Sold my last tiny position of TFX at $260.01. Bought at an average price of $258.95 in 2021 and 2022.
With only a tiny dividend, I’m happy to be out.
#FormerFallingKnife
Author Archives: Option Iceman
SOXL TROW Call Riskoff
Bought to close 1 SOXL 07/20/2022 26.0 Call at $0.03. Sold last week on a roll at $1.90.
Bought to close 1 TROW 07/20/2022 122.0 Call at $0.05. Sold as part of a bear call spread at $0.49
REG PRU Stocks
Trimmed my tiny position in PRU at $95.01. Bought in Sept 2022 at $89.00.
Exited my tiny position in REG at $65.01. Also bought in Sept 2022 at $55.00.
#FormerFallingKnife
SPY
2 hour scalp
Sold 1 SPY 07/20/2023 452 Diagonal Put at $0.21
JNJ DLR CSCO
Sold my tiny position in JNJ at $167.23. Bought at $154.98.
Sold a very old lot of CSCO at $52.56 (at the 52-week high). Bought in April 2022 at $50.00.
Yesterday, sold part of my tiny position in DLR at $120.01. Bought this lot at $115.78.
#FormerFallingKnife
SPY
5 minute scalp
Sold 1 SPY Jul 19 2023 455 Diagonal Put Net at $0.21
AMGN
Sold my tiny AMGN position at 234.51.
Bought on 05/25/2023 at $220.00
#FormerFallingKnife
SPY
10 minute scalp
Sold 1 SPY Jul 18 2023 454.00 Diagonal Put at $0.13
Stocks and Options
Sold out of my tiny KSS position at $26.01. Bought at $23.80 and $21.40
Sold out of my tiny BK position at $47.70. Bought at $43.79
Both are at 3-month highs
#FormerFallingKnife
Sold 1 KMX 07/21/2023 95/87.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.27 Credit.
Sold 1 WHR 07/21/2023 160.00 Call at $0.20 against an existing long 175 call to recover the long cost yet again.
#OnlySpreads
SPY
Sold 1 Diagonal SPY 07/17/2023 449.0 Put at $0.14
Stocks and Options
Bought a tiny bit of T at $13.79. Div = 7.66%
Bought a tiny bit of VZ at $31.99. Div = 7.67%
#FallingKnife
Sold 1 CMA 07/21/2023 55/51 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 CMA 07/21/2023 56/50 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.42 Credit
Sold 1 SWKS 07/21/2023 121/116 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.42 Credit
Sold 1 TROW 07/21/2023 128/118 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.52 Credit
Sold 1 PYPL 07/21/2023 80/76 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 07/21/2023 45/50 Bull Put Spread at $ $0.52 Credit
#OnlySpreads
Bearish Spreads for a short week:
Sold 1 JPM 07/07/2023 152.5/148 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 TROW 119/113 Diagonal Bear Call Spread at $0.90 Credit
For Next Week:
Sold 1 VNO 25/20 Diagonal Bear Call Spread at $0.31 Credit. Stock closed at 18.65
Sold 1 CE 07/21/2023 135/120 Bear Call Spread at $1.45 Credit. Stock closed at 116.92
Sold 1 LNC 07/21/2023 32.5/27.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit. Stock closed at 26.07
Markets
New Spreads
DLR 125/115 Diagonal Bear Call Spread at$0.75 Credit. Stock $113.87
MDT 93/89 Diagonal Bear Call Spread at$0.36 Credit. Stock $88.10
OptionsExpiration
BOIL 3.5 (pre-split) Covered Calls
LABU 4/5.5 Bull Put Spreads
PNC 110/118 Bull Put Spread
PNC 115/119 Bull Put Spread
PNC 120 Diagonal Put
SOXL 15/20 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 17.5/20.5 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 21 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 31/26.5 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 28/26 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 4.0 (pre-split) Covered Calls
VXX 26/27/28/29/30/31 Diagonal and Covered Calls
Assignments:
Letting all my LABU stock get called away at 5.50 plus a $1.32 Covered Call Premium.
Got in this on an old put assignment with an adjusted cost of about $4.40
LABU
Rolled forward a week 1 LABU Jun 30 2023 5.5 Call at $0.08 Credit
Bought to close LABU Jun 30 2023 6.0 Puts at $$0.09, $0.08 and $0.06
Bought to close LABU Jun 30 2023 6.0 Calls at $0.03
Gains on both sides of the straddle
VXX PNC
Sold VXX Jun 30 2023 26 Calls at $0.15, $0.16, $0.21, $0.22 and $0.25.
Sold VXX Jun 30 2023 26.5 Calls at $0.15, $0.17 and $0.18.
Sold VXX Jun 30 2023 27 Calls at $0.13
Sold PNC Jun 30 2023 120.0 Put at $0.50
Sold PNC Jun 30 2023 118.0 Put at $0.20
Already short 121 and 124 Calls so turning them into strangles.
VXX
Sold 1 VXX Jun 23 2023 28.0 Call at $0.70
CMA SOXL LABU Risk on
Sold 1 CMA Jun 23 2023 45.5 Call at $0.38
Sold SOXL Jun 23 2023 27.0 Calls at $0.51 and $0.52
Sold SOXL Jun 23 2023 22.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold LABU Jun 23 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.12
Sold LABU Jun 23 2023 6.5 Puts at $0.13 and $0.14
#OnlySpreads
CMA SOXL LABU VXX Risk off
Bought to Close 1 CMA Jun 16 2023 43.5 Call at $0.05
Bought to Close 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 34 Call at $0.01
Bought to Close 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 33 Call at $0.01
Bought to Close 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 31 Call at $0.01
Bought to Close 1 SOXL Jun 16 2023 28 Call at $0.01
Bought to Close SOXL Jun 16 2023 27 Calls at $0.01
Bought to Close LABU Jun 16 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.01
SPY FDX INTC stocks
Sold the last of my tiny SPY position at $439.44. Bought this lot on 10/13/2022 at $349.43. Very close to the recent high (at least for a little while)
Sold out of my tiny INTC position in one account at $36.01. The Q2 dividend was cut from $0.365 to $0.125 so the yield is no longer attractive. Bought this 10 times from Jan 2022 at $47.87 until Oct 2022 at $25.73. Only made 1.1% overall without the dividends
Sold half of my tiny remaining position in FDX at $236.00. Bought on 09/16/2022 at $160.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
PNC TGT
Sold PNC Jun 16 2023 131 and 132 Calls at $0.20 and $0.10 while also selling PNC Jun 16 2023 125 Puts at $0.19
#1DTE
Bought to close TGT Jun 16 2023 123 Puts at $0.01. Sold earlier this week at $0.56 and $0.57
#OnlySpreads
VXX scalps
Sold VXX Jun 16 2023 29.0 Calls at $0.13, $0.14 and $0.16
Rolled down Jun 16 2023 35.0, 34.0 and 33.0 Covered Calls and sold VXX Jun 16 2023 28.0 Covered Calls at Credits of $0.23, $0.26 and $0.29.
I might have to cover them tomorrow, but that’s OK with me because my stock will be strong and rolling up will be easy.
Bought to close 1 VXX Jun 16 26.0 Put at $0.01. Sold earlier this week at $0.14
VXX SOXL LABU CMA ZION
Sold 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 31.0 Call at $0.24
Sold SOXL Jun 16 2023 27.0 Calls at $0.48 and $0.53
Sold LABU Jun 16 2023 8.0 Calls at $0.10, $0.11 and $0.12
Sold CMA Jun 16 2023 36.5 Puts at $0.37
Sold 1 ZION Jun 16 2023 27.0 Put at $0.49
Sold ZION Jun 16 2023 26.50 Puts at $0.25 and $0.42
SPY
Sold a tiny bit of SPY at it’s old 52-week high of $431.73
Bought on 09/30/2022 at $357.15
Have 1 more tiny bit at $349.43
VXX
Falling hard here. Closing some long puts approaching expiration
Sold to close VXX 06/16/2023 28.0 Puts at $0.68, $0.72 and $0.76
Bought at $0.03 in late April and early May
Sold to close 1 VXX 06/16/2023 27.0 Put at $0.34
Bought at $0.03 in early April.
Sold to close 1 VXX 06/16/2023 26.0 Put at $0.11
Bought at $0.03 in early April.
New long Puts
Bought VXX Sep 15 2023 15.0 Puts at $0.04
Bought VXX Aug 18 2023 17.0 Puts at $0.03 and $0.04
Bought VXX Jul 21 2023 21.0 Puts at $0.04
#VXXContang0
Trades
Sold 1 CMA 06/09/2023 44.5 Call at $0.73
Sold 1 ZION 06/09/2023 32.5 Call at $0.15
Sold 1 SOXL 06/09/2023 24.0 Call at $0.27
Bought to close VXX 06/09/2023 38.0 and 39.0 Calls at $0.02
Sold VXX 06/09/2023 31.0 Calls at $0.19, $0.20, $0.21, $0.24 and $0.25
#DoubleDip
Sold VXX 06/16/2023 33.0 Calls at $0.47
PNR WHR ESS AVB stocks
Lightening up on some OLD tiny stock positions:
Sold out of PNR at $60.48 and $60.85, just pennies from the 52-week high.
Bought in March, May and September 2022 at $54.00, $48.00 and $42.45
Sold WHR at $144.60. Bought in September 2022 at $139.53.
Sold ESS at $231.01. Bought in October and November 2022 at $230.00 and $$207.00
Sold AVB at $185.78. Bought in October 2022 at $175.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SOXL
Sold SOXL Jun 16 2023 17.5 Puts at $0.18 and $0.19
Offsetting this week’s short calls in SOXL
Trades
Sold BOIL Jun 16 2023 3.0 Covered Calls at $0.12
Sold BOIL Jun 23 2023 3.5 Covered Calls at $0.05
Sold 1 KRE Jun 09 2023 39.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 KRE Jun 09 2023 38.5 Put at $0.11
Sold LABU Jun 09 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.06
Sold 1 TGT Jun 09 2023 125.0 Put at $0.46
Sold UVXY Jun 23 2023 4.0 Covered Calls at $0.07
Sold VXX Jun 09 2023 34.0 Covered Calls at $0.30 and $0.33
Sold 1 VXX Jun 09 2023 35.0 Covered Call at $0.23
Sold VIXW Jun 07 2023 17.0 Calls at $0.25 and $0.32
LABU Calls
Rolled LABU May 02 2023 6.0 Calls out a week at $0.12 Credit
Rolled LABU May 02 2023 6.5 Calls up to LABU May 09 2023 7.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit
#OnlySpreads
TEL VZ Stock
Sold my last tiny bit of TEL at $126.01 Bought on 06/16/2022 at $115.91.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in VZ on the open at 34.43. Div = 7.3%
#FallingKnife
VIX Puts
Sold 1 VIX Jun 21 2023 15.0 Put Net Credit at $0.23
Buy to Open 1 Contract VIX Jun 21 2023 13.0 Put at $.03 for a $0.20 Credit
SOXL Calls
Bought to close SOXL Jun 02 2023 18.0 Diagonal Calls at $3.95. Sold last week on a roll at $4.58
Rolled out to SOXL Jun 09 2023 18.0 Calls at $4.00
Bought to close 1 SOXL Jun 02 2023 19.0 Diagonal Call at $3.10. Sold last week on a roll at $3.40
Rolled out to 1 SOXL Jun 09 2023 19.0 Call at $3.25
Bought to close 1 SOXL Jun 02 2023 20.0 Diagonal Call at $1.70. Sold last week on a roll at $3.15
Rolled up to 1 SOXL Jun 09 2023 20.5 Call at $1.72
Bought to close 1 SOXL Jun 02 2023 24.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold at $0.76
Bought to close 1 SOXL Jun 02 2023 24.5 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold at $0.62
Bought to close 1 SOXL Jun 02 2023 25.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold at $0.58
VIX Index
A new 52-week low in the VIX this morning at 15.07
VXX Calls
Bought to close VXX Jun 02 2023 44.0 Covered Calls at $0.01. Sold Tuesday at $0.14
Rolled down for a #DoubleDip Trade
Sold VXX Jun 02 2023 34.0 Calls at $0.18
Rolling VFC
Once again rolling this down
Bought 1 VFC Jun 02 2023 18 Put / Sold 1 VFC Jun 09 2023 17.5 Put at $0.05 Credit
Also Sold to Open 1 VFC Jun 09 2023 16.0 Put at $0.21 for next week
#OnlySpreads
ATVI Stock
I had a lot of patience with this one because Microsoft said they were going to buy them out.
Not so much. 😦
Liquidated my tiny position in ATVI at $80.90.
Bought twice in November 2021 at $65.88 and at $60.00.
Made an OK return of about 28% over about a year and a half
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SYY Put
Bought to close 1 SYY Jun 02 2023 69.0 Put at $0.05. It can’t trade any lower.
Sold Tuesday at $0.30
VIX Iron Condor
Bought to Open 1 VIXW Jun 07 2023 14.0 Put at $0.02
Sold to Open 1 VIXW Jun 07 2023 16.0 Put at $0.32 for a $0.30 Credit
Bought to Open 1 VIXW Jun 07 2023 31.0 Call at $0.05
Sold to Open 1 VIXW Jun 07 2023 21.0 Call at $0.19 for a $0.14 Credit
#OnlySpreads
MMM Stock
Added to my tiny position on MMM at $93.50. Div = 6.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
KRE VXX
Sold 1 KRE Jun 02 2023 37.5 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 VXX Jun 02 2023 40 Call at $0.11
Sold 1 VXX Jun 02 2023 39.5 Call at $0.12
Sold 1 VXX Jun 02 2023 33.0 Put at $0.23
#OnlySpreads
NVDA Call Spread closed
Bought to close 1 NVDA 06/02/2023 420.0 Call at $0.68
Sold to close 1 NVDA 06/09/2023 465.0 Call at $0.74 for a $0.06 Credit on the way out.
Got $1.12 credit on the way in.
Releases $4500 in margin 2 days early
In this less than 24 hours
#WinWin
TNA Puts
Sold TNA Jun 02 2023 26 Puts at $0.10
Sold against old long Puts
#OnlySpreads
AAP Put
Post-earnings
Bought 1 AAP 06/16/2023 60.00 Put at $0.17
Sold 1 AAP 06/02/2023 75.00 Put at $1.52 for a $1.35 Credit
#OnlySpreads
VXX
Sold 1 VXX Jun 02 2023 40.5 Call at $0.16
Sold 1 VXX Jun 09 2023 32.0 Put at $0.26 #VXXContango
#OnlySpreads
SPAXX
Hard to compete against this FIDELITY GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET yield of 4.75%
So I’ll be less likely to buy low yielding stocks
VIXspire
I’m expecting these to expire on the open tomorrow
VIX 40/26 Bear Call Spread
VIX 39/26 Bear Call Spreads
VIX 38/25 Bear Call Spreads
VIX 37/25 Bear Call Spread
VIX 36/25 Bear Call Spread
VIX 35/24 Bear Call Spread
VIX 34/23 Bear Call Spread
VIX 14/16 Bull Put Spreads
#OnlySpreads
VXX Call Ladder and VIX Call Spreads
Sold VXX 06/02/2023 38.5 Calls at $0.34 and $0.40
Sold VXX 06/02/2023 39.0 Calls at $0.32, $0.33 and $0.36
Sold VXX 06/02/2023 39.5 Calls at $0.28 and $0.32
Bought VIX Jun 07 2023 32.0 Calls at $0.07
Sold VIX Jun 07 2023 23.0 Calls at $0.27 for a $0.20 Credit
(This week’s positions expire on the open tomorrow)
#OnlySpreads
TGT Puts
Bought 1 TGT Jun 09 2023 120.00 Put at $0.29 while selling 1 TGT Jun 02 2023 130.00 Put at $0.70 for a $0.41 Credit
#OnlySpreads #FallingKnife
Strong market, weak stocks
All diagonal Spreads on #FallingKnife stocks:
Bought 1 MOS 06/09/2023 27.0 Put while selling 1 MOS 06/02/2023 32.0 Put for $0.15 Credit
Bought 1 CF 06/09/2023 53.0 Put while selling 1 CF 06/02/2023 60.0 Put for $0.20 Credit
Bought 1 SYY 06/16/2023 60.0 Put while selling 1 SYY 06/02/2023 69.0 Put for $0.20 Credit
Bought 1 BMY 06/09/2023 57.0 Put while selling 1 BMY 06/02/2023 62.0 Put for $0.16 Credit
Bought 1 WBA 06/09/2023 25.0 Put while selling 1 WBA 06/02/2023 29.0 Put for $0.12 Credit
Bought 1 AMGN 06/09/2023 195.0 Put while selling 1 AMGN 06/02/2023 210.0 Put for $0.27 Credit
Bought 1 PNC 06/09/2023 105.0 Put while selling 1 PNC 06/02/2023 115.0 Put for $0.30 Credit
#OnlySpreads
LABU KRE VFC CMA ZION
Sold LABU Jun 02 2023 6.5 Calls at $0.24, replacing calls that expired Friday
Sold VFC Jun 02 2023 17.0 Puts at $0.15, replacing puts that expired Friday
Sold 1 KRE Jun 02 2023 38.0 Put at $0.18
Sold 1 KRE Jun 02 2023 37.0 Put at $0.09
Both replacing Puts that expired Friday
Sold 1 CMA Jun 02 2023 40.0 Covered Call at $0.16
Sold 1 CMA Jun 02 2023 40.5 Diagonal Call at $0.15
Both replacing similar calls that expired Friday
Sold ZION Jun 02 2023 30.0 Covered and Diagonal Calls at $0.33, replacing calls that expired Friday
OptionsExpiration
BOIL 3.5 Covered and Diagonal Calls
CMA 40.0 Covered Call
CMA 41.5 Diagonal Call
CMA 43.0 Diagonal Call
HD 245/270 Bull Put Spread
LABU 7.5 Calls
KRE 26/38.5 Bull Put Spread
PFE 34/36.5 Bull Put Spread
PNC 129/124 Bear Call Spreads
QCOM 99.0 Diagonal Put
TNA 15/27 Bull Put Spreads
UVXY 4.0 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 4.5 Covered Calls
UVXY 7/5 Bear Call Spreads
VFC 17.5 Diagonal Put
VFC 16.5 Diagonal Put
VXX 54/44.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 53/44 Bear Call Spread
VXX 52/43.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 51/43 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 50/42.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 49.5/42 Bear Call Spread
VXX 38.0 Covered Calls
VXX 36.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 34.0 Diagonal Puts #VXXContango
VXX 33.0 Diagonal Puts #VXXContango
ZION 29.0 Covered Call
LABU Call Rolls
Tried to roll these up for the last two days but couldn’t get it done
Bought to close LABU May 26 2023 6.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.31. Sold on a roll last week at $0.67
Sold LABU Jun 02 2023 6.0 Calls at $0.49 for a $0.18 Credit
#OnlySpreads
KRE CFG ZION
Tiny buys:
CFG at $26.32 Div = 5.91%
KRE at $40.00 Div = 3.51%
ZION at $22.55 Div = 6.11%
#FallingKnife
UVXY VXX
Well, that was kind of fun while it lasted
Sold UVXY May 12 2023 5.0 Covered Calls at $0.05
Sold UVXY May 05 2023 6.5/4.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.05 Credit
Sold UVXY May 19 2023 5.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.10, $0.13 and $0.15
Sold VXX May 05 2023 44.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.16 and $0.20
Sold VXX May 05 2023 43.5 Diagonal Call at $0.19
Sold VXX May 05 2023 43.0 Diagonal Call at $0.20
Sold VXX May 05 2023 42.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.23 and $0.85
Sold VXX May 05 2023 42.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.33 and $0.78
Sold VXX May 05 2023 41.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.39 and $0.78
Sold VXX May 05 2023 41.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.42 and $0.73
VIX Puts
Closed 1 of my VIXW May 03 2023 15/17 Bull Put spreads at $0.02
Sold at $0.28
#OnlySpreads
VIX Index
Another new low at $15.53
NO FEAR about the FED
VXX
Sold VXX May 05 2023 41.0 Covered Calls at $0.21, $0.22, $0.23, $0.24 and $0.25
Sold VXX May 05 2023 41.5 Covered Calls at $0.21 and $0.22
Sold VXX May 05 2023 42.0 Covered Calls at $0.20
Sold 1 VXX May 05 2023 37.0 Diagonal Put at $0.39
Liquidated some very old pre-split Long Puts
Sold to close VXX1 Sep 15 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.16
Sold to close VXX1 Jan 19 2024 5.0 Puts at $0.30 (partial fill)
LABU SOXL Calls
Sold LABU May 05 2023 6.0 Calls at $0.16, $0.18 and $0.21
Sold 1 LABU May 05 2023 6.5 Call at $0.08
Sold 1 SOXL May 05 2023 16.0 Call at $0.11
#OnlySpreads
FRC
OptionsExpiration
BOIL 4.0 Covered Call
BOIL 5.5 Covered Calls
FRC 17.5 Diagonal Call
LABU 6.5/6 Bear Call Spread
PNC 150/134 Bear Call Spread
PNC 145/133 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 20/16.5 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 11.5/12.5 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 10/12 Bull Put Spread
UVXY 6.5/4.5 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 5.0 Covered Calls
VXX 46.0,47.0 and 48.0 Covered Calls
many, many VXX Bear Call Spreads
SOXL Put Roll
Bought to close 1 SOXL Mar 28 2023 13.5 Put at $0.04. Sold on Monday at $0.16
Rolled to 1 SOXL 05/05/2023 12.5 Put at $0.18 for a $0.14 Credit
Bought to close SOXL Apr 28 2023 13 Puts at $0.01. Sold at $0.11 and $0.18.
Rolled to SOXL May 05 2023 12.5 Puts at $0.14 for a $0.13 Credit
#OnlySpreads
VXX Call Ladder
Starting in on next week
Sold 1 VXX May 05 2023 41.0 Call at $0.50
Sold 1 VXX May 05 2023 41.5 Call at $0.43
Sold 1 VXX May 05 2023 42.0 Call at $0.38
Sold 1 VXX May 05 2023 42.5 Call at $0.36
Sold 1 VXX May 05 2023 43.5 Call at $0.27
LABU Call Roll
Bought to close 1 LABU Mar 28 2023 5.5 Call at $0.08. Sold it last week on a roll at $0.45
Rolled to 1 LABU 05/05/2023 5.5 Call at $0.30 for a $0.22 Credit
#OnlySpreads
PNC Calls
For safety(I’m probably panicking for no reason), I rolled a couple of the 4 PNC short calls I’m carrying into the close up 5 p0ints for one more week:
Bought to close 1 PNC Mar 28 2023 131.0 Covered Call / Sold 1 PNC 05/05/2023 136.0 Covered Call at $0.10 Credit
Bought to close 1 PNC Mar 28 2023 132.0 Call / Sold 1 PNC 05/05/2023 137.0 Call at $0.34 Credit
Waiting to see if my 133 and 134 calls expire
FRC DISH Put Rolls
Bought to close 1 FRC Apr 28 2023 3.5 Put at $0.10. Sold on Tuesday at $0.20
Replaced it with 1 FRC May 05 2023 2.5 Put at $0.45
Straight out closed the other FRC Apr 28 2023 3.5 Put at $0.05. Sold at $0.15
Bought to close 1 DISH Apr 28 2023 7.0 Put at $0.05. Sold on a rolldown last Friday at $0.16
Replaced it with 1 DISH May 05 2023 6.5 Put at $0.25
HAS Stock
Sold out of a tiny position in one account:
Sold HAS at $58.57.
Bought on 11/16/2022 at $57.00 and again on 03/10/2023 at $50.98
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
VIX Puts
Bought 1 VIXW May 03 2023 16.0 Put at $0.04
Sold 1 VIXW May 03 2023 17.0 Put at $0.23.
Looks like I made the right decision to cover the 18.0 Put at $0.23 yesterday
#OnlySpreads
PFE Stock
Started a tiny new position in PFE at $39.00. Div = 4.1%
Q1 2023 Earnings Expected 05/02/2023
VXX Put
Sold 1 VXX Apr 28 2023 38.5 Put at $0.19.
Sold a whole lot of VXX Calls yesterday so no additional margin
PNC
A big move for a big regional bank considering it’s normal trading range is much calmer (from below 121.50 yesterday to about 128.50 today)
Putting on some diagonal bear call spreads for future weeks:
Bought 1 PNC May 12 2023 150.0 Call/ Sold 1 PNC May 05 2023 134.0 Call at $0.35 Credit
Bought 1 PNC May 19 2023 150.0 Call/ Sold 1 PNC May 05 2023 135.0 Call at $0.75 Credit
Bought 1 PNC May 19 2023 150.0 Call/ Sold 1 PNC May 12 2023 135.0 Call at $1.09 Credit
VIX Put
The VIX index seems to be retreating
Bought to close 1 VIXW May 03 2023 18.0 Put at $0.23. Sold at $0.29
Sold to open 1 VIXW May 03 2023 17.0 Put at $0.10 against a long position of a 16.0 Put
VIX OptionsExpiration
On 4/20 sold 1 VIXW Apr 26 2023 35/19 Bear Call Spread at $0.75 Credit
At 4:08 today, covered the short Call at $0.30.
Probably didn’t need to do that though but the VIX did get above 19.80 briefly
The other spread I sold later that day, 1 VIXW Apr 26 2023 30/20 Bear Call Spread sold at $0.42 will likely expire
The final settlement of the VIX contracts are determined on the open tomorrow
This is because it is an AM settled option.
VXX Call Ladder
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 42.0 Calls at $0.60 and $0.69
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 42.5 Calls at $0.43, $0.54 and $0.59
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 43.0 Calls at $0.45, $0.52 and $0.53
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 43.5 Calls at $0.41 and $0.43
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 44.0 Calls at $0.33 and $0.36
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 44.5 Call at $0.32
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 45.0 Call at $0.28
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 45.5 Call at $0.25
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 46.0 Call at $0.22
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 46.5 Calls at $0.20, $0.21 and $0.27
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 47.0 Calls at $0.22 and $0.24
Sold 1 VXX Apr 28 2023 47.5 Call at $0.30
Sold 1 VXX Apr 28 2023 48.5 Call at $0.21
Pretty much done with VXX until Friday
Options Bistro 