PEP Puts

#Earnings play
Sold 1 more PEP 07/12/2024 150/157.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.63 Credit

PEP Puts

#Earnings play
Sold 1 PEP 07/12/2024 150/157.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.47 Credit

OptionsExpiration

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

VXX long term puts

Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Puts at $0.04.
#VXXContango

MMM Stock

Sold part of my tiny position in MMM at 104.01.
#FormerFakkingKnife

SPY Expiration

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

TSLA Calls

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

SBUX CMG Puts – GILD Calls

Sold 1 SBUX 06/28/2024 70.0/77.0 Bull Put Spread at $0.12 Credit
Sold 1 CMG 06/28/2024 64.0/64.4 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit (first day of post split strikes)

Sold 1 GILD 06/28/2024 75.0/70.0 Bear Call Spread at $0.34 Credit

#EveryLittleBitHelps

UPS Puts

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

OptionsExpiration

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)

GME WBA GILD Calls

Sold 1 GME Jun 21 2024 48/40 Bear Call Spread at $0.07 Credit
Paired with one of the Diagonal Put Spreads I sold yesterday

Sold 1 GILD Jun 28 2024 69.0 Covered Call at $0.23
Sold WBA Jun 28 2024 20.5 Covered Calls at $0.04
Replacing similar Calls that expired last week.
#EveryLittleBitHelps

ALB NVDA TSLA Puts

Sold 1 ALB Jun 21 2024 90.0 Put at $0.08.
Sold 1 NVDA Jun 21 2024 121.0 Put at $0.05.
Sold 1 TSLA Jun 21 2024 165.0 Put at $0.06.
Using up all my buying power. Expires tomorrow.
#EveryLittleBitHelps

VIX Put Expiration

1 VIX Jun 18 2024 12.0 Put

GME Diagonal Puts

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

Markets

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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!

OptionsExpiration

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

Last Straw for Fidelity

After making a mistake and buying back at $0.01 a SPY put that I sold as part of a diagonal spread on the same day I sold it, Fidelity put my IRA on restriction for 90 days because I couldn’t meet a $28k day trade margin call.
I’m done with them. Moving this entire account to TT

CSCO UPS Stock

Started tiny new positions
CSCO at $45.00
UPS at $133.00
#FallingKnife

VXX Long Term Puts

Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.12
#VXXContango

TAP Stock

Started a tiny new position in TAP at $50.00
Time to buy a six pack 🙂
#FallingKnife

VIX Put

Sold 1 VIX Jun 18 2024 12.00 Put at $0.14
#EveryLittleBitHelps

VXX Long Term Puts

Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.16 and $0.14
#VXXContango

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 06/11/2024 523/528 Bull Put Spread – sold yesterday at $0.22
Flat (at least in the near term) in SPY

SPY Puts

Sold 1 SPY 06/11/2024 523/528 Bull Put Spread at $0.22 Credit

Covered Calls and small Puts

Sold 1 BMY 06/14/2024 44.5 Covered Call at $0.04
Sold 1 BMY 06/21/2024 43.5 Covered Call at $0.17
Sold 1 BMY 06/21/2024 44.5 Covered Call at $0.09
Sold 1 BMY 06/28/2024 45.0 Covered Call at $0.12
Sold 1 GILD 06/21/2024 69.0 Covered Call at $0.07
Sold VXX 06/14/2024 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.05

Sold 1 PARA 06/14/2024 11.5 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 AAP 06/14/2024 59.0 Put at $0.12
Sold 1 SQQQ 06/14/2024 9.0 Put at $0.12
Sold 1 UPS 06/14/2024 133.0 Put at $0.38
Sold 1 KOLD 06/14/2024 29.0 Put at $0.40
#EveryLittleBitHelps

OptionsExpiration

Expired:
1 CPB 41 Put
1 CSCO 44.5 Put
1 HAL 33.5 Put
1 SLB 41.5 Put
1 PARA 11.5 Put
1 AAP 61 Put
1 KOLD 36 Put
1 BMY 43.5 Covered Call
1 BMY 45.5 Covered Call
1 BMY 47.0 Covered Call
1 BOIL 13.5/15/23/24.5 Iron Condor
1 CVS 63.0 Covered Call
1 GILD 69.0 Covered Call
1 GME 12.5/21.5/65/75 Iron Condor
1 GME 12.5/22.5/65/75 Iron Condor
1 GME 85/80 Bear Call Spread
1 VFC 14.0 Covered Call
1 VXX 16/13 Bear Call Spread
VXX 13.0 Covered Calls

Assignments:
CLF 17.0 Puts (last night)
CVS 61.0 Covered Call – stock put to me at 60 a few weeks ago
SBUX 80.0 Covered Call – stock put to me at 80 a few weeks ago

SPY Expiration

1 SPY Jun 06 2024 517/520 Bull Put Spread
The last of my current put ladder

VXX Long Term Puts

Bought 2 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.17.
#VXXContango

GME on the open

Sold 1 GME Jun 07 85/80 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit

Sold 1 GME Jun 14 2024 70/65 Bear Call Spread at $0.50 Credit

Sold GME Jun 07 2024 15/21.5 Bull Put Spreads at $0.12 Credit

SPY Expiration

1 SPY Jun 06 2024 513/521 Bull Put Spread

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 515/522 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 511/520 Bull Put Spread

SPY

Another new ALL TIME high 😦

GME SBUX Calls

Sold 1 GME Jun 14 2024 42/40 Bear Call Spread at $0.22 Credit
#Earnings on 06/11

Rolled 1 SBUX Jun 07 2024 80 Covered Call to 1 SBUX Jun 14 80.0 Call at $0.35 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 530 Diagonal Call
1 SPY 512/521 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 516/522 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 519/522 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 521 Diagonal Put

SPY Puts

Extending my Put Ladder:
Sold 1 SPY Jun 05 2024 515/522 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 SPY Jun 06 2024 513/521 Bull Put Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 SPY Jun 07 2024 517/520 Bull Put Spread at $0.31 Credit

SPY Puts

Extending my Put ladder
Sold 1 SPY Jun 05/2024 514/520 Bull Put Spread at $0.22 Credit.

Also added 1 short SPY Jun 04 2024 521.0 Put at $0.13

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 06/03/2024 510/522 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 06/03/2024 522 Diagonal Put
1 SPY 06/03/2024 520 Diagonal Put

SPY Put Rolls

Bought to close 1 SPY 06/03/2024 522.0 Put at $0.02. Sold 1 SPY 06/04/2024 522.0 Put at $0.29
Bought to close 1 SPY 06/03/2024 521.0 Put at $0.01. Sold 1 SPY 06/04/2024 521.0 Put at $0.19

SPY Puts

Extending a new Put Ladder:
Sold 1 SPY Jun 04 2024 519/522 Bull Put Spread at $0.27 Credit

Mexico ETFs

Not trading these but thought I would bring these to the attention of the members
MEXX down 25% today
EWW down almost 10%

The Mexican Peso experienced its worst single-day performance in four years following Claudia Sheinbaum‘s victory in the presidential election held on Sunday.

As of 08:15 a.m. in New York, the peso had dropped 3.4%, reaching 17.60 per dollar. This marks the sharpest decline since June 11, 2020, when it fell by 4.1% in a single day.

SPY

Calls
Sold to close 1 SPY 06/03/2024 528 Call and rolled it to 1 SPY 06/04/2024 531 Call at $0.86 Credit
Puts
Sold 1 SPY 06/03/2024 522 Put at $0.13
Bought 1 SPY 06/04/2024 512 Put / Sold 1 SPY 06/03/2024 522 Put for a diagonal Credit of $0.12
Bought 1 SPY 06/05/2024 511 Put / Sold 1 SPY 06/03/2024 521 Put for a diagonal Credit of $0.29
Bought 1 SPY 06/06/2024 510 Put / Sold 1 SPY 06/03/2024 520 Put for a diagonal Credit of $0.08

CPB CSCO HAL

Sold some small puts
1 CPB Jun 07 2024 41 Put at $0.12
1 CSCO Jun 07 2024 44.5 Put at $0.06
1 HAL Jun 07 2024 33.5 Put at $0.07
#EveryLittleBitHelps

BOIL SBUX CVS Calls

Bought 1 BOIL Jun 14 2024 24 Call / Sold 1 BOIL Jun 07 2024 19 Call for a diagonal credit of $0.34
Sold 1 BOIL Jun 07 2024 25/21 Bear Call Spread at $0.29 Credit

Bought 1 SBUX Jun 14 2024 86 Call / Sold 1 SBUX Jun 07 2024 83 Call for a diagonal credit of $0.18

Sold 1 CVS Jun 07 2024 61.0 Covered Call at $0.30

GME Calls

Sold 1 GME 06/07/2024 75/65 Bear Call Spreads at $0.25 and $0.41 Credits

OptionsExpiration

Hated the last 30 minute sprint in the market, but a good week especially for GME
Expired:
BMY 47 Covered Call
BOIL 28/18.5 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 23 Diagonal Call
GILD 72/70 Bear Call Spread
GME 12.5/21.5/31/40 Short Iron Condor
GME 12.5/18.5/31/41 Short Iron Condor
GME 12/18/32/41 Short Iron Condor
GME 15.5/20/36/41 Short Iron Condor
NUE 160/165 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 1010/1020/1200/1210 Short Iron Condor
SBUX 66/75/82/85 Short Iron Condor
VXX 15/12.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 16/13 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11.5/10 Bull Put Spread

Assignments:
CLF 17.5 Puts last night

VXX Contango Long term Put

Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.00 Put at $0.18
#VXXContango

GME Calls Closed

Bought 1 GME 05/31/2024 42/32 Bear Call Spread at $0.01

All my remaining GME BULL Put Spreads and BEAR Call spreads for this week are expiring

VXX BMY SBUX VFC BOIL CVS Covered Calls

Bought to close VXX 05/31/2024 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.01
Sold to open VXX 06/07/2024 13.00 Covered Calls at $0.15

Sold 1 BMY Jun 14 2024 43.5 Covered Call at $0.12

Rolled 1 SBUX 05/31/2024 79.0 Covered Call to 1 SBUX 06/14/2024 83.0 Covered Call at $0.02 Credit

Rolled 1 VFC 05/31/2024 13.5 Covered Call to 1 VFC 06/07/2024 14.0 Covered Call at $0.13 Credit

Rolled 1 BOIL 05/31/2024 18.5 Covered Call to 1 BOIL 06/21/2024 23.0 Covered Call at $0.27 Credit

Sold 1 CVS Jun 07 2024 63.0 Covered Call at $0.08
#EveryLittleBitHelps

GILD Covered Calls

Sold 1 GILD 06/07/2024 69.0 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold 1 GILD 06/14/2024 69.0 Covered Call at $0.09
#EveryLittleBitHelps

VXX Puts rolled down

Rolled my VXX May 31 2024 12.5 Puts down to VXX Jun 14 2024 12.0 Puts at $0.02 Credit
Plenty of VXX Calls and Call spreads expiring tomorrow

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 05/30/2024 530/526 Bear Call Spread – sold today at $0.12
1 SPY 05/30/2024 515/522 Bull Put Spread – sold today at $0.21
Totally out of short puts for now

NVDA Calls

Sold 1 NVDA May 31 2024 1,210/1,200 Bear Call Spread at $0.26 Credit.
Paired with my NVDA May 31 2024 1,010/1,020 Bull Put Spread to create an Iron Condor
#1DTE

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 515/523 Bull Put Spread

NVDA SPY Puts / VIX Calls

Sold 1 NVDA May 31 2024 1,010/1,020 Bull Put Spread at $0.26 Credit
Sold 1 SPY May 29 2024 523.0 Put at $0.31 – expires today

Sold 1 VIX Jun 05 2024 20/15 Bear Call Spread at $0.36 Credit

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 05/28/2024 518/520 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 05/28/2024 523.0 Diagonal Put

GME Calls

Sold 1 GME 05/31/2024 41/36 Bear Call Spread at $0.22 Credit
Offsetting many Bull Put Spreads

Small Trades

Sold 1 BMY 06/07/2024 43.5 Covered Call at $0.09
Sold 1 VFC 05/31/2024 13.5 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold VXX 05/31/2024 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold 1 UPS 05/31/2024 133.0 Put at $0.12
#EveryLittleBitHelps

OptionsExpiration

Another active week
Expired:
BMY 46.5 Covered Call
BOIL 25/20.5 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 25/21.5 Bear Call Spread
CLF 19 Covered Call
CVS 58 Diagonal Call
CVS 60 Covered Call
CVS 61 Covered Call
GILD 68 Covered Call
GILD 69 Covered Call
GME 41/31 Bear Call Spread
GME 43/33 Bear Call Spread
GME 45/35 Bear Call Spread
GME 17.5/14 Bull Put Spread
GME 16.5/10 Bull Put Spread
NUE 170/162.5 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 800/805/1100/1105 Iron Condor
SBUX 82.0 Diagonal Call
SPY 521/524 Bull Put Spread
SNOW 130/135 Bull Put Spread
VFC 10 Put
VFC 15 Covered Call
VXX 12.5 Covered Calls
VXX 15/12 Bear Call Spreads

Assignments:
More than normal
SBUX 77.0 Covered Call
BMY 42.5 Put
BMY 42 Puts
CLF 18.5 Put
WBA 17 Puts

GME Puts and Calls

Rolled down 1 GME 05/24/2024 18.5 Put 1 GME 05/31/2024 16.0 Put at $0.12 Credit.

Sold 1 GME 05/31/2024 40/31 Bear Call Spread at $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 GME 05/31/2024 42/32 Bear Call Spread at $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 GME 05/31/2024 41/32 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit

BOIL Call Closed

Bought to close 1 BOIL 05/24/2024 24.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01

GME Puts Rolled / Calls Closed

Rolled 1 GME 05/24/2024 12/22.5 Bull Put Spread to 1 GME 05/31/2024 12.5/21.5 at $0.05 Credit

Rolled 1 long GME 05/24/2024 19.0 Put to 1 GME 06/07/2024 12.5 Put at $0.70 Credit
Rolled 1 short GME 05/24/2024 20.0 Put to 1 GME 05/31/2024 18.5 Put at $0.02 Credit

Bought to close 1 GME 47/37 Bear Call Spread at $0.01

CMG Iron Condor

Bought to close 1 CMG May 24 2024 3075/3100/3275/3300 Iron Condor at $.05 – Sold Monday at $5.17

SPY Expiration

1 SPY 536/533 Bear Call Spread

VIX

Until today’s move …

Market volatility (VIX) drops to its lowest level in 4 years

SPY Puts

Bought to open 1 SPY 05/29/2024 515.0 Put at $0.25.
Bought to close 1 SPY May 23 2024 523/526 Bull Put Spread at $0.68 (originally sold at $0.45).
Sold to open 1 SPY 05/28/2024 523.0 Put at $1.12.
All in all a successful rolldown.

SPY Calls and Puts

Rolled today’s SPY 537/529 Bear call spread to SPY 06/04/2024 536/530 Bear Call Spread at $0.02 Credit
The strong opening spooked me so I did an unnecessary rollup when I should have waited for it to expire

Then sold 1 SPY 05/23/2024 535.0 Call at $0.12 against an existing long position.

Finally, I extended my put Ladder:
Sold 1 SPY 05/28/2024 518/520 Bull Put Spread at $0.25 Credit.

SBUX Call

Rolled 1 SBUX 05/24/2024 78.0 Diagonal Call to SBUX 05/31/2024 79.0 Call at $0.17 Credit.

BOIL Diagonal Call

Bought 1 BOIL 06/21/2024 37.0 Call / Sold 1 BOIL 05/24/2024 24.0 Call at $0.26 Credit.
The June long position allows for multiple writes

SPY Expiration

1 SPY May 22 2024 524/527 Bull Put Spread – sold on Monday at $0.49
1 SPY May 22 2024 536/533 Bear Call Spread – sold today at $0.50

#kickthecan

SNOW Puts

Sold 1 SNOW May 24 2024 130/135 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps

GME SBUX Calls

Sold 1 GME May 24 2024 47/37 Bear Call Spread at $0.22 Credit

Sold 1 SBUX May 31 2024 / May 24 2024 85/82 Diagonal Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit

VIX Calls

Sold 1 VIX May 29 2024 20/15 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit

BMY Stock

Added a tiny bit of BMY at $42.00. Div = 5.45%
This is a 5 year low
#FallingKnife

NVDA Calls

Sold 1 NVDA May 24 2024 1105/1100 Bear Call Spread at $0.34 Credit
Paired with the Bull Put spread I sold yesterday, that gives me an Iron Condor for a $0.67 Credit
#Earnings tonight

C stock

Sold a tiny bit of C when it hit a new high at $64.56. Bought on 05/12/2022 at $46.99.
#FormerFallingKnife