A couple of mid week early assignments on spread positions had me scrambling to raise some cash.
Had to close some positions early
Here’s what I had left
EXPIRED:
AAL 9 Put
ALB 73 Put
BOIL 6.5 Put
EQT 28 Put
HAL 29.5 Put
HAL 29 Put
INTC 18 Put
MOS 23.5 Put
OXY 52 Put
PARA 10 Put
SOXL 19 Put
WYNN 65 Put

ALB 70/73 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 11 Covered Call
BOIL 11.5 Covered Call
CLF 17.5 Covered Calls
COP 99/105 Bull Put Spread
INTC 19 Diagonal Put

SOXL 25/30/35/40 Iron Condor
SOXL 54 Covered Call

SPY 515/5190 Bull Put Spread
SPY 515/521 Bull Put Spread
SPY 525 Diagonal Put
SPY 541/537 Bear Call Spread
SPY 541/535 Bear Call Spread

UPS 120/123 Bull Put Spread
UPS 121/124 Bull Put Spread
UPS 121/125 Bull Put Spread
VFC 19/17.5 Bear Call Spread

VXX 47.5/51 Bull Put Spread
VXX 72 Diagonal Call
VXX 75 Diagonal Call
VXX 80 Diagonal Call

ASSIGNMENTS:
VFC 15.0 Covered Call
INTC 28 and 29 Puts (on Thurs and sold the stock for a loss)
SOXL 49 and 50 Puts (on Thurs – Writing covered Calls)

Sold 1 VXX 08/16/2024 82/72 Bear Call Spread at $0.53 Credit
The spike high after the temper tantrum on Monday of VXX was $71.80 on 08/07

Rolled 1 VXX 08/19/2024 90/56 Bear Call Spread out to 1 VXX 08/16/2024 89/57 Bear Call Spread at $0.21 Credit
My VXX short 72 and 80 Calls should expire

Sold 1 SPY 08/09/2024 519.0 Put at $0.31
Bought 1 SPY 08/12/2024 500.0 Put / Sold 1 SPY 08/09/2024 521.0 Put for a $0.31 Diagonal Credit

Bought 1 SPY 08/12/2024 545.0 Call / Sold 1 SPY 08/09/2024 537.0 Call for a $0.24 Diagonal Credit

1 SPY 08/28/2024 500/519 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 08/08/2024 516/519 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 08/08/2024 518/520 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 08/08/2024 520.0 Diagonal Put
1 SPY 08/08/2024 532.0 Diagonal Call
1 SPY 08/08/2024 533.0 Diagonal Call

Bought 1 SPY 08/09/2024 541.00 Call / Sold 1 SPY 08/08/2024 532.00 Call for a $0.40 Diagonal Credit
Bought 1 SPY 08/09/2024 541.00 Call / Sold 1 SPY 08/08/2024 533.00 Call for a $0.20 Diagonal Credit

Sold SOXL 40/35 Bear Call Spreads at $0.21 and $0.26 Credit
Bought 1 VFC 08/23/2024 22.5 Call / Sold 1 VFC 08/09/2024 19.0 Call for a $0.14 Diagonal Credit

Sold VXX 08/09/2024 47.5/51 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit

1 SPY 08/06/2024 520 Put
1 SPY 08/06/2024 519 Put
1 SPY 08/06/2024 485/495 Bull Put Spread

1 SPY 08/05/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread – Sold this morning at $0.50

Down all morning

keeping me out of trouble 🙂

Sold 1 SPY 08/05/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread at $0.50 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 08/09/2024 40/45 Bull Put Spread at $1.24 Credit

Sold 1 UPS 08/09/2024 125 Put at $1.37
Sold 1 UPS 08/09/2024 124 Put at $1.24
Sold 1 UPS 08/09/2024 123 Put at $1.10
Sold 1 CVS 08/09/2024 70 Covered Call at $0.19
Sold 1 CVS 08/09/2024 71 Covered Call at $0.13
Sold 1 TQQQ 08/09/2024 71 Covered Call at $0.12
Sold 1 SOXL 08/23/2024 60/56 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit

Bought 1 SOXL 08/16/2024 16 Put / Sold 1 SOXL 08/09/2024 24 Put for a Diagonal Credit of $0.68
Bought 1 VFC 08/16/2024 21 Call / Sold 1 VFC 08/09/2024 17.5 Call for a Diagonal Credit of $0.16

Sold 1 SOXL Aug 09 2024 54 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold 1 PARA Aug 09 2024 10 Put at $0.06
Sold 1 HAL Aug 09 2024 29 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 LVS Aug 09 2024 33 Put at $0.11
Sold 1 EQT Aug 09 2024 28 Put at $0.12
Sold 1 MOS Aug 09 2024 23.5 Put at $0.26
Sold 1 AAL Aug 09 2024 9 Put at $0.27
Sold 1 ALB Aug 09 2024 73 Put at $0.44
Sold 1 OXY Aug 09 2024 52 Put at $0.78
Sold 1 WYNN Aug 09 2024 65 Put at $1.20

Bought tiny bits of INTC at $20.21 and $20.00
Sold a tiny bit of TSN at $62.62

Sold half my remaining VXX stock at $86.15 in the pre-market

After several panic rollouts (VXX Calls plus INTC, SOXL, SPY Puts) here is what I had left:
Expirations:
CLF 17.5 Covered Calls
CVS 67.0 Covered Calls
FCX 46.5 Covered Call
SBUX 84.0 Covered Call
SOXL 54.0 Covered Call
SOXL 26.0 Short Put
SOXS 20.5 Short Put
TQQQ 55.0 Short Put
WYNN 74.0 Short Put

ALB 77/84 Bull Put Spread
FCX 49/47 Bear Call Spread
NVDA 80/90 Bull Put Spread
SBUX 88/85 Bear Call Spread
SCHW 72/69 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 55/50 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 56/51 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 77/74 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 77.5/74.5 Bear Call Spread
UPS 115/123 Bull Put Spread
UPS 115/124 Bull Put Spread
UPS 115/126 Bull Put Spread
UPS 120/126 Bull Put Spread
UPS 127 Diagonal Put

Assignments:
1 TQQQ 71.0 Put (assigned last night)
At least I was able to sell the long 60.0 Put at $2.14 this morning.

Escalator Up, Elevator Down

EXPIRED
CMG 42.4/47.2 Bull Put Spread
CRWD 210/220 Bull Put Spread
DXCM 55/60 Bull Put Spread
FCX 40/42.5 Bull Put Spread
LVS 35.5/38.5 Bull Put Spread
LVS 35/38 Bull Put Spread
NOC 395/412.5 Bull Put Spread
NUE 175/165 Bear Call Spread
NUE 150/155 Bull Put Spread
SCHW 72/68 Bear Call Spread
SCHW 60/63 Bull Put Spread
SOXS 18/21 Bull Put Spread
SPY 528/533 Bull Put Spread
SPY 535/540 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 82/78 Bear Call Spreads
TSLA 300/310 Bear Call Spread
TSLA 305/315 Bear Call Spread
UPS 122.0 Diagonal Put
UPS 123.0 Diagonal Put
UPS 124.0 Diagonal Put
UPS 125.0 Diagonal Put
UVXY 35/31 Bear Call Spread

1 BOIL 15.5 Covered Call
1 SBUX 84 Covered Call
WBA 13.0 Covered Calls

ASSIGNMENTS
1 BMY 43.5 Covered Call
BMY 44.0 Covered Calls
BMY 44.5 Covered Calls
1 BMY 45.0 Covered Call
1 SCHW 66.0 Covered Call
1 SQQQ 9.0 Covered Call

1 SPY 07/25/2024 565/553 Bear Call Spread
1 SPY 07/25/2024 533/538 Bull Put Spread

Effective today – 1 for 4

SPY 535 /550 Bull Put Spread
SPY 535/551 Bull Put Spread
SPY 561/559 Bear Call Spread
SPY 560/559 Bear Call Spread

Sold 1 TQQQ 07/26/2024 82/78 Bear Call Spread at $0.32 Credit

Partly a disaster recovery trade
Bought 1 UPS 08/02/2024 115 Put / Sold 1 UPS 07/26/2024 124 Put at $0.54 Diagonal Credit
Bought 1 UPS 08/02/2024 115 Put / Sold 1 UPS 07/26/2024 123 Put at $0.33 Diagonal Credit
Bought 1 UPS 08/02/2024 115 Put / Sold 1 UPS 07/26/2024 122 Put at $0.28 Diagonal Credit

Sold 1 SPY 07/23/2024 559.0 Call at $0.27
Sold 1 SPY 07/23/2024 550.0 Put at $0.31

1 SPY 537/547 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 538/548 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 570/556 Bear Call Spread
1 SPY 565/555 Bear Call Spread
1 SPY 559/555 Bear Call Spread

Bought 1 SPY 07/25/2024 534 Put/ Sold 1 SPY 07/24/2024 544 Put for a $0.44 Diagonal Credit

Sold 1 FCX 07/26/2024 46.0 Covered Call at $0.86
Sold 1 SCHW 07/26/2024 66.0 Covered Call at $0.35
Sold 1 SOXL 07/26/2024 54.0 Covered Call at $1.20
All written against stock put to me on Friday

Sold 1 SCHW 07/26/2024 72/67 Bear Call Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold 1 CRWD 07/26/2024 210/220 Bull Put Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 SOXS 07/26/2024 18/21 Bull Put Spread at $0.36 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA 07/26/2024 310/300 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit

So the TQQQ 71.0 put that I thought had expired last Friday got assigned anyway after the stock drifted a few cents below the strike price after hours.
Lucky Me 🙂
Sold the TQQQ stock position on the open at $73.66 !!

Also sold 1 TQQQ 07/26/2024 82/78 Bear Call Spread at $0.46 Credit.

Bought 1 SPY 07/23/2024 560 Call/ Sold 1 SPY 07/22/2024 555 Call for a $0.29 Diagonal Credit
Bought 1 SPY 07/23/2024 561 Call/ Sold 1 SPY 07/22/2024 556 Call for a $0.16 Diagonal Credit

BMY 43.5 Covered Call
BOIL 15.5 Covered Call
BOIL 16 Covered Calls
CVS 64 Covered Call
VXX 12 Covered Calls

NKE 66/71 Bull Put Spreads
NKE 66/70 Bull Put Spread
BMY 36/39.5 Bull Put Spread
UAL 34/39 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 66/71 Bull Put Spread (barely)
SCHW 57.5/62 Bull Put Spread (barely)
SOXL 59/55 Bear Call Spread
NUE 177.5/170 Bear Call Spread
SPY 537/547 Bull Put Spread
SPY 542/547 Bull Put Spread
SPY 543/548 Bull Put Spread
SPY 552 Diagonal Call (big, big winner)

ASSIGNMENTS:
GILD 71.0 Covered Call
FCX 46 Put
SCHW 66 Put
SOXL 53 Put

1 SPY 07/18/2024 547/552 Bull Put Spread

Bought 1 SPY 07/23/2024 535 Put / Sold 1 SPY 07/19/2024 549 Put at $0.52 Credit
The short expires tomorrow

Sold 1 SOXL 07/19/2024 59/55 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit.
Trying to offset some of the pain of my SOXL put positions

Bought to close CLF 07/19/2024 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.02.
Sold to open Sold CLF 08/02/2024 17.5 Covered Calls at $0.21

Bought to close 2 TSLA 07/19/2024 315/300 Bear Call Spreads at $0.01.
Sold on Monday at $0.28 and $0.56.

Bought to close 1 DJT 07/19/2024 70/65 Bear Call Spread at $0.01. Sold on Monday at $0.28

1 SPY 07/16/2024 544/557 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 07/16/2024 548/558 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 07/16/2024 549/559 Bull Put Spread

Sold 1 NUE 07/19/2024 177.5/170 Bear Call Spread at $0.83 Credit

Sold NKE 07/19/24 66/71 Bull Put Spreads at $0.15 and $0.25 Credits
Sold TSLA 07/19/2024 315/300 Bear Call Spreads at $0.28 and $0.56 Credits
Sold 1 DJT 07/19/2024 70/65 Bear Call Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 UAL 07/19/2024 34/39 Bull Put Spread at $0.21 Credit
Sold 1 BMY 07/19/2024 36/39.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.21 Credit

Sold 1 GILD 07/19/2024 71.0 Covered Call at $0.41
Sold CLF 07/19/2024 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.08
Sold 1 SBUX 07/19/2024 80.0 Covered Call at $0.08
Sold 1 BMY 07/26/2024 44.0 Covered Call at $0.18

1 SPY short diagonal 547 Put
1 SPY short 549/554 Bull Put Spread – sold today at $0.21 Credit

Bought to close 1 PEP Jul 12 2024 150 Put at $0.01

Sold 1 TSLA 07/12/2024 300/290 Bear Call Spread at $0.28 Credit

1 VIX JUL 10 2024 $12 PUT Expired this morning

Sold 1 NUE 07/12/2024 144/148 Bull Put Spread at $0.33 Credit

Sold 1 BMY 07/26/2024 44.0 Covered Call at $0.28
Sold 1 BMY 07/26/2024 45.5 Covered Call at $0.14

Sold 1 TSLA 07/12/2024 310/295 Bear Call Spread at $0.42 Credit

EXPIRED:
BMY 43.5 Covered Call
BMY 44 Covered Calls
BMY 44.5 Covered Call
BMY 45 Covered Call
CVS 64 Covered Call
GILD 69 Covered Call
WBA 20.5 Covered Calls
SQQQ 9 Covered Call
PARA 11.5 Covered Call
VFC 15 Covered Call
VXX 13 Covered Calls
NVDA 102 Put
WBA 11.5 Put
GME 18 Put
UPS 128 Put
AAP 60 Put
SQQQ 8 Put
BOIL 15.5 Put
NUE 146/149 Bull Put Spread
UPS 129/132 Bull Put Spread
CMG 61.9 Diagonal Put
GME 19/21/31/40 Short Iron Condor
GME 23 Diagonal Put
GILD 74/70 Bear Call Spread
TSLA 177.5/187.5/210/220 Short Iron Condor
SBUX 70/77 Bull Put Spread
SPY 533/541/549/550 Short Iron Condor

ASSIGNMENTS:
None

1 SPY 06/26/2024 542.00 Diagonal Put. Sold at $0.26

Sold 1 TSLA 06/28/2024 220.0/210.00 Bear Call Spread at $0.27 Credit

Sold 1 UPS 06/28/2024 129/132 Bull Put Spread at $0.36 Credit
Just prior to FEDEX earnings

EXPIRED:
ALB 90 Put
NVDA 121 Put
PARA 9.5 Put
SQQQ 8 Put
TSLA 165 Put
BMY 43.5 Covered Call
BMY 44.5 Covered Call
BOIL 23 Covered Calls
BOIL 25 Covered Call
SBUX 85 Covered Call
VFC 14.5 Covered Call
GME 10/23 Bull Put Spread
GME 48/40 Bear Call Spread

ASSIGNMENTS:
GILD 69 Covered Call (glad to get my cash back)

1 VIX Jun 18 2024 12.0 Put

Bought 1 GME Jun 28 2024 19.0 Put / Sold 1 Jun 21 2024 23.0 Put at $0.15 Credit
Bought 1 GME Jul 05 2024 18.0 Put / Sold 1 Jun 21 2024 23.0 Put at $0.16 Credit

Covering the cost of my original buy of Jun 21 2024 10.0 Puts a month ago

Even within tech there is a staggering divergence – yesterday the Nasdaq hit a new record high despite more than 70% of the index closed lower on the session!

The last one for a while as I wait for my account to be moved

EXPIRED:
1 BMY 43.5 Covered Call
1 BMY 44.5 Covered Call
1 CVS 61.0 Covered Call
1 GILD 69.0 Covered Call
1 VFC 14.0 Covered Call
VXX 13.0 Covered Calls
WBA 20.5 Covered Calls
1 UPS 133.0 Put
1 AAP 59.0 Put
1 KOLD 29.0 Put
1 BOIL 27.5/23.5 Bear Call Spread
1 GME 15.5/17.5/40/42 Short Iron Condor
1 GME 15.5/25/65/70 Short Iron Condor (now completely out of GME)
1 SBUX 86/80 Bear Call Spread
VXX 11.0 Diagonal Puts
VXX 17/13 Bear Call Spreads

ASSIGNMENTS:
1 SQQQ 9.0 Put (last night)
1 PARA 11.5 Put
CLF 16.0 Puts