Bought to close AMC Jun 18 2021 48.0 Calls / Sold AMC Jun 25 2021 53.0 Calls at $0.05 Credit
Author Archives: Option Iceman
SLV
#SmallChange
I was about to liquidate my long SLV Aug 21.0 Puts at a gain when I decided to write against it for the third time instead.
Sold SLV Jun 18 2021 23.5 Puts at $0.06
Expires tomorrow
GME
Closing down one of my two Bear Call spreads 2 days early.
My guess is that the long call will drop away faster than the short in the next two days.
Bought to close GME 06/18/2021 260.0 Call / Sold 1 GME 06/25/2021 310.0 Call @ $4.10 Credit
I got a credit on the original spread and ADDED to the credit as I rolled the short up and out for a few weeks.
A #WinWin trade and I remove a $5k spread requirement several days early
VXX
Sold VXX Jun 18 2021 35.5 Covered Calls at $0.51
Sold VXX Jun 18 2021 36.0 Covered Call at $0.45
Sold VXX Jun 18 2021 37.0 Covered Call at $0.33.
VXX bounced to 32.90 before pulling back sharply
VXX
Sold VXX Jun 25 2021 37.5 Covered Calls at $0.77
AMC
Sold some puts to balance out some of my Bear Call spreads that are currently in the money for this week.
Sold 06/18/2021 29.0 Puts @ 0.15
Sold 06/18/2021 28.0 Puts @ 0.12
Sold 06/18/2021 27.0 Puts @ 0.11
#BeerMoney
VRTX
#FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit more at 190
VXX
Sold VXX Jun 18 2021 35.5 Covered Calls at $0.36 with the stock @ 31.80.
At the same time I sold some long puts that may end up out of the money on Friday.
Sold to close VXX1 Jun 18 2021 8.0 Puts at $0.35.
(this is the same as selling 1 VXX 32.0 Put @ 1.40)
LABU
Sold 1 LABU Jun 18 2021 64.0 Put at $0.65
#OnlySpreads
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Jun 18 2021 35.0 Covered Calls at $0.39 with the stock @ 31.50
CLX
Added a tiny bit of CLX stock at 174.46 – a new 52week low
SLB
Sold SLB Jun 18 2021 36.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.27 replacing last week’s 35.0 Calls that I covered for a penny on Friday.
TQQQ
Sold 1 TQQQ Jun 18 2021 112 Call at $1.15 against some long calls left over from earlier diagonal spreads.
#DoubleDip
GME
Couldn’t decide whether to dump the long left over from the 260/400 diagonal call spread that I had when the short 260 expired Friday or to write against the 07/02 400.0 long call, but I finally decided on a #DoubleDip re-write.
Sold 1 GME Jun 18 2021 280 Call at $12.00
VRTX makes the watch list
#FallingKnife on my radar now that it has blown below it prior low.
Along with CLX, I’m also watching COG, COIN, and KMB for attractive entry points at or below the old lows.
OptionsExpiration
GME 06/11/2021 260.0 Diagonal Call
SLV 06/11/2021 24.5 Diagonal Put
SQQQ 06/11/2021 12.0 Covered Call
TLRY 06/11/2021 20.0 Covered Calls
TLRY 06/11/2021 24.0 Diagonal Calls
UVXY1 06/11/2021 4.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/11/2021 36.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/11/2021 36.5 Covered Calls
VXX 06/11/2021 46.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/11/2021 46.0/57.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 06/11/2021 48.0/75.0 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY
Rolled some Puts and some Calls
Rolled TLRY 06/11.2021 24.0 Puts down to the TLRY 06/18/2021 23.50 Puts @ 0.05 Credit
Rolled TLRY 06/11/2021 17.50 Calls to TLRY 06/18/2021 17.50 Calls @ 0.15 Credit
Rolled TLRY 06/11/2021 18.50 Calls to TLRY 06/18/2021 19.0 Calls @ 0.24 Credit
VXX Put roll
Rolled my last put for the week down a strike.
Bought to close 1 VXX 06/11/2021 32.0 Put / Sold 1 VXX 06/18/2021 31.5 Put @ 0.50 Credit
WFC Calls
Rolled out 1 WFC 06/11/2001 44.0 Call to the WFC 06/18/2021 44.0 Call @ 0.10 Credit
Rolled up WFC 06/11/2001 45.0 Calls to the WFC 06/18/2021 45.5 Call @ 0.02 Credit
Rolled up WFC 06/11/2001 45.5 Calls to the WFC 06/18/2021 46.0 Calls @ 0.02 Credit
WFC ended the week at 45.68 so at least some of these are now out of the money
VXX Put rolldowns
Rolled 1 VXX Jun 11 2021 33 Put to next week’s VXX Jun 18 2021 32 Put at $0.03 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX Jun 11 2021 34.5 Put to next week’s VXX Jun 18 2021 34 Put at $0.17 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX Jun 11 2021 35 Put to next week’s VXX Jun 18 2021 34.5 Put at $0.09 Credit
Still have a 32.0 put left to cover or roll Friday
VXX Covered Calls
Rolled VXX Jun 11 2021 37 Calls to VXX Jun 18 2021 37.5 Calls at 0.33 Credit
VXX Long Puts
Sold a small part of my long
VXX1 06/18/2021 8.0 Puts @ $.030 and 0.35.
Bought them on 01/15/20.21 at $0.09 as the long part of a diagonal spread.
I will probably hang on to the rest and will likely exercise them next week to dump some on my long stock since they are in the money
GME Rollup
Bought to close 1 GME 06/11/2021 235.0 Call / Sold 1 GME 06/18/2021 260.0 Call at $5.05 Credit.
Pushed the short strike out of the money for next week with a nice cash flow.
I still have one more 260 call expiring tomorrow. It’s written against a Jul 02 long positions so I’m going to let it play out.
GME – closing a diagonal
Bought to close 1 GME 06/11/2021 260.0 Call / Sold to close 1 GME 06/18/2021 310.0 Call @ 0.05 Credit
I’ll have to do some research to calculate the final gain because I rolled the short twice for a credit, and got a credit on the original spread.
So a #WinWin trade with a credit in and a credit on the way out.
VXX
Bought to close VXX Jun 11 2021 46 Calls at $0.01
VXX Long Puts
Sold a small part of my long
VXX1 06/18/2021 9.0 Puts @ $1.07. Bought them on 01/20 at $0.25 as the long part of a diagonal spread.
I will probably hang on to the rest and will likely exercise them next week to dump some on my long stock since they are in the money
VXX – more covered calls
Sold to Open:
VXX Jun 18 2021 37.5 Call at $0.81
VXX Jun 18 2021 37.0 Call at $0.86
VXX Jun 18 2021 36.5 Call at $0.94
#OptionLadder
LABU
Closing my last short position in this name
Bought to Close 1 LABU Jun 11 2021 55.0 Put at $0.05. It won’t trade any lower.
Sold this at $3.25.
I’m left with some long September Puts at 35 and 40 that are free lottery tickets because I recovered the cost with my initial writes against them at the time of purchase.
VXX Covered Calls
Only a couple of days until expiration so scalping some short term premium.
Sold to Open:
VXX Jun 11 2021 37.0 Call at $0.21
VXX Jun 11 2021 36.5 Call at $0.24
VXX Jun 11 2021 36.0 Call at $0.29
#OptionLadder
WFC early rollup
Used this morning’s weakness to adjust a short call.
Bought to close WFC Jun 11 2021 45.5 Calls at $0.74. Sold these last week on a rollout at $1.42
Sold to Open WFC Jun 18 2021 46.0 Calls at $0.77 for a Net Credit of $0.03
VXX
Sold 1 VXX Aug 20 2021 46.0 Covered Call at $3.15.
LABU long Call
Sold to close my LABU Jun 25 2021 85.0 Call at $1.40. Bought it at 0.72 on 05/27..
This was a long side hedge against past short calls that have all expired, including last Friday’s 66.0 Call.
OptionsExpiration
Expired:
AMC 06/04/2021 15.0 Puts
LABU 06/04/2021 66.0 Diagonal Call
LABU 06/04/2021 55.0 Diagonal Put
SQQQ 06/04/2021 17.0/12.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 06/04/2021 33.0 Diagonal Put – #VXXContango
VXX 06/04/2021 46.0 Covered Call
VXX 06/04/2021 46.0/50.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX1 06/04/2021 13.50 Diagonal Calls
Assignments:
VXX1 06/04/2021 13.0 Puts (25sh each) – adj cost 34.00 after put premium
VXX1 06/04/2021 12.0 Puts (25sh each) – adj cost 33.64 after put premium
VXX1 06/04/2021 10.5 Puts (25sh each) – adj cost 33.80 after put premium
VXX1 06/04/2021 10.0 Puts (25sh each) – adj cost 33.52 after put premium
Everything else was rolled to next week.
VXX Puts rolled down
Rolled 1 VXX 06/04/2021 35.0 Put to next week’s 35.5 Put @ 0.26 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 06/04/2021 35.0 Put to next week’s 34.5 Put @ 0.34 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 06/04/2021 34.0 Put to next week’s 33.0 Put @ 0.25 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 06/04/2021 33.50 Put to next week’s 32.0 Put @ 0.16 Credit.
#VXXContango shorts against July and September longs
TSLA
From Carter Worth
VXX
Closing more long #VXXContango long side puts.
Sold VXX1 06/18/2021 8.0 Puts @ 0.27. Bought last November @ 0.22 and 0.23.
Wrote against them many, many times.
These were my highest cost lots. If VXX drops below 32, my remaining long puts go in the money.
VXX
Exiting some put spreads. The shorts can’t be rolled to next week as the pre-split strikes aren’t available so I closed the long puts hedging them too.
Bought to close VXX1 Jun 04 2021 9.0 Puts at $0.52. Sold these last week at $0.61.
Bought to close VXX1 Jun 04 2021 8.5 Puts at $0.14. Sold these last week at $0.19.
Sold to close VXX1 Jun 18 2021 9.0 Puts at $0.89 and $0.90. Bought these in November, December and January at $0.40, 0.31 and 0.25
GME early rollup
Rolled my short GME Jun 04 2021 230.0 Calls to GME Jun 11 2021 260.0 Calls at $5.75 Credit.
This pushed the short strike to an at-the-money position.
SLV Puts
Rolled short SLV Jun 04 2021 25.0 Puts to SLV Jun 11 2021 24.5 Puts at $0.07 Credit.
SLV dipped to 25.07 this morning.
AMC Adjustments
Sold AMC Jun 04 2021 15.0 Puts at $0.10.
Rolled 1 AMC Jun 04 2021 22.0 Call to 1 AMC Jun 11 2021 23.0 Call at $0.25 Credit.
The stock dipped below 39 as this trade executed
VXX Adjustments
Bought to open 1 VXX Jul 16 2021 25.0 Put at $0.11. I will use this as a long hedge for writing weekly #VXXContango Put sales for the next 6 weeks
Sold 1 VXX Jun 18 2021 50.0 Call at $0.77. Sold against an existing long call from an earlier spread.
Sold 1 VXX Jun 25 2021 50.0 Call at $1.15. Sold against an existing long call from an earlier spread.
Sold VXX1 Jun 18 2021 11.0 Call at $0.28
Sold VXX1 Jun 18 2021 12.0 Call at $0.21.
Trying to sell more of these.
TSLA
Tesla Global EV Market Share Collapses To 11% In April, From 29% In March: Credit-Suisse
GME
Extending the time duration of my long position after I rolled up my short earlier.
Sell to Close 1 GME Jun 11 2021 310 Call at $40.92. Purchased @ $6.88 on 5/25.
Bought to Open 1 GME Jul 02 2021 400 Call for a Net Credit of $0.40
AMC Crazy
Bought to Open 1 AMC Jul 16 2021 60 Call / Sold to Open 1 AMC Jun 11 2021 40 Call at $1.10 credit.
The short Filled at $26.45 with the stock at 43.
I’ve got over a week before I have to worry about rolling the short.
GME early roll
Last week I rolled up a short GME call to a GME Jun 04 2021 215 Call @ 53.85.
Today I rolled again. Bought back the GME Jun 04 2021 215 Call @ 44.71 and rolled it up 20 points to next week’s GME Jun 11 2021 235 Call for a Net Credit of $1.99
VXX
Adding short calls against existing long calls
Sold VXX Jul 02 2021 50.0 Call at $1.44
Sold VXX Jul 09 2021 50.0 Call at $1.75
AMC
Sold 1 AMC Jun 04 2021 32 Call at $4.70
VXX Covered Calls
Sold to Open all the following covered calls to replace some that expired Friday:
VXX Jul 09 2021 46 Call at $1.99
VXX Jul 02 2021 46 Call at $1.69
VXX Jun 25 2021 46 Call at $1.32
VXX Jun 18 2021 46 Call at $0.93
VXX Jun 11 2021 46 Call at $0.42
LABU
Sold to open 1 LABU Jun 04 2021 55.0 Put at $0.85.
That leaves me with a 55.0/66.0 short strangle as my only LABU position for this week.
TLRY adjustment
Closed out an old TLRY long hedge when I liquidated my 06/18/2021 28.0 Calls @ $0.52.
Also sold some TLRY 06/11/2021 24.0 Diagonal Calls @ $0.52 against some long July calls also in the account.
AMC
Another spike opening higher but not a powerful as the one Friday.
Bought to open AMC 07/16/2021 38.0 Calls / Sold to open AMC 06/18/2021 27.0 Calls @ 0.30 Credit.
Plenty of rolling or re-write potential.
OptionsExpiration
Expired:
SQQQ 05/28/2021 14.00 Covered Call
TLRY 05/28/2021 18.00 Diagonal Calls
VXX1 05/28/2021 12.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX1 05/28/2021 12.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX1 05/28/2021 13.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX1 05/28/2021 13.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 05/28/2021 36.20 Covered Calls
VXX 05/28/2021 42.00 Diagonal Call
VXX 05/28/2021 42.50 Diagonal Call
VXX 05/28/2021 43.00 Diagonal Calls
VXX 05/28/2021 46.00 Covered Calls
VXX 05/28/2021 50.00 Covered Calls
VXX 05/28/2021 52.00 Diagonal Call
VXX 05/28/2021 33.50 Diagonal Put
Assignments:
UVXY1 05/28/2021 6.50 Put (10 shares at 44.50 net cost)
UVXY1 05/28/2021 6.0 Puts (40 shares at 44.00 net cost).
VXX Puts rolled down
Rolled 1 VXX 05/28/2021 36.0 Put to next week’s 35.50 Put @ 0.19 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 05/28/2021 35.50 Put to next week’s 35.0 Put @ 0.29 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 05/28/2021 35.0 Put to next week’s 34.0 Put @ 0.03 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 05/28/2021 34.50 Put to next week’s 33.50 Put @ 0.18 Credit
AMC Calls rolled Up
I really bit the big one on these spreads but at least I can roll the shorts one more week.
Rolled 1 AMC 05/28/2021 14.50 Call to 06/11/2021 15.00 Call @ 0.28 Credit
Rolled 1 AMC 05/28/2021 15.00 Call to 06/04/2021 15.00 Call @ 0.40 Credit
Rolled 1 AMC 05/28/2021 15.50 Call to 06/04/2021 16.00 Call @ 0.05 Credit
Rolled 1 AMC 05/28/2021 17.00 Call to 06/04/2021 18.00 Call @ 0.05 Credit.
After A HUGE run up early, the stock actually closed slightly down on the day, so there is hope that there are a lot of trapped buyers above tonight’s close.
LABU Put
Bought to close 1 LABU 05/28/2021 62.0 Put @ 0.05. It won’t trade any lower.
Sold for $2.62 last Friday on a rolldown.
TQQQ
Bought to close 1 TQQQ 05/28/2021 105.0 Call @ 0.01. Sold this week @ 1.03.
Bought to close 1 TQQQ 05/28/2021 95.0 Put @ 0.01. Sold this week @ 0.59
VXX1 Puts
Rolled VXX1 May 28 2021 9.0 Puts to VXX1 Jun 04 2021 9 Puts @ $0.12 Credit
LABU Call
Rolled 1 LABU 05/28/2021 64.0 Call to next week’s LABU 66.0 Call @ $0.21 Credit
TYRY Puts
Bought to close TLRY 05/28/21 15.50 Puts @ 0.01.
Sold for $0.86 last Friday on a rolldown
LABU Put
Bought to close 1 LABU 05/28/2021 59.0 Put @ 0.05. It won’t trade any lower.
Sold for $1.63 last Friday on a rolldown
GME Call Rollups
Rolled 1 GME May 28 2021 210 Call to next week’s GME Jun 04 2021 215 Call @ $0.40 Credit.
Rolled 1 GME May 28 2021 220 Call to next week’s GME Jun 04 2021 230 Call @ $0.05 Credit
AMC – just wow
Bought to Open 1 Contract AMC Jul 02 2021 30.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 AMC Jun 04 2021 22.0 Call at $0.20 Credit.
A one month difference between the life of the short and the life of the long gives me ample time to make adjustments in the spread..
By a week from Friday, this run(up almost 40% today) could be history.
VXX
Selling off some long Puts:
Sold to Close VXX1 Jun 18 2021 8.0 Puts Limit at $0.25. I’ve been in this lot almost a year and I’m selling 20% above my average cost.
This is only a tiny percentage of this long position as I was buying them as the long side on #VXXContango trades for many months.
Sold VXX1 Jun 18 2021 9.0 Puts Limit at $0.79, $0.84 & $0.90, with gains on all these trades.
Also only a portion of a bigger long.
LABU
Sold to Open 1 LABU May 28 2021 64.0 Call at $0.83.
Selling above the highest short put in this week’s ladder
LABU
Bought to Open 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 35.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 LABU Jun 11 2021 55.0 Put at $0.75 Credit.
#OnlySpreads
Markets, GME, AMC
As the general market fades, meme stocks push higher.
Fading the move with diagonal Bear Call spreads
Bought to Open 1 GME Jun 11 2021 310.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 GME May 28 2021 210.0 Call at $0.95 Credit.
Bought to Open AMC Jul 16 2021 25.0 Calls /Sold to Open AMC Jun 11 2021 16.0 Calls Net Credit at $0.17 Credit.
SQQQ
Sold 1 SQQQ Jun 18 2021 17.00 Covered Call @ 0.26
SLV
Sold to Open SLV May 28 2021 25.5 Puts at $0.27.
Looking to add long stock at a better price than today’s low
CLX
Putting this dividend paying SP500 stock on my watch list.
#FallingKnife with a new 52week low today
TLRY
Sold TLRY May 28 2021 16.5 Covered Calls at $0.27 replacing strike 16.0 calls that expired Friday
TQQQ diagonal call spread
Bought to open 1 TQQQ Jul 16 2021 130.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ May 28 2021 105.0 Call @ 0.08 Credit.
Hoping the 1o5 call sold for $1.03 expires Friday
AMC
Sold AMC May 28 2021 14.5 Calls at $0.80.
AMC Entertainment’s (AMC) largest shareholder Wanda Group has sold most of its shares in the movie theater company, cutting its stake to 0.002% on a diluted basis following AMC’s recent capital raise.
According to a US Securities and Exchange filing Friday, Wanda Group, which formerly held a stake of more than 30% in the company, sold the shares in the open market in the period May 13 through 18 at around $14 per share. Following the sale, the Chinese conglomerate now owns 10,000 shares in AMC
OptionsExpiration
A main monthly expiration as a bunch of long hedges roll off along with the latest shorts.
Expired:
LABU 05/21/2021 70/100 Bear Call Spread
LABU 05/21/2021 67/76 Bear Call Spread
LABU 05/21/2021 60/45 Bull Put Spreads
SQQQ 05/21/2021 13.0 Covered Call
SQQQ 05/21/2021 13.5 Diagonal Calls
TLRY 05/21/2021 16/32 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 05/21/2021 80.0 Diagonal Put
TQQQ 05/21/2021 85/55 Bull Put Spread
VXX1 05/21/2021 11.0/30 Bear Call Spreads
VXX1 05/21/2021 11.5/31 Bear Call Spreads
VXX1 05/21/2021 12.0/32 Bear Call Spreads
VXX1 05/21/2021 12.5/33 Bear Call Spreads
VXX1 05/21/2021 13.0/33 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 05/21/2021 42.0 Covered Calls
VXX 05/21/2021 43.0 Covered Call
VXX 05/21/2021 44.0 Covered Calls
VXX 05/21/2021 46.0 Covered Calls
UVXY
Last trade before the split
Bought to Close UVXY May 21 2021 4.5 Puts at $0.16. Breakeven with last week’s sale on a rolldown.
Sold to open UVXY May 28 2021 4.5 Puts at $0.42.
Hedged with long September Puts.
TLRY Puts Rolled down
Rolled TLRY May 21 2021 16.0 Puts to TLRY May 28 2021 15.5 Puts @ 0.04 Credit
