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Option Iceman 6:41 am on Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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UVXY vs. VXX

The idea of the #VXXContango trades was that VXX was a wasting asset that was bound to lose value over time from the contango losses that happened when VIX futures contracts were rolled forward each month.

However, VXX appears to be broken due to Barclay’s having issued many more shares than they were allowed. As such, I’m switching this strategy over to UVXY as it tracks the VIX index more closely and has a more predictible contango loss.

My first trade in this name in a while:
Bought to Open UVXY Dec 16 2022 4.0 Puts at $0.17
Sold to Open UVXY Aug 12 2022 9.5 Puts at $0.20 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 129
Short DTE = 3
#UVXYContango

Option Iceman 1:42 pm on Monday, August 8, 2022  

VXX Diagonal Calls

Bought VXX Sep 02 2022 29.0 Calls at $0.22
Sold to Open VXX Aug 12 2022 23.0 Calls at $0.24 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
If the market makes it’s late week run higher like the last several week’s, the short will expire.

No VXX puts so far this week.

Option Iceman 9:31 am on Monday, August 8, 2022
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VXX Calls

Writing against old long calls
Sold VXX Aug 12 2022 23.0 Calls at $0.16, $0.17 & $0.18
Sold VXX Aug 12 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.11 & $0.12
Sold VXX Aug 12 2022 24 Calls at $0.09 &$0.11
#DoubleDip #OnlySpreads

Option Iceman 9:26 am on Monday, August 8, 2022  

SPY Diagonal Puts

Haven’t traded SPY for a while. Since my positions in TQQQ and TNA are so damn strong I’m trying a bit of an offset
Bought to Open 1 SPY Aug 19 2022 390.0 Put at $0.80
Sold to Open 1 SPY Aug 12 2022 401.0 Put at $0.84 for a $0.04 Credit for the first write.
Bought to Open 1 SPY Aug 17 2022 395.0 Put at $0.93
Sold to Open 1 SPY Aug 10 2022 405.0 Put at $0.99 for a $0.06 Credit for the first write.

Option Iceman 9:13 am on Monday, August 8, 2022  

SPY

Seems like a logical place for SPY to stop for a while. But I’m often wrong 🙂

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Option Iceman 7:32 am on Monday, August 8, 2022
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Stocks

Tiny trades:
Sold my highest and oldest remaining lot of SPY at $417.01 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 05/11 at $393.00
Sold half my HD at $311.86 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 04/06 at $298.00. Holding the rest bought at $268.00.
Sold half my IEX at $213.12 (near a 6-month high). Bought on 02/11 at $190.95. Holding the rest bought at $181.40.
Sold some of my PENN at $37.36 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 04/11 at $35.92
Sold some BEN at $28.04 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 05/02 at 24.53
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash

Option Iceman 6:40 am on Monday, August 8, 2022  

TNA TQQQ TLRY Calls

Sold to close TNA Aug 12 2022 45.0 Calls at $2.60. Bought on 7/13 at $0.32
Sold to close TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls at $1.41. Bought on 7/20 at $0.51 and $0.68
Sold to close TQQQ Aug 12 2022 37.0 Calls at $0.76. Bought on 7/20 at $0.31

Sold to open TLRY Aug 19 2022 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold to open TLRY Aug 19 2022 6.5 Covered Calls at $0.03

Option Iceman 1:08 pm on Friday, August 5, 2022
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OptionsExpiration

Rolled out and up(in some cases) all my TNA and TQQQ Covered and Diagonal short calls for small credits. Rolled all my LABU Calls earlier.

What’s left (not much) expired:
SLV 15/18 Bull Put Spreads

TLRY 5.0 Covered Calls

VXX 33/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 24.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango

Option Iceman 8:44 am on Friday, August 5, 2022  

LABU Rollout and multiple Rollups

This ETF continues it’s remarkable run this week
Bought to close LABU Aug 05 2022 9.0 Covered Calls / Sold to Open LABU Aug 12 2022 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.15 Credit
Bought to close LABU Aug 05 2022 9.5 Covered Calls / Sold to Open LABU Aug 12 2022 10.0 Covered Calls at $0.02 Credit

Bought to close LABU Aug 05 2022 9.5 Diagonal Calls / Sold to Open LABU Aug 12 2022 10.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close LABU Aug 05 2022 10.0 Diagonal Calls / Sold to Open LABU Aug 12 2022 10.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.20 Credit
Bought to close LABU Aug 05 2022 10.5 Diagonal Calls / Sold to Open LABU Aug 12 2022 11.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.30 Credit (while taking a gain on this week’s calls sold yesterday)

Option Iceman 9:34 am on Thursday, August 4, 2022
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VXX

NAV As of Aug-3-2022 $17.759 but trading at 21.63
Bought to open some throwaway long VXX Sep 16 2022 14.0 Puts at $0.01 to use for future #VXXContango writes.

Option Iceman 9:05 am on Thursday, August 4, 2022  

Markets

50 new 12-month highs and 50 new 12-month lows

Option Iceman 6:40 am on Thursday, August 4, 2022
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Tiny Trades:
Sold out of my position in PH at $294.64 (near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 03/08/2022 at $270.00.
Sold out of my position in NEE at $87.52 (near it’s 6-month high). Bought on 05/02/2022 at $69.00.
Sold out (in one account) my position in XYL at $98.26 (near it’s 6-month high). Bought on 05/02/2022 at $80.00.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of TT at $154.20 (near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 02/23/2022 at $149.00.
Sold out (in one account) my position in SBUX at $87.96 (near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 05/10/2022 at $71.97.
Sold half of my APD at $256.45. Bought on 03/04/2022 at $228.00.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash

Option Iceman 6:31 am on Thursday, August 4, 2022  

LABU Calls

Sold LABU Aug 05 2022 10.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.28

Option Iceman 12:58 pm on Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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Getting back to even on my highest cost lot of EBAY. Sold at $50.00. Bought on 05/05/2022 at $49.16.
Still holding lots bought at $45.34 and $41.81 for a bit longer.
Sold another lot of QQQ at $323.35. Bought on 06/16/2022 at $273.34.
Sold my oldest lot of MCHP at $73.36. Bought on 04/27/2022 at $63.52
Sold the last of my BLK at $687.95. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $620.00
#RaisingCash

Added:
NEM at $44.00 Div = 4.91%
SWK at $93.55 Div = 3.4%
#FallingKnife #SP500

Option Iceman 10:51 am on Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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TNA Diagonal Spreads

Bought 1 TNA Sep 02 2022 55.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Aug 05 2022 46.0 Call at $0.02 Net Credit for the first week.
Bought 1 TNA Sep 02 2022 51.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Aug 05 2022 44.5 Call at $0.03 Net Credit for the first week. (slightly in the money on this short)
#OnlySpreads

Option Iceman 7:04 am on Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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TQQQ Diagonal Spread

Bought TQQQ Sep 02 2022 42.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 34.5 Calls at $0.36 Net Credit for the first week.
#OnlySpreads

Option Iceman 6:32 am on Wednesday, August 3, 2022  

LABU Calls

Sold LABU 08/05/2022 9.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.15.
I was early 😦

Option Iceman 7:39 am on Tuesday, August 2, 2022  

LABU Calls

Sold LABU 08/05/2022 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.15
Sold LABU 08/05/2022 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.20
Sold LABU 08/05/2022 9.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.10

Option Iceman 6:49 am on Tuesday, August 2, 2022  

VXX Calls

Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.09

Option Iceman 5:30 am on Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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Late day fills:
Sold another lot of SPY at $413.03 (near a 1-month high). Bought on 05/12/2022 at $389.58
Sold my oldest lot of MMM at $143.72. Bought on 06/10/2022 at $138.00. Still holding lots at $131.12 and $128.00 for the 4% Dividend.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash

Option Iceman 12:57 pm on Monday, August 1, 2022
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EPAM LRCX

Selling my last two lots of EPAM at 364.65 (near it’s 3-month high)
Bought on 02/28/2022 at $203.00 and on 03/07/2022 at $183.00. This company has(had) significant operations in Ukraine. These buys were pure speculation as the war broke out and turned into one of my best gains.
No Dividend. #RaisingCash

Sold my second lot of LRCX at $506.01. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $466.00.
Leaves one more lot at $409.10 that I will hold a bit longer
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 7:56 am on Monday, August 1, 2022  

TNA TQQQ Diagonal Calls

Bought to open TNA Sep 02 2022 55.0 Calls / Sold to open TNA Aug 05 2022 46.0 Calls at $0.03 Credit for the first week
Bought to open 1 TNA Sep 02 2022 52.0 Call / Sold to open TNA Aug 05 2022 44.5 Call at $0.08 Credit for the first week

Also:
Sold to close TQQQ Aug 05 2022 36.0 Calls at $0.57. Bought on 07/13/2022 at $0.13.
Sold to close TNA Aug 05 2022 43.0 Calls at $1.87. Bought on 07/13/2022 at $0.31.

Option Iceman 7:18 am on Monday, August 1, 2022
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Sold a lot of QQQ at $316.38 (near the 1 month high). Bought on 05/12/2022 at $287.48.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of DHI at $79.40 (near the 3 month high). Bought at $75.00 on 03/31/2022.
#FormerFallingKnife

Added a couple:
Bought PARA at $23.20. Div = 4.05%
Bought CINF at 96.36. Div = 2.83%
#SP500 #FallingKnife

Option Iceman 6:47 am on Monday, August 1, 2022
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VXX LABU

Starting off with Calls this morning:
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.11
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.09
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.07

Sold LABU Aug 05 2022 9.5 Covered Calls (partial fill) at $0.15

#vxxcontango

Option Iceman 6:54 pm on Friday, July 29, 2022
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LABU 11/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 9.0 Covered Calls
LABU 3/7 Bull Put Spreads

SLV 17.0 Diagonal Calls
SLV 15/16.5 Bull Put Spreads

VXX 35/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 34/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 33/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 20.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango

Option Iceman 6:45 pm on Friday, July 29, 2022
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Taking more gains near multi-month highs:
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of SPY at $410.01. Bought on 05/09/2022 at $399.00
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of LRCX at $491.00. Bought on 03/08/2022 at $480.00
Sold out my BR position at $161.50. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $136.36
Sold my 2 highest cost lots of CMI at $216.90. Bought on 11/30/2021 at $210.00 and on 02/24/2022 at $200.00
Sold my highest cost lot of GS at $330.01. Bought on 04/07/2022 at $315.00
Sold my highest cost lot of ROK at $250.00. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $248.00
Sold my highest cost lot of TEL at $132.97. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $123.00.
#FormerFallingKnife stocks

Added one:
Bought SWK at $95.58. Div = 3.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife

Option Iceman 6:24 pm on Friday, July 29, 2022  

TNA TQQQ Ladders rolled Out and Up

Some Calls Covered, some the short side of Diagonal Bear Call Spreads

Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 32.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 33.5 Calls at $0.22 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 32.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 33.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 31.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 32.0 Calls at $0.15 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 31.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 31.0 Calls at $0.40 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 30.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 31.5 Calls at $0.07 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 30.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.25 and $0.37 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 29.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 29.0 Calls at $0.25 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 28.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 28.5 Calls at $0.11 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 28.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 28.0 Calls at $0.08 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 27.5 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 27.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 29 2022 27.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Aug 05 2022 27.0 Calls at $0.03 Credit

Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 42.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 44.0 Calls at $0.29 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 42.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 43.5 Calls at $0.03 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 41.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 42.5 Calls at $0.44 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 41.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 42.0 Calls at $0.29 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 40.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 41.5 Calls at $0.21 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 40.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 41.0 Calls at $0.04 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 39.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 40.0 Calls at $0.33 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 39.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 39.5 Calls at $0.20 Credit
Bought to close TNA Jul 29 2022 38.5 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Aug 05 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.05 Credit

Option Iceman 8:59 am on Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Taking some welcome gains after the pullbacks of the last month. All are right at multi-month highs.
Sold AVY at $185.99. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $160.00
Sold ROL at $37.69. Bought on 01/24/2022 at $31.00
Sold TYL at $390.00. Bought on 04/26/2022 at $380.00
Sold BF/B at $73.04. Bought on 09/30/2021 at $67.00 and on 01/24/2022 at $65.00
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 11:52 am on Wednesday, July 27, 2022  

TNA TQQQ VXX

Bought 1 TNA Aug 19 2022 48.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Jul 29 2022 42.0 Call at $0.02 Credit for the first week
Bought 1 TQQQ Aug 19 2022 37.0 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 29 2022 32.0 Call at $0.03 Credit for the first week.
Sold 1 more VXX Aug 19 2022 20.5 Put at $0.21

Option Iceman 8:48 am on Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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VXX Puts

Back on the Put side
Sold VXX 07/29/2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14, $0.15 and $0.16
#VXXContango

Option Iceman 1:24 pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2022  

TNA Diagonal Call

Bought TNA 08/19/2022 47.0 Call / Sold TNA 07/29/2022 41.0 Call at $0.22 Credit for the first week

Option Iceman 1:21 pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2022  

LABU

Sold LABU 07/29/2022 9.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.25
Sold LABU 07/29/2022 7.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.20

Option Iceman 1:20 pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2022  

VXX Puts and Calls

Yesterday sold VXX -7/29/2022 20.0 Puts at $0.26 average.
Today, switching back to Calls.
Sold VXX 07/29/2022 24.5 Calls at $0.11

Option Iceman 9:11 am on Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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ARE Stock

Sold my highest cost lot at $153.52. Bought at $142.66.
Keeping my other lot bought at $130.00.
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 1:10 pm on Friday, July 22, 2022
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OptionsExpiration

Rolled up any in-the-money Calls in LABU, TNA and TQQQ this morning. Was a bit too hasty.
Rolled down my in-the-money SLV puts and did better.
The rest is a pretty short list this week.

== Expired ==
LABU 11/10 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7 Bull Put Spreads

SLV 17.0 Diagonal Puts

TNA 40.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 40.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 39.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 39.0 Diagonal Calls

TQQQ 31.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 30.5 Diagonal Calls

VXX 32/26 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango

Option Iceman 12:24 pm on Friday, July 22, 2022
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VZ Stock

Added to my VZ position at $44.36. Div = 5.37%
#FallingKnife #SP500

Option Iceman 6:52 am on Friday, July 22, 2022
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QQQ Stock

Sold my oldest and highest cost lot at $307.62 (near the 1-month high). Bought on 6/13 at $279.66.
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 6:59 am on Thursday, July 21, 2022
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SLV Puts

Sold SLV 07.22.2022 17.0 Puts at $0.11
Replacing similar puts that expired last Friday.
#DoubleDip

Option Iceman 6:58 am on Thursday, July 21, 2022
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NDAQ Stock

Sold out of my tiny position in NDAQ at $170.18, near a 3-month high.
Bought on 05/02/2022 at $155.00
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 3:04 am on Thursday, July 21, 2022
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NEM Stock

Bought a tiny bit of NEM at $52.42, at a new low. Div = 4.03%
#SP500 #FallingKnife

Option Iceman 2:02 pm on Wednesday, July 20, 2022  

KOLD Diagonal Put

Bought to open 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 9.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 KOLD Aug 19 2022 14.0 Put at $0.20 Credit
Long DTE = 121
Short DTE = 30

Option Iceman 1:57 pm on Wednesday, July 20, 2022  

TNA TQQQ Diagonal Calls

Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 40.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit for the first week
Bought TQQQ Aug 12 2022 37.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 30.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit for the first week

Option Iceman 12:04 pm on Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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VXX Diagonal Puts

Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.11 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 184
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango

Option Iceman 7:10 am on Wednesday, July 20, 2022  

LABU Diagonal Calls

Bought LABU Aug 19 2022 15.0 Calls / Sold LABU Jul 22 2022 10.0 Calls at $0.15 Credit for the first week.

Option Iceman 7:00 am on Wednesday, July 20, 2022  

TNA Diagonal Calls

Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 40.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit

Option Iceman 2:16 pm on Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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BKNG VRSN Stocks

Sold out of my BKNG at $1,838.42. Bought on 6/30 at $1,752.63.
My 4th successful round trip of this one.
Sold out of my VRSN at $182.30 (Near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 5/02 at $178.15

Neither pay a dividend
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 11:53 am on Tuesday, July 19, 2022  

TQQQ TNA LABU

Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 30.0 Call at $0.36

Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.41 and $0.61
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.5 Calls at $0.51

Sold LABU Jul 22 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.15

Option Iceman 6:52 am on Monday, July 18, 2022  

TQQQ TNA VXX Ladders

Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.24, $0.26 and $0.32
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 29.5 Calls at $0.33 and $0.34
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 29.0 Calls at $0.45 and $0.50
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 28.5 Covered Calls at $0.63
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 28.0 Covered Calls at $0.82

Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.18 and $0.32
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 38.5 Calls at $0.28
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 38.0 Calls at $0.28 and $0.30
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 37.5 Covered Call at $0.42
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 37.0 Covered Call at $0.62

Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.16
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.36

Option Iceman 6:49 am on Monday, July 18, 2022
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FRC BA PARA DLR Stocks

Selling off my oldest and highest cost lot of FRC at $158.17 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought in April at $155.00.
Keeping lots at $146.73 and $135.00

Sold another lot of BA at $153.61 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 05/12 at $127.00
#RaisingCash #FormerFallingKnife

Added some PARA at $23.69 (Div = 3.84%)
Added some DLR at $$119.78 (Div = 4.03%)
#FallingKnife

Option Iceman 1:05 pm on Friday, July 15, 2022
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VXX Puts

Right at the close
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.33 and $0.34
#VXXContango

Option Iceman 12:58 pm on Friday, July 15, 2022
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== Expired ==
KOLD 30.0 Covered Call

LABU 9.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7.5 Bull Put Spreads
LABU 7.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 6.5 Diagonal Puts

SLV 7.0 Diagonal Puts

SOXL 11.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts

TNA 35.5 Covered Calls
TNA 35.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 57/38 Bear Call Spread
TNA 45/37 Bear Call Spread
TNA 44/35.5 Bear Call Spread

TQQQ 27/27.5/28 Covered Calls
TQQQ 37/30 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 36/28.5 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 35/28 Bear Calls Spreads

VXX 40/25 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 32/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 31/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls

VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango

== Assignments ==
None

Option Iceman 12:06 pm on Friday, July 15, 2022
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VXX Puts closed

The VIX index is down 8.4% today
Bought to close VXX Jul 15 2022 21.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.01.
Sold last week at $0.34 and $0.37.
#VXXContango

Option Iceman 11:37 am on Friday, July 15, 2022  

TQQQ Covered Call Ladder Rolled up

Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.0 Covered Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 22 2022 25.5 Call at $0.24 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.5 Covered Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 22 2022 26.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Covered Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 22 2022 27.0 Call at $0.36 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Covered Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 22 2022 27.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Still keeping a bit of downside protection

Option Iceman 7:43 am on Friday, July 15, 2022
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New VXX Diagonal Puts

Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 10.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.25 for a $0.04 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 189
Short DTE = 7

Bought to open VXX Mar 17 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.26 for a $0.05 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 245
Short DTE = 7

#VXXContango

Option Iceman 7:33 am on Friday, July 15, 2022  

LABU Calls rolled up

Rolled my LABU 8.0 Covered and Diagonal Calls up to next week’s 8.5 Calls at $0.05 and $0.15 Credits
Rolled my LABU Jul 15 2022 8.5 Calls to LABU Jul 22 2022 9.0 Calls at $0.24 Credit

Hoping my LABU 9.0 Calls expire

Option Iceman 6:42 am on Friday, July 15, 2022  

SLV Puts rolled

Rolled my SLV 17.5 puts to next week for $0.12 Credit.
Waiting to see if my SLV short 17.0 puts expire this afternoon

Option Iceman 8:05 am on Thursday, July 14, 2022  

SLV craters

Adding diagonals way too soon:
Bought SLV Aug 19 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.15
Bought SLV Aug 26 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.18
Sold SLV Jul 15 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.26 against both these buys
I may have to roll the short puts tomorrow

Option Iceman 8:03 am on Thursday, July 14, 2022  

VXX Calls

Starting in on next week’s calls
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 26.0 Calls at $0.20

Option Iceman 7:55 am on Thursday, July 14, 2022
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KOLD Call

Bought to close 1 KOLD 07/15/2022 36.0 Covered Call at $0.05
Sold at $2.60

Sold a one day scalp: 1 KOLD July 15 2022 30.0 Covered Call at $0.20
#DoubleDip

Option Iceman 6:52 am on Thursday, July 14, 2022  

Stocks

A day for adding:
C at $44.11 Div = 4.48%
DOW at $48.66 Div = 5.63%
BXP at $84.86 Div = 4.52%
JPM at $106.13 Div = 3.57%
FITB at $32.24 Div = 3.63%
KEY at $16.50 Div = 4.59%

Option Iceman 10:19 am on Wednesday, July 13, 2022  

KOLD Diagonal Put

Bought to open 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 6.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 KOLD Aug 19 2022 14.0 Put at $0.44 Credit
Long DTE = 128
Short DTE = 37
KOLD low of the year = 16.56, Current price = 24.67

Option Iceman 10:05 am on Wednesday, July 13, 2022  

TNA Calls

Sold TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Covered Calls at $0.48
Added some spreads:
Bought TNA Aug 05 2022 43.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Calls at $0.03 Credit
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 45.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Calls at $0.04 Credit

Option Iceman 6:40 am on Wednesday, July 13, 2022  

VXX SOXL LABU at the open

Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Call at $0.38
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.23 and $0.28
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.21
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 25.0 Calls at $0.16

Sold SOXL Jul 15 2022 11.0 Puts at $0.18, replacing similar Puts that expired Friday

Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 9.0 Calls at $0.62 and $0.70, balancing out the short puts I sold yesterday

Option Iceman 4:24 pm on Tuesday, July 12, 2022  

VXX and LABU

Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Call at $0.35
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Call at $0.27

Sold 1 LABU Jul 15 2022 7.5 Put at $0.25
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.15
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 6.5 Puts at $0.10

Option Iceman 1:07 pm on Monday, July 11, 2022  

LABU Puts

I’m overloaded on the call side so balancing out the short positions a bit
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 7.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold 1 LABU Jul 15 2022 7.0 Put at $0.10

Option Iceman 7:22 am on Monday, July 11, 2022  

VXX Calls

Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.27 and $0.34
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.27
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.19
Replacing similar Calls that expired Friday and paired with this week’s 21.0 and 21.5 short puts

Option Iceman 6:53 am on Monday, July 11, 2022  

SOXL Puts

Last week’s diagonal worked out so trying a new one
Bought SOXL Aug 19 2022 7.0 Puts / Sold to Open SOXL Jul 15 2022 11.5 Puts at $0.02 Credit for the first week.
I still need to sell new puts against last week’s leftover long Puts

Option Iceman 6:50 am on Monday, July 11, 2022
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SLV Puts

Selling this week’s puts while extending my long put expiration
Bought to Open SLV Sep 16 2022 15.0 Puts / Sold to Open SLV Jul 15 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.03 and 0.04 Credits

Also sold SLV Jul 15 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.20 and $0.21 against the long puts from last week’s Diagonal spreads to replace the Jul 08 2022 17.5 puts the expired Friday
#DoubleDip

Option Iceman 1:14 pm on Friday, July 8, 2022
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OptionsExpiration

I also had a pretty good day

Expired:
SLV 17.5 Diagonal Puts

SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts

TNA 36.5/38.5 Covered Calls
TNA 36.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 37.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 37.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 38.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 38.5 Diagonal Call

TQQQ 45/28 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 29.0 Diagonal Calls

VXX 39/25.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 38/25 Bear Call Spread
VXX 37/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 36/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 35/23.5 Bear Call Spreads

VXX 21.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango

Option Iceman 11:10 am on Friday, July 8, 2022
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VXX Puts

Covered some of my overly large VXX Jul 08 2022 Put position at $ 0.07. Sold these at $0.185 average

Rolled some more VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts down to VXX Jul 15 21.5 Puts at $ 0.20 Credit while lowering the strike price a half point.

The rolled some more VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts down to VXX Jul 15 21.0 Puts at $ 0.02 Credit while lowering the strike price a full point.
#VXXContango

Option Iceman 8:52 am on Friday, July 8, 2022
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MSCI Stock

Sold my tiny position in MSCI at $438.66, near it’s 1-month high
Bought on 05/09 at $379.85 and got $1.04/sh divvy while I waited
#FormerFallingKnife

Option Iceman 6:45 am on Friday, July 8, 2022  

TNA Call Rolled

Bought to close 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 35.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Jul 15 2022 37.0 Call at $0.31 Credit

Option Iceman 6:39 am on Friday, July 8, 2022  

TQQQ Call Ladder rolled up a bit

Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 24.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.0 Call at $0.05 Credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.5 Calls at $0.11 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Call at $0.35 Credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jul 08 2022 26.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 15 2022 27.0 Calls at $.022 Credit
Still keeping some downside protection

Option Iceman 1:03 pm on Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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VXX Diagonal Puts – right at the bell

Bought to open VXX Sep 15 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.19
Sold to Open VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts at $0.22 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 72
Short DTE = 2

Bought to Open VXX Dec 16 2022 10.0 Puts at $0.20
Sold to Open VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts at $0.22 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 163
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango

Option Iceman 6:47 am on Wednesday, July 6, 2022  

TNA Calls

Sold TNA Jul 08 2022 38.0 Calls at $0.22 and $0.25
Sold 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 38.5 Call at $0.17
All my long TNA calls are now written against