2 #FallingKnife #SP500 stocks at new Lows for today.
Bought a tiny amount of TTWO at $149.45 and some VRTX at $185, adding to my position.
My last buy in VRTX was June 15th at 190.
Stock I bought even earlier at $193.58 I sold on 07/16/2021 at $204.00
Author Archives: Option Iceman
AMC Call Roll
Bought to Close 1 AMC Sep 17 2021 41.0 Diagonal Call at $4.44
Sold to Open AMC Sep 24 2021 41.0 Call at $5.23 for a $0.79 Credit.
Hoping my short 47 and 50 calls expire at the end of the day.
VXX Put rolldown
As is typical as we approach Friday, the VIX and VXX are both falling.
Bought to close 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 26.5 Put at $1.24. Sold last week on another rolldown at $1.98.
Sold to Open 1 Contract VXX Sep 24 2021 26.0 Put at $1.44 and gained another half point on the strike for next week.
Also bought some new long puts to act a #VXXContango hedges for future writes.
Bought 1 VXX Mar 18 2022 13.0 Put at $0.66
Bought 1 VXX Jan 21 2022 15.0 Put at $0.44
CTXS
Closing out a tiny long position in a former #FallingKnife.
Sold CTXS stock at $115. Bought this on 07/29 at $94.70 and never got to average down.
AMC Puts
Pairing with my numerous short calls for this week.
Sold AMC Sep 17 2021 41.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.56
Sold AMC Sep 17 2021 40.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.28
VXX Call
Sold 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 28 .0 Diagonal Call at $0.59
TLRY Puts
Sold TLRY Sep 17 2021 11.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.19 & again at $0.21
TNA Put
Sold 1 TNA Sep 17 2021 82.0 Diagonal Put at $1.72.
Paired with my short diagonal 88.0 Call for this week I now have a short 82/88 strangle with a $5.24 premium
Markets
Today’s chart.
What options on the top 5 stocks have the most trading volume?
VXX Covered Call Ladder
Sold 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 29.0 Call at $0.72
Sold 1 VXX Sep 24 2021 34.5 Call at $0.67
Sold 1 VXX Oct 01 2021 35.0 Call at $1.01
Sold 1 VXX Oct 08 2021 36.0 Call at $1.23
Sold 1 VXX Oct 15 2021 37.0 Call at $1.41
COIN Put
Sold 1 COIN Sep 17 2021 225.0 Diagonal Put at $1.15.
Replaces the COIN 09/10/2021 247.5 Diagonal Put that expired Friday
#DoubleDip #OnlySpreads
LABU Put
Sold 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 59.0 Diagonal Put at $1.10.
Paired with a couple of BCS positions for this week and replacing part of the 58.5 puts that expired Friday
OptionsExpiration
A small list because of all the rolls to next week.
AMC 09/10/2021 68/52 Bear Call Spread
COIN 09/10/2021 280.0 Diagonal Call
COIN 09/10/2021 350/275 Bear Call Spread
COIN 09/10/2021 247.5 Diagonal Put
LABU 09/10/2021 74.0 Diagonal Call
LABU 09/10/2021 71.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 09/10/2021 58.5 Diagonal Puts
TLRY 09/10/2021 26/16 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY 09/10/2021 16.0 Covered Calls
TNA 09/10/2021 91.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 09/10/2021 45/34 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/10/2021 45/32.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/10/2021 45/28.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/10/2021 24.0 Diagonal Puts
VXX Calls
VIX & VXX Spike so had to roll a couple and chose to roll others for a big jump in strike for next week.
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 25.5 Calls at $0.96 (sold at 0.78)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 26.0 Calls at $0.52 & 0.56 (sold at 0.52 & 0.53)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 26.5 Calls at $0.19 (sold at 0.32)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 27.0 Calls at $0.12 (sold at 0.24)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 27.5 Calls at $0.04 (sold at 0.16)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 28.0 Calls at $0.02 (sold at 0.36)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 28.5 Calls at $0.02 (sold at 0.27)
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 27.5 Calls at $1.01
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 29.0 Calls at $0.77
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 30.0 Calls at $0.59
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 30.5 Calls at $0.62
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 31.0 Calls at $0.49
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 32.5 Calls at $0.66
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 33.5 Calls at $0.33
TQQQ Call Rollup
Bought to Close TQQQ Sep 10 2021 148.0 Diagonal Call at $1.63. Sold last Friday on a roll at $4.84
To replace it, Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Sep 17 2021 150.0 Call at $3.09.
A 2 point gain on the strike plus $1.46 Credit
VXX Calls
Bought to close VXX 09/10/2021 32.5 Diagonal Calls @ 0.01. Sold on 08/26 for an average of $0.61.
Sold VXX 09/17/2021 33.0 Calls @ 0.35 and
Sold VXX 09/17/2021 33.5 Calls @ 0.33
LABU Call
One more LABU Roll
Bought to close 1 LABU Sep 10 2021 67.0 Call at $0.12. Sold last week on a roll at $3.85
Replaced it with 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 70.0 Call at $1.17.
The 67 call would probably have expired but I don’t know if I could have gotten such a nice premium on the 70 next Monday.
#OnlySpreads
TNA Rollups
Bought to close 1 TNA Sep 10 2021 88.0 Diagonal Call at $1.22. Sold on a roll last week at $7.31
Bought to Close 1 TNA Sep 10 2021 86.0 Diagonal Call at $3.42. Sold on a roll last week at $8.76
Replaced them with:
1 TNA Sep 17 2021 93.0 Call at $1.27
1 LABU Sep 17 2021 88.0 Call at $3.52
LABU Rollups
Bought to close 1 LABU Sep 10 2021 62.0 Diagonal Call at $2.65. Sold on a roll last week at $8.43
Bought to Close 1 LABU Sep 10 2021 58.5 Diagonal Call at $6.24. Sold on a roll last week at $10.94
Replaced them with:
1 LABU Sep 17 2021 65.0 Call at $2.70
1 LABU Sep 17 2021 59.0 Call at $6.70
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Sep 10 2021 27.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.16
Sold VXX Sep 10 2021 27.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.24
Sold VXX Sep 10 2021 26.5 Covered Calls at $0.32
Sold VXX Sep 10 2021 26.0 Covered Calls at $0.52 & $0.53.
Expires tomorrow.
Markets
The chart says it all
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Sep 10 2021 28.5 Covered Calls at $0.27.
I will add if given the chance at a higher price.
LABU Puts
Sold LABU Sep 10 2021 58.5 Puts at $0.35
Paired with a number of short Calls for this week.
COG
Back out of this stock after exiting it at 18.33.
Bought a bit at a new low of 14.68 on Aug 19th and I was never able to average down.
This is my 2nd successful swing trade of this former #Fallingknife
COIN Put
Sold 1 COIN Sep 10 2021 247.5 Diagonal Put at $1.82.
Paired with the COIN 275.0 Call I rolled up to last week at $8.10 for a 247.5/275.0 Strangle with a total Credit of $9.92
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VZ
Putting this high yield #FallingKnife on my watch list.
Only about 2% above the 52-week low
VIX
The VIX index increased by 10 percent this morning.
I don’t know if this is going anywhere but it bears watching.
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 32.5 Covered Calls at $0.36 replacing some that expired Friday.
HRL
The only #SP500 stock to hit a 52-week low in quite a while
Bought a bit at 42.50
#Fallingknife
OptionsExpiration
Expired:
AMC 09/03/2021 60/47 Bear Call Spread
AMC 09/03/2021 50/44 Bear Call Spread
AMC 09/03/2021 40.0 Diagonal Puts
AMC 09/03/2021 39.0 Diagonal Puts
COIN 09/03/2021 350/280 Bear Call Spread
COIN 09/03/2021 195/237.5 Bull Put Spread
LABU 09/03/2021 45.0 Diagonal Put
TLRY 09/03/2021 23/16 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 09/03/2021 85.0 Diagonal Put
TQQQ 09/03/2021 118.0 Diagonal Puts
VXX 09/03/2021 53/35 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/03/2021 53/32.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/03/2021 40/32.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/03/2021 40/30 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/03/2021 27.5 Covered Calls
VXX 09/03/2021 24.0 Diagonal Puts #VXXContango
AMC Call Roll
Bought to close AMC Sep 03 2021 44.0 Call at $0.15. Sold at 3.42 on 08/30.
To replace it, Sold to Open AMC Sep 10 2021 49.0 Call at $1.55
COIN Call Roll
Bought to close 1 COIN Sep 03 2021 275.0 Call/ Sold 1 COIN Sep 10 2021 280.0 Call at $2.01 Credit + 5.00 better strike
AMC Calls
Bought to close AMC Sep 03 2021 45.0 Calls at $0.01. Sold at $1.67
Bought to close AMC Sep 03 2021 46.0 Call at $0.01. Sold at $2.04
Bought to close AMC Sep 03 2021 48.0 Call at $0.01. Sold at $2.54
VXX Calls
Bought to close VXX Sep 03 2021 27.0 Covered Calls at $0.01.
Sold to Open VXX Sep 10 2021 28.5 Covered Calls at $0.19
COIN Call Roll
Bought to close 1 COIN Sep 03 2021 270.0 Call/ Sold 1 COIN Sep 10 2021 275.0 Call at $1.10 Credit + 5.00 better strike
TQQQ Call Rolls
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Sep 03 2021 146.0 Call / Sold 1 TQQQ Sep 10 2021 148.0 Call at $0.05 Credit + 2.00 better strike
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Sep 03 2021 141.0 Call / Sold 1 TQQQ Sep 10 2021 142.0 Call at $0.05 Credit + 1.00 better strike
VXX Put rolls
Rolled VXX 09/03/2021 25.0 Puts to VXX 09/10/2021 24.0 Puts @ 0.02 Credit and lowered the short strike 1.00 for next week’s short trading week.
Rolled VXX 09/03/2021 26.0 Puts to VXX 09/10/2021 25.5 Puts @ 0.22 Credit and lowered the short strike 0.50 for next week’s short trading week.
Letting this week’s 24.0 puts expire
#VXXContango
TNA Call Rolls
Bought to close TNA Sep 03 2021 85.5 Call / Sold TNA Sep 10 2021 86.0 Call at $0.10 Credit + 0.50 better strike
Bought to close TNA Sep 03 2021 87.5 Call / Sold TNA Sep 10 2021 88.0 Call at $0.20 Credit + 0.50 better strike
More LABU Rolls
Bought to close LABU Sep 03 2021 61.5 Call / Sold LABU Sep 10 2021 62.0 Call at $0.23 Credit + 0.50 better strike
Bought to close LABU Sep 03 2021 67.5 Call / Sold LABU Sep 10 2021 71.0 Call at $0.10 Credit + 3.50 better strike
SLV Puts
Rolled SLV short 23.0 Puts to next week @ 0.10 Credit
Rolled SLV short 22.5 Puts to next week @ 0.17 Credit
LABU Call
Bought to close 1 LABU 09/03/2020 69.5 Call @ $0.77. Sold on 09/01 @ $0.98.
Replaced it with 1 short LABU 09/10/2021 74.0 Call @ $1.12
VXX Calls
Bought to close 1 VXX Sep 03 2021 46.0 Covered Call at $0.01. Sold on 08/02 at $1.14
Bought to close VXX Sep 03 2021 32.5 Covered Calls at $0.01. Sold on 08/24 & 08/25 at $0.24 and $0.26
Scalping a bit more premium selling 1 VXX Sep 03 2021 27.0 Covered Call @ 0.08
and selling VXX Sep 03 2021 27.5 Covered Calls @ 0.06 for tomorrow.
Also sold VXX Sep 10 2021 28.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.36 for next week’s short trading week.
COIN Call
Sold 1 COIN Sep 03 2021 275.0 Diagonal Call at $3.07
LABU Calls
Sold 1 LABU Sep 03 2021 69.5 Call at $0.98
Sold 1 LABU Sep 03 2021 67.5 Call at $2.70
AMC Puts
Looking to balance out my too numerous short calls
Sold AMC Sep 03 2021 40.0 Puts at $0.37
Sold AMC Sep 03 2021 39.0 Puts at $0.31
VXX Puts
Sold VXX SEP 03 2021 24.0 Puts at $0.14
VXX early Put roll
Rolled 1 VXX 09/03/2021 27.5 Put to 1 VXX 09/10/2021 27.0 Put @ 0.07 Credit and lowered the short strike 0.50 for an extra week
LABU Call
Sold 1 LABU Sep 03 2021 67.5 Call at $1.57
LABU at the top of it’s recent range
TLRY Option Ladder
Sold TLRY Sep 17 2021 16.0 Calls at $0.21, $0.25 and $0.30.
Extending my Covered Ladder
VXX1 – Old(pre-split) long Puts
Yesterday at the close:
Sold to close VXX1 Jan 21 2022 4.0 Puts at $0.34 (partial position).
Bought this lot on 03/30/2021 @ $0.08.
I’ll try to scale out of more at higher prices.
#VXXContango
VXX Contango Trade
Bought to open VXX Jan 21 2022 10.0 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Sep 03 2021 24.0 Puts at $0.02 Credit
Long DTE = 144
Short DTE = 4
VXX at 25.75
#VXXContango
COIN Calls
Sold 1 COIN Sep 03 2021 270.0 Diagonal Call at $2.85
Sold 1 COIN Sep 03 2021 280.0 Diagonal Call at $1.05
COIN and TNA Puts
Sold 1 COIN Sep 03 2021 237.5 Diagonal Put at $0.95.
Replaces the COIN 08/27/2021 180.0/247.5 Bull Put Spread that expired Friday.
Sold 1 TNA Sep 03 2021 85.0 Diagonal Put at $0.83
Replaces the TNA 08/27/2021 75.0 Diagonal Put that expired Friday and is paired with a some short calls for this week.
AMC Calls
Sold 1 AMC Sep 03 2021 44.0 Diagonal Call at $3.42
Sold 1 AMC Sep 03 2021 46.0 Diagonal Call at $2.04
Replaces the AMC 08/27/2021 41.0 Diagonal Call and AMC 08/27/2021 42.0 Diagonal Call that expired Friday
Premiums are much higher this week than last week.
VXX1 (pre-split) Puts
Several trades as I squeeze a bit more premium out of these:
Sold to close my last VXX1(pre-split) 09/17/2021 7.0 Put at $0.92
Acquired the entire position on these on 03/05/2021 at $0.15 as the long side of a long expired diagonal spread.
Sold to open VXX1 Sep 17 2021 6.0 Puts at $0.18 and $0.19
Sold against long VXX1 January 21 2022 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 puts so no downside risk
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
The JHole meeting caused me to have to roll a lot of positions that were on the edge of expiring. TNA and LABU were up over 7% today.
== Expired ==
AMC 08/27/2021 41.0 Diagonal Call
AMC 08/27/2021 42.0 Diagonal Call
AMC 08/27/2021 43.0 Diagonal Call
COIN 08/27/2021 277.5 Diagonal Call
COIN 08/27/2021 180.0/247.5 Bull Put Spread
LABU 08/27/2021 51.0 Diagonal Put
LABU 08/27/2021 50.0 Diagonal Put
SQQQ 08/27/2021 9.5 Covered Call
TLRY 08/27/2021 23.0/16.0 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY 08/27/2021 11.0/12.5 Bull Put Spreads
TNA 08/27/2021 75.0 Diagonal Put
TQQQ 08/27/2021 90.0/120.0 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 08/27/2021 61.0/31.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 08/27/2021 60.0/31.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 08/27/2021 31.0 Covered Calls
VXX 08/27/2021 30.5 Covered Calls
VXX 08/27/2021 30.0 Covered Calls
VXX 08/27/2021 29.5 Covered Calls
VXX 08/27/2021 23.0/25.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 08/27/2021 22.0/25.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 08/27/2021 21.0/25.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 08/27/2021 20.0/25.0 Bull Put Spreads
AMC Call Rollup
Bought to Close AMC Aug 27 2021 40.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.43. Sold at $0.56 and $1.10 in the last 5 days.
Sold to Open AMC Sep 03 2021 45.0 Diagonal Calls at $1.67 to replace them.
Bumped the short strike 5 Points.
Letting my short 41, 42 and 43 calls expire
LABU Call Roll
Bought to close 1 LABU Aug 27 2021 57.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 LABU Sep 03 2021 58.5 Call at $0.05 Credit
TQQQ Call roll
Bought to Close 1 TQQQ Aug 27 2021 143.0 Call at $1.85(breakeven) / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Sep 03 2021 146.0 Call at $2.07 for a $0.22 Credit and added 3 points to the short strike and pushed it back out of the money.
TQQQ Put
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Aug 27 2021 119.0 Put at $0.01. Sold last Friday at $0.74.
I’m letting my short 120 Put expire.
VXX Puts
Bought to Close VXX Aug 27 2021 26.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.32. Sold last week on a rolldown at $0.52
Replaced them with new VXX Sep 03 2021 25.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.43.
Sold to close another VXX1(pre-split) 09/17/2021 7.0 Put at $0.86 (partial position).
Acquired the entire position on these on 03/05/2021 at $0.15 as the long side of a long expired diagonal spread.
VXX
one last set of call scalps for tomorrow
Sold VXX 08/27/2021 29.5 Calls at $0.22
Sold VXX 08/27/2021 30.0 Calls at $0.12
VXX at 27.40
VXX Call Ladder and Put rolls
Sold VXX Sep 03 2021 32.5 Calls at $0.28 & 0.30
Sold VXX Sep 10 2021 32.5 Calls at $0.60, 0.63 & 0.72
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 32.5 Calls at $1.03, 1.16 & 1.31.
Rolled this week’s VXX Aug 27 2021 28.0 Put to next week’s VXX Sep 03 2021 27.5 Put @ 0.14 Credit and a 0.50 gain on the short strike
Rolled this week’s VXX Aug 27 2021 27.0 Puts to next week’s VXX Sep 03 2021 26.0 Put @ 0.02 Credit and a 1.00 gain on the short strike.
Waiting on the remainder of this week’s puts to see if they can expire.
VXX Call Ladder
Sold 1 VXX Sep 03 2021 32.5 Call at $0.24
Sold 1 VXX Sep 10 2021 32.5 Call at $0.54
Markets
People are buying stocks at these prices because values are superb 🙂
LABU Call
Sold 1 LABU Aug 27 2021 60.0 Diagonal Call at $2.21.
Paired with the LABU 50.0 put I rolled into last Friday at $3.10 that gives me a 50/60 short strangle for a $5.31 Premium for this Friday.
VXX Call
Bought to close 1 VXX Aug 27 2021 42.0 Covered Call at $0.01. Sold on 08/02 at $1.04
COIN Put
Sold 1 COIN Aug 27 2021 247.5 Put at $2.50.
Paired with the short COIN Aug 27 2021 277.5 Diagonal Call sold at $2.74 yesterday I now have a 247.5/277.5 Strangle for a total premium of $5.24 for this week.
TLRY Covered Call Ladder
Sold TLRY Sep 03 2021 16.0 Covered Calls at $0.13
Sold TLRY Sep 10 2021 16.0 Covered Calls at $0.23
Already short this week’s strike 16 calls.
AMC VXX late trades
Sold 1 AMC Sep 03 2021 40 Diagonal Call at $2.66
Sold VXX Aug 27 2021 30.0 Calls @ 0.21, 0.22 & 0.23
Sold VXX Aug 27 2021 30.5 Calls @0.19
TNA Call
Sold 1 TNA Aug 27 2021 86.5 Diagonal Call at $0.95
AMC Call
Sold 1 AMC Aug 27 2021 40.0 Diagonal Call at $1.10 replacing a similar call the expired Friday
AMC is at 37.50
VXX Puts
Sold VXX 08/27/2021 25.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.26, 0.28 and 0.30
LABU
Sold 1 LABU Aug 27 2021 57.5 Diagonal Call at $2.60.
Paired with the LABU 51.0 put I rolled into Friday at $2.90 that gives me a 51/57.5 short strangle for a $5.50 Premium for this week.
AMC COIN
Sold 1 AMC Aug 27 2021 43.0 Diagonal Call at $0.53.
Sold 1 COIN Aug 27 2021 277.5 Diagonal Call at $2.74
Replaces a similar calls that expired Friday.
