1 SPY 384/394 Bull Put Spread is expiring. Sold on 2/24 at $2.23 Credit
#SPYDailyLadder
Author Archives: Option Iceman
SPY
Sold 1 SPY Mar 01 2023 391.0 Put at $0.39
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY SOXL LABU UVXY VXX
Sold 1 SPY Feb 28 2023 405.0 Diagonal Call at $0.29
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 03 2023 15.5 Diagonal Call at $0.41
#OnlySpreads
Sold 1 LABU Mar 03 2023 7.0 Covered Call at $0.09
Sold UVXY Mar 03 2023 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.07
Sold UVXY Mar 03 2023 5.5 Covered Calls at $0.12, $0.13 and $0.14
Sold VXX Mar 03 2023 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.10
#CoveredCalls
Sold 1 SPY Feb 28 2023 394.0 Diagonal Put at $0.36
#SPYDailyLadder
Tiny Trades
First buys in a while
Added AAP at 138.50 and 138.00. New 52-week low. Div = 4.22%
Added D at $56.93. Also a new low. Div = 4.66%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
OptionsExpiration
Expired:
BOIL 4.5 Diagonal Puts
BOIL 5.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 11/8 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 11.5/12.5 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 12/13 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 12/13.5 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 18/15 Bear Call Spread
SPY 405.0 Diagonal Call
UVXY 8.5/6 Bear Call Spread
UVXY 8/6 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 7.5/6 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 7/6 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 6.0 Covered Calls
UVXY 6.5 Covered Calls
VXX 14/12.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 14/13 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 12.5 Covered Calls
VXX 13.0 Covered Calls
SOXL Call
Bought to close 1 SOXL Feb 24 2023 14.5 Call at $0.01. Sold on a roll last week at $2.47
VXX
Bought to close VXX Feb 24 2023 13.0 Calls at $0.01
Bought to close VXX Feb 24 2023 12.0 Puts at $0.01
Rolled VXX Feb 24 2023 13.0 Puts to VXX Mar 03 2023 13.0 Puts at $0.25 Credit
Rolled VXX Feb 24 2023 12.0 Covered Calls to VXX Mar 03 2023 12.5 Covered Calls at $0.08 Credit
Added $0.50 to the strike price
SPY Daily Ladder
Sold 1 SPY Feb 27 2023 394.0 Put at $2.48
#OnlySpreads #SPYDailyLadder
SPY scalp and SPY OptionsExpiration
Yesterday:
Sold 1 SPY Feb 24 2023 405.0 Call at $0.86
#OnlySpreads
Expired:
1 SPY Feb 23 2023 395.0 Put. Sold at $0.87
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY scalp
Sold 1 SPY Feb 22 2023 404.0 Call at $0.18
Paired with short 400 and 402 Puts I may have to roll this afternoon
#OnlySpreads
VXX Long term Puts
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Put at $0.80 – adding to my position
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Put at $1.25
Both are life-of-contract low prices
#VXXContango
BOIL
Completely out of KOLD, switching to BOIL to play NatGas.
Unlike KOLD, this one has weekly options.
Sold BOIL Feb 24 2023 4.5 Puts at $0.32
#OnlySpreads
VXX Long term puts
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Put at $0.85
Bought 5 VXX Jan 19 2024 5.0 Puts at $0.17
#VXXContango
UVXY VXX SPY
Sold 1 VXX Feb 24 2023 13.0 Call at $0.26
Sold 1 VXX Feb 24 2023 12.5 Call at $0.44
Sold 1 UVXY Mar 03 2023 6.0 Call at $0.32
Sold 1 SPY Feb 23 2023 395.0 Put at $0.87
#OnlySpreads
On the Open
Sold BOIL Feb 24 2023 5.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.51 and $0.55
Sold 1 SPY Feb 21 2023 403.0 Diagonal Put at $1.29 – Expires today
Sold 1 SPY Feb 22 2023 400.0 Put at $1.06
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 24 2023 13.0 Diagonal Put at $0.14
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 24 2023 13.5 Diagonal Put at $0.23
Sold UVXY Feb 24 2023 6.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.11 and $0.13
Sold UVXY Feb 24 2023 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.13
Sold UVXY Mar 03 2023 6.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.26 – not for this week
Sold UVXY Feb 24 2023 6.5 Covered Calls at $0.07
Sold VXX Feb 24 2023 13.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.17 and $0.19
Sold VXX Feb 24 2023 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.17
Sold VXX Mar 03 2023 13.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.38 and $0.41- not for this week
Sold to close VXX Feb 24 2023 14.0 Calls at $0.08
#CoveredCalls #OnlySpreads
UVXY LABU SOXL
Bought to close UVXY Feb 17 2023 6.0 Calls at $0.01
Bought to close LABU Feb 17 2023 8.5 Call at $0.01
Bought to close SOXL Feb 17 2023 13.5 Put at $0.01
OptionsExpiration
Expired:
LABU 11.5/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10.5/9.0 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 8.5 Covered Call
LABU 8.5 Diagonal Calls
SOXL 17.5, 18.0, 18.5 and 19.0 Diagonal Calls
SOXL 15.0 and 15.5 Diagonal Puts
TNA 46/45 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 46/44 Bear Call Spread
TNA 44.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 43.0 Diagonal Call
UVXY 6.5/5.5 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 5.5 Covered Calls
UVXY 6.0 Covered Calls
VXX 13.5/12/5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 13.0 Covered Calls
VXX 12.5 COvered Calls
LABU UVXY VXX SOXL
Near the close:
Rolled DOWN LABU Feb 10 2023 7.5 Puts to LABU Feb 17 2023 7.0 Puts at $0.09 Credit
Rolled UVXY Feb 10 2023 5.0 Calls to UVXY Feb 17 2023 5.0 Calls at $0.11 Credit
Rolled VXX Feb 10 2023 11.5 Calls to VXX Feb 17 2023 11.5 Calls at $0.17 Credit
Rolled UP VXX Feb 10 2023 12.0 Calls to VXX Feb 17 2023 13.5 Calls at $0.04 Credit
Rolled DOWN SOXL Feb 10 2023 16.0 Puts to SOXL Feb 17 2023 14.0 Puts at $0.06 Credit
SOXL LABU
Earlier today:
Bought to close 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 15.0 Put at $0.01
Bought to close 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 17.0 Call at $0.01
Bought to close LABU Feb 10 2023 8.0 Calls at $0.01
VXX
Sold VXX Feb 10 2023 12.0 Calls at $0.06, $0.07, $0.08 and $0.15
Sold VXX Feb 17 2023 13.5 Calls at $0.10 and $0.15
Sold VXX Feb 17 2023 13.0 Calls Net at $0.12, $0.13, $0.17 and $0.18
Sold VXX Feb 24 2023 13.5 Calls at $0.18, $0.20 and $0.25
#OnlySpreads
TNA Call roll and Put ladder
Got spooked by the opening surge and rolled these calls up too soon.
Rolled TNA Feb 10 2023 41.5 Calls to TNA Feb 17 2023 43.0 Call at $0.20 Credit
At least I was able to get a small scalp trade off for tomorrow
Sold to Open 1 TNA Feb 10 2023 45.0 Call at $0.14
Then started on some offsetting short puts:
Sold 1 TNA Feb 17 2023 37.5 Put at $0.61
Sold 1 TNA Feb 17 2023 37.0 Put at $0.58
Sold 1 TNA Feb 17 2023 36.5 Put at $0.50
Sold 1 TNA Feb 17 2023 36.0 Put at $0.43
#OnlySpreads
BAX Stock
First one of these trades in a while
Added to my tiny position in BAX at $40.12 ( a new 52-week low)
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX UVXY
Sold VXX Feb 10 2023 12.0 Calls at $0.18 and $0.19
Sold 1 VXX Feb 10 2023 11.5 Call at $0.38
Sold 1 UVXY Feb 10 2023 5.5 Call at $0.07
LABU SOXL Puts
Sold LABU Feb 10 2023 7.5 Puts at $0.08
Partial offset to the calls I sold Monday
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 16.0 Put at $0.20
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 15.5 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 15.0 Put at $0.08
Partial offset to yesterday’s call ladder
#OnlySpreads
SOXL Call Ladder
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 17.0 Call at $0.49
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 17.5 Call at $0.33.
Later after Powell:
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 18.0 Call at $0.43
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 18.5 Call at $0.31
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 10 2023 19.0 Call at $0.26
#OnlySpreads
CINF DD JPM MSFT Stocks
Sold my last tiny bit of CINF at $122.21, very close to a 6-month high.
Bought on 07/28/2022 at $97.20.
Sold my last tiny bit of DD at $76.77, very close to a 6-month high.
Bought on 06/13/2022 at $61.67.
Sold my highest cost lot of JPM at $143.49, very close to a 6-month high.
Bought on 03/01/2022 at $134.00.
Sold my last tiny bit of MSFT at $263.45, very close to a 3-month high.
Bought on 11/03/2022 at $219.13.
UVXY VXX LABU
Sold UVXY Feb 10 2023 5.5 Covered Calls at $0.12
Sold UVXY Feb 10 2023 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.06
Sold VXX Feb 10 2023 12.5 Covered Calls at $0.11
Sold VXX Feb 10 2023 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.07
#CoveredCalls
Sold LABU Feb 10 2023 9.5 Calls at $0.17
#OnlySpreads
OptionsExpiration
Expired:
LABU 12/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11.5/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 8.0 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 50/45 Bear Call Spread
TNA 48.0 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 5.0/5.5/6.0/6.5 Covered Calls
VXX 11.5/12.0/12.5/13.0/13.5 Covered Calls
LABU UVXY VXX
Scaled in:
Sold LABU Feb 03 2023 9.5 Calls at $0.09, $0.14 and $0.15
Scaled in:
Sold UVXY Feb 03 2023 5.0 Calls at $0.10, $0.11, $0.12, $0.13 and $0.14
Sold VXX Feb 03 2023 12.0 Calls at $0.07
Scaled in:
Sold VXX Feb 03 2023 11.5 Calls at $0.10, $.012 and $0.15
QQQ IVZ
Still selling tiny bits
Sold QQQ at $313.13. Bought on 10/11/2022 at $262.37
Sold IVZ at $20.53. Bought on 03/01/2022 at $19.83 (oldest and highest)
Lots more of this one to go.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
QQQ BBY COO EBAY FDX PNR Stocks
Sold tiny lots of my oldest and highest:
QQQ at $307.76. Bought on 06/13/2022 at $277.48
BBY at $90.90. Bought on 05/18/2022 at $74.83
EBAY at $51.51. Bought on 05/18/2022 at $45.34
FDX at $210.90. Bought on 02/24/2022 at $208.25
PNR at $60.01. Bought on 07/14/2022 ay $45.00
I’m holding more lots of all of these at lower cost
Sold all of low dividend stock COO at $361.20. Bought at an average cost of $328.89 in May and July 2022
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPY QQQ AMAT MSFT DOW NKE Stock
Sold a bit of SPY at $410.49. Bought on 10/13/2022 at $349.43
Sold a bit of QQQ at $300.30. Bought on 09/29/2022 at $269.28
Sold a bit of AMAT at $115.76 (near a 6-month high). Bought on 05/11/2022 at $104.00.
Hold another lot at $75.00
Sold a bit of MSFT at $250.01. Bought on 09/23/2022 at $237.00
Hold another lot at $219.13
Sold a bit of DOW at $60.01. Bought on 07/14/2022 at $48.66
Hold another lot at $45.97
Sold a bit of NKE at $129.23. Bought on 05/11/2022 at $107.77.
Hold another lot at $102.75
LABU SOXL
Sold LABU Feb 03 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.32
Paired with calls sold yesterday
Sold SOXL Feb 03 2023 15.5 Calls at $0.47
Sold SOXL Feb 03 2023 13.0 Puts at $0.11
Total #ShortStrangle premium $0.58
VTRS – lightening up
Sold a lot of VTRS at $12.19 (a new 6-month high). Bought on 12/02/2021 at $12.00
Have 4 more lots bought at $11.03, $10.68, $10.00 and $ 8.43
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
TNA
Sold 1 TNA Feb 03 2023 44.0 Diagonal Call at $0.51
#OnlySpreads
LABU SOXL UVXY VXX
Sold LABU Feb 03 2023 9.0 Calls at $0.14 and $0.17, replacing last week’s 8.5 calls covered on Friday
Sold 1 SOXL Feb 03 2023 15.5 Call at $0.33, replacing last week’s 15.0 call covered on Friday
Sold UVXY Feb 03 2023 5.5 Calls at $0.12
Sold VXX Feb 03 2023 12.5 Calls at $0.15
AOS BBY PNR Stock
Sold a tiny lot of AOS at $64.44. Bought on 05/06/2022 at $58.00.
Have one more lot bought at $51.72.
Sold a tiny lot of BBY at $87.15 (a new 6-month high). Bought on 05/19/2022 at $74.00
Have one more lot bought the next day at $69.60.
Sold a tiny lot of PNR at $52.76. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $50.53.
Have more lots bought at $45.00 and 42.45.
TNA Call
Sold 1 TNA Feb 03 2023 43.0 Diagonal Call at $0.52
#OnlySpreads
UVXY VXX
Sold UVXY Feb 03 2023 6.5 Covered Calls at $0.07 and $0.08
Sold UVXY Feb 03 2023 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.10
Sold UVXY Feb 03 2023 5.5 Covered Calls Limit at $0.15, $0.16 and $0.17
Sold VXX Feb 03 2023 13.5 Covered Calls at $0.11
Sold VXX Feb 03 2023 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.15
#CoveredCalls
CINF Stock
Sold a tiny lot of CINF stock at $112.14 (a 6-month high). Bought on 07/28/2022 at $108.00.
Still hold another lot bought the same day at $97.20
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SOXL LABU – Too Close not to cover
Bought to close 1 SOXL Jan 27 2023 15.0 Call at $0.04. Sold Thursday at $0.36.
Bought to close LABU Jan 27 2023 8.5 Calls at $0.06. Sold at an average of $0.23
#OnlySpreads
CFG STT Stock
Sold CFG at $45.05 yesterday. Bought on 05/12/2022 at $37.69
Sold STT at $91.63 (a new 6-month high). Bought on 06/13/2022 at $63.04
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
MKTX Stock
Sold my overly large (for this small account) low dividend stock at $369.96.
Started buying this in Sept 2021 and stopped buying in May 2022. Average cost basis was $354.50
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Exiting KOLD
Bought to Close KOLD Feb 17 2023 30.0 Calls at $23.71
Sold KOLD stock at $53.06.
I got most of the time value out of the position and freed up the money almost a month early
LABU Calls
Rolled 1 LABU Jan 27 2023 8.0 Covered Calls to 1 LABU Feb 03 2023 8.5 Covered Call at $0.03 Credit
#CoveredCalls
then
Rolled LABU Jan 27 2023 8.0 Diagonal Calls to LABU Feb 03 2023 8.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.05, $0.06 and $0.08 Credits
#OnlySpreads
GDX SBUX stock
Sold my highest and oldest tiny lot of GDX at $32.95
Bought on 06/23/2022 at $28.83. Still long lots at $25.75 and $23.17
Sold my last lot of SBUX at $108.01. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $74.00.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPY UVXY
Bought to Close 1 SPY Jan 20 2023 386.0 Put at $0.01
#DailyLadder
Bought to close UVXY Jan 20 2023 5.5 Calls at $0.01
#OnlySpreads
FRC Stock
Sold out of my tiny position in FRC at 136.01
Bought once in June at $135.00 and added in October at $121.50 and $110.79
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF™
Starting a new position in SCHD at $75.00
A tiny trade so I can watch it and add on weakness
Trailing 12 month (TTM) yield is 3.39%
#NonOption IRA
SPY Put
Sold 1 SPY Jan 20 2023 386.0 Put at $0.41. Expires tomorrow
Restarting my SPY #DailyLadder
LABU Roll up
Bought to close LABU Jan 20 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.23 and again at $0.17
Sold Last week at $1.12
Sold to open LABU Jan 27 2023 8.0 Calls at $0.26 and again at $0.23 and gained $0.50 on the short strike
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Jan 20 2023 12.5 Calls at $0.18 and $0.25.
Would be happy if I’m forced to roll these
#OnlySpreads
LABU SOXL
Sold LABU Jan 20 2023 8.5 Calls at $0.30 and $0.32
Sold 1 SOXL Jan 20 2023 13.0 Call at $0.68
#OnlySpreads
DOV Stock
Sold my tiny position in DOV at $145.01 (a 6-month high)
Bought on 04/27/2022 at $138.50.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
TNA
Rolling up the long side:
Sold to Close 1 TNA Jan 20 2023 39.0 Call at $1.02. Bought at $0.24
Bought to open 1 TNA Feb 03 2023 46.0 Call at $0.26
Sold to open 1 TNA Jan 20 2023 40.0 at $0.66 to write against the new long
#OnlySpreads
UVXY VXX
Getting these out of the way as early as possible in a short trading week.
Sold VXX Jan 20 2023 13.5 Covered Calls at $0.07
Sold VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.12
Sold UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.09
Sold UVXY Jan 20 2023 5.5 Covered Calls at $0.20
NKE JPM SBUX CARR Stock
Tiny Trades:
Sold my oldest and highest lot of NKE at $128.63. (a 6-month high)
Bought on 03/14/2022 at $120.00 and still long lots at $107.77 and $102.75.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of JPM at $143.35. (a 6-month high)
Bought on 03/01/2022 at $139.57 and still long lots at $134.00, $129.00, $119.00 and $106.13.
Sold my next lot of SBUX at $107.01. Got the high of the year
Bought on 04/22/2022 at $78.00. Still have one lot left at $74.00
Sold all of my CARR at $45.89. Bought at $40.00 and $36.32
SPY LABU
Bought to close 1 SPY Jan 13 2023 382.0 Put at $0.01
Sold on Wednesday at $0.99
#DailyLadder
Sold to close 1 LABU Jan 13 2023 8.5 Calls at $0.10, $0.11 and $0.12 and all the rest at $0.17
Bought on 12/29 at $0.08.
These would have expired today
VXX UVXY
Sold UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.5 Covered Calls at $0.07
Sold 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Covered Call at $0.17
Sold to Close 1 UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Put at $0.57 and again at $0.65. Finally, sold the rest at $0.63 and $0.64.
Bought at $0.10 on 10/26. #UVXYContango
Sold to Close 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Put at $0.88 and again at $1.03, and finally all the rest at $1.09
Bought at $0.17 on 10/26. #VXXContango
Sold to Close 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 12.0 Put at $0.17 and again at $0.22.
Bought at $0.10 on 11/01. #VXXContango
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 SPY Jan 12 2023 380.0 Put. Sold yesterday at $0.44
#DailyLadder
LABU UVXY VXX
Sold to CLOSE LABU Jan 13 2023 8.0 Calls at $0.18. Bought at $0.16 on 12/29.
Sold to CLOSE 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Put at $0.76. Bought at $0.17 on 10/26. #VXXContango
Sold to CLOSE 1 UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Put at $0.47. Bought at $0.10 on 10/26. #UVXYContango
Stocks
Sold my oldest and highest lot of WELL at $72.20, at a 3-month High
Bought on 09/21/2022 at $68.99.
One other lot still long at $60.00.
Also:
Sold T at $19.51. Bought last fall at $16.00 and $14.72
Sold IVZ at $19.93. Bought at $15.24
Sold SPG at $122.00. Bought at $93.00
Sold more at $126.01. Bought at $90.76.
Sold DD at $75.01. Bought at $51.50
Sold LYB at $93.70 . Bought at $75.81.
Still long another lot at $72.00
LABU TNA Calls
Sold LABU Jan 13 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.25, $0.26 and $0.27
Sold TNA Jan 13 2023 39.0 Calls at $0.25 and $0.26
NEM CCI Stock
Sold my oldest and highest lot of NEM at $53.43. 3-month High
Bought on 07/20/2022 at $52.42.
Other lots still long at $47.17, $42.45 and $38.20
Sold my oldest and highest lot of CCI at $151.80. 3-month High
Bought on 10/07/2022 at $135.00.
One other lot still long at $122.90
KOLD
Rolled my KOLD Jan 27.0 Covered Calls to KOLD Feb 30.0 Covered Calls at $0.55 Credit.
The strike is finally above my average cost basis.
SPY
Extending my SPY #DailyLadder .
Premiums for today are very small. Not so on Thursday and Friday.
Sold 1 SPY Jan 12 2023 380.0 Put at $0.44
Sold 1 SPY Jan 13 2023 382.0 Put at $0.99
SPY OptionsExpiration
Sold the short side yesterday
The long put was bought on 12/28/22 and written against multiple times
1 SPY 350/386 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 385.0 Diagonal Put
#DailyLadder
LABU SOXL TNA UVXY VXX
Sold 1 LABU Jan 13 2023 7.5 Call at $0.19 and again at $0.20. Sold against long LABU 8.0 Calls
Sold to close SOXL Jan 13 2023 13.5 Calls at $0.11. Bought at $0.06 on 12/29
Sold to close SOXL Jan 13 2023 13.0 Call at $0.21. Bought a $0.10 on 12/29
Sold 1 TNA Jan 13 2023 36.5 Call at $0.34 and $0.49. Sold against long TNA 39.0 Calls
Sold 1 TNA Jan 13 2023 37.0 Call at $0.40. Sold against long TNA 39.0 Call
One more write against long Jan 20 6.0 Puts
Sold UVXY Jan 13 2023 6.0 Puts. Started at $0.08 and finished at $0.18. #UVXYContango
One more write against long Jan 20 13.0 Puts
Sold VXX Jan 13 2023 13.0 Puts. Started selling at $0.17 and finished at $0.31 #VXXContango
LABU SOXL TNA UVXY VXX
Tiny trades
Sold 1 LABU Jan 13 2023 7.5 Call at $0.21 and again at $0.22
Sold 1 SOXL Jan 13 2023 13.5 Call at $0.25
Sold 1 TNA Jan 13 2023 36.5 Call at $0.63
Sold 1 SPY Jan 10 2023 385.0 Put at $0.27 #DailyLadder
Sold 1 SPY Jan 10 2023 386.0 Put at $0.36 #DailyLadder
Sold 1 VXX Jan 13 2023 13.0 Put at $0.18, $0.19 and $0.20 #VXXContango
Sold 1 VXX Jan 13 2023 13.5 Covered Call at $.25, $0.27, $0.29, $0.30 and $0.31
Sold VXX Jan 13 2023 14.0 Covered Calls at $.16 and $0.17
Sold VXX Jan 13 2023 14.5 Covered Calls at $.10
IDXX Stock
Sold the last of my tiny position in IDXX at $451.02.
Bought last April at $450.00.
#GMEGMO #RaisingCash
NEM Stock
Sold a tiny lot of NEM at 52.52.
Bought on 08/03/2022 at $44.00
Still have lots at $41.80 and $37.60
Clean Slate Expiration
I’m letting most of my long stock get called away, regardless of cost in my IRA trading account.
LABU at 7.00
SOXL at 10.00
TNA at 32.00
TQQQ at 17.00
#RaisingCash
I’m also getting put a lot of UVXY and VXX. They are protected by long puts not too far below the current market.
We’ll see if this market holds up next week,
EL Stock
Liquidated my tiny position in EL (and it’s tiny dividend) at $265.01.
Bought this 2 times in March 2022 at $264.00 and $250.00 and again in Nov 2022 at $190.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPY
Extending my daily ladder only through tomorrow
Bought 1 SPY Jan 27 2023 345.0 Put at $0.45
Sold to Open 1 SPY Jan 06 2023 375.0 Put at $0.80 for a $0.35 Credit and the short may expire tomorrow
I have an excess of long SPY puts leftover if it gets ugly tomorrow
TNA TQQQ VXX
Bought to close TNA Jan 06 2023 36.0 Covered Calls at $0.01
Sold to open TNA Jan 06 2023 32.0 Covered Calls at $0.42 for additional premium on a one day scalp trade.
Bought to close TQQQ Jan 06 2023 19.5 Covered Calls at $0.01
Sold to open TQQQ Jan 06 2023 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.29 for additional premium on a one day scalp trade.
Sold to open VXX Jan 06 2023 14.5 Covered Calls at $0.06 and $0.10
Options Bistro 