#SPXcampaign All the rolling I had to do during the last couple weeks’ pullbacks worked like a charm…
In pre-market…
Bought to close $SPX June 1st 1980/1955 put spreads for .15. Sold for 2.55 as a roll on May 13th.
Bought to close $SPX June 16th 1900/1875 put spreads for .30. Sold for 2.00 as a roll on April 14th.
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NUGT strangle roll
#ContangoETFs BTC NUGT June 3rd 80 put for 8.80. Sold for 5.20 on 5/2
STO NUGT June 17th 61 put for 4.45
STO NUGT June 17th 99 call for 4.10
Also: STO NUGT June 10th 117 calls for 1.10
AZO earning
#Earnings BTC $AZO June 17th 670 put for .35. Sold yesterday for 2.50.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX July 29th 2150/2175 call spreads for 5.75. This is a roll from previously stopped calls spreads from March & April. Going farther out in time with plenty of flexibility to roll further out should we have a sustained summer rally.
UVXY – new all-time low,…
UVXY – new all-time low, breaking below 12.80 that was set on May 11th
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX June 10th 1890/1865 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.25 on Thursday.
FB put
#CoveredPuts #shortstock
STO $FB June17th 110 put for .80
AZO earnings
#Earnings Usually a good one to trade, but this quarter it’s announcing one day after monthly expiration, and has no weekly options. So an order is in to sell one 670 put (June 17th) for 2.50 if it fills. The most it has moved down over a 34 day period is 5.3%, which would take us to 690.
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SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX May 27th 2105/2130 call spreads for .10. Sold for 1.10 on May 13th.
NUGT calls
#ContangoETFs I am heavier on puts so selling calls reduces my margin. Plus, being short on the call side is better in the long run anyway.
STO NUGT June 3rd 120 calls for 1.50
STO NUGT June 10th 120 call for 2.90
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 24th 2145/2170 call spreads for 1.35, with SPX at 2050. Sold early as premium tends to be higher on Monday mornings than at anytime during the week (assuming, of course, the index doesn’t move much). Now trying for the 1890/1865 put spread.
Options Expirations 5/20/16
#OptionsExpiration
— Expiring —
$CRM 72.5/67.5 put spreads (#Earnings)
$FB 100 put
$NUGT 89 puts
$NUGT 130 and 160 calls
$UVXY 23 call
–Assignment–
$NUGT 89 calls, purchased stock at 89.oo after-hours so short stock assignment will zero out the position
AMZN IB closed
#IronButterfly BTC $AMZN May 20th 700 call for 2.90. Total profit on trade: 1.01 plus commissions.
Last minute straddle
#ContangoETFs STO NUGT May 20th 89 straddle for .85… Living on the edge.
TLT loser
#LongCalls STC $TLT May 20th 130 calls for .25. Bought for 1.78 average. I waited and waited but TLT hasn’t popped yet. Still holding June 132 calls.
AMZN IB
#IronButterfly BTC $AMZN May 20th 700 put for .14. Sold as part of iron butterfly for 4.05. Now need Amazon below 703.91 for breakeven, or below 700 for max profit of 3.91
UVXY roll
#VXXGame Just made the following roll. Decided not to get tricky with some reverse double half-Nelson type roll. I don’t mind being underwater puts when the UVXY is this low.
BTC NUGT May 20th 18 put for 4.40. Sold for 2.31 on 3/22
STO NUGT June 17th 17 put for 4.55.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open June 16th 2130/2155 call spreads for 1.40, with SPX at 2051.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign In pre-market, bought to close $SPX May 27th 1940/1915 put spreads for .30. Sold for 1.30 on April 25th.
SPX put profits, one day
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX May 25th 1975/1950 put spreads for .70. Sold this morning for 1.50. Took it off the table in case we have another rollercoaster tomorrow (in which case I will try to sell this same spread again).
AMZN iron butterfly
#IronButterfly #Pinning
STO $AMZN May 20th 700/705 call spread for 1.50. Paired with 700/695 put spread sold yesterday for 2.55. Total risk on trade: .95. Max gain: about 3.90
SPX strangle roll
#SPXcampaign #strangleroll
Bought to close $SPX June 3rd 1965/1940 put spreads for 3.20. Sold for 1.45 on May 13th.
Sold to open $SPX June 10th 2110/2135 call spreads for 1.20, and June 10th 1890/1865 puts spreads for 1.25. (1.5x position size)
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NUGT put closed
#ContangoETFs I’m heavier on puts so closed this mainly for margin purposes:
BTC NUGT May 27th 62.5 put for 1.00. Sold for 6.70 on 4/13.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX May 25th 1975/1950 put spreads for 1.50, with SPX at 2032.
I don’t like selling the monthlys with their AM settlement for short-term fear-trade, so I jumped to next Wednesday’s. I may try to close end of today if we rally back enough.
Meanwhile, two spreads touched my 3.00 stops at the bottom today. I am not closing yet… will wait to see how day settles and decide from there. If we start another sharp drop I will close at least one of them and roll.
VIX has popped today but is still pretty far from its lowest signal level (18.75).
UVXY put closed
#VXXGame BTC UVXY March 20th 17 put for 1.80. Sold for 2.35 on March 30th.
Also have an 18 put I will need to roll out.
NUGT strangle roll
#ContangoETFs Closing out one of my last calls that got too much ITM…
BTC NUGT Sept 80 call for 25.00. Sold for 11.20 on 2/17.
STO NUGT Sep 40/180 strangles for 13.30 (x2).
Netted 1.60 on the roll, added to the 11.60 I got for the original sale. If either of these wings goes ITM, I will roll again.
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX June 10th 2145/2170 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.90 on May 10th.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 10th 1900/1875 put spreads for 1.30, with SPX at 2032. Meanwhile, approaching stops on a few other put spreads.
AMZN expiration play
#IronButterfly Sold to Open $AMZN May 20th 700/695 put spread for 2.55. As it stands now, this is a 1:1 risk/reward trade. My plan is to sell the 700/705 call spread on strength tomorrow and end up with an iron butterfly for Friday, with very low risk.
NUGT put
#ContangoETFs STO NUGT May 27th 75 put for 2.25
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 1st 2105/2130 call spreads for 1.50. Selling these as a roll and offsetting a put spread I have to create an iron condor for this expiry (Wednesday weeklys).
CRM earnings
#Earnings Sold to Open $CRM May 20th 72.5/67.5 put spreads for .75. Over last 12 earnings, Biggest UP move: 12.6%, Biggest DOWN move: -5.8%, Average move: 6.5%. The short strike is 6.6% OTM.
DUST reverse split 1:10
#ContangoETFs I was assigned some stock at 5.00. When it dropped below 2, it didn’t seem to much ask for a return to 5. Now that it is 12.95, I need it up to 50.00 to break even.
NUGT put
#ContangoETFs STP $NUGT June 3rd 75 put for 2.40
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX June 3rd 2140/2165 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.35 on May 5th.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 16th 1895/1870 put spreads for 1.30, with SPX at 2048.
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX Mar 27th 2125/2150 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.30 last Thursday.
NUGT call
#ContangoETFs Sold to Open $NUGT June 3rd 150 call for 3.60.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 10th 2135/2160 call spreads for 1.45, with SPX at 2070.
AAPL roll out
#StockTrades #AfterHours #CoveredCalls
STC $AAPL stock for 93.50. Bought for 99.00 after hours on earnings day. Played for a bounce but instead got a crater. This is half my position, rolling into an options strangle. Will sell put on down day, but for today…
STO $AAPL July 15th 95 call for 2.85. For the moment, this is covered because I have the other half of my stock. I anticipate this will be before their earnings date.
FB covered put
#CoveredPuts #shortstock
STO $FB June 10th 110 put for .75. This is my first put sale since earnings, against my short stock.
SPX call spreads sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 16th 2140/2165 call spreads for 1.35, with SPX at 2054.
SPX calls added
#SPXcampaign To juice up the rolls just made, I added a small call spread to the May 27th expiry, since I am overweight puts that week:
Sold to Open $SPX May 27th 2105/2130 call spreads for 1.10.
Options Expiration 5/13/16
#OptionsExpiration
–Expiring–
NUGT 120 calls
NUGT 75 puts
–Assignment–
DATA long 49 put: calls away my long stock assigned last Friday at 51.00 from earnings trade (small loss)
SPX puts stopped and rolled
#SPXcampaign #Rolling Down move today stopped me on some spreads I was fairly aggressive with earlier this week.
Bought to close $SPX May 25th 2010/1985 put spreads for 3.70. Sold for 1.70 on Wednesday. Rolled to…
Sold to Open SPX June 1st 1980/1955 put spreads for 2.55 (1.5x contracts). This was a Wednesday to Wednesday roll.
Bought to close SPX May 19th 2015/1990 put spreads for 3.10. Sold for 1.30 on Wednesday. Rolled to…
Sold to Open SPX May 27th 1980/1955 put spreads for 2.25 (1.5x contracts)
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX June 3rd 2150/2175 call spreads for .20 (earlier). Sold for 1.60 on May 2nd
Bought to close May 25th 2125/2150 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.50 on Wednesday.
NUGT roll
#ContangoETFs BTC NUGT May 13th 95 call for 7.20. Sold for 3.05 in April.
STO NUGT May 27th 83/130 strangle for 8.00
I’m adopting Iceman’s rule and sticking to 2 weeks out, max.
UVXY avoid assignment
#VXXGame BTC UVXY May 13th 13.5 puts for .03. Sold last Friday for .28. Yeah, they’ll probably expire but can’t trust this market with anything.
SPX call spread closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX June 16th 2175/2200 call spreads for .30. Sold for 2.75 on March 18th as a roll. This was a longer term attempt that worked nicely.
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX May 27th 2135/2160 call spreads for .30. Sold for 2.25 on April 29th as a roll.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to open $SPX June 3rd 1965/1940 put spreads for 1.45, with SPX at 2065.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX May 27th 2125/2150 call spreads for 1.30. Sadly, this was a previously stopped spread as SPX rallied above 2110. Now it goes back on, hopefully to die silently rather than violently.
+1% followed by 1% Market…
+1% followed by -1%
Market volatility strikes again
SPX put spread sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX May 19th 2015/1990 put spreads for 1.30, with SPX at 2076. This will complete my rolls for the May 19th expiry, since I stopped a put spread on April 29th.
SPX spreads sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX May 25th (Wednesday) 2010/1985 put spreads for 1.70 and 2125/2150 call spreads for 1.50; a condor roll from stopped call spread this morning.
Sold to Open $SPX June 10th 1950/1925 put spreads for 1.40.
NUGT calls
#ContangoETFs STO $NUGT May 13th 120 call for 1.70
STO NUGT June 3rd 150 call for 4.50
STO NUGT June 17th 185 call for 4.00
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close May 13th 2090/2115 call spreads for 2.90. Sold on Friday for 1.50. Will look to roll today.
Risk certainly back On
#SPXcampaign I’m stuck with this week’s 2090/2115 call spread. I have been trying to get out for past hour, but rally won’t stop. Looking to roll up to March 24th Wednesday weekly 2120/2145 with 1.5x contracts. I would then add a put spread as well to balance out margin and premium.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to open $SPX June 10th 2145/2170 call spreads for 1.40, with SPX at 2071.
Good morning!
New all-time low in $UVXY was hit right after the open, beating the low from April 28th. Also, lowest for the VIX since that date. Almost a new low in VXX…
NUGT reverse roll
#ContangoETFs Closing my final naked call that is badly ITM…
BTC $NUGT June 17th 45 call for 44.00. Sold for 5.60 on Nov 13th.
STO $NUGT May 27th 80 put for 8.50.
I am now just slightly ITM on just a couple calls and a couple puts; OTM on several others. I still owe myself a few more rolls to make up for losses, like the one above.
NUGT morning
#ContangoETFs STO $NUGT May 13th 75 puts for 1.50 (expire this Friday)
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Right before the bell, bought to close $SPX May 13th 1960/1935 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.35 on April 15th.
UVXY after the bell…
#VXXGame Filled on an open order, STO UVXY May 13th 13.5 puts for .283.
DATA earnings double diagonal
#Earnings, so much for my double diagonal experiment… I forgot to close it! So the short 51 call expires, will be assigned the stock from the short 51 put, and will still be holding May 13th long 52 call and long 49 put. Downside risk capped at 49.00. Upside gain uncapped.
Options Expiration 5/6/16
— Expiring —
$DATA 51 call (see separate post)
$NUGT 90 put
$SPX 2010/1980 put spreads
$SPX 2130/2155 call spreads
$UVXY 13.5 puts
— Assignment —
$UVXY 16 put, taking stock… not worried that we’ll be above 16 at some point next week
$DATA 51 put – (see separate post)
— #Earnings Loss —
$BABA 71/73/77 broken-wing put fly
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX May 11th 1980/1955 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.30 on Wednesday.
Market is down, but the…
Market is down, but the VIX is sleeping.
Short-term call spread sold
#SPXcampaign With SPX at 2048, sold to open $SPX May 13th 2090/2115 call spreads for 1.50.
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign In pre-market right after jobs report, bought to close $SPX May 19th 2140/2165 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.25 on Monday.
DATA double diagonal
#Earnings Sold to open $DATA double diagonal for .55. Max gain if stock doesn’t move, but a fairly wide range of profit, as high as 20% up or down, depending on how much IV drops tomorrow.
Sold May 6th 51 put and 51 call
Bought May 13th 49 put and 52 call
I had to enter each leg separately as a combo order would not fill. Haven’t tried these before so just doing a 1-lot and see how it all works tomorrow. Max loss $245
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX May 27th 2165/2190 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.50 last Thursday.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 3rd 2140/2165 call spreads for 1.35, with SPX at 2055.
