New position is now the March 17th 380.0 straddle @ 20.15. Hoping we just grind around right here for a couple weeks…

GILD…going with Dr. J

#BullPutSpreads – He was talking this one up yesterday so taking a high reward, low risk shot.

Sold GILD APR 21 2017 72.5/70.0 Bull Put Spreads @ 1.54

SVXY

#IRA #ShortPuts – In the “SVXY only” account, adding one at the new weekly available today. As the front week rolls off add a new one at about the 45 day mark. Nice weekly income while waiting.

Sold 1 SVXY APR 13 2017 95.0 Put @ 2.25

TLT

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Another little weekly dividend…

Bought to Close TLT MAR 3 2017 122.5 Calls @ .01 (sold for .30)
Sold TLT MAR 10 2017 120.0 Calls @ .62

IBB

#IRA – Booking this one with plenty of time to sell again. Looks due for a pullback…

Bought to Close IBB JUN 16 2017 225.0 Put @ .95 (sold for 4.00)

SVXY

Adding at the highest strike again…not selling the strangle yet.

Sold 1 SVXY JAN 19 2018 250.0 Call @ 4.45

THC

#FallingKnife – Possibly….

SVXY roll

#CoveredCalls – Rolling out and up. Keeping a little downside protection while giving the stock a little room for a nice profit.

Rolled this week’s 120 calls to March 17th 124’s @ even.

Mid on this was a .20 debit but I put it in at even and filled immediately…

SVXY for the team

#TakeOneForTheTeam – Looks like I’m getting some stock assigned at 131 from the 131/126 Bull put spreads. Going for max downside protection by selling the covered calls ITM near breakeven. I’ll have to roll a week to turn a profit but wanted absolute maximum protection to the downside.

Here we go:

1. Received 2.18 for original spread sale
2. Sold to Close SVXY FEB 24 2017 126.0 Puts @ 2.50 (not a great fill)
3. Sold SVXY MAR 3 2017 120.0 Calls @ 5.74

So…stock assigned at 131 with 10.42 premium received leaving a basis of 120.58 with covered calls at 120. Actually had this calculated to be breakeven but awful fill on long puts got me in the hole a little.

We’ll see how it goes….but it looks like I did TOFTT!

🙂 🙂

/ES

#Futures #ShortPuts – Forgot about this order…filled early this morning.

Bought to Close /ES APR 17 (Wk3) 2200 PUT @ 10.75 (sold for 22.00)

CMG strangle

#ShortStrangles – Previously closed the March put on the rally. Closing the call side on the bounce at the 200ma and re-selling a nice big wide one for April that can hopefully be closed early as well.

Bought to Close CMG MAR 17 2017 450.0 Call @ .90 (sold for 3.00 with nice 4.70 gain for entire strangle)

Then:

Sold CMG APR 21 2017 370.0/460.0 Strangle @ 5.03

#ironcondor

SVXY

#IRA #ShortPuts – Closing my highest in the #IRA strike for nice profit and selling a lower one further out.

Bought to Close SVXY MAR 10 2017 100.0 Put @ 1.08 (sold for 2.55)

Sold SVXY APR 7 2017 86.5 Put @ 1.98 (lowest available strike)

NTAP earnings

#Earnings – Took stock after earnings and wrote covered calls. I can let the stock get called away today @ 40.50 and take a 23 cent loss or roll a week and hope to get out at even….hmm

Only a 4 contract position so about 100 bucks after fees….might just ship it on down the road.

TLT

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Booking a winner with TLT reversing. Looking to re-center and re-sell at some point.

Bought to Close TLT MAR 10 2017 116.0/122.0 Strangles @ .90 (sold for 1.31)

BIDU earnings

#Earnings – Trading well outside the fly so:

Bought to Close BIDU 180/185/190 iron fly 4.35 (sold for 4.15)

BIDU earnings

Looking at 5 wide iron fly on 8 dollar move…

/ES

#Futures -Taking a little risk off…

Bought to Close /ES MAR 17 2200 PUT @ 2.50 (sold for 12.25)
Bought to Close /ES MAR 17 2270 PUT @ 5.50 (sold for 10.25)

Still holding April 2200 sold for 22.00…

FSLR earnings

#Earnings – Using this bounce today to get out at even. Trade may still work but happy to move on…see ya in 3 months FSLR!

Bought to Close FSLR FEB 24 2017 37.5/34.5 Bull Put Spreads @ 1.50 (sold for 1.50)

NVDA adjustment

#ShortStrangles – Some sort of downgrade on it this morning…booking profit on calls sold a couple days ago and selling new ones a little closer in. Selling against March 105 puts…

Bought to Close NVDA MAR 31 2017 124.0 Calls @ .52 (sold for 1.09)

Sold NVDA MAR 17 2017 110.0 Calls @ 1.60

REGN adjustment

#ShortStrangles – Not sure what’s going on with it but rolling call down a little for additional premium in March strangle.

Rolled March monthly 395 call down to 380 @ 2.25 credit.

New position is 360/380 strangle @ 14.07 credit

#rolling

TSLA earnings (and new position)

#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Everything looked great until 5 minutes before the open..LOL No interest in owning it at 260 so bailed with a small profit.

Bought to Close TSLA FEB 24 2017 260.0/300.0 Strangles @ 3.93 (sold for 4.65)

Then:

Sold TSLA MAR 17 2017 240.0/280.0 Strangle @ 5.51

DISH earnings

#Earnings – Bought to Close DISH FEB 24 2017 60.0 Puts @ .05

Order in to close the calls also…

Thanks Jeff!!

CMG Strangle

#ShortStrangles – Closing the put side of March 370/450 strangle…Any more weakness I’ll be looking to sell it again.

Bought to Close CMG MAR 17 2017 370.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 2.85)

NVDA

#ShortCalls – Closed call side of March monthly strangles last week. Moving out a little and selling more on this bounce. Still short March 105 puts…

Sold NVDA MAR 31 2017 124.0 Calls @ 1.09

I’ll add puts once the March puts get a little air under them…

FSLR earnings

#Earnings – Trying something for fun…even if it implodes I’ll get the stock at a decent basis to sell covered calls. If it works, it’s a big juicy winner. Playing it directionally to the upside needing half the expected move.

Sold FSLR FEB 24 2017 37.5/34.5 Bull put spreads @ 1.50

Earnings possibilities?

Looking at FSLR and MBLY so far….

GOOGL roll

#LongCallDiagonals – Making some bigger adjustments in these trades…letting the leash out a little with it on a big run…

Rolled Mar 3rd 825.0 call to Apr 21st 840.0 @ .85 credit

Picking up 15 points and bringing in a little scratch…

This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.

AMZN roll

#LongCallDiagonals – Making some bigger adjustments in these trades…letting the leash out a little with it on a big run…

Rolled Mar 10th 785.0 call to May 19th 810.0 @ 3.00 debit

Don’t mind spending 3 bucks to pick up 25 points considering the front month calls have brought in 45 points since the beginning of the trade…

This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.

SVXY strangle

Adding one out in September….

Sold SVXY SEP 15 2017 60.0/240.0 strangle @ 5.15

REGN new

I’d like to have 2 of these going all the time…adding a second one.

Sold REGN MAR 31 2017 330.0/420.0 Strangle @ 5.69

NVDA legging out

#ShortStrangles – Closing the call side of my March 105/130 strangles…

Bought to Close NVDA MAR 17 2017 130.0 Calls @ .18 (sold for 1.14)

Still sitting on the short 105 puts…

IBB

#IRA #ShortPuts – Trimming a little risk here 30 days early…

Bought to Close IBB MAR 17 2017 250.0 put @ .35 (sold for 3.75)

UVXY

#IRA – Sold UVXY SEP 15 2017 30.0/40.0 Bear call spreads @ 1.20

SVXY

#IRA #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY MAR 31 2017 95.0 Put @ 2.50

NTAP earnings

Moved outside the iron fly to the upside…

Bought to Close 37/39/41 iron flies @ 1.90 (sold for 1.50)

and:

Sold NTAP FEB 17 2017 41.0 Puts @ .21 (one extra vs flies)

Of course…as I type this both original earnings trades would be profitable. You never know!

TRIP earnings

#Earnings – Sold off outside my strangle so goal was to get out at even…I’ll take it.

Bought to Close TRIP FEB 17 2017 49.0/59.0 Strangles @ 1.20 (sold for 1.20)

TLT

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Replacing this week’s expirations…

Sold TLT FEB 24 2017 119.5 Calls @ .59
Sold TLT FEB 24 2017 120.0 Calls @ .41

NTAP earnings

#Earnings – Sold 37/39/41 iron flies @ 1.50. Risk .50 to make 1.50 selling two wide on a 2.35 expected move.

Rolled Gold (GLD)

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Stuck right in between the inverted strikes. I’ll roll and collect more premium while leaving the strikes alone. At some point one side will expire.

Rolled this week’s 119/113 inverted strangles to Mar 3rd @ .60 credit

TRIP earnings

#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Playing it slightly bullish. Selling at the expected move on the downside and above the expected move on the upside. Hasn’t traded below 45 in 4 years…

Sold TRIP FEB 17 2017 49.0/59.0 Strangles @ 1.20

FFIV earnings

#Earnings – Took a couple weeks but out at even…

Sold to close FFIV stock/covered calls @ 135.65

SVXY strangle

#ShortStrangles – Sold SVXY JUN 16 2017 70.0/200.0 Strangle @ 3.85

IBB delta adjustment

#ShortStrangles – Rolled put side of March strangle up a little to capture some more premium. Still net short but not AS short.

Rolled March 260 put up to 280 @ 2.53 credit.

Position is now 280/290 strangle @ 8.58 credit

AMZN roll

#LongCallDiagonals – Still easing it up a little at a time…

Rolled this week’s 782.5 call to Mar 10 785.0 @ .15 debit

Taking advantage of the pullback and paying a small debit to pick up 2.5 points in the strike price.

This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.

GOOGL roll

#LongCallDiagonals – Still easing it up a little at a time…

Rolled this week’s 820.0 call to Mar 3rd 825.0 @ even

This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.

NVDA

#ShortPuts #IRA – Looking for a bounce eventually…

Sold NVDA APR 21 2017 105.0 Put @ 5.10
Sold NVDA APR 21 2017 100.0 Puts @ 3.10
Sold NVDA APR 21 2017 95.0 Puts @ 1.75

/VXJ7 quickie…

Sold last night and covering today. Thought we might get a little more drop but I’ll gladly take the .20 gain…

Bought to Close /VXJ7 @ 14.85 (sold for 15.05)

REGN aggressive roll

Rolling put side of March strangle up to the 50ma…

Rolled Mar 330 put up to Mar 360 @ 5.17 credit.

New position is now 360/395 strangle @ 11.82

AMZN Whiz trade…

Fun little Whiz trade from last week. I did it very small…

Bought to Close AMZN FEB 17 2017 800.0/797.5 Bull put spreads @ .04 (sold for .60)

SVXY long call

With this move today I feel like I need to trim a little of my higher risk long exposure…

Sold to Close SVXY JAN 18 2019 70.0 Call @ 73.16 (bought for 40.20)

/ES roll

Joining fibwizard with some rolls…

Bought to Close /ES MAR 17 2150 PUT @ 2.45 (sold for 15.00)
Sold /ES MAR 17 2270 PUT @ 10.25

I’ll re-short /ES with a close below 2300 to cover these. Until then, I’ll keep selling.

SVXY for the team :)

Still trying to take one for the team…

Sold SVXY FEB 24 2017 131.0/126.0 Bull put spreads @ 2.13

SVXY strangles

#ShortStrangles – Been watching you guys selling these for awhile now. Think I finally have to jump in…thanks!

Sold SVXY SEP 15 2017 65.0/235.0 Strangle @ 5.75
Sold SVXY JAN 19 2018 60.0/240.0 Strangle @ 10.10

REGN roll

Tightening up the March strangle a little bit now that earnings are over.

Rolled Mar 310.0 put up to 330.0 @ 2.20 credit.

New position is now 330/395 strangle @ 6.65

VIX futures

Bought to Close March /VX @ 13.45 (sold for 13.95)

I’ll take the half point now…don’t like holding these short over the weekend.

TLT rolls

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Doesn’t look like much but adds up over time…

Rolled this week’s 119.5 calls to next week’s 120.0 @ .07 credit
Rolled this week’s 120.5 calls to next week’s 121.0 @ .38 credit

NVDA back in

#ShortStrangles – Sold NVDA MAR 17 2017 105.0/130.0 Strangles @ 3.16

NVDA earnings

This could be the biggie depending on how far I wanna push it…

Original position is 120/115 inverted strangles @ 9.85 (that’s a long story posted elsewhere)

Could close now for a 3 dollar winner but I’d like to see it back inside the strangle this afternoon for 5 dollar winner. If it tanks this afternoon I’ll take my chances rolling and collecting more premium. This one is always on the TT high IV list so either way, I’ll still carry a position on it. Looking out to March monthly for a new strangle if this one closes.

ATVI earnings

#Earnings – Having to work on this one a little bit after the two and half times the expected move…

Originally Sold 37/39.5/39.5/42 iron flies @ 1.95

then:

Bought to Close 37/39.5/39.5/42 iron flies @ 2.40 (saved 15 cents over max loss)

also:

Sold ATVI FEB 10 2017 45.0 Puts @ .35 (sold one extra vs #of flies)

Long story short…if the 45 puts expire the entire trade will cover my gambling on the golf course this weekend. 🙂

EXPE earnings

#Earnings – Small winner…could’ve been a big winner now. 😦

Bought to Close EXPE 118/123/123/128 iron fly @ 2.63 (sold for 4.00)

REGN again…

Pretty good week in this ticker…

#ShortPuts #IRA – Bought to Close REGN FEB 17 2017 325.0 Put @ .30 (sold for 7.50)

REGN earnings

#Earnings – After a wild news/earnings driven roller coaster ride I’ll gladly book this one…

Bought to Close REGN FEB 10 2017 335.0/370.0 Strangle @ .80 (sold for 4.70)

GOOGL roll

#LongCallDiagonals – Still easing it up a little at a time…

Rolled this week’s 817.5 call to Feb 17 820.0 @ .10 credit.

This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.

FFIV

#CoveredCalls – Received stock from an earnings strangle last week. Massive reversal blowing through my first covered call so rolling out and up to capture another dollar.

Rolled this week’s 135 calls to Feb 24th 136 @ even.