Another big week, heavy with Earnings plays
Cash Covered Puts
AGNC 8.5 Put
BIIB 175 Put
BMY 43.5 Put
EQT 35.5 Put
GILD 61 Put
INTC 30.5 Put
STX 75 Put
T 15.5 Puts
VZ 37 Put
WBA 17.5 Put

Credit Spreads
SPY 481/491 Bull Put Spread
SPY 490/495 Bull Put Spread

AAPL 155/160 Bull Put Spread
BA 150/155 Bull Put Spread
BMY 43/44 Bull Put Spread
BMY 42.5/44.5 Bull Put Spread
BIIB 175/200 Bull Put Spreads
BIIB 185/190 Bull Put Spread
BIIB 178.5/197.5 Bull Put Spread
CMG 3110/300 Bear Call Spread
CMG 3210/3200 Bear Call Spread
CZR 32/36 Bull Put Spread
GILD 59/64 Bull Put Spread
GILD 59/63 Bull Put Spread
META 475/470/397.5/392.5 Iron Condor Spread
META 477.5/472.5/397.5/392.5 Iron Condor Spread
MSFT 355/360 Bull Put Spread
NUE 167.5/172.5 Bull Put Spread
ON 52/57 Bull Put Spread
ON 50/55 Bull Put Spread
PEP 162.5/167.5 Bull Put Spread
PEP 162.5/165 Bull Put Spread
TSLA 100/105 Bull Put Spread
UPS 135/140 Bull Put Spread
UPS 160/155 Bear Call Spread
UPS 165/157.5 Bear Call Spread
UVXY 50/40 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY2 14/8.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 18/14 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 19.5/17 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21/17.5 Bear Call Spreads

Covered Calls
BOIL 16 Call
UVXY2 7.5 Calls
VFC 13.5 Call
VXX Call
WBA 19 Call

Assignments
SOXL 32 Covered Call
BMY 47 Put (early assignment last night)
GILD 69 Put (could not roll for a credit)
GILD 68 Put (could not roll for a credit)

Sold 1 SPY 05/02/2024 524/519 Bear Call Spread at $0.46 Credit
Paired with one position in my Put Ladder

Rolled a VERY old SPY 04/26/2024 520/505 Bear Call Spread to 1 SPY 05/06/2024 520/510 Bear Call Spread at $0.14 Credit.
Increased the short side 5 points to lower the spread risk and to take the short back out of the money.

This will balance out a portion of my SPY Put Ladder

1 SPY Apr 25 2024 481/491 Bull Put Spread -sold on Monday at $0.53

Sold 1 CMG Apr 26 2024 3310/3300 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
Sold 1 META Apr 26 2024 477.5/472.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 Credit

Post Earnings and expires tomorrow

Extending my Put Ladder
Sold 1 SPY 05/06/2024 480/485 Bull Put Spread at $0.49 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 05/07/2024 480/485 Bull Put Spread at $0.53 Credit

Sold 1 SPY 05/08/2024 470/480 Bull Put Spread at $0.55 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 05/09/2024 470/480 Bull Put Spread at $0.60 Credit

1 SPY Apr 24 2024 482/492 Bull Put Spread – sold on Monday at $0.36

Adding to my put Ladder
Sold 1 SPY 04/26/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread at $0.22 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/29/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread at $0.33 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/30/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread at $0.44 Credit

Sold 1 SPY 05/01/2024 485/490 Bull Put Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 05/02/2024 485/490 Bull Put Spread at $0.38 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 05/03/2024 485/490 Bull Put Spread at $0.48 Credit

Sold 1 BMY Apr 26 2024 43/47 Bull Put Spread at $0.21 Credit
Sold 1 GILD Apr 26 2024 60/64 Bull Put Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold 1 PEP Apr 26 2024 162.5/165 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit

1 SPY Apr 23 2024 483/493 Bull Put Spread – sold yesterday at $0.14
1 SPY Apr 23 2024 484/494 Bull Put Spread – sold last Weds at $0.72
1 SPY Apr 23 2024 485/495 Bull Put Spread – sold on Apr 15 at $0.27

Sold 1 BMY Apr 26 2024 42.5/47.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.23 Credit
Sold 1 GILD Apr 26 2024 60/65 Bull Put Spread at $0.31 Credit

Just after the close
Sold 1 SPY Apr 23 2024 483/493 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 SPY Apr 24 2024 482/492 Bull Put Spread at $0.36 Credit
Sold 1 SPY Apr 25 2024 481/491 Bull Put Spread at $0.53 Credit
Sold 1 SPY Apr 26 2024 481/491 Bull Put Spread at $0.77 Credit

1 SPY Apr 22 2024 485/490 – 515/520 Iron Condor Spread – Sold last Wednesday at $0.66

also
1 SPY 485/495 Bull Put Spread – sold Apr 15 at $0.21
1 SPY 481/491 Bull Put Spread – rolled down to this yesterday(orig credit $0.17 plus roll credit of $0.12)

Sold 1 SOXL Apr 26 2024 32.0 Covered Call at $1.41 against stock put to me Friday

Sold 1 AAPL Apr 26 2024 155/160 Bull Put Spread at $0.33 Credit
Sold 1 BA Apr 26 2024 150/155 Bull Put Spread at $0.34 Credit
Sold 1 CZR Apr 26 2024 32/36 Bull Put Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold 1 GILD Apr 26 2024 59/64 Bull Put Spread at $0.23 Credit
Sold 1 META Apr 26 2024 390/395 Bull Put Spread at $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 ON Apr 26 2024 52/57 Bull Put Spread at $0.34 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA Apr 26 2024 100/105 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economy-might-booming-housing-recession-195209142.html

Next week brings 43% of SPX set to report earnings highlighted by META/MSFT/GOOGL (aka $6.1T of mkt cap) reporting on Weds & Thurs …on the macro front, key reports include 1Q GDP on Thurs & March PCE on Fri.

A very, very busy week

==Expirations==
Cash Covered Put Sales:
BAC 34 and 33.5 Puts
BIIB 185 Put
BK 50 Put
BOIL 11.5 Put
BXP 55 Put
D 45 Put
DJT 17.5, 15.0 and 12.5 Puts
F 11.82 Put
KEY 13 Put
LABU 70 and 65 Puts
PFE 25 Puts
RF 17 Put
UAL 35 Put
UVXY 34 Put
VFC 12 and 11.5 Puts
VXX 13.5 Puts
WBA 17.5 and 17 Puts
WU 12 Put

Credit Spreads:
ABT 99/104 Bull Put Spread
BIIB 185/190 Bull Put Spread
BIIB 182.5/187.5 Bull Put Spread
NFLX 510/515 Bull Put Spread
UPS 135/140 Bull Put Spread

Covered Calls:
BOIL 15 Call
VFC 13 Call
VTRS 13 Call
VXX 15.5 Call
WBA 21 Call

==Assignments==
NWL 7.0 Put
SOXL 32.0 Put

The first time I’ve had to roll one of these Put ladder positions in months
Bought to close SPY Apr 19 2024 485/495 Bull Put Spread / Sold 1 SPY Apr 22 2024 481/491 Bull Put Spread at $0.12 Credit

1 SPY 04/18/2024 485/495 Bull Put Spread – sold Monday at $0.16

1 SPY Apr 17 2024 485/495 Bull Put Spread – sold Monday at $0.14
1 SPY Apr 17 2024 511.0 Call – sold today at $0.18

GLD Apr 17 2024 230/225 Bear Call Spreads – sold last Tuesday at $0.34 and yesterday at $0.31

Sold 1 SPY Apr 22 2024 485/490 – 515/520 Iron Condor Spread at $0.66 Credit

Extending my Put Ladder
Sold 1 SPY 04/23/2024 484/494 Bull Put Spread at $0.72 Credit

Sold PFE Apr 19 2024 25.0 Puts at $0.06 and $0.08

Sold 1 SPY Apr 17 2024 511.0 Call at $0.18

1 SPY 510 Call – sold today at $0.11
1 SPY 487/497 Bull Put Spread – sold Apr 4th at $0.29
1 SPY 485/495 Bull Put Spread – sold Monday at $0.12

Sold 1 ABT Apr 19 2024 99/104 Bull Put Spread at $0.37 Credit

Sold 1 SPY Apr 16 2024 510.0 Call at $0.11

Sold 1 UPS 135/140 Apr 19 2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.31 Credit

Sold 1 GLD 230/225 Apr 17 2024 Bear Call Spread at $0.31 Credit (expires tomorrow)

1 SPY 04/15/2024 488/498 Bull Put Spread – Sold last Thursday at $0.28

New post-split calls
Sold 1 UVXY 04/19/2024 55/48 Bear Call Spread at $0.38 Credit

Sold 1 SPY 485/495 04/16/2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.12 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 485/495 04/17/2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 485/495 04/18/2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.16 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 485/495 04/19/2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 485/495 04/22/2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.21 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 485/495 04/23/2024 Bull Put Spread at $0.27 Credit

Sold the stock put to me Friday at 200 at 200.51 in the pre-market
Plus the $1.25 original put premium.

Sold SBUX 04/19/2024 88.0 Covered Calls at $0.16 and $0.26.
Replacing similar calls that expired Friday

after the close Friday 4/12 – 1 for 10 reverse split

Another wild wild week

Expirations:

SPY 489/499 Bull Put Spread
SPY 530/527 Bear Call Spread

SBUX 88 Covered Calls
BOIL 16 and 16.5 Covered Calls
UPS 139/144 and 137/143 Bull Put Spreads
UPS 162.5/155 and 162.5/150 Bear Call Spreads
GLD 227.5/222.5 Bear Call Spread
NFLX 585/590 Bull Put Spread
NFLX 645/640 Bear Call Spread
NVDA 785/790 and 795/800 Bull Put Spreads
NVDA 935/930 and 925/920 Bear Call Spreads
C 55/58 Bull Put Spread
UVXY(adj) 9/8 and 10/8 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 18.5/15.5 Bear Call Spreads
KEY 14.5 Put
DJT 20.0 Put
WBA 17.5 Put
USB 40.5 Put
PARA 10 and 10.5 Puts
WFC 52.0 Put
C 56.0 and 55.0 Puts
TNA 34.0 Put
VZ 39.5 Put
TSLA 135 Put
CHTR 240.0 Put

Assignments:
WBA 18 Puts
VFC 12.5 Put
BIIB 200 Put
All new lows today

Haven’t had to do this in a while

Bought to close 1 VXX 04/12/2024 20/14.5 Bear call spread at $0.44
Sold to open 1 VXX 04/19/2024 20/15.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.46 Credit

Bought to close VXX 04/12/2024 17.5/15 Bear call spreads at $0.16
Sold to open VXX 04/26/2024 19.5/17 Bear Call Spreads at $0.23 Credit

Bought to close UVXY2(adj) 04/12/2024 7.50 Covered Call at $0.15
Sold 1 UVXY2(adj) 04/19/2024 8.5 Call at $0.31

Gold just collapsed.
GLD dropped from 225 to 217 in just a couple of hours

Sure helps out my Bear Call spreads 🙂

Key stocks already at 52 week lows:
SBUX ZTS UNH BF/B BIIB BA GILD WBA

Bought to close UVXY2 Apr 12 2024 9.0 Calls at $0.01
Sold UVXY 2 Apr 19 2024 8.5 Calls at $0.09

Sold 1 GLD 04/19/2024 235/230 Bear Call Spread at $0.40 Credit

1 SPY 04/11/2024 530/527 Bear Call Spread – sold on Tuesday at $0.28

Sold 1 NVDA 04/12/2024 925/920 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
Paired with the puts I sold Tuesday

2 GLD 04/10/2024 225/220 Bear Call Spreads – Sold yesterday at $0.51 and last week at $0.28
1 SPY 04/10/2024 530/526 Bear Call Spread – Sold yesterday at $0.24

Sold 1 USB Apr 12 2024 40.50 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 PARA Apr 12 2024 10.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 KEY Apr 12 2024 14.5 Put at $0.13

Bought 1 BIIB 04/19/2024 190.0 Put / Sold 1 BIIB 04/12/2024 200.0 Put at $0.95 Credit
Bought 1 BIIB 04/19/2024 190.0 Put / Sold 1 BIIB 04/12/2024 197.5 Put at $0.23 Credit

Bought 1 UPS 04/19/2024 139.0 Put / Sold 1 UPS 04/12/2024 144.0 Put at $0.12 Credit

Sold UVXY 04/12/2024 10/7.50 Bear Call Spreads at $0.12 and $0.13

Sold 1 NVDA 04/12/2024 935/930 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
Paired with the puts I sold yesterday

Sold 1 NFLX 04/12/2024 645/640 Bear Call Spread at $0.32 Credit
Paired with the puts I sold yesterday

1 SPY 04/09/2024 530/523 Bear Call Spread – Sold yesterday at $0.24

Sold 1 VXX 04/12/2024 18.5/14.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit

Sold 1 UVXY 04/12/2024 10/7.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.11 Credit

For the next 3 trading days:
Sold 1 SPY 04/10/2024 530/526 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/11/2024 530/527 Bear Call Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/12/2024 532/528 Bear Call Spread at $0.32 Credit

Sold half of my tiny positions in UDR and HBAN
Sold HBAN at $14.04. Bought on 05/12/2022 at $12.61
Sold UDR at $37.92. Bought on 10/25/2023 at $34.00 (Sold today at yesterday’s high and it’s Ex-Div today so I get the $0.425 Dividend too)

Sold 1 GLD 04/17/2024 230/225 Bear Call Spread at $0.34 Credit
Sold 1 GLD 04/10/2024 225/220 Bear Call Spread at $0.51 Credit (expires tomorrow)

Sold SBUX 04/12/2024 88.0 Covered Calls at $0.52 and $0.58 against long stock Put to me Friday

Sold 1 UPS 04/12/2024 145.0 Put at $0.24

1 SPY 04/08/2024 522 Call – Sold this morning at $0.17
1 SPY 04/08/2024 535/530 Bear Call Spread – sold last Thursday at $0.24
1 SPY 04/08/2024 500/505 Bull Put Spread – sold last Tuesday at $0.17