For those of us who held longer term short put positions through the painful month of July things could be turning around. Chart has a nice rounded bottom since the gap down on 7/5, with the stock threatening to trade into that gap, now above 540.
I am short:
Aug 520 puts
Sep 480 puts
Dec 500 puts

I’ve been selling puts on this all the way up the last couple of months, with the intention of taking the stock if assigned. They’ve all either expired or were taken off early for near full profit. Today I closed one more with earnings coming up:
Bought to close $AAOI Aug 11 65 puts @ .70. Sold for 2.40 on 7/17.
Resetting for September to get good premium:
Sold to open $AAOI Sep 15 65 puts @ 3.50.
I guess another way to look at it is rolling out to Sep for 2.80 credit but I’m treating it like a separate trade in September.
The only other position I have on in this name is short Aug 18 55 puts which I’ll keep on over earnings.

Borrowing this trade from one of the TastyTraders. He did an iron fly but I went with just the short straddle for more premium and much easier roll ability. Will look to take off at 25% profit.
Sold $MAT Sep 15 20 straddles @ 1.72.

Bought to close $SNI Dec 15 55 puts @ .05. Sold for 1.22-1.25 on 6/1.

Selling some puts to offset all the short calls in January
Sold $SVXY Aug 18 70 puts @ 1.50

Be careful.

Looking for a little more air to come out of this.
Sold $IWM Aug 18 144 calls @ 1.00.
Strike price is above the all-time intraday high from Thursday.

To avoid assignment today if the stock closes below 30.
Bought to close $SWIR Jul 21 30 puts @ .45. Sold for 1.60 on 6/19.

Because of the lack of liquidity in these options, I usually expect that they’ll go all the way to expiration, but there’s a relatively tighter bid/ask spread in this contract (I use the term loosely for this underlying) so I was able to get out for around 85% of the the max profit. Still have positions in July, Sep and Dec.
Bought to close $DRIP Aug 18 35 calls @ .22. Sold for 1.61-1.64 on 6/21.

Sold $SVXY Jan 18 2019 330 call for 9.40. Following Iceman.

Following Iceman.
Sold $SVXY Jan 18 2019 330 call @ 8.50.

At the highest strike
Sold $DRIP Sep 40 call @ 2.00

New highest strike (at least new to me–it was added a week or two ago).
Sold $DRIP Sep 15 40 call @ 1.35.

$SVXY Aug 18 85 put @ 1.70
$SVXY Aug 11 85 put @ 1.20
$SVXY Jul 28 100 put @ 1.35
$SVXY Jul 14 120 put @ 1.30

$NUGT Bought to close Sep 15 58 calls @ .44. Sold for 2.60 on 5/22.

I got pretty heavy in short puts during the big swoon in May. Taking a couple of positions off for a good profit, just to reduce a bit of exposure.
Bought to close:
$ALXN Aug 18 95 put @ .45. Sold for 2.60 on 3/9.
$ALXN Nov 17 80 put @ .90. Sold for 3.40 on 5/24.
My remaining positions:
Nov 70 puts
Jan 85 puts
Jan 60 puts

Sold:
$SVXY Sep 15 65 puts @ 1.30
$SVXY Dec 15 50 puts @ 1.40

Stock up almost 9%

Sold $VXX Dec 15 33 calls @ .46. Highest strike in Dec.

Sold $UVXY Dec 15 37 calls@ 1.20. Highest strike.
Sold $SVXY Aug 4 100 puts @ 1.50.

$SWKS Sold Jul 21 93 puts @ 1.55 with the stock at 98.59

Getting out of these for .05 or less a month early
Bought to close:
$DUST Jul 21 50 calls @ .05. Sold for 2.50 on 4/27.
$DUST Jul 21 52 calls @ .02. Sold for 2.85 on 5/4.

Sold $NUGT Aug 18 45 calls @ 1.25. Adding to position at the highest strike.

Sold $COST 7/21 165 calls @ 1.57, to bring in premium against the 160 puts I sold last week.

Borrowed an idea from one of the TastyTraders.
Sold $TSLA Jul 21 325/430 strangle @ 5.40

Sold $DRIP Aug 18 35 calls @ 1.61 and 1.64. Highest strike.

Sold $NUGT Aug 18 45 calls @ .90. Highest strike.

Sold $CMG Aug 18 355 puts @ 2.50. Lowest strike.

$IWM Rolled July 134 puts up to 137 puts for .44 credit. This is the put side of a strangle with 140 calls. Original position was 130/140, then rolled to 134/140, and now it’s 137/140.

Sold $COST Jul 21 160 puts @ 1.32

Adding to highest strike at a higher premium
Sold $DRIP 9/15 35 call @ 2.25
Sold $DRIP 12/15 35 call @ 4.00

Sold at the highest strike
$UVXY Jul 14 20 calls @ .60
$UVXY Jul 28 20 calls @ .80

Sold $SNAP Jul 21 17 puts @ .70.
Strike is below the all-time low from a couple of days ago.

Sold:
$SVXY Jun 30 102 puts @ 1.10
$SVXY Jul 7 95 puts @ 1.20

Sold in 2 IRA accounts:
$NVDA Jul 21 130 puts @ 2.40. If this continues down and I get assigned I will hold it long term with a cost basis of 127.60.

Sold $SVXY Jul 14 85 puts @ 1.05

Sold at the highest strikes:
Jul 21 30 calls @ 1.35
Dec 15 35 call @ 3.58

Adding to Jan position at the highest strike.
Sold $NUGT 1/19/18 58 call @ 6.50.

Sold $NUGT Jan 19 58 calls @ 5.50. Highest strike.

Sold $SVXY Jul 21 90 puts @ 1.30

Sold $ORLY Jul 21 220 puts @ 2.00

Just sold a $IWM July 130/140 strangle on Wednesday and already the call side has been breached at 140.13. Rolled the 130 puts up to 134 for .51 credit.

Sold $IWM Jul 21 130/140 strangle @ 1.43. Bearish bias with IWM at 136.41.

Bought to close $DUST Jun 9 47 calls @ .05. Sold for 1.20 on 4/27.

Taking this position off for near 60% of max profit.
Bought to close $TLT Jun 16 119/125 strangle @ .65. Sold for 1.55 on 5/3.
Will look to re-establish something in July. I may leg into it starting with calls.

Bought to close $UVXY Sep 15 60 calls @ .30. Sold for 4.00 on 2/16.

Not my typical strategy, but I thought I’d try to get long the stock a couple of weeks ago so I sold some (at the time) near the money 55 puts in June. Those look like they will expire. I may or may not take them off but I’m adding July 55 puts for 2.00. My plan is to take this stock if assigned, not to roll out. I’ll keep trying until I get assigned. In the meantime…

Highest strike in September.
Sold $NUGT Sep 15 58 calls @ 2.60.