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CMG I had a 370/360…
CMG
I had a 370/360 put spread on Chipotle, closed it, taking a loss of $147, please send 12 packs to my address when it bounces at 370 thank you.
Can’t win em all.
PG #earnings followed Tony V…
PG
#earnings followed Tony V at TT on an 84/82.50 BePS for .46 debit, seems like old times.
IWM Followed from TT Sold…
IWM
Followed from TT Sold Dec. 16 123 straddle for 6.12.
EBAY Followed a trade at…
EBAY
Followed a trade at TT Nov. 18 26/28/28/31 for 1.56. This is from Ryan.
NFLX #earnings I rolled my…
NFLX #earnings
I rolled my Oct. 21 115 call to Dec. 16-120 call and bought a 140 call to help with margin, debit of .23. I will sell a put or two along the way.
SPY Closed a SPY Nov….
SPY
Closed a SPY Nov. 18, 206/223 strangle for 1.31, sold for 2.40 a couple weeks ago, following in and out from TT
INTC #earningstrade Not an earnings…
INTC #earningstrade
Not an earnings trade by definition here but I bought a Nov. 18, 38 call for 90 and sold a Nov. 18 35 put for .32, thinking, of course, INTC continues up.
NFLX Followed from TT Oct…
NFLX
Followed from TT
Oct 21 113/118/118/123 for 3.05 credit profitable between 115 and 121, risk 193 to make 307, somewhat risky
Valeant Pharma VRX reports today….
Valeant Pharma
VRX reports today. The 52 week range is 18.55-171.50. No ideas, it’s interesting.
IBM Followed from TT 137/150/150/152.50…
IBM
Followed from TT 137/150/150/152.50 Put butterfly for .47 credit, profitable above 147. Oct. 21 expiration.
Assigned 100 shares of NUGT…
Assigned 100 shares of NUGT last night from a 17 put, had a short 17 call expire
SPX Kind of trying Jeff’s…
SPX
Kind of trying Jeff’s idea on fear with trading. I’m afraid of the big numbers so my put spread is Nov. 25 2145/2135 for 4.10.
SPY Sold Dec. 200/190 put…
SPY
Sold Dec. 200/190 put spread for 1.20
AMZN I know some of…
AMZN
I know some of us have been counting on some sort of meaningful correction. I’d like to point out that as soon as I closed an AMZN call spread, AMZN stopped going up, the market had a nice down day yesterday, it’s looking like another today. Yes-I can move markets!
SVXY Sold Nov. 11 60…
SVXY
Sold Nov. 11 60 put for 2.00
AMZN
On Sept 22 I sold an 850/860 October 21 call spread for about 1.00 AMZN was at 794, top of the BBs, should be OK. Today it is at 843, within the BBs, a PE of 209! I closed it, losing $260, not going to watch it go up every other day, thinking it won’t go to 850 in the next 2 weeks and lose $1,000.
DIA
followed from TT Nov. 18 iron fly 170/182/182/195 for 5.76
SPY VXX DDD GPRO Sold…
SPY VXX DDD GPRO
Sold a VXX Oct 7 33 put for .38. may close it today.
followed from TT-sold a SPY Nov. 18 223/206 strangle for 220.
Rolled Oct. 21 DDD covered 18 call to Nov. 18, 19 call for .47 credit
Closed Oct. 14 GPRO covered 20 call for .15, sold for .30 doing a favor for those playing GPRO short, accepting donations
COST
should have listened, bought a 2 point put spread, small loss
NKE Closed the NKE earnings…
NKE
Closed the NKE earnings trade many of us took, lost 43.27, could have been out for a profit yesterday morning but the G-word got the best of me. Have had much worse earnings trade-see LULU, looks like I’ll own that for a while.
AMZN Stop the presses—AMZN is…
AMZN
Stop the presses—AMZN is currently down 1.30!
SPY Closed Oct 21 206/221…
SPY
Closed Oct 21 206/221 SPY strangle for .76. Sold for 2.26 on Sept. 9. It came down to about $3200 in margin for 3 weeks for the last .76.
TLT followed from TT sold…
TLT
followed from TT sold Nov. 18 129/138/138/148 for 4.64 these trades take patience
SPX Interesting SPX trade at…
SPX
Interesting SPX trade at TT. Sell a Nov. 18 2160 straddle and buy an Oct. 21 2100/2200 strangle for 66.30 credit.-comments are it is a short term trade.
SVXY closed Oct. 7 65…
SVXY
closed Oct. 7 65 put for .62, sold yesterday for 1.46
SVXY A call from TDA,…
SVXY
A call from TDA, I can’t be short 100 shares of SVXY or any leveraged product, sure glad the market is down today, lesson learned, loss of a few hundred, could have been worse.
SVXY sold Oct. 7 65…
SVXY
sold Oct. 7 65 put for 1.46
SVXY
will be short 100 shares of SVXY from a 63 call, cost basis of 68. I’ll sell some puts, as I’ve learned here, and wait for a correction.
AZO closed yesterday’s earnings trade…
AZO closed yesterday’s earnings trade for 1.00, sold for 2.00.
FEYE sold Oct. 21 16…
FEYE
sold Oct. 21 16 calls for .37, covered, reducing cost basis
SPX I followed a 1…
SPX
I followed a 1 day butterfly from TT yesterday, risked 160 to make 840, needed SPX above 2152. I’ll take it.
SPX Interesting IC over on…
SPX
Interesting IC over on TT for tomorrow’s expiration 2150/2160/2160/2170 for 8.20 credit, risk 180, a winner between 2151 and 2168. I’m considering it.
LULU I was assigned 100…
LULU
I was assigned 100 shares of LULU over the weekend, my cost basis is 68.87, sold an Oct 21, 70 call for .81 and bought some yoga pants that I think look pretty good on me.
Also, somebody exercised a Sept 23 109 SPY call I had so I’m short SPY-thanks a lot.
SPX Sold 2220/2240 spread for…
SPX
Sold Oct 14 2220/2240 spread for 2.00 yesterday, bought back for 1.00 today
SVXY On June 30, I…
SVXY
On June 30, I sold a 60 call for 2.25, must have been a good idea at that time, it was around 50. Rolled it today to a 63 next week for even money but gained 3 points, sold a 52 put for 50. Almost to 80 last week.
Matt Ryan I’m starting Matt…
Matt Ryan
I’m starting Matt Ryan over Jameis Winston this week, Tampa plays Arizona and Atlanta plays Oakland. Oh-sorry-wrong blog
SPY bought a call at…
SPY
bought a call at the end of the day for 1.26, set a stop at 1.00 in case of a downdraft, stop was hit, I’m out and missing the bounce grrrr
SPY In case there is…
SPY
In case there is a little bounce tomorrow, I bought a Sept 16, 213.5 call for 1.26, I’ll set a stop in 30 minutes at 1.10 or so.
LULU #earnings It looks like…
LULU #earnings
It looks like I’m going to be put 100 shares of LULU on Friday from an earnings trade gone bad. I sold an IC and the 70/65 spread is in the money. I can sell the 65 put and have a cost basis of about 68 with LULU hovering at 65, sell calls to get out of it, or I can take the loss which will be around $400-ouch.
Any suggestions?
SPY Strangle Following from TT…
SPY Strangle
Following from TT sold Oct 21 206/221 for 2.26. margin hog of $3800.
PIR new experience for me,…
PIR
new experience for me, sold short 100 shares of PIR at 4.00. Tim Knight idea.
DG DG should change its…
DG
DG should change its dicker to DOG
WYNN Closed Oct. 65/75 put…
WYNN
Closed Oct. 65/75 put spread collected 60%. Thanks to Iceman for pointing out the falling knife.
DG and GLD #earnings closed…
DG and GLD
#earnings closed a DG iron fly for a loss of $107, who knew DG would tank like it has and stay down?
GLD followed from TT sold Oct. 21, 120/129/129/138 iron fly for 4.56
SRPT heeded Fuzzball’s concern and…
SRPT
heeded Fuzzball’s concern and closed IC, made $38.
FXY iron fly Followed from…
FXY iron fly
Followed from TT 89/95/95/100 Oct 21 for 2.76. FXY is a Japanese yen fund
AVGO #earningstrade Closed Sept 16…
AVGO #earningstrade
Closed Sept 16 165/160 put spread for .50, sold for .93 on Sept 1.
AAPL AAPL is releasing a…
AAPL
AAPL is releasing a new i-phone tomorrow, premiums are increasing. I don’t have any ideas or positions other than 14.773 shares of stock.
NUGT sold Sept 16 22…
NUGT sold Sept 16 22 put for 215
VXX strangle Followed Robyn at…
VXX strangle
Followed Robyn at TT on an Oct. 21 30/43 strangle for 2.71. #BPE is 1,036.
CRM #earnings Trying something bought…
CRM #earnings
Trying something bought a Sept 2 73 put for .24. Sold a Sept. 16 75/65 put spread for .85.
TSLA Closed Sept. 16 240/230…
TSLA
Closed Sept. 16 240/230 call spread, made 75 out of 120, 5 day trade. Thanks prvtrader
DBA On Aug. 19 I…
DBA
On Aug. 19 I bought some DBA, a food commodities ETF, because it was down near 3 year lows, how low could it go after all. Well it can go lower and has. Food and oil at incredible lows, deflationary period I guess. I’ll hang in there, it’s a slow mover, the opposite of NUGT.
IBB SPX Sold a 270/260…
IBB SPX
Sold a 270/260 Sept. 16 put spread for 1.13, gives me an IC joining a 300/310 call spread.
Follwed Robyn at TT on a put calendar, sold Oct 23 2165 put, bought Oct. 28 2165 put, debit of 17.00,her plan is to close within 2 weeks.
TSLA-5th consecutive down day (3…
TSLA-5th consecutive down day (3 day rule anyone?)
#earnings trade dumb luck Accidentally…
#earnings trade dumb luck
Accidentally placed a BePS on ANF yesterday, closed first thing for a profit of $141. I wish I could say I would have placed the trade anyway, but the trading gods might hold it against me.
#earnings Trade ANF Fat finger…
#earnings Trade ANF
Fat finger earnings trade, I was toying with different ideas on Dough and inadvertently hit send on a BePS, Sept 16, 23/20 for 1.11.
Closing winners at %60 AAPL…
Closing winners at 60%
AAPL Sept 16 110/115 call spread
MLM Sept 16 200/210 call spread
Sold Sept 30 2250/2275 call spread for 1.00
TSLA Call Spread
Taking advantage of PRVtrader’s colorful chart, sold Sept 16 230/240 for 1.23 with TSLA at 220.
IBB Call Spread
Sold Sept 16 300/310 for 1.03. IBB has touched 300 recently but hasn’t been above since January, currently at 284.
GME #earnings sold Sept 16…
GME #earnings
sold Sept 16 GME 32 put for 2.75, bought yesterday for 1.89, need GME to come back some, have a 32/36 BuPS for Sept, not looking good.
NUGT call spread closed Sept…
NUGT call spread closed Sept 16 240/250 for 7, sold July 29 for 1.29. Many thanks to you NUGT traders.
INTU closed Intuit earnings iron fly put on yesterday, made $33. INTU went way down after earnings, thought it best to exit.
SVXY closed Sept 80/85 call spreads made 50%
GDXJ closed Sept. 50/55 call spread for 50%
TWTR Rolled Sept 18 calls to Oct 20 calls for a debit, time to short TWTR now
SQ bought 100 shares of Square, mobile billing company, for 12.26, I’ll sell when it reaches AMZN numbers.
SRPT
I had a successful strangle and the the good angel in one ear says move on, the devil in the other says go back for more. In Nov expiry over 3,000 40 calls and 4,000 40 puts changed hands today, big numbers for this ticker with the exception of 4,000 Aug. 26 30 calls. The stock is at 28. The company is waiting on a ruling on a drug for MD I believe. It’s up 7% today, high volume. An AAPL spread would be easier but not as exciting.
#earnings INTU #iron condor plagiarized…
#earnings INTU #ironcondor plagiarized a trade from TT Sept. 16, 100/110/110/120 for 2.18
STX sold Sept. 2, 32…
STX sold Sept. 2, 32 put for .58, looking to take ownership and pick up the .64 dividend on the 19th, sell a call or 2 after that.
GDXJ thanks to vxxkelly for…
GDXJ thanks to vxxkelly for reminding me today, Sold Sept 15 50/55 call spread for 1.05
UVXY sold Sept 2 25…
UVXY sold Sept 2 25 call at .63, it’s covered.
Options Expiration
I say good bye to some friends, let them go for cash. Is that shallow?
DOW Aug 19 2016 52.5 Call
STX Aug 19 2016 25.0 Call
MRO Aug 19 2016 16.0 Call
SLV Aug 19 2016 17.0 Call
DBA I bought 100 shares…
DBA I bought 100 shares at 20.87 of this slow mover.
JNJ Sold a Sept. 16…
JNJ Sold a Sept. 16 iron fly for 3.04 on the 16th closed it today, made .57. Trying to learn how to manage these
DBA is an agricultural commodities…
DBA is an agricultural commodities ETF. I may be wrong, but it appears to be slightly above 20 year lows reached in February. Options are thinly traded, may take a position.
WUBA opened low sold Sept…
WUBA opened low sold Sept WUBA put for 3.42, bought yesterday for 1.16, still have Sept 60 call I bought for .90, now worthless. I was expecting WUBA to go higher a la BABA, the put was a hedge, got lucky.
WMT several WalMart earnings trades…
WMT several WalMart earnings trades over at TT, trying to get filled on an Aug. 26 70/75 strangle
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