NVDA Call

#syntheticcoveredcalls
$NVDA STO 1/31/135 call at .40

BA Put Close

#shortputs
$BA BTC 1/24 170 put at .20. Thanks for the idea @fuzzballl Rolled this once and took in 5.40.

Close BA Put

#shortputs
$BA BTC 1/17 167.50 put at .05. STO at 3.25. Thank you @fuzzballl for the idea

Jobs and Sales

US INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS ACTUAL 217K (FORECAST 210K, PREVIOUS 201K)
US RETAIL SALES MOM ACTUAL 0.4% (FORECAST 0.6%, PREVIOUS 0.7%)

TQQQ Put Close

#shortputs

$TQQQ BTC 1/17/2025 70 put at .o5 Thanks @jsd501 for the idea

GOOGL META NVDA Calls

#syntheticcoveredcalls

$GOOGL STO 1/17 197.5 call at .40
$META STO 1/17 627.5 call at 3.42
$NVDA STO 1/17 137 call at .90
$NVDA STO 1/17 138 call at .90

PLTR Put

#shortputs

$PLTR STO 1/10 75 put at .80

SPX Return By Year

SP500Returns

AMZN META Calls

#syntheticcoveredcalls

$AMZN STO 1/10 235 call at .51
$META STO 1/10 625 call at 3.50

Expirations

#optionsexpiration
$AMZN 227.5 call
$META 612.5 call
$TSLA 450 call

NVDA PLTR Put Roll

#shortputs
$NVDA BTC 1/3 138 put and STO 1/10 136 put at added credit of 1.20 and $2 less if called away.
$PLTR BTC 1/3 77 put and STO 1/10 76 put at added credit of .54 and $1 less if called away.

META Call

#syntheticcoveredcalls
$META STO 1/3 612.50 call at 1.41

Happy Healthy Prosperous 2025

Thanks to everyone.
A great community.

Big Ben Fireworks

NVDA Put

#shortputs

$NVDA SYO 3/21 2025 120 put at 6.10

AMZN TSLA Call

#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls

$AMZN STO 1/3 227.50 call at .50
$TSLA STO 1/3 450 call at 4.20

Expired / Assigned

#optionsexpiration
$AMD 128 call
$META 610 call
$NNE 29.5 call
$NVDA 143 call
$RUM 20 call
$SOUN 25.5 call

#assignment
$RUM 24 put Basis 22.90

SOUN Call and Put

#coveredcalls #shortputs
$SOUN STO 12/27 25.50 call at .65
$SOUN STO 12/27 24 put at 1.10

RUM Call and Put

#shortputs #coveredcalls
$RUM STO 12/27 16 put at .70
$RUM STO 12/27 20 call at .45

PLTR Put

#shortputs
$PLTR STO 1/3/2025 77 put at .96

NVDA Put

#shortputs
$NVDA STO 1/3/2025 138 out at 2.50

Merry Christmas / Happy Hanukkah

Christmas Scene

Thanks to everyone for sharing great ideas during the year.

Health Happiness and Prosperity to @jeffcp66 and all the Bistroites

META NNE NVDA Call

#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls

$META STO 12/27 610 call at 3.20
$NNE STO 12/27 29.5 call at .70
$NVDA STO 12/27 143 call at .65

AMD Call

#coveredcalls
$AMD STO 12/27 128 call at .95

Expired

#coveredcalls
$AMD 121 calls
$AMZN 242.50 calls
$GOOGL 207.5 calls
$META 645 calls

The Cat Bounced

#SPY calls

During Wednesday’s yikes moment with ten minutes until close
$SPY BTO 12/20 590 calls at 3.28
Today
$SPY STC 12/20 590 calls at 5.16

AMZN Call

#syntheticcoveredcalls
$AMZN STO 12/20 242.50 call at .45

META GOOGL Call

#coveredcalls
$META STO 12/20 645 call at 1.75
$GOOGL STO 12/20 207.50 call at .50

Happy Thanksgiving

Appreciate you all. A thoughtful, analytical and sharing community.
Thank you @jeffcp66 for making this all possible.
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AMZN AMD Calls / DELL Strangle

#coveredcalls

$AMZN STO 11/29 207.5 call at .45
$AMD STO 11/29 143 call at 1.10

#shortstrangles #earnings
$DELL STO 11/29 150/143 strangle at 8.55

COIN Call

#coveredcalls
$COIN STO 11/22 317.50 call at .55

Options Expiration

#optionsexpiration
$MSFT 427.5 call
$META 567.5 call
$META 587.5 call
$AMSC 28 call Called away
$PLTR 55 call Called away$NVDA 114 put
$PLTR 42 put

META NVDA Calls Rolled

#rolling
$META BTC 11/8 582.5 and STO 11/15 587.5 at added credit of 1.62 and extra $5 if called away
$NVDA BTC 11/8 145 and STO 11/15 147 at added credit of .4 plus $2 more if called away
$MSFT BTC 11/8 422.50 and STO 11/15 427.50 at even but would gain $5 if called away

MSTR Call Roll

#rolling

$MSTR BTC 11/8 252.5 call and STO 11/15 265 call at added credit of 1.38 and added 12.50 if called away

PLTR NVO NVDA MSTR COIN Calls

#coveredcalls
$PLTR STO 11/8 54 call at .40
$NVO STO 11/8 112 call at 1.12
$NVDA STO 11/8 145 call at .72
$MSTR STO 11/8 252.50 call at 10.00
$COIN STO 11/8 215 call at 4.00

NVDA Put

#shortputs
$NVDA STO 11/8 135 put at 4.93

AMZN INTC GOOGL Call

#syntheticcoveredcalls

$AMZN STO 11/1 200 call at 2.07 Earnings Thursday
$INTC STO 11/1 23.50 call at .30 Earnings Thursday
$GOOGL STO 11/1 180 call at 1.57 Earnings tonight

Expirations / PLTR Put

#optionsexpiration
$PLTR 41.50 put
$VKTX 59 put
$ELF 120 call
$BA 170 call
$AMZN 195 call

#shortputs
$PLTR STO 11/1 43 put at .31

COIN Call

#coveredcalls
$COIN STO 11/1 227.50 at 4.95

HOOD Put

$HOOD STO 11/1 26.50 put at 1.15

MSTX Put

Bitcoin Bet
$MSTX STO 11/15 40 put at 5.86

Jobs Looked Good

U.S. Department of Labor
@USDOL
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims

Initial claims were 227,000 for the week ending 10/19 (-15,000).

Insured unemployment was 1,897,000 for the week ending 10/12 (+28,000).

Roll VKTX Put

#shortputs
$VKTX BTC 10/11 61 put and STO 10/18 61 put at added credit of 1.01 ($2 taken in so far)

PPI

PPI 0.0% M/M, Exp 0.1%
PPI Core 0.2% MoM, Exp. 0.2%

PPI 1.8% YoY, Exp. 1.6%
PPI Core 2.8% YoY, Exp. 2.6%

Bank earnings looked good this morning

VKTX PLTR Puts

#shortputs

$VKTX STO 10/11 61 put at .90
$PLTR STO 10/11 38 put at .33

Expiration

#assignment
$VKTX 66 put

#optionsexpiration
$TQQQ 70 put
$ENPH 115 call

NVDA Put

#shortputs

$NVDA STO 11/15 114 put at 6.50

TQQQ Put

#shortputs
$TQQQ STO 10/4 70 put at 1.07

VKTX Put

Adding
$VKTX STO 9/27 66 put at 1.80

Expiration TQQQ / VKTX Puts

#optionsexpiration
$TQQQ 65 put
$VKTX 64 put

#shortputs
$TQQQ STO 9/27 68 put at .96
$VKTX STO 9/27 68 put at .1.90

.50% cut

Ooops

CRWD BUPS Close

#bups
$CRWD BTC 8/30 230/240 BUPS at .03. STO at 1.70. Thank you @ramie77

NVDL Put Close

#shortputs
$NVDL BTC 8/30 60 put at 1.35. STO at 3.93

Options Expiration

#optionsexpiration
$ARM 140 call
$META 555 call
$NVDL 70 call

NVDA Call Roll / NVDL Put Roll

#coveredcalls
$NVDA BTC 8/23 134 call and STO 8/30 144 call at added credit of 2.12. Earnings next week. I think this is within expected move.

#shortputs
$NVDL BTC 8/23 67 put and STO 8/30 60 put at added credit of 3.38 and 7 less if assigned.

PLTR Put

#shortputs

$PLTRSTO 8/23 32 put at .77

VKTX Put Roll

#shortputs

$VKTX BTC 8/16 55 put and STO 8/23 55 put at added credit of 1.08. Total credit so far 3.33

NVDA Puts

#shortputs

$NVDA BTC 8/16 110 put at .10. STO at 3.40. Thank you @fuzzballl

CRWD BUPS Close

$CRWD BTC 8/16 210/225 BUPS at .15. STO at 1.35. Thank you @ramie77 for the trade

Bungee Jump Time???

IMG_5598

Schwab Not Working

Thanks to Crowdstrike (?) I cant close out my positions on any Schwab platform other than the new TOS. Unfortunately my accounts not moved over yet.. Not a good place to be on Friday opex!

LLY BUCS

#bucs

$LLY BTO 8/9 840/880 Bull call spread at 17.03

Earnings 8/8 before market. Plan is to capture earnings run. If it doesn’t work I will at least lose weight since I’ll have less disposable income to eat at McDonalds.

COIN Call

#coveredcalls

$COIN STO 7/19 250 call at $3.00

Happy Fourth of July

Smiley fireworks

COIN META MSFT TTD Calls

#coveredcalls

$COIN STO 6/28 235 calls at 1.57
$META STO 6/28 520 calls at 1.82
$MSFT STO 6/28 457.5 calls at .68
$TTD STO 6/28 101 calls at .23

Roll NOVO COIN ARM TTD Call / OLLI Call

#coveredcalls #rolling
$NVO BTC 6/7 139 call and STO 6/14 141 call at even.
$COIN BTC 6/7 245 call and STO 6/14 255 call at .85 added credit plus the $2 if balled away.
$ARM BTC 6/7 129 call and STO 6/14 134 call at cost of .40 but gain $5 if called away.
$TTD BTC 6/7 96 call and STO 6/14 98 call at even.

#coveredcalls
$OLLI STO 6/21 95 call at $1. Earnings were very good.

VKTX NVO Calls / VKTX Put

#coveredcalls
$VKTX STO 6/7 65 call at .63
$NVO STO 6/7 139 call at 1.52

#shortputs
$VKTX STO 6/7 60 put at .58

ARM TTD Call

#coveredcalls
$ARM STO 6/7 129 call at 2.29
$TTD STO 6/7 96 call at .45

COIN Call

#coveredcalls
$COIN STO 6/7 245 call at 3.20

Expiration

#optionsexpiration
$VKTX 69 call
$AMD 180 call
$VKTX 63 put

VKTX Strangle

#shortstrangles
$VKTX STO 5/24 63/69 strangle at 1.60

Expiration

#optionsexpiration
$NVO 136 call
$NVO 134 call
$MARA 18.50 put
$VKTX 78 call
$VKTX 72 put assigned
$AI 27.50 call
$MOS 30 put
$UPST 32.50 call

GME Puts

#longputs
STC 6/21 20 puts at 4.25. BTO 5/14 for 2.10. Taking partial. Thank you @fuzzballl

NVO Call Roll

#coveredcalls
$NVO BTC 5/17 134 call and STO 5/24 136 call at added credit of .15 and $2 more if called away.

VKTX Strangle

#shortstrangles
$VKTX STO 5/17 78/72 strangle at 1.40

UPST Calls

#coveredcalls
$UPST STO 5/17 32.50 calls at .62