Sold to open $ABNB 3/19 135 puts @ 4.70. Delta 14. Looking to get long at a basis around 130, below the early Jan lows.
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SPX 1/22
Sold $SPX 1/22 3755/3780/3890/3915 iron condor @ 4.20. Short strikes both at 15 delta. SPX currently trading at 3843.76.
Closing TDOC
Bought to close $TDOC 2/19 200/190 bull put spread @ .55. Sold for 2.53 on 1/7.
Taking off some TQQQ
Bought to close $TQQQ 1/29 125 puts @ .18. Sold for 1.10 on 1/11.
ARKK
Filled right before the close. Never traded this one but I wouldn’t mind being long at/below the 50 day moving average. Sold 2/19 120.96 puts @ 2.40 with the stock at 145.30. Delta 15.
TQQQ 2/5
Sold $TQQQ 2/5 125 put @ 1.35
Closing Mar LABU
Taking most of the profit with still over 2 months to go. Bought to close $LABU 3/19 40 puts @ .33. Sold for 2.30 on 11/23 and 11/24. Thanks for the idea @jsd501.
Taking profits on TSLA
Bought to close 1/15 725/980 strangle @ 1.42 for about 80% of the max profit. Thanks for the great trade @fuzzballl!
OXY Iron Condor
Sold $OXY 2/19 16/19/25/28 iron condor @ 1.00. Collecting 1/3 the width of the strikes. Stock at 22.16.
Closing NVDA
Bought to close $NVDA 2/5 435 put @ .90. Sold for 4.40 on 1/6. Thanks for the idea @fuzzballl.
Closing today’s SPX
Bought to close the adjusted position, now 1/8 3765/3790/3805/3830 iron condor @ 9.215 for a modest loss.
Original premium from 3640/3665/3805/3830: 4.05 credit
Rolled put spread side to 3760/3735: 2.00 credit
Rolled put spread side to 3790/3765: 2.30 credit
Total credit taken in: 8.35
Debit to close: 9.215
Loss: .865
Considering where /ES was overnight, I’m lucky to be out for this close to breakeven.
ADSK
Sold 2/19 280 put @ 3.10. Earnings not expected until after Feb expiration. Delta 14.
FSLY Feb
May be a bit early but stock is up over 6% today (at 86.67) and looking like it’s bouncing off the lows. Sold $FSLY 2/19 80/70 bull put spread @ 3.62. Short puts 34 delta.
TDOC BuPS
Strong move today. Sold $TDOC 2/19 200/190 bull put spread @ 2.53. With the short puts at 25 delta, right at support.
SPX 3 DTE
Sold $SPX 1/8 3640/3665/3805/3830 iron condor @ 4.05. Short puts 14 delta, short calls 13 delta.
Expirations
$TQQQ 12/31 135 puts
$TQQQ 12/31 142 puts
$UVXY 12/31 12/17 bear call spread
$AMZN 12/31 2950/2940 bull put spread
Happy New Year everyone! Wishing a great, healthy, prosperous 2021 to the Bistro family.
SQ Feb
Sold $SQ 2/19 180 put @ 5.00
Closing DOCU
Bought to close $DOCU 1/15 185/195/260/270 iron condor @ 1.23. Sold for 2.95 on 12/9.
ZM iron condor
Sold $ZM 1/15 330/340/450/460 iron condor @ 3.35. IV rank 42.
TQQQ
Taking a page out of the @jsd501 book. Sold $TQQQ Jan 8 130 put @ 2.01.
Closed ZM
Got back to my desk and saw that this closing order was filled. Bought to close $ZM 12/18 350/360/460/470 iron condor @ .50. Sold for 2.89 on 12/3.
DOCU Iron Condor
Sold $DOCU 1/15 185/195/260/270 iron condor @ 2.95 with the stock trading around 225. Short puts 17 delta, short calls 22 delta. IV rank 31.
Closing DOCU
Bought to close $DOCU 12/18 260/270 bear call spread @ .55. Sold for 1.90 on 12/4.
DOCU call spread post-earnings
$DOCU looks to be getting all tuckered out from all the earnings excitement and looks to be needing a little break. Sold 12/18 260/270 bear call spread @ 1.90 with the stock at 244.80.
Today’s candle kinda resembling a tombstone doji, with the current pricenot too far from the lows/bottom of the AM post-earnings gap. IV rank is 33.
ZM iron condor
Sold $ZM 12/18 350/360/460/470 iron condor for 2.89. Stock around 410. A couple of notes of caution. Liquidity isn’t great in this so that is informing my position size. Also, with the fact that expiration is close (around 2 weeks) it will not leave a lot of time for adjustments if the stock moves strongly again in either direction. But IV rank is 43 so if the stock movement calms down I would expect some IV contraction that will help this position.
ZM put spread
Sold 1/15 360/350 bull put spread @ 2.60
SPX 3 day trade
Sold $SPX 12/2 3505/3530/3660/3685 iron condor @ 4.30. Short puts 13 delta, short calls 15 delta.
SQ Dec
Sold 12/18 185 put @ 2.25
Closing nat gas position
Bought to close $BOIL 12/18 60/70 bear call spread @ .10. Sold for 1.30 on 8/5. Nice profit but almost 4 months to get there even as the underlying was mostly trending down since August. Low liquidity played a big part as well, not allowing me to get out for a decent price. Finally able to take it off today. Barring any crazy moves in nat gas, I will probably avoid this one going forward.
Closing TGT
BTC 12/4 155/177.50 strangle (earnings trade) @ 1.87. Sold for 4.11 yesterday.
TGT earnings
Sold $TGT 12/4 155/177.50 strangle @ 4.11.
#Earnings #TastyTradeFollow
Closing DOCU
Bought to close $DOCU 11/20 180/190/250/260 @ 1.59 for around 47% of the profit. Sold for 3.00 on 10/22. With the recovery since mid yesterday and the stock now above 204, I took the opportunity to get out for a profit. IV has increased since I sold this which is of course the opposite of what I wanted but enough time decay has happened so theta beats vega this time.
Market’s end of day fade
Not political, just observing that Mitch McConnell’s comments about Trump’s legal fight(s) may have gotten some notice: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mcconnnell-backs-trump-push-recounts-says-shouldnt-accept-election-results-media
Things could get hairy for a while in the markets before they calm down if election uncertainty gets priced back into this again.
SPX expirations
Expiring today:
$SPX 11/6 3300/3325/3530/3555 iron condor
$SPX 11/6 3395/3420/3560/3585 iron condor
#optionsexpiration
Last ADBE adjustment
Rolled $ADBE 11/20 470/460 bull put spread up to 485/475 @ 1.40 credit. After multiple rolls on both sides of this original iron condor, the position has now been adjusted to ultimately become an iron butterfly with total premium collected of 7.30. With wing widths of 10 points, that leaves the max loss at 2.70 which I am okay to sit with through expiration. I will probably put a GTC order in probably for somewhere around 7.00 to get out of this wild garden hose of a trade for near breakeven.
SPX iron condor for Friday
Sold $SPX 11/6 3300/3325/3530/3555 iron condor @ 4.20. Short strikes at 12 delta.
ADBE rollup
Rolled $ADBE 450/440 bull put spread up to 470/460 for 1.12 credit. Part of iron condor with 485/495 bear call spread (which has previously been rolled down). Total premium taken in now 5.91.
ADBE roll down
Rolled $ADBE 550/560 bear call spread down to 485/495 for 1.35 credit. Part of iron condor with 450/440 bull put spread. Total premium taken in 4.79.
ZM roll down
Rolled $ZM 560/570 bear call spread down to 500/510 for 1.55 credit. Paired with 460/450 bull put spread. After two roll downs of the bear call spread side, total premium taken in is now 5.79.
SPX expiration
Expiring today: $SPX 10/30 3190/3215/3375/3400 iron condor
ZM adjustment
Rolled $ZM 680/690 bear call spread down to 560/570 for 1.10 credit. Paired with 460/450 bull put spread for an iron condor which I originally sold for 3.14 on 10/16. Total premium now 4.24.
SPX Iron Condor For tomorrow’s…
SPX Iron Condor
For tomorrow’s expiration. Sold $SPXW 10/30 3190/3215/3375/3400 iron condor @ 4.25. Short puts 13 delta, short calls 12 delta.
BIIB put spread
Sold $BIIB 12/18 215/200 bull put spread @ 5.25. IV rank 83.
TQQQ
Sold 11/20 90 put @ 3.70
MMM puts
Sold $MMM 12/18 150 puts @ 3.55. Willing to take assignment at a cost basis of 146.45, which is below the lows from August.
NFLX Iron Condor
Sold 11/20 430/440/545/555 iron condor @ 2.80
DOCU Iron Condor
Sold $DOCU 11/20 180/190/250/260 iron condor @ 3.00. Short strikes both around 19 delta. Earnings not expected until after expiration. IV rank 32.
NFLX put spread
Sold $NFLX 11/20 455/445 bull put spread @ 2.42.
ZM Iron Condor
Sold $ZM 11/20 450/460/680/690 iron condor @ 3.14. IVR 43. Earnings not expected until after Nov expiration.
ADBE Iron Condor
Sold $ADBE 11/20 440/450/550/560 iron condor @ 3.44. Short strikes both at 21 delta. Stock now around 497, trading near the middle of the recent range. IV rank 30. Earnings not expected until after opex.
Closed ADBE
Bought to close $ADBE 10/16 450/460/510/520 iron condor @ 2.52.
Position was originally 420/430/510/520 and put spread was rolled up to 450/460. Total premium taken in 4.29, so 1.77 profit (57% of the premium for the original trade).
Closed NVDA
Bought to close $NVDA 10/16 470/480/590/600 iron condor @ .95. Sold for 2.65 on 9/29.
Closing AMZN condor
Bought to close $AMZN 10/16 2650/2700/3500/3550 iron condor @ 2.40. Sold for 14.39 on 9/11.
TQQQ Nov
Sold $TQQQ 11/16 85 puts @ 4.50
NVDA adjustment
Adjusting $NVDA 10/16 430/440/550/560 iron condor with the stock around 543. Rolled 440/430 bull put spread up to 505/495 @ 1.83 credit. Short puts 22 delta. Total credit in trade now 5.21.
Closing NFLX
Bought to close $NFLX 10/16 465/455 bull put spread @ 1.58. Sold for 3.45 on 9/21.
Another NVDA condor
Sold $NVDA 10/16 470/480/590/600 iron condor @ 2.65 with the stock around 530. Short strikes around 16 delta. IV rank 35.
ADBE adjust
$ADBE Adjusted my 10/16 420/430/510/520 iron condor. Rolled the 430/420 bull put spread up to 460/450 for 1.18 credit. Stock at 490.77 and looking pretty strong. Total premium now 4.29.
NVDA iron condor
Sold to open $NVDA 10/16 430/440/550/560 iron condor @ 3.38
ADBE condor
Sold $ADBE 10/16 420/430/510/520 iron condor @ 3.11. Short strikes around 20 delta. IV rank 39. My only issue with this trade is the liquidity is good but not great.
Closing NVDA
Bought to close $NVDA 9/25 465 put @ .28. Sold for 3.20 on 9/16. Thanks @fuzzballl !
Closing DOCU
Bought to close $DOCU 10/16 180/170 bull put spread @ .90. Sold for 2.28 on 9/11.
NFLX put spread
Sold to open $NFLX 10/16 465/455 bull put spread @ 3.45. Short strike 36 delta. IV rank 32.
PYPL short puts
Sold to open $PYPL 10/16 170 puts @ 3.80. Stock is up nicely on a really weak day in the market. Delta 27, IV rank 41.
There was a good article this weekend in Barron’s on how Covid killed cash (it was on its way out before all this but the pandemic is just speeding things up). Some interesting takes on how to play it with $PYPL getting the most positive mentions. They also like $SQ $V and $MA among others. $PYPL and $SQ are both up today, not being dragged down by the ties to pandemic-reduced transaction volume that $V $MA have.
An alternative trade: 10/16 170/160 bull put spread for around 2.00.
Closing AMAT
Bought to close $AMAT 10/16 50 puts @ .72. Sold for 1.60 on 9/8.
Closing LABU
Bought to close 10/16 30 puts @ .40. Sold for 2.00 on 9/4. I’m completely out of this underlying now but they’ve all been profitable since I started dabbling (thanks @fuzzballl !) Will wait for a pullback to put any new positions on.
Closing BABA
$BABA Bought to close 9/18 270/280/290 iron butterfly @ 7.04. This was an adjusted position that began as a 225/235/280/290 iron condor that I had to start playing defense on, a few days after I entered on 8/20. The bull put spread was rolled up 3 times until the position became an iron fly with 7.16 in premium taken in. Closing today for 7.04 allows me to take the whole thing off for near breakeven.
AMZN iron condor
Sold $AMZN 10/16 2650/2700/3500/3550 iron condor @ 14.39. Almost 30% the width of the strikes (short puts/calls at 15 and 18 delta). IV rank 52.
DOCU put spread
I might be a bit early on this one but the stock is down over 30% since before the earnings announcement last week and while the stock is down a little today, selling momentum seems to have slowed with price now hanging around with the 50 day moving average. Sold $DOCU 10/16 180/170 bull put spread @ 2.28. Short puts 27 delta. IV rank is 39.
Closing CRWD
Bought to close $CRWD 9/18 110/115//145/150 iron condor @ .65. Sold for 1.40 on 9/3.
Closing AMZN
Bought to close 9/18 $AMZN 2980/3000//3600/3620 iron condor @ 2.60. Sold for 6.79 on 8/18.
$SPX for Friday
Let’s try this again. Sold $SPX 9/11 3300/3325/3500/3525 iron condor @ 3.95. Short deltas 14 (puts) 10 (calls).
AMAT short puts
With the stock looking weak and a decisive break below the 200 day moving average, this wouldn’t be the ideal day (at least technically) to sell puts and take a bullish position. But I am looking to potentially acquire this stock below 50 and this put sale will allow me to do that if it continues down more than another 10% at expiration. As of now it’s down almost 9% today, almost 15% over the last 4 trading days and around 20% from its intraday high on 8/14.
Sold $AMAT 10/16 50 puts @ 1.60. Delta 25. IV rank 34.
SPX
Wow
LABU Oct
Sold to open $LABU 10/16 30 puts @ 2.00. Lowest strike in 10/16. 16 delta.