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
Author Archives: Option Iceman
UPS Diagonal Calls
Bought 1 UPS 04/19/2024 162.5 Call / Sold 1 UPS 04/12/2024 155.0 Call at $0.45 Credit
SPY Calls 1DTE
Sold 1 SPY 04/09/2024 530/523 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
SPY Call 0DTE
Sold 1 SPY 04/08/2024 522.00 Call at $0.17
OptionsExpiration
Expired on a wild week:
SPY 505/510 Bull Put Spread
SPY 530/525 Bear Call Spread
GLD 222.5/217.5 Bear Call Spread
LABU 88/99 Bull Put Spread
DIS 130/127 Bear Call Spread
DIS 130/126 Bear Call Spread
DIS 130/121 Bear Call Spread
UPS 140/143 Bull Put Spread
AAPL 160/165 Bull Put Spread
ACN 325/327.5 Bull Put Spread
ACN 325/330 Bull Put Spread
ACN 355/350 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 17/14.5 Bear Call Spread
UVXY 9.5 Covered Calls
AAP 89/87 Bear Call Spread
ULTA 410/420 Bull Put Spread
TSLA 155 Diagonal Put
BOIL 17.5 Covered Calls
BOIL 17.0 Covered Call
GILD 69.0 Put
GILD 68.0 Put
NKE 88.0 Put
ETSY 61.0 Put
WBA 18.0 Put
WBA 19.0 Put
CMCSA 40.5 Put
Assignments:
SBUX 88.0 Puts
WBA 19.5 Put
UPS Calls Closed
Bought to close 2 UPS 04/05/2024 155.00 Calls at $0.01 (Sold at $0.28 and $0.35)
Sold to close 1 UPS 04/05/2024 160.00 Call at $0.01 (Bought at $0.04)
Rolled 1 UPS 04/05/2024 149.0 Call UP to 1 UPS 04/12/2024 150.0 Call at $0.62 Credit
#ReleaseCapital
SPY vs VIX vs GLD
One of those unusual days when the SPY and the VIX ETF’s plus GLD (gold) are all UP
TSLA Zero DTE
Bought 1 TSLA 04/12/2024 130.0 Put / Sold 1 TSLA 04/05/2024 155.0 Put at $0.27 Credit
DJT Put rolled
Rolled out another week at the same strike
Rolled 1 DJT Apr 05 2024 20.0 Put to next week for $0.09 Credit
GLD
New high today
Sold 1 GLD 04/12/2024 227.5/222.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.28
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/04/2024 530/524 Bear Call Spread – sold Monday at $1.43
1 SPY 04/04/2024 505/510 Bull Put Spread – sold Tuesday at $0.17
1 SPY 04/04/2024 500/509 Bull Put Spread -Sold Tuesday at $0.23
SPY Puts
On the sudden pullback – SPY low so far is 514.85
Sold 1 SPY 04/12/2024 489/499 Bull Put Spread at $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/15/2024 488/498 Bull Put Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/16/2024 487/497 Bull Put Spread at $0.29 Credit
UVXY VXX Calls
On a sudden market pullback
Sold UVXY 04/12/2024 9/7.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.07 Credit
Sold VXX 04/12/2024 17.5/15 Bear Call Spreads at $0.10 Credit
UPS Puts Closed
Bought to close 1 UPS 04/05/2024 136/145 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
Bought to close 1 UPS 04/05/2024 138/144 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
#ReleaseCapital
AAP SPY Calls
Sold 1 AAP 04/05/2024 89/87 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/08/2024 535/530 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/05/2024 530/525 Bear Call Spread at $1.05 Credit
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/03/2024 505/510 Bull Put Spread – sold yesterday at $0.13
UPS Call
Sold 1 UPS 04/05/2024 155.00 Diagonal Call at $0.28
ULTA Puts
Sold 1 ULTA 04/05/2024 410/420 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
GLD SLV Calls
Fading the gold / silver run a bit
Sold 1 GLD 04/05/2024 222.5/217.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 SLV 04/05/2024 28/25 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
LABU SBUX Puts
Sold 1 LABU Apr 05 2024 89/99 Bull Put Spread at $0.53 Credit
Sold 1 SBUX Apr 05 2024 86/88 Bull Put Spread at $0.22 Credit
SPY Puts
As noted below – SPY Bottomed at about 516.50
Sold 1 SPY 04/08/2024 500/505 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/05/2024 505/510 Bull Put Spread at $0.34 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/04/2024 505/510 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/04/2024 500/509 Bull Put Spread at $0.23 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/03/2024 505/510 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
VXX UVXY Calls
Sold 1 VXX 04/05/2024 14.50 Call at $0.13
Sold VXX 04/05/2024 14.00 Calls at $0.21 and $0.33
Sold 1 VXX 04/12/2024 15.50 Call at $0.22
Sold UVXY 04/12/2024 8.00 Calls at $0.15
Sold UVXY 04/19/2024 9.00 Calls at $0.15
VXX and UVXY peaked out at about 10:15, the same time as SPY bottomed at 516.50
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/01/2024 526.00 Call
Small Trades
UVXY Apr 05 2024 8.5 Covered Calls at $0.03
UVXY Apr 05 2024 7.0 Covered Calls at $0.06
VXX Apr 05 2024 14.0 Covered Call at $0.09
VXX Apr 12 2024 15.5 Covered Call at $0.11
VXX Apr 19 2024 17.5 Covered Call at $0.11
TSLA Apr 05 20214 135.0 Put at $0.06
BA Apr 05 2024 172.5 Put at $0.06
NKE Apr 05 2024 89.0 Put at $0.07
ETSY Apr 05 2024 61.0 Put at $0.08
WBA Apr 05 2024 19.0 Put at $0.09
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY on the open
Sold 1 SPY 04/04/2024 530/524 Bear Call Spread at $1.43 Credit
AAPL Puts
Sold 1 AAPL 160/165 Bull Put Spread at $0.23 Credit
SPY Call
Bought to close 1 SPY 03/28/2024 524.00 Call at $0.23. Sold this morning at $0.58
Rolled it to 1 SPY 04/01/2024 526.00 Call at $0.40
ACN Calls
Rolled the entire ACN 350/345 Bear Call spreads up 5 points to next week’s ACN 355/350 Bear Call Spreads for a $0.04 Credit
However, all my ACN BULL Put spreads will expire
#WinSomeLoseSome
DJT Calls Closed
Bought 1 DJT 03/28/2024 90/85 Bear Call Spread at $0.01.
Sold yesterday at $0.34
DJT Put
Sold 1 DJT Apr 05 2024 20.0 Put at $0.07
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY Calls
Bought 1 SPY 04/04/2024 530.0 Call / Sold 1 SPY 03/28/2024 524.0 Call at $0.13 Diagonal Spread Credit
LULU Puts Closed
Bought to close 1 LULU 03/28/2024 355/367.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/27/2024 516.00 Diagonal Put
1 SPY 03/27/2024 512/517 Bull Put spread
DJT Put
Sold 1 DJT Mar 28 2024 43.5 Put at $0.12
#EveryLittleBitHelps
C Stock
Sold a tiny bit more of my C position at $62.55
Bought this lot on 04/01/2022 at $52.00
#FormerFallingKnife
ACN Calls
Sold ACN 03/28/2024 350/345 Bear Call Spreads at $0.20 and $0.33 Credits
VIX Puts Expired
VIX Mar 27 2024 12.50 Puts – sold last Thursday at $0.06 and $0.07
DIS Calls
Sold 1 DIS 03/28/2024 125/123 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit
DJT Calls
Sold 1 DJT 03/28/2024 90/85 Bear Call Spread at $0.34 Credit
SPY Puts
Bought 1 SPY 03/28/2024 511.00 Put / Sold 1 SPY 03/27/2024 516.00 Put at $0.14 Credit for the Diagonal spread.
Sold 1 SPY 03/28/2024 512/517 Bull Put spread at $0.28 Credit
DIS Calls
A small bearish bet
Sold 1 DIS 03/28/2024 125/121 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
SQQQ Put
Sold 1 SQQQ 03/28/2024 10.0 Put at $0.06
#EveryLittleBitHelps
BIIB UPS Puts
Sold 1 BIIB 03/28/2024 207.5/212.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.42 Credit
Sold 1 UPS 03/28/2024 140.0/145.0 Bull Put Spread at $0.12 Credit
AAPL LULU TSLA Re-writes
Since the short side of last week’s Diagonal Put spreads expired on Friday:
Sold 1 AAPL 03/28/2024 167.50 Put at $0.66
Sold 1 LULU 03/28/2024 367.50 Put at $0.42
Sold 1 TSLA 03/28/2024 155.00 Put at $0.25
#DoubleDip
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/22/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread – Sold on 03/15 at $0.27 (the last of my put spreads)
1 SPY 03/22/2024 529/524 Bear Call Spread – Sold yesterday at $0.49
DWAC Puts
Sold 1 DWAC Mar 28 2024 20.0 Put at $0.27
Also sold 1 DWAC Mar 28 2024 15/24 Bull Put Spread at $0.49 Credit
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WBA Covered Strangle into Earnings
Sold 1 WBA Mar 28 2024 23.0 Covered Call at $0.21
Sold 1 WBA Mar 28 2024 18.0 Put at $0.07
#EveryLittleBitHelps
LULU Diagonal Put
Bought 1 LULU 03/28/2024 355.0 Put / Sold 1 LULU 03/22/2024 382.5 Put at $0.57 Credit
LULU low of the day so far is $390.55
ACN Diagonal Put
Bought 1 ACN 03/28/2024 330.0 Put / Sold 1 ACN 03/21/2024 340.0 Put at $0.35 Credit
Hoping the short expires so I can write a new one for next week
CFG LNC Stocks
Sold tiny bits of these at new highs
CFG at $36.01 – bought April of 2023 at $28.00
LNC at $30.29 – bought March of 2023 at $20.18
AAPL Diagonal Put
Bought 1 AAPL 03/28/2024 162.50 Put / Sold 1 AAPL 03/21/2024 170.00 Put at $0.33 Credit
Hoping the short expires or drops to a penny so I can write a new one for next week
GILD VIX
Sold 1 GILD Mar 22 2024 70 Put at $0.06 – expires tomorrow
Sold 1 VIXW Mar 27 2024 12.5 Puts at $0.06 and $0.07
#EveryLittleBitHelps
C PNC Stock
Sold a tiny bit of these at new highs
C at $61.14 – highest and oldest lot bought in March 2022 at $56.98
PNC at $158.01 – last remaining lot bought in May 2023 at $113.00
#FormerFallingKnife
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/21/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread – Sold on 03/15 at $0.22
1 SPY 03/21/2024 525/524 Bear Call Spread – Sold today at $0.42
VIX Put
1 VIX Mar 20 2023 13.0 short put expired this morning on the open
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/20/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread – Sold on 03/15 at $0.38
IP Stock
Sold my remaining tiny lots of IP at $39.51 and $40.01
Stock bought back in 2022
All new highs
#FormerFallingKnife
CMG
50 for 1 stock split coming in June
TSLA Puts
Bought 1 TSLA 03/28/2024 145.0 Put at $0.15 / Sold 1 TSLA 03/22/2024 160.0 Put at $0.32
GRPN Calls
Bought 1 GRPN 03/28/2024 18.0 Call at $0.10 / Sold 1 GRPN 03/22/2024 15.5 Call at $0.25
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/19/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread – Sold on 03/15 at $0.27
PRE WBA UPS Puts
Sold 1 PFE Mar 22 2024 26.5 Put at $0.06
Sold 1 WBA Mar 22 2024 20.0 Put at $0.12
Sold 1 UPS Mar 22 2024 140/145 Bull Put Spread at $0.18
SOXS SQQQ BITO Puts
Sold 1 SOXS Mar 22 2024 3.0 Put at $0.09
Sold 1 SQQQ Mar 22 2024 10.0 Put at $0.09
Sold 1 BITO Mar 22 2024 24 Put at $0.07
#EveryLittleBitHelps
UPS
Sold 1 UPS 03/22/2024 160.0 Call at $0.34 against a leftover 165 Call from last week’s diagonal Call Spread
Sold 1 UPS 03/22/2024 140/145 Bull Put Spread at $0.14
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/18/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread – sold on 03/11 at $0.29
VFC PARA MU NKE Puts
Sold 1 VFC Mar 22 2024 13.5 Put at $0.07
Sold 1 PARA Mar 22 2024 10.5 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 MU Mar 22 2024 72 Put at $0.09
Sold 1 NKE Mar 22 2024 83 Put at $0.12
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/15/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread – Sold on 03/05 at $0.41 Credit
SPY Puts
Sold 1 SPY 03/19/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread at $0.27
Sold 1 SPY 03/20/2024 495/500 Bull Put Spread at $0.38
Sold 1 SPY 03/21/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread at $0.22
Sold 1 SPY 03/22/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread at $0.27
UVXY Calls
Sold UVXY 03/22/2024 13/9.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.08 Credit
Sold UVXY 03/28/2024 13/9.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.12 Credit
Sold UVXY 04/05/2024 13/9.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.14 Credit
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/14/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread – Sold on 03/05 at $0.33 Credit
1 SPY 03/14/2024 525/520 Bear Call Spread – Sold on 03/01 at $0.67 Credit
TSLA late trades
Bought 1 TSLA 03/22/2024 145.0 Put / Sold 1 TSLA 03/15/2024 157.5 Put at $0.09 Credit
Hoping the short expires tomorrow leaving me with a long put to write against AGAIN.
Sold 1 TSLA 03/15/2024 180/170 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 for additional downside protection
TSLA 1-DTE
Sold 1 TSLA 03/15/2024 150/160 Bull Put Spread at $0.35
Sold 1 TSLA 03/15/2024 187.5/177.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.15
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 03/13/2024 490/495 Bull Put Spread – sold on 03/05 at $0.27 Credit
1 SPY 03/13/2024 523/519 Bear Call Spread – sold on 03/11 at $0.25 Credit
GRPN Puts
Sold 1 GRPN 03/15/2024 9/13.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.37 Credit
#Earnings
FITB GPS FBTC Stocks
Sold tiny bits of these
Sold FITB at $37.01
Sold GPS at $22.08 and $23.09.
Sold FBTC at $64.01. Bought at $34.00.
Sold ADM at $57.77. Bought at $56.40
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