#shortcallspreads GOOGL
Followed a Tastytrade trade Dec. 15, 1070/1080 BeCS for 2.40, GOOGL is at 1041
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#volume OIH Over 20,000 strike…
#volume OIH
Over 20,000 strike 28 calls traded in OIH (oil services ETF) in January, a huge number for OIH. Stock currently at 25.91
#shortputs #earlyassignment MAT Aug. 8…
#shortputs #earlyassignment MAT
Aug. 8 I sold a Jan. 18 put for 1.25. Yesterday I as assigned 100 shares of MAT. I don’t understand why that happened, and especially why it happened to me, heh heh. I also am short a Dec. 15 20 put in MAT. MAT currently going for 13.95-buy hot wheels and Barbies for your children, grandchildren, kids in the neighborhood…
#shortputspreads ADBE
167.50/177.50 for 1.30, thanks for pointing out my mistake, I’m blaming my phone
#fallingknife #shortputs AKAM Bought January…
#fallingknife #shortputs AKAM
Bought January 18, 40 put for .05 sold May 5 for 1.12 gracias hielo hombre
#earnings Anyone interested in CAR-Avis?
#earnings Anyone interested in CAR-Avis?
#shortputs #rolling T Rolled Nov….
Rolled Nov. 17 35 put to Dec. 15 35 for a .07 credit
Sold Dec. 15 33 put for .90
Stock is at 32.75
AAPL Earnings
#earnings Mostly followed @jeffcp66 strikes, sold Nov. 17 #ironcondor 152.50/157.50/180/185 for 1.22
#earnings FB #butterfly #longputspread Nov….
#earnings FB
#butterfly #longputspread
Nov. 17 sold 177.50/182.50/182.50/185 puts for .86 credit, possible 346 above 179, bought 180/172.50 for 1.59 to cover the downside.
#earningstrade TSLA Nov 17 #ironcondor…
#earningstrade TSLA
Nov 17 #ironcondor 260/270/380/390 for 1.20 TSLA is at 322
#earnings GOOGL Closed Nov. 17…
#earnings GOOGL
Closed Nov. 17 #ironcondor for 1.72, sold for 1.86 last week, short call was 1020, stock at 1029, playing safe
#earnings GOOGL Nov. 17 IC…
#earnings GOOGL
Nov. 17 IC followed from TT 967.50/970/1020/1022.50 for 1.86. His trade was for tomorrow, I’ll be driving all day, try not to trade from my phone at 80 mph heh heh
#earnings CMG Sold Nov. 17…
#earnings CMG
Sold Nov. 17 295/300 for 1.05, stock at 324
#fallingknife STX Closed Dec. 15…
#fallingknife STX
Closed Dec. 15 28 put for .05, sold Aug. 24 for 1.37-we all know where this came from-thanks as always
#coveredcalls CAG Following Tradewise covered…
#coveredcalls CAG
Following Tradewise covered calls, buy/write Nov. 17 35, will pick up a small dividend as well. Looks like a still possible #fallingknife maybe.
#ironcondor NFLX Sold Nov. 17…
#ironcondor NFLX
Sold Nov. 17 175/180/220/225 for .98
#coveredcalls MET Rolled Oct. 50…
#coveredcalls MET
Rolled Oct. 50 call to November for .36, following TradeWise
#ironcondor COST From Tastytrade Nov….
#ironcondor COST
From Tastytrade
Nov. 17 145/150/160/165 for 2.10 stock price at 154.60
#shortcallspreads TSLA Closed 2 Oct…
#shortcallspreads TSLA
Closed 2 Oct 20 TSLA 385/390 BeCS for .31 sold Sept 26 for 114
#ironcondor AMZN Sold Oct. 20…
#ironcondor AMZN
Sold Oct. 20 915/920/1000/1005 IC at 1.24, stock at 962, earnings Oct. 25
HCA
I have a Nov. 17 82.50 put I’ve rolled from an earnings strangle gone wrong (going to be allright).
Looking at HCA, today there have been exactly 1000 82.50 puts and calls traded , no other options traded at any price so far. hmmm
#shortputs NBR Closed Oct 8…
#shortputs NBR
Closed Oct 8 put originally sold in July, rolled to Sept and Oct, made $67
#butterfly ZGNX bought a 3/8/8/13…
#butterfly ZGNX
bought a 3/8/8/13 put butterfly for .40 (TT trade) profitable between 3.37 and 12.63, risk 40 to make 463
ZGNX
This was traded at TT, looked it up, a 1 drug(childhood epilepsy) bio with huge premium. A $13 stock price, an Oct. straddle goes for about 12. The company reports phase 3 results any day now. The TT trade is a 4/9/26/31 IC for 3.90.
#shortcallspreads TSLA Sold Oct. 20,…
#shortcallspreads TSLA
Sold Oct. 20, 385/390 spreads for .60 each.
#shortputs #fallingknife EFX Closed Oct….
#shortputs #fallingknife EFX
Closed Oct. 65 put for .15, sold for .73, still have a Jan. 50. My margin on the 65 was $658. Even though EFX is back over 100, the plan is to free the margin with only $15 remaining, 11 day trade.
#shortcallspreads DE Sold Oct. 20,…
#shortcallspreads DE
Sold Oct. 20, 120/125 call spread for 1.38, stock at 1.19
#fallingknife BBY Does anyone see…
#fallingknife BBY
Does anyone see BBY as a falling knife? It’s down 7.60, 12% after earnings.
#shortcallspreads CMG Sold Sept.15 330/335…
#shortcallspreads CMG
Sold Sept.15 330/335 at .70 each
#ironcondor AMZN Sold Oct. 20…
#ironcondor AMZN
Sold Oct. 20 895/900/995/1000 for 2.39 TT follow
#shortcallspreads BA Sold 245/250 BeCS…
#shortcallspreads BA
Sold 245/250 BeCS Oct. 20 for 1.51, TT follow
#earningstrade Closed Sept. 15 CRM…
#earningstrade
Closed Sept. 15 CRM 90/85 put spread for .44 sold yesterday for 1.02, thanks Jeff. I’d hang on for more, but the stock is barely up today around 93.50.
LOW, Sept. 15, closed the 80/85 call side of an IC for .06, sold for .66 yesterday, the 65/70 put side is close to even with the stock seemingly solidifying around 72.50.
#earningstrade LOW Sept. 15 IC…
#earningstrade LOW
Sept. 15 IC 65/70/75/80 for 1.04
#earnings #shortcallspreads TSLA I had…
#earnings #shortcallspreads TSLA
I had an Aug. 18 285/290/360/365 IC for earnings which were Aug. 2, rolled the calls to Sept. 15 375/385, closed them today for a plus .48 on the calls after all was said and done.
On Aug. 3, day after earnings, sold a Sept 15 390/405 call spread for 1.69, closed today for .52.
TSLA is down 10 so far today to 336.
#ironcondor BABA While trying to…
#ironcondor BABA
While trying to wrap my head around the UVXY synthetic LEAP trades…
sold Sept 15 145/155/180/190 for 2.00 modified from my fav TT trader Fauzia
#shortputs HTZ Sold Sept. 15…
#shortputs HTZ
Sold Sept. 15 17.50 put for .85, stock is at 19
#shortstraddle JD Sold Sept. 15…
#shortstraddle JD
Sold Sept. 15 23 straddle for 3.20
#ironcondor AMZN Sold Sept. 15…
#ironcondor AMZN
Sold Sept. 15 920/925/1040/1045 for 1.35-followed a TT trade
#earnings #shortputs JD Bought Aug….
#earnings #shortputs JD
Bought Aug. 18 JD puts for .12, sold for .61 on Friday-thanks Jeff
#shortputspread NVDA Sold Sept. 15…
#shortputspread NVDA
Sold Sept. 15 140/145 for 1.10
CBI #earnings Followed from TT-Went…
CBI #earnings
Followed from TT-Went out to Aug 18 for an iron fly 14.50/16.50/16.50/18.50 for 1.46, profitable between 15 and 18, stock at 16.50
#fallingknife #shortputs VIAB Followed Iceman…
#fallingknife #shortputs VIAB
Followed Iceman from Friday, sold Dec 27.50 put for 1.30
#football joke For you Bears…
#football joke For you Bears and Dolphins fans out there, time to buy puts on the Dolphins season
TSLA
#shortcallspreads-Sold Sept. 15 390/405 for 1.68
TSLA Earnings
#earnings Aug. 18 285/290/360/365 for 1.07, roughly 9% on both sides
AAPL Earnings
#earningstrade Followed a bearish TT trade but went to Aug. 18, bought a 143/146/146/149 put butterfly for .43, profitable between 143.50 and 148.50
#earningstrade MCD Sold a 140/145/160/165…
#earningstrade MCD
Sold a 140/145/160/165 IC, closed the puts last week, closed the calls today, made 94 out of 173.
CAT Earnings
#earnings July 28 follow from TT 104/108/108/112 for 2.77
GOOGL Earnings
#earnings #ironcondor followed from TT
July 28 930/932.50/1020/1025 for 1.41
#shortputs APRN Sold Aug. 18…
#shortputs APRN Sold Aug. 18 7 put for .80.
#earnings MCD Aug 18 iron…
#earnings MCD
Aug 18 iron condor 140/145/160/165 for .92 each, MCD is at 152.
#fallingknife X bought Oct 18…
#fallingknife X bought Oct 18 put for .54, sold for 1.09 on April 27.
#earnings JPM Followed from TT…
#earnings JPM
Followed from TT July 21 90/91/91/92.50 put butterfly for a debit of .31, profitable below 92.18
#spxcampaign modified Jeff’s earlier trade,…
#spxcampaign modified Jeff’s earlier trade, sold Aug. 11 2485/2490 @.55 each
#rolling UVXY Rolled July 14,…
#rolling UVXY
Rolled July 14, 12.50 put to Aug. 18, 12 put for plus .50
#rolling TSLA On May 5…
#rolling TSLA On May 5 I sold a couple 340/345 call spreads, really bad timing. I rolled them to July 21, 360/370,closed today, making $80, leaving 70 on the table, a couple of you TSLA bears provided inspiration to hang in-thanks as always
#earnings MU bought 26/37 strangle…
#earnings MU bought 26/37 strangle for .11, sold for 1.06
#shortstrangles X sold an August…
#shortstrangles X sold an August 18 18/27 strangle for 1.43
#earnings LULU On March 29…
#earnings LULU On March 29 I sold a 66 strangle but bought some protection in the form of a 60 put ( a call spread as well). LULU tanked but after selling calls and a couple puts I say bye bye LULU at 54 with a cost basis of 52 ( 7 points below LULU today). I declare victory.
#earnings MU Sold a July…
#earnings MU
Sold a July 21 26/37 strangle for 1.06, earnings are tonight
#retirement In about 2 hours…
#retirement
In about 2 hours I’ll be officially retired and will be able to give this endeavor the proper attention!
#assignment USO I had a…
#assignment USO I had a July 21, 12 put assigned
#shortputs HTZ sold Aug. 19…
#shortputs HTZ sold Aug. 19 10 put for 1.45. HTZ down today after a recent relative run-up
#butterfly SVXY Followed from TT…
#butterfly SVXY
Followed from TT sold July 21 call butterfly 150/155/155/165 for 1.85, profitable below 162, risk 332 to make 693
#rolling #coveredcalls Rolled June 2…
#rolling #coveredcalls EWZ
Rolled June 2 35.5 to June 16, 36.5 for a credit of .22.
This is the fuzzball inspired trade, covered with a Jan. 2019, 30 call. EWZ broke 35.5 this morning.
#earnings AZO Making a nice…
#earnings AZO
Making a nice comeback, close to getting some people out of trouble and it’s still May
#ironbutterfly SPX Followed from TT…
#ironbutterfly SPX
Followed from TT Aug. 18 2310/2390/2390/2475 for 60.00, 2475 margin.
#coveredcalls LULU Good morning. Sold…
#coveredcalls LULU
Good morning. Sold June 9, 54 call for 1.00
#shortputs PIR sold Dec. 4…
#shortputs PIR
sold Dec. 4 strike put for .46
#shortcallspreads SPY From TradeWise, TDA…
#shortcallspreads SPY
From TradeWise, TDA affiliated sell June 2, 240/242 calls@.52
#correction Sincere Apologies to those…
#correction
Sincere Apologies to those hurt today, but I needed this.
#earnings TGT Any interest in…
#earnings TGT
Any interest in Target out there?
#shortcallspreads NVDA Managing the dumb…
#shortcallspreads NVDA
Managing the dumb trade of the year rolled May 19 125/130 to June 16 135/150 for a debit of .48
#shortcallspreads NVDA inspired by the…
#shortcallspreads
NVDA inspired by the excellent discussion below-sold May 18 125/130 spreads for .86
#earnings Yelp yelp- sold a…
#earnings
Yelp yelp- sold a May 19, 28-40 stranglereally crashed last night, I was imagining selling covered calls for years, recovered by morning, out with a small loss. The extra week helped, YELP is hovering just under 28.
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