Bought to close UVXY Mar 17 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.14. Sold on a roll last week at $1.33
Rolled to short UVXY Mar 24 2023 5.5 Puts at $0.18 and picked up $0.50 on the short strike
#OnlySpreads
Author Archives: Option Iceman
SPY Put rolled
Rolled today’s SPY Mar 14 2023 390.0 Put to Thursday’s SPY Mar 16 2023 388.0 Put at $0.02 Credit
Dropped the short strike 2 points
#OnlySpreads
VXX
Throwaway long puts to write against
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 31.0 Put at $0.05
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 32.0 Put at $0.05
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 10.0 Put at $0.02
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 15.0 Put at $0.03
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 20.0 Put at $0.04
Bought 1 VXX Sep 15 2023 10.0 Put at $0.04
Bought 1 VXX Sep 15 2023 15.0 Put at $0.05
These are highly illiquid with wide bid/ask spreads
#VXXContango
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 SPY Mar 14 2023 420/396 Bear Call Spread expired. Sold the short yesterday at $0.85
Have a short 395.0 and a short 397 Call for tomorrow
SPY Put rolled
Once SPY broke 388 I had to act before the close (my earlier roll from this morning looks good now)
Rolled today’s SPY Mar 14 2023 392.0 Put to Thursday’s SPY Mar 16 2023 390.0 Put at $0.24 Credit
Dropped the short strike 2 points
#OnlySpreads
PNC KSS Puts rolled
Some more “black hole” trades needed to be rolled after yesterday
Rolled 1 PNC 03/17/2023 141.0 Put to 1 PNC 03/24/2023 139.0 Put at $0.45 Credit
Rolled 1 KSS 03/17/2023 23.0 Puts to 1 KSS 03/24/2023 22.5 Put at $0.07 Credit
SOXL
Sold SOXL Mar 17 2023 16.0 Calls at $0.29 and $0.34, replacing similar calls that expired on Friday
#OnlySpreads
SPY
Rolled the put the I sold yesterday out another day:
Bought to close 1 SPY Mar 14 2023 394 Put at $2.81. Sold at $9.54
Sold to Open 1 SPY Mar 15 2023 393.0 Put at $3.11 for a $0.30 Credit
Took the credit and bought 1 SPY Mar 21 2023 365.0 Put at $0.28 that will allow me to keep rolling the short down for a few more days
$SPX needs to close above 3940 before I’d even consider this drop over.
VXX SPY
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 30.0 Put at $0.05
Sold VXX Mar 17 2023 40.0 Puts at $0.12
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 42 Put at $0.17
#VXXContango
Bought 1 SPY Mar 17 2023 407.0 Call at $0.13
Sold 1 SPY Mar 16 2023 397.0 Call at $1.16
#OnlySpreads
Morning stocks
High yield #SP500 stocks at new lows at the open.
Tiny buys:
HBAN at $11.34
VFC at $20.88
FITB at 26.70 and $22.15
OGN at $22.50
LNC at $23.72
ZION at $26.06
BAC at $28.73
CFG at $29.72
TFC at $33.10
USB at $38.10
CMA at $42.59 and $30.00
BXP at $55.89
PNC at $128.25
KEY at $10.00
FRC at $25.00
#FallingKnife
SPY
Rolled today’s SPY Mar 13 2023 395.0 Put to tomorrow’s SPY Mar 14 2023 394.0 Put at $0.02 Net Credit
Short the SPY 396.0 Call for tomorrow too.
CMA ZION Puts
I stepped into a hornet’s nest with these two but was able to roll them out and down:
Bought to close 1 CMA Mar 17 2023 62.5 Put / Sold 1 CMA Apr 21 2023 60.0 Put at $0.20 Credit
Bought to close 1 ZION Mar 17 2023 42.5 Put / Sold 1 ZION Apr 21 2023 40.0 Put at $0.25 Credit
SPY
Sold 1 SPY Mar 14 2023 396.0 Call at $0.85
Sold 1 SPY Mar 15 2023 397.0 Call at $0.92
Sold 1 SPY Mar 15 2023 395.0 Call at $1.38
Paired with short Puts sold last week that I will probably have to roll
#OnlySpreads
VXX UVXY
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 60.0 Call at $4.20
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 59.0 Call at $4.35
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 58.0 Call at $4.80
Sold 1 UVXY Mar 17 2023 7.0 Call at $0.77
LABU SOXL
Sold 1 LABU Mar 17 2023 4.5 Put at $0.27
Sold LABU Mar 17 2023 6.0 Calls at $0.11 (paired with LABU 6.0 puts I rolled last week)
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 17 2023 12.5 Put at $0.52 (paired with 1 SOXL 14.0 Call I rolled last week)
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 17 2023 12.0 Put at $0.32
More Stocks
Afternoon tiny buys at new lows:
FITB at $29.67. Div = 4.1%
WU at $11.00. Div = 8.2%
BAX at $38.28. Div = 2.9%
BXP at $60.00. Div = 6.3%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
OptionsExpiration
What a fun week – he said sarcastically
==Expired==
LABU 11.5/7/5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 7.5 Diagonal Calls
LABU 7.5 Covered Call
SOXL 19/17.5 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 18.5/17 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 18/16.5 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 13.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 13.0 Diagonal Puts
SPY 415/402 Bear Call Spread
UVXY 4.5 Diagonal Puts
VXX 11.5 Diagonal Puts
VXX 10.5 Diagonal Puts
==Assignments==
Assigned on 5 VXX(Adjusted) 10.5 Covered Calls (represents 125 shares)
Couldn’t roll them out to next week or even out 2 weeks because of the gigantic bid/ask spreads.
I’ll take the loss on a small portion of my long stock, partially offset by the Put expirations in VXX above
SPY
The SPY went positive for a few minutes so I rolled my last SPY Put position for this week
Rolled today’s SPY Mar 10 2023 396.0 Put to Monday’s SPY Mar 13 2023 395.0 Put at $0.21 Credit.
My SPY Daily Put ladder for next week is:
Monday: 395
Tuesday: 392
Wednesday: 390
#OnlySpreads
VXX and UVXY Calls
Going to the moon???
Sold UVXY Mar 17 2023 6.0 Calls at $0.30, $0.33, $0.35 and $0.42
Sold UVXY Mar 17 2023 6.5 Calls at $0.33, $0.41, $0.44 and $0.60
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 54.0 Call at $1.29
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 55.0 Call at $1.35
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 56.0 Call Net at $1.58
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 57.0 Call Net at $2.53
#OnlySpreads
Stocks
Decent yields all around as a bunch of tiny old orders fill on the opening
LNC at $26.36. Div = 6.5%
HAS at $50.00. Div = 5.4%
MTB at $125.10. Div = 3.9%
MMM at $105.00. Div = 5.6%
SCHD at $72.50. Div = 3.5%
TFC at $38.70. Div = 5.0%
VNO at $17.35. Div = 8.3%
ZION at $37.61. Div = 3.8%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPY
My short puts are being pressured so jumped in on a short call
Sold 1 SPY Mar 10 2023 402.0 Call at $0.48
The strike is above the range for the last few days
VXX Call Ladder
For next week:
Sold VXX Mar 17 2023 47.0 Covered Calls from $0.32 up to $0.42
Sold VXX Mar 17 2023 48.0 Calls at $0.35 and $0.40
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 49.0 Call at $0.37
Stocks
Tiny trades
Bought VNO at $18.25. Div = 8.0%
Bought PNC at $142.50. Div = 4.1%
Bought VFC at $23.41. Div = 5.0%
Bought WU at $11.70. Div = 7.9%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BTW: Regional banks are really under pressure
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 short Mar 08 2023 409.0 Call expired. Sold at $1.05 on 03/03
1 short Mar 08 2023 406.0 Call expired. Sold at $1.95 on 03/06 as a rollup from Monday’s 403.0 Call
1 short Mar 08 2023 398.0 Put expired (barely). Sold on 03/06 at $0.54
1 short Mar 08 2023 375.0/392.0 Bull Put Spread expired
#SPYDailyLadder
VXX Puts
First trades in the new strike prices
Bought to Open 3 VXX Apr 21 2023 32.0 Puts at $0.05.
Sold to Open 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 40.0 Put at $0.15 to cover the cost of the buy.
Waiting to see how VXX options trade once the quotes settle down.
The current bid/ask spreads are way too wide.
#VXXContango
CVS Stock
Started a tiny new position in CVS at $80.00. Div = 3.00%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 Mar 07 2023 411.0/ 404.0 Bear Call Spread
(rolled to the short 404 Call last Friday up from my original 402.0 Call)
1 Mar 07 2023 380.0/396.0 Bull Put Spread
Both expired.
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY Put Rolldown
Rolled today’s SPY Mar 07 2023 400.0 Put to Friday’s SPY Mar 10 2023 396.0 Put at $0.44 Credit
#OnlySpreads
VNO Stock and Put
Added to my tiny VNO position at $19.00. Div = 7.5%
Also sold 1 VNO Mar 17 2023 17.5 Put at $0.15
#FallingKnife
SOXL Puts
Sold SOXL Mar 10 2023 13.0 Puts at $0.11 and $0.12
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 10 2023 13.5 Put at $0.17
Turning more short calls into short strangles
#OnlySpreads
VXX
1 for 4 reverse split is effective today
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 SPY Mar 06 2023 373.0/397.0 Bull put Spread expired
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY Call Rollup
Rolled today’s SPY 403.0 Call to Thursday’s SPY 406.0 Call at $0.33 Credit
#OnlySpreads
SPY Put Ladder
Sold 1 SPY Mar 07 2023 400.0 Put at $0.52
Sold 1 SPY Mar 08 2023 398.0 Put at $0.54
Sold 1 SPY Mar 09 2023 396.0 Put at $0.54
Sold 1 SPY Mar 09 2023 395.0 Put at $0.39
#SPYDailyLadder
#OnlySPreads
LABU SOXL
Taking what the market will give me
Sold LABU Mar 10 2023 7.5 Calls at $0.06
Sold SOXL Mar 10 2023 17.5 Calls at $0.17
#OnlySpreads
OptionsExpiration
Expired
BOIL 5.5 Diagonal Puts
BOIL 6.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 7.0 Covered Call
LABU 11.5/8.5 Bear Call Spread
LABU 10/7 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL 18/16 Bear Call Spread
SPY 377/389 Bull Put Spread
UVXY 6.0 Covered Calls
UVXY 5.5 Covered Calls
UVXY 8/6 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 7.5/5.5 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 7/5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 13.5 Covered Calls
VXX 13.0 Covered Calls
VXX 12.5 Covered Calls
VXX 16.5/14 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 16/13.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 16/13 Bear Call Spreads
SOXL Calls
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 10 2023 16.5 Call at $0.38
Rolled today’s SOXL Mar 03 2023 15.5 Calls to SOXL Mar 10 2023 17.0 Calls at $0.09 Credit
A small overall gain on the 15.5 Calls
#OnlySpreads
SPY Roll + one more
Rolled today’s SPY Mar 03 2023 402.0 Call to Tuesday’s SPY Mar 07 2023 404.0 Call at $0.80 Credit
Sold 1 SPY Mar 08 2023 409.0 Call at $1.05
#OnlySpreads
SPY Call and Put
Sold 1 SPY Mar 07 2023 408.0 Call at $0.71
Sold 1 SPY Mar 08 2023 392.0 Put at $0.60
#SPYDailyLadder
#OnlySpreads
SPY OptionsExpiration
1 SPY 380/390 Bull Put spread Expired
1 SPY Mar 02 2023 393.0/401.0 Short Strangle expired too 🙂
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY Call
Sold 1 SPY Mar 06 2023 403.0 Call at $0.52
#OnlySpreads
SPY Call
Sold 1 SPY Mar 03 2023 402.0 Call at $0.24
#OnlySpreads
PPG Stock
Liquidated my tiny PPG position at $135.01
Bought last March at $125.00 and again at $119.00
I will get the latest dividend on 3/10 too
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
SOXL Call
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 10 2023 16.5 Call at $0.15
#OnlySpreads
Short Puts
Sold 1 PNC 03/10/2023 143.00 Put at $0.50. 52W Range = 143.52 – 199.43
Sold 1 CMA 03/17/2023 62.50 Put at $0.28. 52W Range = 62.83 – 97.52
VXX Long Puts
Bought VXX Sep 15 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.13 and $0.12.
Further hedges for short VXX Puts I am rolling every week
#VXXContango
SOXL Call Rollup
Bought to close 1 SOXL Mar 03 2023 13.5 Call at $0.75. Sold on a roll last week at $1.88
Replaced it with a sale of 1 SOXL Mar 10 2023 14.0 Call at $0.83
#OnlySpreads
SPY Options Expiration
1 SPY Mar 01 2023 380/391 Bull Put Spread expired
#SPYDailyLadder
VXX Calls for next week
Sold VXX Mar 10 2023 13.0 Calls at $0.19 and $0.20
SPY Puts and Call
Sold 1 SPY Mar 02 2023 401.0 Call at $0.43
Sold 1 SPY Mar 02 2023 390.0 Put at $0.53
#OnlySpreads
Sold 1 SPY Mar 03 2023 389.0 Put at $0.65
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY Options Expiration
1 SPY Feb 28 2023 385/394 Bull Put Spread is expiring. Sold yesterday at $0.33 Credit
1 SPY Feb 28 2023 405.0 Diagonal Call is expiring. Sold yesterday at $0.29
BOIL SOXL
Sold BOIL Mar 03 2023 6.0 Put at $0.23 and $0.28
Sold BOIL Mar 03 2023 5.5 Puts at $0.10 replacing similar puts that expired Friday
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 03 2023 16.0 Call at $0.17
SPY Put
Sold 1 SPY Mar 02 2023 393.0 Put at $0.95
#SPYDailyLadder
SPY Options Expiration
1 SPY 384/394 Bull Put Spread is expiring. Sold on 2/24 at $2.23 Credit
#SPYDailyLadder
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
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