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
Author Archives: Option Iceman
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
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 SPY Jan 04 2023 374.0 Put – Sold yesterday at $0.42
#DailyLadder
SPY
Extending my #DailyLadder. Today’s 374.0 put is $0.00 Bid and will expire soon.
Sold 1 SPY Jan 06 2023 374.0 Put at $0.46
SOXL TNA UVXY VXX
Small trades:
Sold 1 SOXL Jan 06 2023 10.5 Call at $0.27
Sold 1 TNA Jan 06 2023 34.5 Call at $0.26
Sold UVXY Jan 06 2023 6.5 Puts at $0.14 and $0.16
Sold VXX Jan 06 2023 13.5 Puts at $0.14 and $0.16
BBWI Stock
Liquidated my tiny position in BBWI (and it’s tiny dividend) at $46.01.
Bought this 4 times in mid-2022 at $45.00, $43.00, $29.00 and $26.10
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
AAPL
Although is falls outside my yield parameters, I started a tiny position in this #FallingKnife
Bought AAPL at $125.00
First stock trade in the new year
SPY
Extending my #DailyLadder strategy
Bought SPY Jan 13 2023 350 Puts Net Credit at $0.29 and $0.32
Sold 1 SPY Jan 03 2023 377.0 Put at $0.37 (Expired today)
Sold 1 SPY Jan 04 2023 374.0 Put at $0.42
Sold 1 SPY Jan 05 2023 372.0 Put at $0.39
LABU SOXL TLRY TQQQ VXX UVXY
Like last week, I’m selling mostly Covered Calls at a single decent strike price instead of using Covered Ladders.
It’s interesting to note that quotes on LABU contracts are now in one penny increments instead of 5 cent increments.
Sold LABU Jan 06 2023 8.0 Covered Calls at $0.11
Sold SOXL Jan 06 2023 11.5 Covered Calls at $0.08
Sold TLRY Jan 06 2023 3.0 Covered Calls at $0.05
Sold TNA Jan 06 2023 36.0 Covered Calls at $0.13
Sold TQQQ Jan 06 2023 19.5 Covered Calls at $0.10
Sold VXX Jan 06 2023 15.5 Covered Calls at $0.06, $0.07, $0.08, $0.09 and $0.10
Sold UVXY Jan 06 2023 7.5 Covered Calls at $0.10, $0.11 and $0.12
CLX Stock
Sold my tiny CLX stock position at $150.53 (a 6-month high)
Bought on 03/10/2022 at $135.00.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPY KOLD TNA VXX UVXY
Extending my SPY #DailyLadder replacing puts the expired Friday
Sold 1 SPY Nov 25 2022 385.0 Diagonal Put at $0.54
Sold 1 SPY Nov 25 2022 383.0 Diagonal Put at $0.36
Sold 1 SPY Nov 28 2022 381.0 Diagonal Put at $0.40
Sold December puts against long Feb Puts left over from Fridays expiration
Sold KOLD Dec 16 2022 10 Diagonal Puts at $1.00
Replacing calls that expired last Friday
Sold TNA Nov 25 2022 38.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.52
Sold 1 TNA Nov 25 2022 38.5 Diagonal Call at $0.36
New #VXXContango spreads
Bought VXX Mar 17 2023 9.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold VXX Nov 25 2022 16.0 Puts at $0.18 for a $0.07 Credit
Long DTE = 116
Short DTE = 4
Bought VXX Feb 17 2023 11.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold VXX Nov 25 2022 16.0 Puts at $0.20 for a $0.09 Credit
Long DTE = 88
Short DTE = 4
New #UVXYContango spreads
Bought UVXY Feb 17 2023 5.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold UVXY Nov 25 2022 8.5 Puts at $0.18for a $0.09 Credit
Long DTE = 88
Short DTE = 4
Bought UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold UVXY Nov 25 2022 8.5 Puts at $0.24 for a $0.13 Credit
Long DTE = 60
Short DTE = 4
OptionsExpiration
Not as good as I hoped, but not bad for the week
==EXPIRED==
KOLD 5/13 Bull Put Spread
KOLD 6/13 Bull Put Spread
KOLD 9/14 Bull Put Spread
LABU 13/8.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Covered Calls
SOXL 4/10.5 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 5/10.5 Bull Put Spreads
SPY 380/393 Bull Put Spread
SPY 389.0 Diagonal Put
TLRY 5.0 Covered Calls
TNA 43.0 Covered Calls
TNA 44.0 Covered Call
TNA 48/45 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 22.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 23.0 Covered Calls
TQQQ 25/23 Bear Calls Spread
TQQQ 26/24 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 27/24 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 29/24 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 15/11 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 13.5/10.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 17.0 Covered Calls
VXX 25/18.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 25.5/19 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 26/19.5 Baer Call Spreads
VXX 20.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ SOXL Calls
Bought to close TQQQ Nov 18 2022 22.0 Calls at $0.01 and $0.04 (Partial fills – letting the rest expire)
Sold at $0.60, $0.62, $0.65, $0.96, 1.08, and (on last weeks roll ) at $1.40
Bought to close SOXL Nov 18 2022 12.5 Calls at $0.03 and $0.04. ( The Stock closed right on the 12.50 strike price)
Sold at $0.38, $0.39 and $0.43
VXX Puts
Last hour of the day and these drop in-the-money. Sigh 😦
Bought to close VXX Nov 18 2022 16.5 Puts at $0.09. Sold last week at $0.19.
Sold VXX Nov 25 2022 16 Puts at $0.15 for $0.06 Credit and a $0.50 lower strike
SOXL Calls
Bought to Close SOXL Nov 18 2022 12.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.47. Sold last week on a roll at $1.22
Sold SOXL Nov 25 2022 12.0 Calls at $0.59 for a $0.12 Credit
KOLD Covered Call Ladder
Rolled the entire ladder up 5 points. KOLD hovering around 16 at the moment.
Bought to Close 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 22.0 Covered Call at $0.03. Sold at $0.73
Bought to Close 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 21.0 Covered Call at $0.03. Sold at $0.48
Bought to Close 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 20.0 Covered Call at $0.03. Sold at $0.49
Sold to Open 1 KOLD Dec 16 2022 27.0 Call at $1.27
Sold to Open 1 KOLD Dec 16 2022 26.0 Call at $1.37
Sold to Open 1 KOLD Dec 16 2022 25.0 Call at $1.47
ROST Stock
Sold all my ROST at $114.97
Bought in January and February at $103.60, $98.60, $93.50 and finally at $88.40.
Pretty nice gain even on a tiny position
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
VXX Assignment
Assigned overnight on 2 VXX Nov 18 2022 20.0 Puts. Adjusted Cost after put premium is $16.75
Sold a couple of VXX Nov 18 2022 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.06 on the off chance that they go in the money and take me back out of the stock this afternoon. If not, I’ll start writing Covered Calls next week.
SPY Daily Put Ladder
Sold 1 SPY Nov 18 2022 393.0 Put at $0.70. Scalp trade – expires today
Sold 1 SPY Nov 18 2022 389.0 Put at $0.22. Scalp trade – expires today
Sold 1 SPY Nov 21 2022 390.0 Put at $0.78
Sold 1 SPY Nov 22 2022 387.0 Put at $0.64
Sold 1 SPY Nov 23 2022 384.0 Put at $0.55
#OnlySpreads
TQQQ Closeout and Rolls
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Nov 18 2022 22.5 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold last week at $0.49
Bought to Close 1 TQQQ Nov 18 2022 23.5 Put at $1.25. Sold last Friday at $1.85
Replaced it with 1 TQQQ Nov 25 2022 23.0 Put at $1.29 for a $0.05 Credit and a $0.50 lower strike.
Bought to Close TQQQ Nov 18 2022 21.0 Calls at $1.18. Sold last Friday at $1.65
Replaced them with TQQQ Nov 25 2022 21.5 Calls at $1.25 for a $0.07 Credit and a $0.50 higher strike
#OnlySpreads
LABU TNA SOXL Calls , KOLD Puts
Clearing the boards for tomorrow:
Bought to close LABU Nov 18 2022 Diagonal 8.0 Calls at $0.02. Sold at $0.46, $0.50 and $053.
Bought to Close TNA Nov 18 2022 44.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold at $0.30 and $0.31.
Bought to close SOXL Nov 18 2022 14.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold at $0.12 just yesterday
Bought to close SOXL Nov 18 2022 15.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold at $0.08 just yesterday
Bought to close KOLD Nov 18 2022 12.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.05. Sold at $0.45 and $1.15.
SPY OptionsExpiration
SPY Nov 16 2022 393.0 Put. Sold this morning at $0.53
#DoubleDip
SPX/SPY
How would you read this chart? I find it pretty interesting
SOXL
Sold SOXL Nov 18 2022 10.5 Puts at $0.06
Sold SOXL Nov 18 2022 14.5 Calls at $0.12
Sold SOXL Nov 18 2022 15.0 Calls at $0.08
#OnlySpreads
SPY Put
Bought to close 1 SPY Nov 16 2022 364.0 Put at $0.01. Sold last Wednesday on a rolldown at $2.04
Replaced it with a zero day scalp sale:
Sold 1 SPY Nov 16 2022 393.0 Put at $0.53. #DoubleDip
#OnlySpreads
TNA Calls
Sold TNA Nov 18 2022 45.0 Calls at $0.15, $0.18 and $0.21
Sold TNA Nov 18 2022 44.0 Calls at $0.28 and $0.30
#OnlySpreads
UVXY VXX Calls
Missiles may or may not have hit Poland, VIX Spikes temporarily.
Sold UVXY Nov 18 2022 11.0 Calls at $0.12 and $0.13
Sold UVXY Nov 18 2022 10.5 Calls at $0.15 and $0.16
Sold VXX Nov 18 2022 20.0 Calls at $0.16
Sold VXX Nov 18 2022 19.5 Calls at $0.20
Sold VXX Nov 18 2022 19.0 Calls at $0.24, $0.25 and $0.26
Sold VXX Nov 18 2022 18.5 Calls at $0.27 and $0.30
#OnlySpreads
SPY OptionsExpiration
SPY Nov 14 2022 325/367 Bull Put Spread
$4200 margin release I can put to work tomorrow
TLRY
Sold TLRY Nov 18 2022 5.0 Covered Calls at $0.11
Bringing in a bit of cash each week on this dog of a stock.
Stocks
Tiny trades:
Sold my EFX position at $199.42. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $194.93
Sold my TGT position at $176.13. Bought on 05/20/2022 at $151.00
Sold my CCL position at $10.50, just slightly above my average breakeven point. No Divvy.
Sold my CDAY position at $68.01, just slightly above my average breakeven point. No Divvy.
And finally, sold my highest cost lot of SPY at $400.04 . Bought on 06/16/2022 at $362.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Added a tiny bit of D at $59.65. Div = 4.33%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
OptionsExpiration
Not much of a list as the strong market had me rolling most positions
EXPIRED:
SLV 14/19 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 15/19 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 19.0 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 7.0 Diagonal Puts
SPY 320/367 Bull Put Spread
TLRY 5.0 Covered Calls
TNA 41/40.5 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 44/42 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 50/44 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 15/15.5 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 13/15.5 Bull Put Spread
UVXY 15/11 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 10.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 29/20 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 19.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 19.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 18.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 16.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
LABU TNA TQQQ VXX Rolls
Rolled a bunch of short Calls up to next week and rolled VXX Puts down:
Bought to close VXX Nov 11 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.04
Sold to Open VXX Nov 18 2022 16.5 Puts at $0.19 for a $0.15 Credit.
Bought to close TQQQ Nov 11 2022 22.5 Calls at $0.18
Sold to Open TQQQ Nov 18 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.47 for a $0.29 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 22.0 Call at $0.66
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Nov 18 2022 23.0 Call at $0.85 for a $0.19 Credit
Bough to close TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.5 Covered Calls at $1.20
Sold to Open TQQQ Nov 18 2022 22.0 Covered Calls at $1.40 for a $0.20 Credit
Bought to close TNA Nov 11 2022 40.0 Covered Calls at $0.24
Sold to Open TNA Nov 18 2022 43.0 Covered Calls at $0.53 for a $0.29 Credit
Bought to close LABU Nov 11 2022 8.0 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold to open LABU Nov 18 2022 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.15 for a $0.11 Credit
UXVY Puts
Bought to close UVXY Nov 11 2022 Diagonal 9.0 Puts at $0.01. Sold on a rolldown last Friday at $0.23 and as part of a new #UVXYContango spread on Monday at $0.21..
This was a large position so glad to be out in a strong market.
This leaves a large long UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Put position fully paid for, with several months to write against it.
Stocks
Tiny trades for gains on the continuing rally.
Dumping some old no/low divvy stocks as well as gains on some others to lighten up.
I’ll be adding to the completed sales list throughout the day.
Sold RL at $97.76, $99.95 and $102.41
Sold KEY at $20.01
Sold IVZ at $19.55
Sold TFC at $46.65
Sold VTRS at $11.43
Sold DD at $70.00 and $71.27
Sold GPS at $11.89
Sold CZR at $53.00
Sold DFS at $111.28
Sold AMT at $224.34
Sold TER at $94.50
Sold EXPD at $109.65
Sold SBUX at $96.75
Sold COO at $321.00
Sold KSS at $31.75
Sold APTV at $112.50
Sold BAC at $38.57
TQQQ puts
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 19.0 Put at $0.01. Sold on a rolldown last week at $1.66
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 24.0 Put at $1.79. Sold last Friday on a roll at $6.39
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Nov 18 2022 23.5 Put at $1.84 for a $0.05 Credit
SOXL Calls
Sold an old long Call position:
Sold SOXL Nov 11 2022 12.5 Calls at $0.22. Bought at $0.17 and $0.18
#WinWin
Rolled short SOXL Nov 11 2022 11.5 Calls to SOXL Nov 18 2022 12.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit
Rolled short SOXL Nov 11 2022 11.0 Calls to SOXL Nov 18 2022 11.0 Calls at $0.20 Credit
Rolled short SOXL Nov 11 2022 10.5 Calls to SOXL Nov 18 2022 10.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
#OnlySpreads
VXX UVXY Puts
Rolled VXX Nov 11 2022 20.0 Puts to next week at $0.08 Credit
Rolled VXX Nov 11 2022 19.5 Puts to next week at $0.10 Credit
Rolled VXX Nov 11 2022 19.0 Puts to next week at $0.13 Credit
Rolled VXX Nov 11 2022 18.5 Puts to next week at $0.19 Credit
Rolled UVXY Nov 11 2022 11.0 Puts to next week at $0.09 Credit
Rolled UVXY Nov 11 2022 10.5 Puts to next week at $0.13 Credit
Still bringing in cash on the rolls 🙂
Also a scalp trade:
Sold VXX Nov 11 2022 16.5 Puts at $0.11 and $0.12
Expires tomorrow
SOXL TNA TQQQ Calls
Starting in on next week:
Sold SOXL Nov 18 2022 12.5 Calls at $0.38, $0.39 and $0.43
Sold TNA Nov 18 2022 42.0 Calls at $0.73
Sold TQQQ Nov 18 2022 22.0 Calls at $0.60, $0.62 and $0.65
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 18 2022 22.5 Call at $0.50
TQQQ LABU Calls
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 22.0 Call at $0.14
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.5 Calls at $0.18 and $0.23
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.0 Calls at $0.33
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 20.5 Calls at $0.51
Sold LABU Nov 11 2022 7.5 Calls at $0.10
STOCKS
Taking some tiny OLD positions off at gains on the big opening:
Sold my highest cost lot of AES at 27.79. Bought on 02/24/2022 at $20.00.
Sold SYF at $36.85. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $35.00.
Sold ITW at $219.28. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $198.78.
Sold my highest cost lot of TXN at $172.10. Bought on 02/14/2022 at $161.67.
Sold BWA at $40.17. Bought on 03/01/2022 at $39.83.
Sold my highest cost lot of DD at $68.61. Bought on 04/25/2022 at $66.00.
Sold all my UHS at $122.00. Bought on 11/29/2021 at $121.23 and on 06/16/2022 at $100.00.
#RaisingCash #FormerFallingKnife
SLV Puts
From yesterday:
Continuing to write against put position left over from previous spreads
Sold SLV Nov 11 2022 19.0 Puts at $0.09, $0.12, and $0.15
SPY partial Fail
This sale early today didn’t work, so I’m forced to roll it.
Rolled 1 SPY Nov 09 2022 376.0 Put to 1 SPY Nov 16 2022 364.0 Put at $0.34 Credit
But I did sell 1 SPY 374.0 Put at $0.31 and 1 SPY 373.0 Put at $0.26 today and since SPY closed at 374.13, both should expire.
#OnlySpreads
Another SPY Put Spread
Bought 1 SPY Dec 02 2022 330.0 Put at $0.48
Sold to Open 1 SPY Nov 14 2022 367.0 Put at $1.50 for a $1.02 Credit
#OnlySpreads
VXX UVXY Calls
Sold VXX Nov 11 2022 18.5 Calls at $0.29 and $0.34
Sold VXX Nov 11 2022 19.0 Calls at $0.22
Sold VXX Nov 11 2022 19.5 Calls at $0.18
Sold VXX Nov 11 2022 20.0 Calls at $0.13
Sold to Open UVXY Nov 11 2022 10.5 Calls at $0.20 and $0.23
Sold to Open 1 UVXY Nov 11 2022 11.0 Call at $0.20
Paired with VXX and UVXY Short Puts already in the account.
#OnlySpreads
SPY Put spread
Bought to close 1 SPY Nov 09 2022 360.0 Put at $0.01. Sold last Friday at $0.77
Sold 1 SPY Nov 09 2022 376.0 Put at $0.37 for a one day scalp to replace it. (I can always roll it down).
Set up a new spread for Friday:
Bought to Open 1 SPY Nov 30 2022 330.0 Put at $0.30
Sold to open 1 SPY Nov 11 2022 367.0 Put at $0.75 for a $0.45 Credit.
VXX and UVXY
Sold to close 1 VXX Nov 18 2022 17.0 Put at $0.62 after writing against it multiple times.
Bought on 10/17/2022 at $0.20
#VXXContango #WinWin
Sold UVXY Nov 11 2022 11 Calls at $0.17. Paired with short puts already in the account
SOXL TNA TQQQ Calls
Sold SOXL Nov 11 2022 11.5 Calls at $0.15 and $0.23
Sold TNA Nov 11 2022 40.5 Calls at $0.34 and $0.41
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.5 Calls at $0.13 and $0.17
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.0 Calls at $0.21 and $0.26
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 20.5 Call at $0.38
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 20.0 Call at $0.56
#OnlySpreads
Stocks
Still lightening up on some lower dividend payers.
Sold all my FTV at $65.07. Bought on 02/04 at $65.00 and on 03/07 at $59.93
Sold my last lot of GE at $82.58. Bought on 11/07/2021 at $60.00 {Long term gain}
Sold my remaining MCHP at $68.39. Bought on 06/16/2022 at $59.72
Sold my highest cost lot of STT at $76.53. Bought on 04/22/2022 at $72.00. Also hold lots at $68.00 and $63.04.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
KOLD Call Rolldown
Bought to close 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 34.0 Covered Call at $0.28. Sold on 10/20 at $1.70 on a rollup.
Sold 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 22.0 Covered Call at $0.73 for $0.45 additional Credit.
#DoubleDip
SPY OptionsExpiration
SPY 11/07/2022 320/367 Bull Put Spread – Expired
UVXY Diagonal Puts
Bought to open UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.14
Sold to open UVXY Nov 11 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.21 for a $0.07 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 74
Short DTE = 4
#UVXYContango
KOLD Call Rolldowns
Bought to close 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 28.0 Covered Call at $0.09. Originally sold on a rollup on 10/21 at $4.27
Replaced it with 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 20.0 Covered Call at $0.49 for a $0.40 additional credit with the stock just under $14.
Edit: Did another.
Bought to close 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 30.0 Covered Call at $0.06. Originally sold on a rollup on 10/21 at $3.75.
Replaced it with 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 21.0 Covered Call at $0.48 for a $0.42 Credit
KOLD Diagonal Put Spreads
Bought 1 KOLD Feb 17 2023 5.0 Put Net Credit at $0.87
Sold 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 13.0 Put at $1.52 for a $0.65 Credit
Bought 1 KOLD Feb 17 2023 5.0 Put at $0.90
Sold 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 12.0 Put at $1.15 for a $0.25 Credit
Long DTE = 102
Short DTE = 11
BA SPG FRT HBAN Stocks
Sold all of my remaining BA position at $161.90. Bought this 5 times between 03/04 and 05/12/2022. Sold it about 2.5% above my average cost (pays no dividend).
Sold my highest cost lot of SPG at $116.50. Bought on 05/20/2022 at $106.80.
Sold the last of my FRT at $106.68. Bought on 06/14/2022 at $95.00.
Sold some of my HBAN at $15.45. Bought on 06/23/2022 at $11.80.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
LABU SOXL TLRY TNA TQQQ
Replacing many of the positions that expired Friday, some at higher strikes.
Sold LABU Nov 11 2022 8.0 Covered Calls at $0.10
Sold SOXL Nov 11 2022 11.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.11, $0.13 and $0.15
Sold SOXL Nov 11 2022 10.5 Covered Calls at $0.20
Sold TLRY Nov 11 2022 5.0 Covered Calls at $0.05
Sold TNA Nov 11 2022 40.0 Covered Calls at $0.37
Sold TNA Nov 11 2022 40.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.48 and $0.50
Sold TNA Nov 11 2022 42 Diagonal Calls at $0.16
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 20.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.33
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 20.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.26
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.19
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.0 Covered Calls at $0.16
Sold TQQQ Nov 11 2022 21.5 Covered Calls at $0.11
FRT
Sold a tiny position in FRT at $105.27. Bought on 09/23/22 at $89.18
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
OptionsExpiration
Despite the market rally, all the LABU, SOXL,TQQQ and TNA Covered Calls and call spreads expired worthless.
Expired:
LABU 13/8.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 8.5 Covered Calls
LABU 9.0 Diagonal Calls
SLV 15/17 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 17/10.5 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 10.5 Covered Calls
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Calls
SOXL 11.5 Diagonal Calls
SOXL 7.0 Diagonal Puts
SPY 320/367 Bull Put Spread
SPY 370.0 Diagonal Puts
TLRY 4.5 Covered Calls
TNA 47/37 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 37.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 38.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 39.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 40.0 Diagonal and Covered Calls
TNA 41.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 42.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 43.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 44.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 45.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 24/22 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 25/22 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 26/22.5 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 27/23 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 27/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 22.0/23.0/23.5/24.5 Covered Calls
TQQQ 24.5 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 13/16.5 Bull Put Spreads
UVXY 10.5 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 11.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 29/20 Bear Calls Spreads
SOXL Strangle
Sold SOXL Nov 11 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.11.
Sold SOXL Nov 11 2022 10.5 Calls at $0.17.
Replacing similar options that are about to expire today
#OnlySpreads
SPY Put
Bought to close 1 SPY Nov 04 364.0 Diagonal Put at $0.09. Sold yesterday at $0.94
Sold 1 SPY Nov 09 2022 360.0 Put at $0.77 to replace it.
#OnlySpreads
VXX UVXY Calls
Sold VXX Nov 11 2022 20.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.12 and $0.13
Sold UVXY Nov 11 2022 11.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.19
Paired with the short puts I rolled down earlier.
TQQQ Puts Rolled Down
Rolled down 1 TQQQ Nov 04 2022 19.5 Put to 1 TQQQ Nov 11 2022 19.0 Put at $0.08 Credit.
I keep rolling this down hoping that one of these weeks it will finally expire.
At least the roll is cash positive each week.
Also rolled TQQQ Nov 04 2022 17.5 Puts down to TQQQ Nov 11 2022 15.5 Puts at $0.02 Credit
#onlySpreads
TNA Call Spreads
Bought 1 TNA Nov 25 2022 45.0 Call at $0.40
Bought 1 TNA Dec 02 2022 47.0 Call at $0.42
Sold TNA Nov 11 2022 40.0 Calls Net Credit at $0.50 and $0.52.
Waiting until a large number of (both covered and diagonal) TNA calls expire this afternoon before re-writing them for next week.
#OnlySpreads
VXX UVXY Puts
I was early on all these trades, especially the rolldowns
Rolled VXX Nov 04 2022 17.5 Puts down to VXX Nov 11 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close VXX Nov 04 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.01.
#VXXContango
Rolled UVXY Nov 04 2022 9.5 Puts down to UVXY Nov 11 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close UVXY Nov 04 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.01.
#UVXYContango
Stocks
Added a tiny bit of NWL at $12.61 Div = 7.1%
Added a tiny bits of PARA at $16.70 and $16.20 Div = 5.7%
Added a tiny bit of NEM at $38.20 Div= 5.56%
Added a tiny bit of LNC at $36.17 Div = 3.45%
Added a tiny bit of WU at $12.33 Div = 7.2%
Started a new position in MSFT at $219.13 even though it is a low dividend payer at 1.23%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold All my tiny position in PNW at $69.44.
Bought on 10/29/2021 at $65.00 and on 10/12/2022 at $60.00
#FormerFallingKnife
TQQQ SOXL SPY UVXY
One day scalps:
Sold TQQQ Nov 04 2022 16.5 Puts at $0.15
Sold SOXL Nov 04 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.08
Sold 1 SPY Nov 04 2022 364.0 Put at $0.94
Bought 1 SPY Nov 25 2022 325.0 Put at $0.48 for a $0.46 Credit
Sold UVXY Nov 04 2022 10.5 Calls at $0.15
SPY Put Roll
Bought to close SPY Nov 02 2022 376.0 Put / Sold 1 SPY Nov 04 2022 370.0 Put at $0.17 Credit for 2 more days
SPY Positions expired:
SPY Nov 02 2022 300/373 Bull Put spread
LRCX ARE JCI Stock
Sold my last tiny lot of LRCX at $418.50. Bought on 10/13 at $302.09.
Sold a tiny lot of ARE at $146.91. Bought on 06/17 at $130.00.
Sold my last tiny lot of JCI at $59.59. Bought on 06/14 at $49.21.
#RaisingCash #FormerFallingKnife
TQQQ SOXL
Scalps before the Fed announcement:
Sold TQQQ Nov 04 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.17 and $0.19
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 04 2022 23.0 Call at $0.19
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 04 2022 23.5 Call at $0.13
Sold 1 TQQQ Nov 04 2022 24.0 Call at $0.09
Sold SOXL Nov 04 2022 11.5 Calls at $0.06
NVDA Stock
Sold all my tiny position in NVDA at $141.01, just slightly above my average cost.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SPY Put Ladder
I have lots of long puts left over from previous diagonal spreads, so I’m writing against them again with SPY at $386:
Sold 1 SPY Nov 02 2022 376.0 Put at $0.64 (expires tomorrow)
Sold 1 SPY Nov 04 2022 370.0 Put at $0.60 (Expires Friday)
Sold 1 SPY Nov 07 2022 367.0 Put at $0.52 (Expires Monday)
ISRG Stock
Sold the last of my tiny ISRG position at $249.14. Bought on 05/06/2022 at $225.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SOXL Calls
Sold SOXL Nov 04 2022 11.0 Calls at $0.11
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