Early roll to get the strike where I want it.
Bought to close WBA Nov 27 2020 38.5 Calls / Sold to Open WBA Dec 04 2020 40 Calls at $0.02 Credit.
Did a lateral roll out 2 weeks just before the Ex-Div date and before the Amazon announcement that tanked the stock.
I think the stock recovers by year end barring a sharp market selloff

Sold these to balance out some of my short puts with VXX @ 18.60
VXX Nov 27 2020 21.5 Calls at $0.1833
VXX Nov 27 2020 22 Calls at $0.15
VXX Nov 27 2020 22.5 Calls at $0.12

I have short Puts at these strikes that are currently ITM.

FYI
Markets will close early at 1:00 p.m. (1:15 p.m. for eligible options) on Friday, November 27, 2020, and are closed Thursday for Thanksgiving.

Sold 1 AAL Dec 11 2020 15.0 Covered Call @ 0.25.
Pretty good premium with the stock down at 12.50

Bought to close VXX Nov 20 2020 18.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 27 2020 18.0 Puts at $0.19 Credit plus I lowered the short strike 0.50.

Of course the minute I did this, the SPY dropped and VXX went to the high of the day

Now only waiting for my six short strike 18.0 Puts expire in an hour

Bought to close VXX Nov 20 2020 20 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 27 2020 20 Puts at $0.27 Credit.
Short trading week next week.

Bought to close SPY Nov 20 2020 349 Call / Sold to Open SPY Nov 27 2020 350 Call at $0.15 Credit plus a 1 point bump in the short strike

Bought to close SLB Nov 20 2020 19.0 Calls / Sold to Open SLB Nov 27 2020 19.0 Calls at $0.09 Credit.
Bought to close SLB Nov 20 2020 19.5 Calls / Sold to Open SLB Nov 27 2020 19.5 Calls at $0.20 and 0.22 Credit.
Bought to close SLB Nov 20 2020 20.0 Calls / Sold to Open SLB Nov 27 2020 20.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit but added 0.50 to the short strike (which is now OTM)

Last Friday I rolled my short calls up to 67.50 @ 1.30 for this week. Today I closed those @ 0.95.
In their place I sold ADS Nov 27 2020 70.0 Calls @ 1.10.
With the post-Covid high of 71.50 on the stock I don’t think I’ll have to roll up again.

Considering that the stock then dropped below 67.50 I might have done better by showing more patience and waiting for the last hour.

Bought to Close VXX Nov 20 2020 17.5 Puts at $0.01 .
They won’t trade any lower.

The original trade was:
Bought to open VXX Jan 21 2022 5 Puts/ Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 17.5 Puts at $0.02 and $0.05 Credit last Friday and on Monday.
I now own more 1 year long puts on VXX for free.

In Striking Rebuke, Consumer Reports Finds Tesla Has Second-Worst Reliability Of Rated Cars.

I’m not surprised

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/striking-rebuke-consumer-reports-finds-tesla-has-second-worst-reliability-all-automakers

Sold WFC Nov 27 2020 28 Calls at $0.06
Sold WFC Dec 04 2020 28 Calls at $0.15
Sold WFC Dec 11 2020 28 Calls at $0.25.

WFC at 26

One less day to trade next week
Bought to close VXX Nov 20 2020 22.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 27 2020 22.5 Puts at $0.22 Credit.
Bought to close VXX Nov 20 2020 20.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 27 2020 20.5 Puts at $0.35 Credit.
Bringing in $Cash and buying time.

Bought to close VXX Nov 20 2020 21.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 27 2020 21.5 Puts at $0.30 Credit.
Taking in $Cash. Buying more time.

Sold 1 SPY NOV 25 2020 $357 CALL / Bought 1 SPY DEC 11 2020 $380 CALL @ 4.75 Credit

Not dead yet

Bought to open VXX Jan 21 2022 6 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 27 2020 17.5 Puts @ 0.12 Credit.
Short DTE = 9
Long DTE = 429

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vix-has-new-event-nemesis

Amazon to sell RX Drugs.
WBA down 10%

Bought to close 1 SPY Nov 16 2020 349 Call / Sold to Open 1 SPY Nov 20 2020 349 Call @ 0.52 Credit

Sold INTC Nov 20 2020 47.0 Covered Call at $0.37 to replace the 46.50 Covered Call that expired Friday

Now trading down where it was before the vaccine announcement.

Sold SLB 11/20/2020 19.50 Covered Calls @ 0.26
Sold SLB 11/20/2020 20.00 Covered Calls @ 0.11 & 0.17

Can you say contango?
Bought to open VXX Jan 21 2022 6 Puts/ Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 18 Puts at $0.07 Credit.
Bought to open VXX Jan 21 2022 5 Puts/ Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 17.5 Puts at $0.05 Credit.
Long side = 432 DTE
Short side = 5 DTE

Sold to open 1 SPY 11/18/2020 355.0 Call @ 5.02.
Sold against a 360 Call already long for 11/27.
This works best if SPY drops next week.

Bought to close ADS 11/13/2020 65.0 Calls / Sold ADS 11/20/2020 67.50 Calls @ 0.70 Credit plus another 2.5 points on the short strike for only 1 week.
No earning or dividend to account for the very generous premium/strike bump.

Bought to close VXX 11/13/2020 19.00 Puts / Sold VXX 11/20/2020 18.00 Puts @ 0.15 Credit but I dropped the strike price a full point.
I’m done with VXX for this week.
*Except for the short VXX calls that expire in an hour

Bought to close 1 KSS 11/13/2020 23.50 Covered Call / Sold 1 KSS 11/20/2020 24.0 Covered Call @ 1.02 Credit plus another $0.50 up on the strike price. (a nice fat time premium)

I’m letting my other 11/13 23.50 covered Call get assigned, partly based on my history with this stock.
I bought my first 100 shares on 3/13 at 23.19 just as the Covid decline accelerated . I’m letting those shares go.
I bought a 2nd 100 shares on 04/02 at 11.65. I didn’t get the dead low but did pretty well on that buy.

I’ve been sell covered calls all the way up on both lots and have been tempted to get out many times since my shares got above my average cost of 17.42.

I figure whatever happens next week I’ll be happy. It the stock is up, at least I still have some, if it is down, at least I sold some.

Rolled some covered Calls out to attempt to capture next week’s 0.4675 per share dividend on 11/18.
Bought to close WBA 11/13/2020 38.50 Covered Calls / Sold WBA 11/27/2020 38.50 Call @ even money
Bought to close WBA 11/13/2020 41.0 Covered Call / Sold WBA 11/20/2020 41.0 Call @ 0.12 Credit.
WBA is at 42.42

Bought to close VXX 11/13/2020 19.50 Puts / Sold VXX 11/20/2020 18.50 Puts @ 0.08 Credit but I dropped the strike price a full point.
My short strikes are rapidly approaching the long strikes in January.

Still waiting to see if I will have to cover the 19.0 Puts later this afternoon

Sold 1 SPY 11/20/2020 355.0 Call @ 4.57.
Bought this on 10/05 as part of a diagonal spread @ 4.23.
I wrote against this several more times after the original short was gone.
Now with only a week to go until it expires, I’m cashing in my chips on this one.

I’m probably early …. but oh well

Sold SLB NOV 20 2020 $19.0 Covered Calls @ 0.17 for next week.

Bought to Open VXX Jan 21 2022 5.0 Puts Net Credit / Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 17.5 Puts @ 0.02 Credit.

Long side – 434 DTE
Short side – 7 DTE

Bought to close 1 SPY 11/13/2002 340.0 Call / Sold 1 SPY 11/18/341.0 Call @ 0.07 Credit with SPY at 352.29
Bumped the strike up 1 point closer to my long Dec 355 call.
Even if SPY falls more tomorrow, I doubt the spread between the options changes much because they are too far in the money.

Since I’ve rolled most of my short put exposure to next Friday, I’m selling some counter-balancing calls to create some short strangles.
Sold 11/20/2020 26.0 Calls @ 0.39 with VXX at 20.30.

Also sold some more calls for this week – Sold VXX 11/09/2020 23.50 Calls @ 0.11.
Trying to encourage a few short puts in VXX to expire tomorrow.

Edit: Added some VXX 11/13/2020 23.0 short Diagonal Calls @ 0.11 and 0.15

One more early roll that brings my short strike closer to the strikes of my 2021 long puts

Bringing in $Cash and buying more time

Bought to close to Close VXX Nov 13 2020 22.0 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 21.5 Puts @ 0.02 Credit but lowered the strike 0.50.

I now only have strike 19.0 and 19.50 puts to worry about for tomorrow.
A covering trade @ 0.01 or an expiration on both would be welcome.

Bought to close 1 SPY 11/11/2002 348.0 Call / Sold 1 SPY 11/16/349.0 Call @ 0.26 Credit.
Bumped the strike a point. Sold against a long SPY Dec 355 call

Some early rolls that I should have done yesterday with the stock higher.

Bringing in $Cash and buying more time

Bought to close to Close VXX Nov 13 2020 22.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 22.5 Puts @ 0.30 Credit.

Bought to close to Close VXX Nov 13 2020 21.0 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 20.5 Puts @ 0.02 Credit but lowered the strike 0.50.
Bought to close to Close VXX Nov 13 2020 20.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Nov 20 2020 20.0 Puts @ 0.04 Credit but lowered the strike 0.50.

I was too cautious and only did 1 each hoping to add if it ran a bit more above the 20.30 high for the day.
Offsetting a large short put position.
Sold VXX Nov 13 2020 23 Call Limit at $0.31
Sold VXX Nov 13 2020 23.5 Call Limit at $0.26
Sold VXX Nov 13 2020 24 Call Limit at $0.21

Sold SLB 12/04/2020 20.0 Covered Calls @ 0.43

Up 9% today.
Above my cost and at the highest price since early August.
Next dividend date is 11/18

Sold to open SLB 11/13/2020 18.50 Covered Calls @ 0.19.
Sold to open SLB 11/13/2020 19.00 Covered Calls @ 0.13.
Sold to open SLB 11/13/2020 20.00 Covered Calls @ 0.12.

Sold to open AAL 11/13/2020 17.00 Covered Calls @ 0.17.
Sold to open AAL 11/20/2020 17.00 Covered Calls @ 0.30.

Nice day to have leftover “lottery ticket” long calls from old diagonal spreads.
Will try and exit as many as I can.

Expert panel votes down Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, and rebukes the FDA in the process

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/11/06/fda-committee-votes-strongly-against-biogens-alzhe/

Wil it return to where the rally started from?

Bought to open Jan 15 2021 14.0 Puts / Sold Nov 13 2020 19.50 Puts @ 0.05 Credit.
Bought to open Jan 15 2021 13.0 Puts / Sold Nov 13 2020 19.0 Puts @ 0.05 Credit.
VXX is at the low of the week @ 20.51

BTW – the strike prices are getting much closer together so the margin on the spreads is pretty small.

@adamfeuerstein 2m
$BIIB – FDA panel votes against aducanumab efficacy for the “positive” EMERGE study.

1 Yes 8 No 2 Uncertain

This was the best data Biogen had.

More votes to come.

Decided to roll this instead of taking assignment. The EX Dividend date is not until December so no need to commit the cash just yet.
Bought to close GILD 11/06/2020 60.0 Put / Sold GILD 12/04/2020 58.0 Put @ 0.25 Credit and lowered the short strike 2 points.
Made money on the short 60 put too.

Bringing in $CASH. Buying more time.

Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 21.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold VXX 11/13/2020 19.50 Diagonal Puts @ 0.01 Credit plus 1.50 points better on the short strike..

When VXX was 27.00 on Monday I never would have believed I would have to roll this position.

Done with VXX rolls for this week.

And I’m just waiting for my remaining VXX Diagonal Calls to expire in an hour.

Bought to close ADS 11/06/2020 55.0 Calls / Sold ADS 11/13/220 55.0 Calls @ 0.35 Credit

Bought to close KSS 11/06/2020 23.0 Covered Calls @ 0.01. It won’t trade any lower. Sold last Friday @ 0.43.

Replaced them with KSS 11/13/2020 23.50 Covered Calls @ 0.26

Bought to close WBA 11/06/2020 37.50 Covered Calls / Sold WBA 11/13/2020 38.50 Covered Calls @ 0.08 Credit plus a point higher on the option strike price.

Bought to close 1 SPY Nov 06 2020 345 Diagonal Call / Sold to Open 1 SPY Nov 11 2020 348 Call @ 0.02 Net Credit plus a 3 point bump in the short strike.
SPY @ 349.59

Bringing in $CASH. Buying more time

Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 22.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold VXX 11/13/2020 21.0 Diagonal Puts @ 0.04 Credit.
Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 21.5 Diagonal Puts / Sold VXX 11/13/2020 20.5 Diagonal Puts @ 0.12 Credit.
Dropped the strikes a full point.

I’m still holding out hope that my 21.0 puts can expire

Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 28.0 Diagonal Calls @ 0.01 to release some margin. They won’t trade any lower.
Sold last Friday on a rollup @ 1.48.
Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 26.50 Diagonal Calls @ 0.01 to release some more margin. They won’t trade any lower.
Sold last Friday on a rollup @ 2.18

Rolled some Puts down for next week:
Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 23.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold VXX 11/13/2020 22.50 Diagonal Puts @ 0.17 Credit.
Paired off with long Jan strike 15 and 16 puts.
Bought to close VXX 11/06/2020 22.50 Diagonal Puts / Sold VXX 11/13/2020 22.0 Diagonal Puts @ 0.22 Credit.
Paired off with long Jan strike 15, 16 and 17 puts.

Looks much different than the last few months

Down another 8.5% pre-market

Google Searches For “Liquor Store Near Me” Hits All-Time High Amid Election Anxiety

Bought to close 1 SPY Nov 04 2020 338 Diagonal Call / Sold to Open SPY Nov 09 2020 340 Diagonal Call at $0.32 Credit plus two points higher on the short strike

SPY = 346.61

down 13% pre-market

Bought to Open 1 BIIB Jan 15 2021 180 Put / Sold to Open 1 BIIB Nov 06 2020 220 Put @ $3.00 Net Credit.

Hoping the 3 year low holds for 3 more days . BIIB is at 246

BTW: The put premium for Friday was $6.70

Playing for an eventual VIX collapse back into the 20’s and a return of VXX Contango.
Bought to open VXX 06/18/2021 7.0 Puts / Sold to open VXX 11/06/2020 21.50 Puts @ 0.08 Credit.
Bought to open VXX 06/18/2021 8.0 Puts / Sold to open VXX 11/06/2020 21.50 Puts @ 0.03 Credit.
I don’t think I have to worry about this week but the short can be easily rolled down is VXX drops from 25 to 21.50 by Friday.

btw: my short VXX 33.00 diagonal calls for this week are still trading @ 0.51 with VXX at 24.60.
Insane premium.
But that is why I’m loading up on the put side.

Sold SLB 11/06/2020 17.50 Covered Calls @ 0.09
Sold WBA 11/06/2020 37.50 Covered Calls @ 0.23
Sold WBA 11/06/2020 38.00 Covered Calls @ 0.17
Sold WFC 11/06/2020 24.00Covered Calls @ 0.08
Liquor run for election night covered 🙂

According to a study by Bloomberg’s quants Lily Gu and Bryan Liang, who looked at how options markets are positioned for the election, the market is split in two in terms of what it expects will happen on Nov 4: as shown in the chart below, the equity options market showed a 54% chance of a upside movement (+2.7%) between Nov. 2 and Nov. 4, and 45% chance of a larger drop (-3%).

If Biden wins the VIX falls
If Trump wins the VIX falls
If it’s not settled we are in for some fireworks for a while.

http://vixcentral.com/

Bought to close 1 VXX Oct 30 2020 26.5 Call @ $0.32. Sold @ 0.45
Bought to close 1 VXX Oct 30 2020 27.0 Call @ $0.05. Sold @ 0.39.

Covered just minutes before the SPY exploded higher and VXX fell @ 3:56

So I sold 1 VXX 11/06/2020 23.0 Put @ 0.54. (positive cash flow)

My VXX short calls and short puts are now almost in balance for next week’s fireworks.
(Short Calendar Iron Condor Spreads)
Calls from 26.50 up to 33.0. Puts from 23.0 down to 21.50

Bought to close ADS 10/30/2020 51.00 Diagonal Calls / Sold to open ADS 11/06/2020 55.00 Diagonal Calls @ 0.55 Credit plus 4 points on the strike for one more week.
ADS is at 51.16 so the 51 call is in the money

Bought to close ADS 10/30/2020 52.00 Covered Calls @ 0.05. They won’t trade any lower.
To replace those I sold ADS 11/06/2020 55.00 Covered Calls @ 0.87 plus 3 points on the strike for one more week.
ADS is at 51.60

Bought to close 1 SPY Oct 30 2020 333 Call at $0.01 to release some margin. It won’t trade any lower.
Sold this on a rollout @ 11.99

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vix-getting-close-critical-level

Bought to close VXX 10/30/2020 24.0 Puts @ 0.01. They won’t trade any lower.
Sold these @ 1.99 & 2.00 last Friday on a rolldown.
Done with covering VXX puts for this week.

Bought to Close VXX Oct 30 2020 25.5 Calls / Sold to open VXX Nov 06 2020 32 Calls @ 0.32 Credit plus 6.50 bump in the short strike price.

Bought to Close VXX Oct 30 2020 25.5 Call / Sold to open VXX Nov 06 2020 33 Call @ 0.27 Credit plus 7.50 bump in the short strike price.

Writing the new calls against the long December calls I bought yesterday because some of my long hedges are expiring today.

Partial rollup
Bought to close VXX Oct 30 2020 25 Calls Net Credit / Sold to Open VXX Nov 06 2020 29 Calls @ 0.22 Net Credit plus a 4.00 point bump in the short strike for election week.
VXX at 26.51

Edit: Finished off the last of these 25 calls:
Bought to close VXX Oct 30 2020 25 Calls Net Credit / Sold to Open VXX Nov 06 2020 30 Calls @ 0.12 Net Credit plus a 5.00 point bump in the short strike for election week.
VXX at 26.36

Sold 1 SPY 10/30/2020 335.0 Diagonal Call @ 1.02.
I already have one of these so I’m betting on a flat or down day tomorrow.