Taking off one of my Jan positions.
Bought to close $ANET Jan 18 170 put @ 1.40. Sold for 3.20 on 10/12.

These probably would have expired but in this market who knows what could happen in the next 3 days. Options were in the money just a few trading days ago so taking off for most of the profit a few days early.
Bought to close $TWTR Oct 19 27 puts @ .04. Sold for .61 on 9/6.

Sold $BOIL Dec 21 50 call @ 1.50. Highest strike.

Sold $NFLX Nov 16 400/410 BeCS @ 2.00

Downward momentum slowing after the big post-earnings move down this morning. Going the other way looking for more stabilization/a bounce and contracting volatility.
Sold $GWW Nov 16 250/240 BuPS @ 1.30 credit.

Bought to close:
$TSLA Nov 16 80 puts @ .44. Sold for 1.13 on 9/28.
$TSLA Nov 16 120/385 strangles @ 1.75. Sold for 3.72 on 9/28.

At 9.84.

It got to 8.60 on 2/9/18.

I don’t know. It feels like a good idea to own a bank like JPM in a rising interest rate environment, after an over 10% pullback from its recent highs, at what would be 12 month lows and a 3+% dividend.
Sold a ladder:
$JPM Nov 16 100 puts @ 1.36
$JPM Dec 21 95 puts @ 1.25

Dropping down 3 strikes/15 points from my previous sale in Jan.
Sold $ANET Jan 18 170 put @ 3.20.

Now at 10.19. It got down to 9.94 around 20 minutes ago. Let’s see what happens this afternoon.

Had a lot of short call exposure so with a 20%+ down day I thought it would be a good idea to take advantage and lighten things up a bit.
Bought to close:
$DUST Nov 16 49 calls @ .35. Sold for 1.60 and 2.00 on 8/15.
$DUST Dec 21 60 calls @ .39. Sold for 2.30 on 8/16.

Bought to close $FXB Oct 19 129 puts @ 1.15. Sold for 4.02 as a rollout on 9/5.
This was rolled twice. Recovered losses from July and September–total profit .45. Tough trade but glad to be out for a profit. It was also quite the margin hog so it frees up a nice amount of buying power. So I got that going for me. Which is nice.

Yeah I would think so.

Not my usual type of trade but playing an oversold bounce into the close.
Bought $SPY 10/12 280 calls @ 2.62. Will keep a tight leash on it, stop at 2.50.

Sold $ANET Jan 18 2019 185 puts @ 3.00 with the stock at 241.28

Sold $ISRG Jan 18 2019 430 put @ 7.50

Sold $CRM Nov 16 135 puts @ 1.50 with the stock at 150.26. Delta is 16. Earnings not estimated until after Nov options expiration.

Bought to close $IWM Nov 16 170/180 BeCS @ .63. Sold for 1.71 on 10/1.

$AMZN Oct 19 1820/1810 BuPS @ 2.05
Sold in 2 IRA accounts

Rolled short Oct 19 140 puts out to Nov 16 140 puts for 2.10 credit. Position was originally rolled to Oct from Sep. Total premium now 5.65. Basis 134.35.

I also added a ladder rung. Sold Jan 18 100 put @ 2.00.

Going through the end of day trade and just saw this order was filled.
Bought to close $DUST Nov 16 64 calls @ .20. Sold for 1.00-1.35 from 8/23-9/5. Position was getting a little big so I wanted to take some off to reduce size. I may do some more tomorrow if the opportunity presents itself.

Sold $WHR Jan 18 95 puts @ 1.25.
Divvy would be around 5% if the stock got down there.
I’m now short the following ladder:
Dec 110 puts
Dec 105 puts
Dec 100 puts
Jan 100 puts
Jan 95 puts

$CAT 130/120 bull put spread
$DUST 49 calls
$SPXW 2930/2950 bear call spread

That’s it for this week. Have a relaxing weekend.

Or falling something–CEO credibility, board of directors credibility, stock price, etc. Taking a shot at a crazy out of the money strike in Nov.
Sold $TSLA Nov 16 80 puts @ 1.13.
I doubt it gets down there but if so I might buy the stock at 2013 prices.
Delta of the 80 puts is 1.5.

Sold $BOIL Jan 18 45.00 calls @ 1.50. Adding to position at the highest strike.

Borrowing an idea from TastyTrade. Selling premium in South Korea.
Sold $EWY Oct 19 68.00/68.50 strangle @ 2.13.
I will treat this like a straddle and take it off at a lower profit target (something around 25%). Breakevens 65.87 and 70.63.

Sold $SQ Oct 19 90/85 bull put spread for 1.18 to offset my now in the money 90/95 bear call spread. I may have to stop trading this one. Can’t seem to get it right.

Sold $CLF Nov 16 14 calls @ .54. Another long term hold I wouldn’t mind being taken out of.

Sold $RIG Jan 18 2019 16.00 calls @ .62. Been long for a couple of years. Wouldn’t mind getting taken out at 16.

I didn’t have many left to expire. Took a bunch off early this month.

Expirations for full profit:
$QQQ Sep 21 182/172 BuPS
$WDC Sep 21 57.50 puts
$WHR Sep 21 115 puts
$NFLX Sep 21 330/320 BuPS
$SQ Sep 21 75/70 BuPS (see below)

Expirations for full loss:

$SQ Sep 21 75/80 BeCS–stock went through the money quickly. I sold a put spread against it and then rolled that up (the one that expired today) but the position will still be a loss. 5.00 spread offset by 3.60 in total premium = 1.40 loss on this position). I didn’t have time to post earlier but I reinitiated a bearish position on this in October with a 90/95 bear call spread for 1.08 credit.

$SODA Sep 21 130/135 BeCS–not much I could do here. On 8/20 the takeover was announced and the stock immediately started trading between 142 and 143 and has been that way since. There was no premium in any put options to sell to offset. Just one of those things that’s an occupational hazard of this business. I’m glad I was hedged with a spread. Took in 1.50 against the 5.00 spread so a 3.50 loss. Sayonara SodaStream. Good luck at Pepsi.

Took off before the close today:
$EWZ bought to close Sep 21 34/37 inverted strangle @ 3.27. Position was originally a 37/39 strangle and I rolled the 39 calls down to go inverted with 34 calls and 37 puts. Total premium taken in was 3.54 (2.57 for the original strangle plus .97 for the roll down) so I’m out of this for a .27 profit.

Need to decompress. Have a great weekend everyone.

Bought to close $NOC Jan 18 2019 240 puts @ .75. Sold for 2.85 on 7/25.

Bought to close $ROKU Oct 19 55 puts @ .62. Sold for 1.77 on 9/5.

I didn’t expect this to get to 50%+ profit in a few hours but I’ll definitely take it when it does!
Bought to close $AMD Oct 19 37 calls @ 1.02. Sold for 2.17 earlier this morning.

Via calls. Idea from TastyTrade.
Sold $AMD Oct 19 37 calls @ 2.17 with the stock at 33.95 up almost 25% this week.

I was assigned overnight on my short Jan 75 puts (which I’ve been rolling since they went ITM about a year ago). I thought we had a shot of getting close previous levels again back in July but things have retreated since then. I’ll sell calls on the next big move up but for now just staying long. Premium taken in so for is 11.59 so basis is 63.41.

Sold $AMAT Jan 18 34 puts @ 1.23

Bought to close:
$AMBA Nov 16 32.50 puts @ .35. Sold for 1.10 on 6/6.
$URI Jan 18 100 puts @ .60. Sold for 2.33 on 4/24.

Taking off my last position in this stock.
Bought to close $CVS Nov 16 60 puts @ .24. Sold for 1.70 on 6/18.

Selling puts in January to potentially acquire the stock at what would be around a 2 year low, or keep the premium. Sold $FB Jan 18 2019 135 puts @ 3.05.

Sold $TWTR Oct 19 27 puts @ .61. Premium is better now.

Rolled $WYNN Sep 21 140 puts out to Oct 19 140 puts for 1.45 credit

Sold $ROKU Oct 19 55 puts @ 1.77. Pure play in the OTT television space. May take assignment if the stock tanks before October.

Bought to close:
$CAH Sep 21 50 puts @ .40. Sold for 1.35 on 3/23.
$DISH Sep 21 32.50 puts @ .30. Sold for 1.40 on 2/6.

Getting more time, waiting for a comeback in the British Pound.
Rolled $FXB Sep 21 129 puts out to Oct 19 129 puts for .15 credit.

Throwing another one out there.
Sold $DUST Jan 17 2020 64 call @ 6.50. Highest strike.

Selling some premium with the short strike at 20 delta. Sold $FB Oct 19 155/145 BuPS @ 1.25 with the stock at 168.12.

At a higher premium.
Sold $DUST Nov 16 64 calls @ 1.35.

Sold $STX Jan 18 2019 40 puts @ 1.15

Sticking with my plan to take this off for at least 50% of the profit. Bought to close $TSLA Sep 21 250/240 BuPS @ .75. Sold for 1.60 on 8/20.

With this big move up

Bought to close $CMI Dec 21 105 puts @ .30. Sold for 1.40 on 5/2.
Bought to close $SWKS Sep 21 85 puts @ .40. Sold for 1.20 on 7/23. I normally would let a position like this expire in a few weeks with the stock at 93, but anything can happen with this one (it had a 30% drop in a little over a month earlier this year). Felt better to just take the profits and move on.

Bought to close $NKTR Nov 16 30 puts @ .45. Sold for 1.85 on 6/5.

An idea from TastyTrade.
Sold $EWZ Oct 19 28/36 strangle @ 1.76 with EWZ right in the middle at 32.00.

Sold at highest strikes:
$DUST Nov 16 64 calls @ 1.00
$DUSH Mar 15 2019 64 call @ 2.10

Not sure what the hold up was but I finally got assigned the last lot of SVXY from the short puts I had (January 85s). I’ve closed around 20% of the position using basis reduction from UVXY and VXX so I’ll keep plugging away (and maybe start writing some covered calls as SVXY pushes toward 20). I’ll be at this project for at least another year.

A little more J in the PB&J in January.
Sold $SJM Jan 18 2019 90 puts @ 1.55. Delta 16.

Bought to close $MYL Oct 19 30 puts @ .08. Sold for .76 on 5/2.

Taking about 65% of the profit out of this.
Bought to close $NVDA Sep 21 230/220 BuPS @ .56. Sold for 1.55 on 8/17.

Taking more than 70% of the profit a few months early.
Bought to close $JBHT Nov 16 100 puts @ .40. Sold for 1.45 on 7/16.

Sold $TSLA Sep 21 250/240 bull put spread for 1.60.

Deep in the money short puts that have been hanging around for a while just to bring some red to my screen it seems.
Rolled $RRC Aug 17 22 puts out to Jan 18 2019 22 puts @ .05 credit
Rolled $AAL Aug 17 45 puts out to Nov 16 45 puts @ .27 credit

These should have been rolled earlier so I had to go further out to get credits. I’m feeling pretty good that we’ll see a turnaround in AAL. RRC, I’m less optimistic about.

Position was a Sep 37/39 strangle. I’m probably late in this adjustment but I was on vacation most of this week and just catching up yesterday and today. I rolled the 39 calls down to 34 to go inverted by 3 points. Total premium is now 3.54 (2.57 for original position plus .97 for the roll) so I’m looking for a finish between 34 and 37 to take a .54 profit out of the trade. ETF is currently at 32.99.

Sold $NVDA Sep 21 230/220 BuPS @ 1.55. I could be a bit early but the short strike (delta 22) is below recent support and below the 200 dma.

Bought to close $NUGT Jan 17 2020 55 call @ .60. Sold for 5.60 on 4/11.

In a perfect world gold goes back up taking its supercharged derivative with it so I can sell more calls. At the same time, DUST would implode and I can clear the decks on those positions. Oh and a reverse split for NUGT wouldn’t be a bad thing to add to that recipe. 🙂

Sold:
$DUST Dec 21 2018 60 calls @ 2.30
$DUST Jan 17 2020 60 call @ 6.50

Bought to close:
$OLED Dec 21 55 puts @ .15. Sold for 1.20 on 6/15 and 1.50 on 6/19.
$TPR Nov 16 40 puts @ .26. Sold for 1.55 on 5/1.
$CVS Nov 16 57.50 puts @ .36. Sold for 1.36 on 7/20.
$DISH Dec 21 22.50 puts @ .30. Sold for 1.20 on 5/8.
$IFF Nov 16 110 puts @ .50. Sold for 2.70 on 5/7.

Taking one of my December positions off.
Bought to close $GUSH Dec 21 57 calls @ .81. Sold for 4.00 on 5/15 and 6.00 on 5/17.
Still short the 46 calls.