#MarketHours #OptionsExpiration – the market…

#MarketHours #OptionsExpiration – the market closes at 1:00 on Thursday. So only 2 1/2 days until the next expiration.

Sell. Sell. Sell!!!!

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold SVXY Jun 17 2016 80.0 Calls @ 1.60 adding to my position

$KOLD – this is one…

$KOLD – this is one of those instances where I should have just let them exercise the short 200 calls I had. About now I’d be getting a call from the margin department telling me that there is no stock to borrow and I would have to cover the short. Sigh!!

$UVXY #ShortPuts #ScalpTrade – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortPuts #ScalpTrade – Sold UVXY Dec 24 2015 24.5 Puts @ 0.11. These expire Thursday.

In this account, paired with short Dec 24 70 calls, which interestingly are not at zero bid.

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold SVXY Jun 17 2016 80.0 Calls @ 1.55. Partial fill on a bigger order.

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY DEC 24 2015 41.0 Puts @ 0.46 on a market order. These expire in 4 days with the strike price below the recent low

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Bought to…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Bought to close SVXY Dec 18 2015 50.0 Puts @ 1.85 to avoid assignment.
Originally sold in April at 3.90.

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Bought to…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Bought to close 1 SVXY Dec 18 2015 50.0 Put @ 1.95 to avoid assignment. Originally sold in July at 3.70.

$IYT #ShortPuts – Bought to…

$IYT #ShortPuts – Bought to close IYT DEC 18 2015 135.0 Puts @ 1.95 to avoid assignment. Originally sold at 3.18

$KOLD #ShortCalls – Sold 1…

$KOLD #ShortCalls – Sold 1 KOLD May 20 2016 320.0 Call @ 23. Adding to my position at the top of the chain.

$UVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – sold…

$UVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – sold all these using market orders. Short trading week and the strike prices are above the recent peak.

Sold 1 UVXY Dec 24 2015 44.0 Call @ 1.29
Sold 1 UVXY Dec 24 2015 44.5 Call @ 1.28
Sold 1 UVXY Dec 24 2015 45.0 Call @ 1.24
Sold 1 UVXY Dec 24 2015 46.0 Call @ 1.10

$UVXY #ShortPuts – sold the…

$UVXY #ShortPuts – sold the following to replace the strike 27 puts I just bought back at a penny.
Sold UVXY Dec 24 2015 23.5 Puts @ 0.14
Sold UVXY Dec 24 2015 24.5 Puts @ 0.29
These expire Thursday in a short trading week.

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold UVXY JAN 15 2016 85.0 Calls @ 1.50.

$DOV #ShortPuts – Bought to…

$DOV #ShortPuts – Bought to close DOV Dec 18 2015 60.0 Puts @ 0.50 to avoid assignment.
Originally sold at 1.30

$UVXY #RiskManagement – Bought to…

$UVXY #RiskManagement – Bought to close UVXY Dec 18 2015 27.0 Puts @ 0.01.
Originally Sold on 12/14/2015 at an average of 0.50.

$UVXY #RiskManagement – Bought to…

$UVXY #RiskManagement – Bought to close UVXY Dec 18 2015 26.5 Puts @ 0.01.
Originally sold on 12/14/15 at 0.35/0.40/0.45

$SVXY #ShortPuts – probably didn’t…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – probably didn’t need to spend the money but it was a big position
Bought to close 10 SVXY Dec 18 2015 45.0 Puts @ 0.05.
Sold these on 04/22/15 @ 2.95

$SVXY #CoveredCalls – sold these…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls – sold these on the opening
SVXY MAR 18 2016 70.0 Calls @ 1.80
SVXY MAR 18 2016 71.0 Calls @ 1.60
SVXY MAR 18 2016 72.0 Calls @ 1.40

$UVXY #ShortPuts – all these…

$UVXY #ShortPuts – all these strike prices are below the all time low
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 23.0 Puts @ 0.33 – These expire in two days

Sold UVXY Dec 24 2015 21.5 Puts @ 0.41 – These expire next Thursday
Sold UVXY Dec 24 2015 21.0 Puts @ 0.33 – Short trading week

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #VXXGame – Sold SVXY Mar 18 2016 75.0 Calls @ 1.15

$BOIL up 7%

$KOLD down almost as much

Sell the news IMHO

Sell the news IMHO

$NUGT #ScalpTrade – Sold NUGT…

$NUGT #ScalpTrade – Sold NUGT Dec 18 2015 35 Calls @ 0.17. These expire Friday and are 9 points OTM

$NFLX #ScalpTrade – Sold NFLX…

$NFLX #ScalpTrade – Sold NFLX Dec 18 2015 105.0 Puts @ 0.13. Still trying to convince NFLX to pull back.

$SVXY #CoveredCalls – Sold SVXY…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls – Sold SVXY Mar 18 2016 75.0 Calls @ 1.10. I couldn’t let the stock rally all the way back from 43 without doing SOMETHING 🙂

#Markets – Interesting reading this…

#Markets – Interesting reading this morning on ZH. While the S&P 500 closed the day higher by nearly a half of a percent, there were just 810 Advancing Issues on the NYSE vs. 2326 Declining Issues. As a percentage of the total, the Advancing Issues equated to just 25.8% of issues. If that sounds low, you are correct. Going back to 1965, it is in fact the 3rd lowest percentage of Advancing stocks of ANY day that the S&P 500 closed higher. In other words, out of 6,702 Up days since 1965, yesterday ranked 6,699th in terms of breadth.

$NFLX #ShortPuts #DoubleDip – in…

$NFLX #ShortPuts #DoubleDip – in an attempt to convince the stock to stay below 120, I’m replacing the short puts I covered this morning with Short Dec 18 109.0 Puts at 0.23.
I don’t see the stock breaking below the 115 low set on Monday’s pullback or breaking the 50dayMA currently at 113.84
These expire Friday

$NFLX #ShortPuts – back on…

$NFLX #ShortPuts – back on 06/15/2015 I Sold 1 NFLX Dec 18 2015 580.0 Put @ 39.70 protecting some short December 840.0 Calls.

I bought to close the resulting NFLX Dec 18 2015 82.86 Puts at a penny this morning. Still waiting to cover the Dec 120 Calls by Friday.

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #IRA – so…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls #IRA – so between 3 and 3:30 Friday I bought SVXY in my “SVXY-Only” IRA at 44.30 and sold the Dec 11 45.0 Calls at 0.20. Since the stock closed above 45, I expected to be assigned, but I was not.

S0… on the opening this morning I sold the Dec 18 53.0 Calls at 0.55 against my long stock.

Sometimes you catch a break 🙂

$UVXY #VXXGame – Liquidated even…

$UVXY #VXXGame – Liquidated even more long stock at 42 and 43(more than half my remaining long) and then sold many more Puts for this week
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 25.5 Puts @ 0.35
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 26.0 Puts @ 0.40

$UVXY #VXXGame – Liquidated more…

$UVXY #VXXGame – Liquidated more long stock at 40.41 and then sold more Puts for this week
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 26.5 Puts @ 0.35
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 27.0 Puts @ 0.43 (edit to correct the price)

$UVXY #ShortPuts – Sold UVXY…

$UVXY #ShortPuts – Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 25.5 Puts @ 0.40

$UVXY #VXXGame #Weeklys- Sold these…

$UVXY #VXXGame #Weeklys- Sold these on the opening rotation with the stock just below 40. All these expire Friday
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 24.0 Puts @ 0.20
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 24.5 Puts @ 0.26
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 26.0 Puts @ 0.38
-also –
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 95.0 Calls @ 0.51

UVXY – new calls available…

UVXY – new calls available up to the 65 strike for all the January Weeklys

$UVXY – Sold 200 UVXY…

$UVXY – Sold 200 UVXY at 41.00 in the pre-market. Left over from an old put assignment at 40 from several months ago. Its going to be that type of day.

#OptionsExpiration – volatile week. GMCR…

#OptionsExpiration – volatile week. GMCR ruined what would have been a good month to date.

DUST (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 15 Puts
DUST (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 19 Calls
KMI (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 15.5 Puts
NFLX (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 115 Puts
NUGT (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 36.5 Calls

SVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 65 Calls
SVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 70 Calls

UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 20 Puts
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 21 Puts
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 21.5 Puts

UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 41 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 42 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 43 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 44 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 55 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 60 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 65 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 70 Calls

WYNN (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 61.5 Puts
WYNN (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 57 Puts

— Assignments —
GMCR (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 60 Calls – had to buy in the stock to cover the calls
GMCR (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 61 Calls – ”

SVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 47 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 48 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 49 Puts

UVXY (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 38 Calls (Covered)

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame #TopOfTheChain Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame #TopOfTheChain
Sold 1 UVXY Mar 18 2016 165.0 Call @ 3.30
Sold 1 UVXY Jan 20 2017 170.0 Call @ 12.10

$VIX crossed 23; IV30 of…

$VIX crossed 23; IV30 of VIX (vol of VIX) up to 117.5%

Feeling very panicky. So.. ya know, let’s not.

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame #topofthechain Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame #topofthechain
Sold 2 UVXY Jan 15 2016 170.0 Calls @ 0.72
Sold 1 UVXY Mar 18 2016 165.0 Call @ 2.57

@GreenGhost is back again on…

@GreenGhost is back again on SMM/OMM. Jeesh!

$UVXY $SVXY – things may…

$UVXY $SVXY – things may settle down by the open, but I just saw UVXY above 34 (up 11%) and SVXY below 50.
Should be a fun day

$WYNN $NFLX #ShortPuts #ScalpTrade -…

$WYNN $NFLX #ShortPuts #ScalpTrade – sold a couple of options that expire tomorrow
WYNN Dec 11 2015 61.5 Puts @ 0.11
NFLX Dec 11 2015 115.0 Puts @ 0.15

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – sold all these for next week. Partially covered with short Puts and long stock.
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 75.0 Calls @ 0.25
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 80.0 Calls @ 0.21
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 85.0 Calls @ 0.18
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 90.0 Calls @ 0.15
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 95.0 Calls @ 0.15

$UVXY #ShortCalls #ScalpTrade #VXXGame -…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #ScalpTrade #VXXGame – sold these as UVXY made a potential near term double top just above 31
Sold UVXY Dec 24 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.60
Sold UVXY Dec 18 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.33
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 44.0 Calls @ 0.19 – these expire Friday

$KMI #ShortPuts – Sold KMI…

$KMI #ShortPuts – Sold KMI DEC 11 2015 15.5 Puts @ 0.20. These expire Friday

$WYNN #ShortPuts #Rolling – for…

$WYNN #ShortPuts #Rolling – for safety I covered my short Dec 65 Puts @ 1.00 and replaced with several more Dec 60 Puts @ 0.45. This ratio roll actually brought in additional cash.

$DUST #ShortPuts – going back…

$DUST #ShortPuts – going back to the well again on DUST. Still trying to force NUGT higher …
Sold DUST (Weekly) Dec 11 2015 15 Puts @ 0.50. These expire Friday

$WYNN leaps higher this morning.

$KOLD may have finally run out of gas 🙂

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold UVXY DEC 24 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.39. Top of the chain.

$UVXY #ShortCalls #Weeklys – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #Weeklys – Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 42.0 Calls @ 0.18 for a scalp trade. Strike is a point higher than my last sale for the same premium

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 41.0 Calls @ 0.18 for a scalp trade. This month’s high was 10 points below the strike

DUST – just sold 1/2…

DUST – just sold 1/2 of the remaining stock put to me Friday at 16.77(Friday’s high)

NFLX – just cracked -…

NFLX – just cracked – lower

DUST – dumped most of…

DUST – dumped most of the long stock that I was put on Friday at 15.5 & 16.0 just now at 16.30

$DUST #CoveredCalls – Sold DUST(Weekly)…

$DUST #CoveredCalls – Sold DUST(Weekly) Dec 11 2015 19.0 Calls @ 0.15. These expire Friday.

Keurig Green Mountain (NASDAQ:GMCR) announces…

Keurig Green Mountain (NASDAQ:GMCR) announces it will be acquired by privately-owned JAB Holding Company for $92 per share in a deal valued at $13.9B. JAB Holding is an experienced collector of large consumer product brands.

GMCR stakeholder Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) says it backs the buyout and indicates it will work with JAB to stay on as a major Keurig single-serve partner.

The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016.

GMCR closed at $51.70 on Friday. Shares are currently on a trading halt, but will soon skyrocket.

Damn!!!

VIX, VXX – http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-current-vix-etp-landscape.html

VIX, VXX – http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-current-vix-etp-landscape.html

#OptionsExpiration #Weeklys #Dec04 – Pretty…

#OptionsExpiration #Weeklys #Dec04 – Pretty good week for selling premium. The pain in DUST is more than offset by my gain in NUGT. I don’t expect DUST will stay down too long.
I have a full plate of positions for next Friday already, thanks to the volatility yesterday.

— Expirations —
GMCR (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 58 Calls
NUGT (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 35 Calls (Covered)

SVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 55 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 65 Calls (Covered)
SVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 70 Calls (Covered)

UVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 22.5 Puts
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 23 Puts
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 38 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 41 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 60 Calls

WYNN (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 55 Puts (Covered)

— Assignments —
DUST (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 15.5 Puts
DUST (Weekly) Dec 4 2015 16 Puts

$UVXY #ShortPuts – I sold…

$UVXY #ShortPuts – I sold so many calls for next week yesterday that I’m putting some puts in place as a balance.
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 21.5 Puts @ 0.22
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 21.0 Puts @ 0.15

$NUGT #ShortCalls – Sold NUGT…

$NUGT #ShortCalls – Sold NUGT Dec 11 2015 36.5 Calls @ 0.50. Just one of many new position I took in NUGT today.
These expire next Friday

$UVXY #ShortStrangle – didn’t notice…

$UVXY #ShortStrangle – didn’t notice this fill from yesterday
Sold 2 UVXY Dec 18 2015 20.0 Put @ 0.27 \Sold 2 UVXY Dec 18 2015 60.0 Call @ 0.83
Total Credit = 1.10

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold 1…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold 1 UVXY Jan 20 2017 170.0 Call @ 9.10

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY JAN 15 2016 170.0 Calls @ 0.70. A ridiculous strike price.

$UVXY #ShortCalls – just couldn’t…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – just couldn’t resist selling these for next week
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.30
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 60.0 Calls @ 0.47
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 55.0 Calls @ 0.60

$NUGT #ShortCalls – Sold NUGT…

$NUGT #ShortCalls – Sold NUGT Jun 17 2016 72.0 Calls @ 3.30. Top of the chain

$KOLD #ShortCalls – Sold 1…

$KOLD #ShortCalls – Sold 1 KOLD May 20 2016 215.0 Call @ 20.40 on the opening this morning

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – sold both these with slightly different risk profiles.
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.15 – ultra short-term play where the stock would have to almost triple in a week
Sold 1 UVXY Jan 08 2016 50.0 Call @ 2.24 – top of the chain, about a month out and a fat premium.

edit: Added
Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.19
Sold 1 UVXY Jan 08 2016 50.0 Call @ 2.43

$SVXY #ShortPuts – these are…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – these are the first Puts I’ve sold in a while in this name because being long the stock is challenge enough. But these look tempting for the next two weeks.
Sold SVXY Dec 11 2015 48.0 Puts @ 0.55
Sold SVXY Dec 18 2015 42.0 Puts @ 0.55

edit: also added
Sold SVXY Dec 11 2015 47.0 Puts @ 0.55
Sold SVXY Dec 18 2015 41.0 Puts @ 0.55

#SVXY #ShortPuts #ScalpTrade – Sold…

SVXY #ShortPuts #ScalpTrade – Sold SVXY DEC 4 2015 55.0 Puts @ 0.55. Expires is 2 days

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold 1 UVXY Jan 08 2016 50.0 Call @ 1.67 . Highest strike

$UVXY #ShortCalls #ScalpTrade – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #ScalpTrade – Sold UVXY Dec 11 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.12. Paired with short puts

$SVXY #CoveredCalls – Sold SVXY…

$SVXY #CoveredCalls – Sold SVXY Dec 24 2015 67.5 Calls @ 1.15. Short trading week for this cycle

$NUGT $DUST – sharp reversal…

$NUGT $DUST – sharp reversal from yesterday’s move. Short NUGT calls and DUST Puts looking good

#VXXGame #CoveredCalls – sold both…

#VXXGame #CoveredCalls – sold both of these as I keep adding during the stock’s recovery
Sold SVXY Dec 18 2015 70.0 Calls @ 0.30
Sold SVXY Jan 08 2016 70.0 Calls @ 1.40

#VXXGame #CoveredCalls – Sold SVXY…

#VXXGame #CoveredCalls – Sold SVXY Dec 31 2015 71.0 Calls @ 0.65. Jumped up to a slightly higher strike price