#Earnings Closed my remaining $TSLA Oct 5th 275/322.5 strangle for 19.92. Was trying to work a decent exit when it was reaching its intraday high, but missed my fill. Then got caught in the steep dive for a crappy exit near the lows.
Partial roll: Sold Oct 12th 250 put for 11.30.
I’ll wait to see Monday before adding more.
BTC $TSLA Oct 5th 322.5 call for 1.01. Sold for 5.44 (avg price) earlier this week.
Still sitting on an Oct 5th 275/322.5 strangle.
Tesla shares drop sharply after-hours on news that Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have been sued by the SEC. $TSLA https://t.co/liwoa8TXs1 pic.twitter.com/AITBqqRG3N
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 27, 2018
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX Oct 12th 2825/2850/2960/2985 iron condors for 4.25. This is my third round of 2-week-DTE condors, replacing one that is expiring tomorrow.
#PreEarnings Bought to open $JPM Oct 12th 116 calls for 1.14.
Got this from MamaCash’s excel sheet… buying 40-delta call, 14 days out. The pullback in the stock over last few days provides decent entry for a run up into earnings, which are the morning of the 12th. I’ll plan to close the trade before the market close on the 11th. I’ll look to take profits if stock approaches its recent high of 119.24.
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Closed on GTC orders:
$SQ Oct 5th 82 puts for .10. Sold for 1.00 on Sept 14th
$MU Sep 28th 45 covered call for .08. Sold for .90 last Friday
#SuperCharger Sold to close $GOOGL Oct 5th 1140/1150 bull call spreads for 9.55.
Bought for 6.85 on the 17th, after rolling from the Sep 28th 1155/1165 spread.
#VXXGame Filled right after the bell (since VIX ETF options stay open until 4:15p):
STO $UVXY March 75 call for 5.00. Highest strike.
Dow turns negative after Powell press conference ends; bank stocks lead decline https://t.co/SiORT8kanq pic.twitter.com/7xtwddKI0Z
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 26, 2018
#ContangoETFs Sold to Open $BOIL Jan 2019 45 call for 1.25. Highest strike.
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STO $FB Oct 19th 172.5 calls for 2.00
BTC $OLED Sep 28th 124 call for .15. Sold for 1.65 on Friday
#Earnings
BTC $TSLA Sep 28th 275/322.5 strangle for 1.10. Sold for 8.20 on Sep 17th.
STO $TSLA Oct 5th 322.5 call for 5.60, adding to my position. Will sell another put on a down move.
SurveyMonkey soars more than 60% in market debut, after opening at $18.75 per share https://t.co/a3jfknk6Fg pic.twitter.com/Ll7wchkBkx
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 26, 2018
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BTC $SQ Oct 19th 97 calls for 4.40. Sold yesterday morning for 1.60.
STO $SQ Oct 19th 88/100 strangles for 5.00
Square up +11%
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-square-inc-stock-jumped-191700513.html
$SQ
#ContangoETFs STO $GUSH March 55 call for 4.20. Looks like I was filled at today’s top.
#Earnings Building back after earnings trades gone bad
BTC $TSLA Sep 28th 275/322.5 strangle for 2.40. Sold for 8.20 on Sept 17th. (still holding another lot)
Sold $TSLA Oct 5th 275/322.5 strangle for 11.15 (legged in)
Sold $RH Oct 5th 130 put for 2.80.
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BTC $FB Oct 5th 175 calls for .15. Sold for 1.50 on Sept 11
BTC $AAPL Oct 5th 230 calls for .35. Sold for 3.60 on Sept 13th
STO $AAPL Oct 19th 227.5 call for 2.10
STO $AAPL Oct 12th 215 put for 2.05
BTC $SQ Sep 28th 80 put for .13. Sold for 1.30.
STO $SQ Oct 19th 97 calls for 1.60
Sold to close $BABA stock for 163.15. Raising some cash by selling half of my stock. This one can’t get off its ass. Was assigned via 200 puts on Feb 2nd. With covered call and put sales, cost basis 183.00. Holding the rest for an eventual return to 200.
BTC $BABA Oct 5th 175 call for .45. Sold for 1.60 on Friday.
#SuperCharger $AMZN keeps testing new lows so I’m out with a tiny profit on this round, small loss overall counting the first one I rolled.
Sold to close $AMZN Oct 19th 1865/1875 bull call spreads for 6.75. Bought for 6.55 last week.
$GOOGL also looking weak, but didn’t breach my 1150 short strike so I’ll hang with it.
Also opened one in $NVDA Friday, which is holding up.
Click on the chart for a larger view
Link to chart: http://mam.econoday.com/byweek.asp?cust=mam
#VIXIndicator The close bumped us up to 11.68, so still no start of the countdown to an Upside Warning.
#CoveredCallCampaign
#Rolling $BABA hit 170 in the pre-market; I closed one of two calls I had at the 170 strike. Kept the other.
BTC BABA Sep 28th 170 call for 1.95. Sold for 1.55 on Sept 12th
#Rolling Sold BABA Oct 5th 175 call for 1.60
BTC $SQ Oct 5th 97 covered calls for .25. Sold for 2.45 on Sept 13th
Sold $MU Sept 28th 45 covered call for .90. I also am still long Oct 5th 45 calls.
BTC $OLED Sept 21st 122 covered call for .40. Sold for 1.50 last Friday.
Sold Sept 28th 124 call for 1.65.
#SuperCharger I was looking at a #Lophir but wasn’t liking the margin requirement R/R. This trade is a better fit.
Bought to open $SPX Oct 26th 247.5/257.5 bull call spreads for 7.30. Profit target: 9.40.
I think it shows stock market performance is fairly unpredictable based on Washington’s makeup.
$SPY is down due to ex-div
#VIXIndicator We spent the morning in Upside Warning territory, but despite a steadily rising SPX all day, the VIX also rose steadily then ended up closing higher on the day.
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Sold $AAPL Oct 12th 227.5 covered call for 2.13
Sold $FB Oct 12th 172.5 covered call for 1.20
BTC $OLED Sep 21st 114 put for .15. Sold for 1.50 last Friday
#Earnings #Assignment While waiting for $PVTL 22.5 puts to hopefully expire, I got assigned last night. At least it is cheap. No weeklies, and options premium is weak, so I will hopefully catch a bounce and sell it.
We awake to a ripping rally and lowest VIX since early August.
#Scary Sold $TLRY Sept 21st 150 puts for 1.85. One put in each of two retirement accounts.
#VXXGame Waited a long time for this… Bought to cover 10 shares of $VXX shares for 26.95. Was early assigned 100 short shares on Feb 12th via a 27 short call. I will scale out as it moves down.
Look at the Oct 19th ATM options.
240 call: 50.00
240 put: 105.00
I know puts usually are more than calls, but that’s quite a difference! Sell a straddle and your profit range at expiration would be 85.00-395.00
#CoveredCallCampaign Nice to see some strength in this one, but worried it’s a dead cat.
Sold $BABA Oct 5th 170 covered call for 1.55.
BREAKING: Tesla share sharply drop on report that the company is facing a U.S. criminal over Musk's statements https://t.co/2c272KfMhC pic.twitter.com/3qqWxjXdPh
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 18, 2018
#Earnings Post-earnings pullback: Selling at the 200 dma on a bullish trend;
Sold $FDX Oct 12th 240 puts for 2.90
BREAKING: China retaliates against Trump’s new tariffs with its own 5%-10% tariffs on $60B of goods http://cnbc.com/id/105455033
#SuperCharger Sold $GOOGL Sep 28th 1155/1165 bull call spreads for 6.50. Bought for 6.99 last Monday.
#Rolling Bought GOOGL Oct 5th 1140/1150 call spreads for 6.85.
I’m getting leery, however, of staying long anything.
#Earnings #StrangleRoll
BTC $TSLA Sep 21st 260 put for .59. Sold for 11.95.
Stopped TSLA Sep 21st 300 calls for 7.80. Sold for 3.35.
Rolled to: Sold Sep 28th 275/322.5 strangles for 8.20.
#SuperCharger Bought to Open $AMZN Oct 19th 1865/1875 Bull Call Spread for 6.55. Moved strikes 25 points lower and bought this one for cheaper than usual.
#Supercharger Sold to Close $AMZN Sep 28th 1890/1900 bull call spread for 6.50. Bought for 7.35 on Sept 6th.
As an experiment, I had also sold a 1-lot in the 1900/1890 put spread for 2.70. I entered the order to close for 3.55, which is the same .85 loss as the call spread. This put spread closed when AMZN hit 1923, and the call spread closed when it hit 1924. So as for stop loss, the experiment shows these spreads work about the same. I’ll try this again to see how the winners turn out.
#SuperCharger Sold to close $AZO Sept 21st 725/735 bull call spread for 6.50. Bought for 7.35 on Aug 30th.
The expiration on this spread is AFTER earnings, which is not ideal as you won’t get enough theta decay to take the desired profit unless you wait past earnings. I didn’t want to risk the full 7.35 on that coin toss.
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$SPX 2810/2835/2955/2980 iron condors. Sold for 3.80 on Aug 29th.
#PieTrades Sold $OLED Sep 21st 122 call for 1.50.
#PieTrades created from busted #Earnings trades
Sold $OLED Sep 21st 114 put for 1.50. Selling a call before the close
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Sold $AAPL Oct 5th 215 puts for 1.78. Offsetting 230 covered calls.
Sold $SQ Oct 5th 82 puts for 1.00.
#Earnings repair
BTC $TSLA Sep 21st 260 put for 1.40. Sold last week for 11.95. Still holding another, against 300 calls.
$RH Stopped out on Sep 28th 135 calls, for 5.55 and 8.00. Sold for 2.80.
Looks bullish now so sold Oct 5th 130 puts for 2.80.
#PreEarnings Taking a shot at $MU. Chips have been beaten up lately but starting to show support. MU is now bouncing off the consolidation area from early this year. Taking a slightly OTM long call. Even if earnings reaction next week is not stellar, stock will have until Oct 5th to reach the 47.00 break-even.
Bought to Open $MU Oct 5th 45 long calls for 2.02. Keep an eye out, you might get this cheaper if we drop more intraday.
Also long shares in a #PieTrade.
#VXXGame $SVXY and $UVXY splits
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3386632-proshares-announces-reverse-share-splits-two-etfs#email_link
BREAKING: Dow sharply drops after reports says Trump wants to move forward with tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goodshttps://t.co/jfQ0xIUd9p pic.twitter.com/Boq8zVemOF
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 14, 2018
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX Sep 28th 2815/2840/2950/2975 iron condors for 3.65. This is replacing the condor that expires tomorrow, but I’m going 5 points closer in on each side.
#CoveredCallCampaign BTC $AAPL Sep 28th 227.5 covered calls for 3.55. Sold for 3.60 on Tuesday, so broke even and covered commissions.
#Rolling Sold AAPL Oct 5th 230 calls for 3.60.
#CoveredCallCampaign This one has been a monster, and call premium is big. Got some of my calls run over so building my way back. I am long stock and also long Jan 2019 60 calls.
Sold $SQ Oct 5th 97 calls for 2.45.
Anyone have advice on rolling my Jan 60 calls? I can go to March or Jan 2020. Currently trading at 32.83. Can roll up to Jan 2020 80 call for 26.20, or Jan 2020 100 call for 17.40.
Thoughts?
#Earnings BTC $PVTL Sep 21st 34 calls for .05. Condor sold yesterday for 1.70.
The 22.5 puts are recovering from overnight lows. Order in to close for .05 as well. Leaving the long legs as lottery tickets.
6.5″ display, just announced.
Watch live at https://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2018/
#Earnings Taking a shot on this one since premium is high, but defining max risk since this is its first earnings report, and the options expire next Friday.
Short Strikes are about 20% OTM.
Sold $PVTL Sep 21st 17.5/22.5/34/39 condors for 1.70.
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Yesterday:
Sold $BABA Sep 28th 170 call for 1.55
Sold $AAPL Sep 28th 227.5 calls for 3.60
#PieTrades
Closed $MU Sep 14th 47.5 covered call for .08. Sold last week for .75. Leaving the deck clear for earnings next week.
Today:
BTC $AMAT Sep 14th 125 covered call for 2.50. Sold last week for 2.00. Ex-div tomorrow, so I’ll wait until after to sell new calls. #PieTrades
#Earnings repair
Sold $TSLA Sep 21st 300 call for 4.25
Sold $RH Sep 28th 135 call for 2.30
#SuperCharger This worked so well a couple weeks ago, and now it looks like the pullback may be over.
Bought to Open $GOOGL Sept 28th 1155/1165 bull call spread for 6.99. Order in to close for 9.40.
#Earnings Still working my way back from some earnings trades on these two.
Sold $RH Sept 28th 120 puts for 3.25. Will sell calls on a spike up.
Sold $TSLA Sept 21st 260 puts on Friday for 11.95.
Sold $TSLA Slot 21st 300 call yesterday for 2.40.
#CoveredCallCampaign Have we found its bottom?
Sold $FB Oct 5th 175 covered calls for 1.50.
#ContangoETFs Sold $DUST March 60 call for 5.35, adding to my position.
Just a couple….
$FIVE 104 puts, #Earnings trade sold yesterday for 1.20
$RH 180 calls, sold a couple weeks ago for 3.68
#CoveredCallCampaign Sold $FB Oct 5th 160 puts for 4.00.
#PieTrades Sold $MU Sep 14th 47.5 covered call for .75
#PieTrades Sold $OLED Sep 14th 125 call for 2.00.
#SyntheticCoveredCalls Closed $PYPL Sep 21st 95 calls for .11. Sold for 1.10 on Tuesday.
#Jobs Slightly better than expected.
+201,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs 191K expected
Unemployment steady at 3.9%
U6 unemployment at 7.4%, down by 0.1
Wages up 0.4%, 2.9% year over year, an improvement over recent months
Labor force participation 62.7%, down 0.2
#Earnings Sold $FIVE Sept 28th 100 puts for 1.20. Biggest UP move: 21.9%, Biggest DOWN move: -9.3%, Average move: 6.3%. This trade is -9.7% OTM.
#SuperCharger Bought $AMZN Sept 28th 1890/1900 call spreads for 7.35. Plan to close for 9.40 or more. Thanks @mortlightman for the idea… I was trying to do this with NFLX but wasn’t finding good prices.
#Rolling #Earnings #CoveredCallCampaign
Had to stop two rolls I made yesterday. I have not re-rolled them, as I’m going to wait for things to settle down and choose my positions carefully.
BTC $FB Oct 5th 165 puts for 6.17.
BTC $RH Sep 28th 129 puts for 7.25.
My IB software has been funky on trade history so I don’t have sale prices handy.
Had to make a few rolls today:
Rolled $FB Sep 14th 170 puts to Oct 5th 165 puts, .10 credit.
Closed $FB Sep 14th 182.5 calls for .20
#Earnings #Rolling Rolled $RH Sep 7th 135 puts to Sep 28th 129 puts, .40 credit.
#CoveredCallCampaign Sold $BABA Sep 21st 177.5 covered call for 1.54 (what’s happening to BABA?)
#PieTrades Sold $AMAT Sep 14th 42.5 covered call for .72
#ContangoETFs Sold $DUST Nov 60 call for 1.95
The VIX was docile once again but NASDAQ stocks not looking pretty today. Is this the start of something bigger, or is it already over?
#Earnings My long languishing Jan 2019 100 calls are looking better. Selling calls against them has been a bitch. Truing again:
Sold $PYPL Sept 21st 95 #SyntheticCoveredCalls for 1.10
#Earnings $RH down as much as 6% today before earnings after the bell. This is a huge mover and I have spent much of the last couple years being involved in repair trades after earnings. Including now… I already have a Sep 7th 135/180 strangle. So I’m not adding anything new. If the stock moves LESS than its average quarterly move on earnings, I could STILL have one of my sides breached. Be careful out there!
Over last 12 quarters: Biggest UP move: 38.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -28.8%, Average move: 18.6%. Bias is +5.66%.
#Jobs report is Friday at 8:30am ET
#Earnings Sold some of my $AMBA Aug 31st 40 calls for .25. Nice to get a little profit on this side after taking the win on the put side this morning. Holding the rest in case we go even higher.
#Earnings #CoveredCalls Working my way back to profit on busted earnings call from last quarter.
Yesterday, BTC $OLED Aug 31st 124 covered call for .40. Sold for 1.50 last Friday.
Today, Sold OLED Sep 7th 125 call for 1.75.
