Just noticed these
Started a new position in FMC at $34.00
Started a new position in NKE at $69.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Liquidated my entire (very old) position in LNC at $37.14
#FormerFallingKnife
Sold 1 F 02/14/2024 9.0 Put at $0.09
#TinyPuts
Got put a bit of stock but also got some called away. The massive down opening on Monday was really good to me this week.
I have very little rolled to next week.
EXPIRED:
AAP 42/45 Bull Put Spread
AMD 100/104 Bull Put Spread
AMD 95/100 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 45/47.5 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 45/48.5 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 45/52.5 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 50.5/54 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 71/63 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 71/66 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 71/67 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 71/69 Bear Call Spread
CLF 12.5 Covered Calls
CLF 11.0 Covered Calls
CMG 48/53 Bull Put Spread
CVS 62/57 Bear Call Spread
CVX 139/144 Bull Put Spread
DECK 195/180 Bear Call Spread
DECK 190/180 Bear Call Spread
GOOGL 175/180 Bull Put Spread
HSY 140 Diagonal Put
JBLU 7.0 Covered Call
MCHP 45/48 Bull Put Spread
MRK 99/94 Bear Call Spread
NUGT 56/52 Bear Call Spread
NUGT 56/51 Bear Call Spread
NVDA 95 Diagonal Put
OXY 49.0 Covered Call
PPG 109/112 Bull Put Spread
PSX 108/113 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 22.5 Diagonal Put
SOXL 32/37.5 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 32.5/42 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 36.5 Covered Call
TQQQ 65/70 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 61/73 Bull Put Spread
VFC 30/26.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 40.5 Diagonal Put
VXX 41.0 Diagonal Puts
VXX 39/41 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 39/41.5 Bull Put Spread
VXX 53/46.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 53/47 Bear Call Spread
VXX 53/47.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 54/48 Bear Call Spread
VXX 54/48.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 55/49 Bear Call Spread
VXX 55/50 Bear Call Spread
VXX 56/51 Bear Call Spread
VXX 57/52 Bear Call Spread
WBA 12.5 Covered Calls
#TinyPuts
APA 20.5 Put
F 9.0 Put
MRNA 30.5 Put
MSTX 23.0 Puts
MTCH 28.0 Put
PFE 25.0 Put
SPCE 4.0 Put
ASSIGNMENTS
Got exercised early last night on 2 positions
1 MRK 93 Put
1 ADM 48 Put
Tonight I will get assigned on 1 ADM 46.0 Put and I’ll get called out on 2 NUGT 50 Covered Calls
Very much a win-win week for me
Every single month in 2024 just got revised down in today’s jobs report—by an average of -626k. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the BLS business employment dynamics data and the Philly Fed’s early benchmark suggest even bigger downward revisions coming in the next annual update.
Big breakdown in homebuilders today
I lived through 2008 so I’m ignoring the low P/Es and staying away
Bought to close 1 DECK 02/07/2025 165/170 Bull Put Spread at $0.05
Sold last Friday at $0.50
1 SPY 02/06/2025 565/570 Bull Put Spread – sold Monday at $0.18
Totally out of SPY for now
Sold VXX 02/07/2025 51/46.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.14 Credit
Sold F 02/07/2025 9.0 Puts at $0.02 and $0.03
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Rolled down 1 VXX 02/07/2025 44.0 Put to 1 VXX 02/14/2025 43.5 Put at $0.28 Credit
Rolled down 1 VXX 02/07/2025 45.0 Put to 1 VXX 02/14/2025 44.5 Put at $0.09 Credit
Bought to close 1 NVDA 98/103 Bull Put Spread at $0.01.
Sold Monday at $0.44
#ReleaseMargin
1 SPY 02/05/2025 570/575 Bull Put Spread – sold Monday at $0.18
Sold 1 HSY 132/135 Diagonal Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 02/07/2025 50.5/52.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.16 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 02/07/2025 53/46.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold 1 CLF 02/07/2025 11.0 Covered Call at $0.09
Sold 1 JBLU 02/07/2025 7.0 Covered Call at $0.03
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Add a tiny bit to my HSY position at $141.00 and $139.00(pre-market)
Started a tiny new position in MDLZ at $54.25
#SP500 #FallingKnife
1 SPY 02/04/2025 576/581 Bull Put Spread
Sold 1 DECK 02/07/2025 190/180 Bear Call Spread at $0.20 Credit
Sold 1 MRK 02/07/2025 99/94 Bear Call Spread at $0.14 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold 1 SOXL 18/23 Diagonal Bull Put Spread at $0.16 Credit
Sold 1 MRNA 02/07/2025 30.5 Put at $0.07
#TinyPuts
Bought to close 1 PLTR 02/07/2025 60/65 Bull Put Spread at $0.01. Sold yesterday at $0.38
Sold 1 APA Feb 07 2025 20.5 Put at $0.07
Sold 1 MTCH Feb 07 2025 28.0 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 ADM Feb 07 2025 46.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 PFE Feb 07 2025 25.0 Put at $0.13
Sold 1 MSTX Feb 07 2025 23.0 Put at $0.15
#TinyPuts
Sold WBA Feb 07 2025 12.5 Covered Calls at $0.02
Sold 1 OXY Feb 07 2025 49.0 Covered Call at $0.09
#CoveredCalls
#EveryLittleBitHelps
At the open:
Sold 1 SPY 02/04/2025 576/581 Bull Put Spread at $0.26 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 02/05/2025 570/575 Bull Put Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 02/07/2025 55/50 Bear Call Spread at $0.62 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 02/07/2025 55/49 Bear Call Spread at $0.83 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 02/07/2025 98/103 Bull Put Spread at $0.44 Credit
Sold 1 SOXL 02/07/25 20/22.5 Diagonal Bull Put Spread $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 PLTR 02/07/2025 60/65 Bull Put Spread at $0.38 Credit
Sold 1 AMD 02/07/2025 95/100 Bull Put Spread at 0.43 Credit
Sold 1 GOOGL 02/07/2025 175/180 Bull Put Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 02/07/2025 65/70 Bull Put Spread at $0.35 Credit
Sold 1 VFC 02/07/2025 21.5/25 Bull Put Spread at $0.32 Credit
Sold 1 AAP 02/07/2025 42/45 Bull Put Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 NUGT 02/07/2025 52.0 Covered Call at $0.15
Sold 1 MCHP 02/07/2025 45/48 Bull Put Spread at $0.35 Credit
Sold 1 CMG 02/07/2025 48/53 Bull Put Spread at $0.39 Credit
Sold 1 CVX 02/07/2025 139/144 Bull Put Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 PSX 02/07/2025 108/113 Bull Put Spread at $0.60 Credit
Sold 1 ADM 02/07/2025 46/48 Bull Put Spread at $0.25 Credit
Big swings this week and lots of protective rolls today. A big #Earnings week as well which mostly worked out.
EXPIRED:
BOIL 51.0 Diagonal Put
BOIL 72/62 Bear Call Spreads
BOIL 72/63 Bear Call Spread
CLF 10.5 Covered Call
CLF 11.0 Covered Call
CLF 12.0 Covered Calls
CVS 58.0 Diagonal Call
GD 242.5/247.5 Bull Put Spread
GM 45.5/48.5 Bull Put Spread
GM 48.0 Diagonal Puts
META 552.5/550 Bull Put Spread
NUGT 50.0 Covered Call
RTX 114/117 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 29.5 Diagonal Call
SOXL 42.0 Covered Call
SPCE 6.5 Covered Call
SPY 578/583 Bull Put Spread – all positions gone again
SPY 579/584 Bull Put Spread
SPY 580/585 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 63/73 Bull Put Spread
TSLA 332.5/335 Bull Put Spread
TSLA 337.5/340 Bull Put Spread
UPS 100/106 Bull Put Spread
UPS 104/107 Bull Put Spread
UPS 105/108 Bull Put Spread
VXX 41.6 Diagonal Put
VXX 38/42 Bull Put Spread
VXX 62/52 Bear Call Spread
VXX 61/51 Bear Call Spread
VXX 60/50.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 59/50 Bear Call Spread
VXX 58/49.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 56/48.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 55/48 Bear Call Spread
VXX 54/47.5 Bear Call Spreads
WBA 13.0 Covered Calls
#TinyPuts
SPCE 4.0 Put
INTC 16.5 Puts
INTC 17.5 Put
INTC 18.5 Put
FCX 34.5 Put
JBLU 6.0 Put
MCHP 52.0 Put
MSTX 23.0 Put
SOXL 22.0 Put
SOXL 19.0 Put
ASSIGNMENTS:
OXY 47.0 Put
JBLU 7.0 Put
Will start selling Calls Monday
Rolled 1 BOIL 01/31/2025 52.0 Put to 1 BOIL 02/07/2025 47.5 Put at $0.78 Credit
Lowered the short put strike 4.5 Points
Sold 1 DECK 02/07/2025 165/170 Bull Put Spread at $0.50 Credit
Post #Earnings
Sold 1 TQQQ 02/07/2025 61/73 Bull Put Spread at $0.30 Credit
Replacing a similar spread that expires today
Sold 1 VXX 02/07/2025 53/47 Bull Put Spread at $0.40 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 02/07/2025 54/48 Bull Put Spread at $0.40 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 02/07/2025 55/49 Bull Put Spread at $0.40 Credit
Replacing similar spreads that expire today
Rolled VXX 01/31/2025 33/41 Puts to VXX 38/41 02/07/2025 Puts at $0.21 Credit
Tightened up the spread requirements a lot while generating CASH
Rolled BOIL 0/31/2025 81/61 Calls to BOIL 02/07/2025 71/61 Calls at $0.59 Credit
Tightened up the spread requirements a lot while generating CASH
Rolled BOIL 01/31/2025 45/54 Puts to BOIL 02/07/2025 45/54 Puts at $1.47 Credit
Rolled 1 BOIL 01/31/2025 53 Put to 1 BOIL 02/07/2025 48.5 Put at $0.06 Credit
Lowered the short put strike 4.5 Points
Rolled 1 BOIL 01/31/2025 62 Call to 1 BOIL 02/07/2025 63.Call at $0.63 Credit
Rolled 1 VXX 01/31/2025 42.5 Put to 1 VXX 02/07/2025 41 Put at $0.03 Credit
Lowered the short put strike price 1.5 Points
Rolled 1 CVS 01/31/2025 56 Call to 1 CVS 02/07/2025 57 Call at $0.08 Credit
Rolled 1 SOXL 01/31/2025 28.5 Put to 1 SOXL 02/07/2025 27.5 Put at $0.35 Credit
#KickTheCan
#GeneratingCash
Sold 1 SOXL 02/07/2025 36.5 Covered Call at $0.06
#EveryLittleBitHelps
1 SPY 01/30/2025 614/609 Bear Call Spread – sold this morning at $0.24
1 SPY 01/30/2025 579/584 Bull Put Spread – Sold Tuesday morning at 0.28
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold the last tiny bit of my BXP stock at $72.50
Bought in March of 2023 at $50.30
Sold 1 bit of SJM at $109.00. Bought recently at $100.00.
#TinyTrades
#FormerFallingKnife
Closed 1 TSLA 01/31/2025 347.5/350 Bull Put Spread at $0.01
I have 2 more spreads I’m letting expire
Bought to close 1 SOXL 01/31/2025 18.0 Put at $0.01
Sold 1 INTC 01/31/2025 16.5 Put at $0.11
#TinyPuts
Sold 1 NUGT 02/07/2025 56/51 Bear Call Spread at $0.38 Credit
Added a tiny bit of CMCSA at $33.00
Started a tiny position in EIX at $54.00
Started a tiny position in UPS at $112.00, $111.00 and $110.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold 1 SPY 01/30/2025 614/609 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 UPS 01/31/2025 104/107 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 UPS 01/31/2025 100/105 Bull Put Spread at $0.16 Credit
#PostEarning
1 SPY 01/29/2025 580/585 Bull Put Spread – sold Monday at 0.56
Sold 1 INTC 01/31/2025 16.5 Put at $0.07
#TinyPuts
Sold 1 BOIL 01/31/2025 72/62 Bear Call Spread at $0.45 Credit
Adding to my position
The beauty of open orders when the market briefly lost it’s mind between 1:01 and 1:04
Sold 1 SPY 01/31/2025 579/584 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/31/2024 55/48 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/31/2025 59/50 Bear Call Spread at $0.21 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA 01/31/2025 337.50/340 Bull Put Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 NUGT Feb 14 2025 55/50 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
Already long some NUGT stock
Sold VXX Jan 31 2025 54/47.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.19 and $0.21 Credits
Have VXX Puts already
Sold 1 SPY 01/31/2025 575/580 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit.
Replaces a spread the expired yesterday
#SPYLadder
1 SPY 01/28/2025 580/585 Bull Put Spread – sold yesterday at $0.37
Bought 1 NVDA 09/18/2026 60.00 Put at $3.25
598 Days to Expiration
Will be writing against this for many months
Bought 1 BOIL 02/07/2025 45.0 Put / Sold 1 BOIL 1/31/2025 51.0 Put at $0.43 Diagonal Bull Put Credit
Sold 1 GM 01/31/2025 45.5/48.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.32 Credit
#PostEarnings
Started a tiny position in AES at $11.00
Ex-div on Friday
#dividendcapture
Bought 1 CVS 02/07/2025 62.0 Call / Sold 1 CVS 1/31/2025 58.0 Call at $0.37 Diagonal Bear Call Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 01/31/2025 73/63 Bear Call Spread at $0.52 Credit
Sold 1 NUGT 02/07/2025 50.0 Covered Call at $0.15
Sold 1 SPY 01/30/2025 579/584 Bull Put Spread at $0.28 Credit
#SPYLadder
Sold 1 JBLU Jan 31 2025 6.0 Put at $0.12
Sold 1 MCHP Jan 31 2025 52.0 Put at $0.15
#TinyPuts
Bought to close 1 RCL 01/31/2025 212.5/215 Bull Put Spread at $0.01. Sold yesterday at $0.34
1 SPY 01/27/2025 580/585 Bull Put Spread – sold today at $0.15
20 out of 30 Dow Jones Industrial stocks are up today despite the 17.5% drop in NVDA, which was recently added to the average.
Just sayin’
Sold 1 MSTX 01/31/2025 23.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 SOXL 01/31/2025 18.0 Put at $0.12
#TinyPuts
NVDA crashing below the 50, 100 and 200 day moving average. This is rare!
Sold 1 RTX 114/117 Bull Put Spread at $0.26 Credit
Sold 1 SPCE 01/31/2025 6.5 Covered Call at $0.04
Sold 1 CLF 11.0 01/31/2025 Covered Call at $0.05
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold 1 OXY 01/31/2025 47.0 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 SOXL 01/31/2025 22.0 Put at $0.18
#TinyPuts
Sold 1 BOIL 01/13/2025 45/54 Bull Put Spread at $1.04 Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 01/13/2025 45/53 Bull Put Spread at $0.84 Credit
Paired with BOIL Bear Call Spreads from Friday
Sold 1 VXX 01/31/2024 54/47 Bear Call Spread at $0.75 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/31/2024 61/51 Bear Call Spread at $0.42 Credit
Paired with VXX Bull Put Spreads from Friday
Sold 1 SPY 01/27/2025 580/585 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit – expires today
Sold 1 SPY 01/28/2025 580/585 Bull Put Spread at $0.37 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 01/29/2025 580/585 Bull Put Spread at $0.56 Credit
#SPYLadder
Sold 1 TQQQ 01/31/2025 63/73 Bull Put Spread at $1.15 Credit
Bought 1 CVS 02/07/2025 61.0 Call / Sold 1 CVS 1/31/2025 56.0 Call at $0.36 Diagonal Bear Call Credit
Sold 1 META 01/31/2025 552.5/555 Bull Put Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 RCL 01/31/2025 212.5/215 Bull Put Spread at $0.34 Credit
Bought 1 SOXL 02/07/2025 23.0 Put / Sold 1 SOXL 1/31/2025 26.5 Put at $0.46 Diagonal Bull Put Credit
After last week’s scramble to roll out my BOIL positions, this week was relatively calm.
Still rolling down VXX Puts and waiting for a market pullback to boost volatility again.
BOIL 53/58 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 53/58.5 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 53/59 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 55/60 Bull Put Spread
BOIL 75/67 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 77/68 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 78/69 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 79/72 Bear Call Spread
CVS 40/49.5 Bull Put Spread
CVS 57/55 Bear Call Spread
VXX 31/41.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 39/41.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 39.5/41 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 55/45 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 50/46 Bear Call Spreads
#OnlySpreads
CLF 11.0 Covered Calls
CLF 11.5 Covered Calls
NUGT 46.0 Covered Call
SOXL 38.0 Covered Calls
SPCE 6.0 Covered Call
WBA 13.5 Covered Calls
#CoveredCalls
EA 105.0 Put
FCX 36.5 Put
FCX 35.5 Put
KEY 17.0 Put
PFE 25.5 Put
#TinyPuts
Sold 1 INTC 01/31/2025 18.5 Put at $0.17
Sold 1 INTC 01/31/2025 17.5 Put at $0.07
#TinyPuts
Rolled 1 BOIL 01/24/2025 85/65 Bear Call Spread to 1 BOIL 01/31/2025 81/71 Bear Call Spread at $0.66 Credit
Lowered the spread requirement and raised the short call by 6 points
Rolled 1 VXX 01/24/2025 39/42 Bull Put Spread to 1 VXX 01/31/2025 39/41 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit.
Lowered the short put strike by a point while still generating CASH
Sold 1 VXX Jan 31 2025 54/46.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
$SPX closing above 6100 for first time ever, squeezing the bears again, 7 of last 8 days higher now 😂
$SPX bears are crying ……
Rolled Jan 24 2025 24/45 Bull Put Spreads to VXX Jan 31 38/44.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.03 Credit
Rolled Jan 24 2025 23/46 Bull Put Spreads to VXX Jan 31 38/45.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.04 Credit
Lowered the spread requirements and lowered the short put strikes by $0.50
Sold 1 EA Jan 24 2025 105 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 FCX Jan 24 2025 35.5 Put at $0.11
#TinyPuts
Sold WBA Jan 24 2025 13.5 Covered Calls at $0.01
#EveryLittleBit Helps
Added a tiny bit of HSY at $150.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPY Jan 15 2025 565/570 Bull Put Spread
SPY Jan 15 2025 564/569 Bull Put Spread
SPY Jan 15 2025 563/568 Bull Put Spread
All sold yesterday
Sold a tiny bit of VFC at $23.49
Sold a tiny bit of BOIL at $70.15
Sold a tiny bit of MPC at $151.14
Initial SPY position – starting a new #SPYLadder
Sold 1 SPY Jan 15 2025 565/570 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Added a tiny bit of HSY at $156.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Started a tiny position in TLT at $85.00
Thanks @fuzzballl for the idea
Sold 1 SLB 01/17/2025 36.5 Put at $0.09
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 65/54 Bear Call Spread at $0.29 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 65/55 Bear Call Spread at $0.26 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 62/54 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 61/56 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 45.5 Put at $0.43
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 45.0 Put at $0.35
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 44.5 Put at $0.34
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 44.0 Put at $0.15
Sold CLF 01/17/2025 10.5 Covered Calls at $0.11 and $0.12
Sold CLF 02/07/2025 12.5 Covered Calls at $0.12
Sold 1 SPCE 01/17/2025 5.0 Put at $0.09
Sold 1 SOXL 01/17/2025 20.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 CPB 01/17/2025 36.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 PPG 01/17/2025 108.0 Put at $0.15
My last SPY position
1 SPY 565/575 Bull Put Spread
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