Sold $NFLX 3/19 515/505 bull put spread @ 2.75
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TSLA March
Sold $TSLA 3/19 600/590 bull put spread @ 2.00
TQQQ Jan
Sold $TQQQ 1/21/22 50 put @ 9.00. Thanks @jsd501 (from yesterday).
ARKK Mar
Sold 3/19 110.96 puts @ 2.40
AMZN put spread
Sold $AMZN 3/19 3080/3070 bull put spread @ 2.85 with the stock around 3197
TQQQ 4/1 Sold $TQQQ 4/1…
TQQQ 4/1
Sold $TQQQ 4/1 75 put @ 3.00
Expirations for 2/19
$BIIB 255/245 bull put spread
$GME 90/100 bear call spread
$GME 135/155 bear call spread
$GME 135/125 bull put spread–full loss but offset by other premium sales around it
$LABU 98 put
$MOMO 2/19 15/15/16 jade lizard
$UVXY 10.50/15.50 bear call spread
$UVXY 11/16 bear call spread
$UVXY 12/17 bear call spread
$UVXY 13/18 bear call spread
$UVXY 15/20 bear call spread
$ADBE 470/460 bull put spread
$EWZ 31/41 short strangle
Assignment:
$FTI 11 puts–there was a spinoff here and the new symbol FTI1 I think is 83% of the original, couldn’t follow it but either way I’m in the money and liquidity on the new symbol was pretty much non-existent so I will take assignment here at whatever the number is, somewhere around 9ish or so and I’ll immediately sell the shares Monday morning, take the loss and move on. The stock will no longer be listed on the Nasdaq it looks like so I have no interest in trying to work basis down on it.
Have a great weekend everyone.
CGC Mar
Sold $CGC 3/10 32.50/27.50 bull put spread @ 1.11. Would take assignment at close to 31 if it the stock continues to tank.
Expirations
For 2/12:
$GME 85/90 bear call spread
$GME 15 puts (I now have free long Mar 6 puts that were financed by this short put; thanks @optioniceman)
$TQQQ 52.50 puts–thanks @jsd501
Have a great long weekend everyone.
#OptionsExpiration
Closed GME iron fly
Bought to close 2/12 45/50/55 iron fly @ 1.85, taking a 2.00 profit out. Should have closed earlier today and got lucky.
$CGC March put spread
$CGC has been sold off hard with the sector, down over 20% today. IV high (rank 42). I would normally sell short puts below support here as selling momentum has slowed with the stock around 41. The 50 day moving average is around 32-33 so looking at strikes below that. Mar 30 puts have a delta of 14. I could have sold them for 1.30-1.35 but that would eat up a lot of buying power so I’m doing a really wide bull put spread to function as a synthetic short put, selling 3/19 30/20 bull put spread for 1.17, giving up just a bit to cut the buying power by 70%.
GME 2/12 pin
$GME Volume and Open Interest very high at the 50 strikes for this week. Looking to play a pin at 50 with a 2/12 45/50/55 iron fly. Sold for 3.85.
GME 2/26
Sold $GME 2/26 85/95 bear call spread @ 1.35
Expirations
$GME 2/5 300/310 bear call spread
$GME 2/5 170/180 bear call spread
$GME 2/5 190/195/200 iron fly (this was a nearly free trade, sold for 4.98 last Friday), expires for 5.00, loss of .02
$TQQQ 2/5 62.50 puts
$UVXY 2/5 12/17 bear call spread
Have a great weekend everyone.
GME 2/19
Sold $GME 2/19 90/100 bear call spread @ 1.30
GME 2/12
Sold $GME 2/12 85/90 bear call spread @ 1.24
GME riding the crash
Sold $GME 2/5 170/180 bear call spread @ 1.20
GME 2/5
Sold $GME 2/5 300/310 bear call spread @ 2.25 with the stock around 235.
Weird trade on GME
I was trying to game this a little (yeah yeah I know). With the spreads getting better that they were yesterday I decided to sell an iron butterfly for next week but legged into them to see if I could get more than the spread width, or match. It. Got filled on the $GME 2/5 195/190 bull put spread @ 2.62 and the 195/200 bear call spread @ 2.36, so total premium 4.98. Basically a free trade with a very narrow window/probability of profit. But I may be able to get out early in the week if the stock comes back down to 200. We’ll see.
From Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/gamestop-white-house/white-house-monitoring-situation-involving-gamestop-other-firms-idUSW1N2JO04B
From the article:
Shares of both GameStop and AMC Entertainment Holdings more than doubled on Wednesday, forcing hedge funds to take heavy losses and sparking calls for scrutiny of anonymous stock market trading posts on social media.
Are they serious????? Aren’t all posts on social media pretty much anonymous? Do any of you know who I am? Unbelievable.
GME 1/29 adjustment
Against my in the money 1/29 195/200 bear call spread, sold 1/29 195/190 bull put spread for 2.00. Total premium in 1/29 now 4.00.
Looking at XRT
As a more stable way to get short GME, which has now become too big a percentage of the holdings (6% now?). Maybe some bear call spreads in Feb or March.
Closing FSLY
Bought to close $FSLY 2/19 80/70 bull put spread @ .50. Sold for 3.62 on 1/7.
GME adjustment
Sold $GME 2/19 135/125 bull put spread @ 5.00, against the 190/200 bear call spread I sold yesterday for 1.50. Total premium 6.50, reducing max loss on this one to 3.50. Will likely do another roll to minimize or possibly eliminate the loss.
GME: Those railroad tracks look mighty tempting
I know I know, wait for the train to slow down before setting up a picnic on the tracks but I thought I’d put a few small, starter positions out there. Can’t wait to aggressively short this thing but we’re way too early for that. For now though:
Sold $GME 1/29 195 200 bear call spread @ 1.00
Sold $GME 2/19 190/200 bear call spread @ 1.50
Defined risk only of course.
ABNB March
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.
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.