$IBM A story from MarketWatch about IBM reporting on Monday. Says the stock has decreased the day after on 9 of the last 10 earnings reports.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-expect-from-ibm-earnings-2016-04-14
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$AAPL STO April 29 115/120…
$AAPL STO April 29 115/120 BeCS for 1.21. AAPL has been rallying, I’m planning on it backing off just like in early April. Earnings are before expiration, I intend to be out before earnings. It’s kind of a risky trade.
$AMBA Rolled April 15, 45…
$AMBA Rolled April 15, 45 calls to May 20, 47.50 calls for a credit of .50 each. AMBA is over 45 today. My goal is to some day sell calls for 70 and get called away heh heh.
Off on a vacation for…
Off on a vacation for a week, no cell phone, no internet, by design, it’s available,not much risk on the table
$FB Followed Robyn at TT…
$FB Followed Robyn at TT on an April 15 110/115 BuCS for 2.64, had sworn these off, will try again
$VRX I hope nobody was…
$VRX I hope nobody was long Valeant Pharma, down 35%, almost $25 after earnings, Canadian company
$UVXY Folllowed Iceman STO June…
$UVXY Folllowed Iceman STO June 17, 20 put for 2,76
$HAL rolled a March 18…
$HAL rolled a March 18 35 covered call to April 36 for a credit of 36.
$DUST sold April 15 5 covered call for .37
$AMBA sold April 15, 45…
$AMBA sold April 15, 45 calls @ 1.00, AMBA is just under 40. I’ll keep chippin away
$UVXY article supporting contango and…
$UVXY article supporting contango and UVXY, decent discussion in the comments. should we be keeping this a better secret?
http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/1165972-seth-golden/4849646-best-trade-decade-part-2
$AZO closed the #earnings #ironcondor…
$AZO closed the #earnings #ironcondor for .34, sold for 1.45 on Feb. 29, thanks Jeff
$AMBA continues to disappoint, disappoint…
$AMBA continues to disappoint, disappoint me anyway. Sold March 11, 46 calls at .45…
$CAT In July I entered…
$CAT In July I entered into a couple January CAT BuPS 65/60. In January I rolled them to March 67.50/60 for a credit. I closed them today, actually made $60. I left some on the table but this is the first day this trade has been profitable.
$AAPL #butterfly followed Tony at…
$AAPL #butterfly followed Tony at Tasty on a March 18 call butterfly sold 2, 100 calls, bought a 98 and a 102 for a cost of 36. According to him, this is a winner if the price is between 98.36 and 101.64
$AZO Finally got a fill…
$SPY closed a March 31(quarterly)…
$SPY closed a March 31(quarterly) 182/177 BuPS for 50, sold last week for 100, was always meant to be short term.
$DOW rolled March 11, 50…
$DOW rolled March 11, 50 call to April 15, 50 call for a net positive of .72 and will pick up .42 in dividends.
$ETE following honkhonk81’s lead on…
$ETE following @honkhonk81 ‘s lead on ETE, sold 2, Feb. 26., 7 puts for .40 this week, bought them back for .22 rolled them to next week for .52
$SPY BeCS April 8 198/200 for .94 followed Tony at Tasty
$UVXY Closed a March 18…
$UVXY Closed a March 18 65/75 BeCS sold Jan. 21 for 1.20, closed for .30, made .90
Maybe a good day to…
Maybe a good day to go bottom fishing in the energy sector?
$AMBA bought back for .25…
$AMBA bought back for .25 the Feb. 26, 46 covered calls I sold last week for .37 which were a roll from Feb. 19, 44 calls that I sold for 1.00, which were rolled up and out to the .37. AMBA
earnings are next week, if there is justice in this world AMBA will kill and shoot up to about 80.
$SPY #ironcondor STO March 11…
$SPY #ironcondor STO March 11 183/179/195/198 for 1.26. The trade has been on all morning, just filled on the way up. I’ll be a little concerned with the short 195 call but these are easy to roll.
$SPY March 31 (Thursday) BuPS…
$SPY March 31 (Thursday) BuPS 182/177 for 1.00
$UVXY Yesterday I sold a…
$UVXY Yesterday I sold a feb. 26, 36/30 BuPS for .94, with today’s run up I bought back the 36 for .38 for a 1 day gain of .56
$SPY #ironcondor STO April 15 178/174/203/207 for 1.04
$UVXY following vxxkelly in my…
$UVXY following vxxkelly in my spread way STO April 15 BuPS 24/18 for .92
$SPY #ironcondor closed March 4…
$SPY #ironcondor closed March 4 178/175/196/200 for .93, sold for 1.93. The calls had some room to run but closing a little early has been keeping me out of trouble
$YHOO #ironcondor followed from tastytrade…
$YHOO #ironcondor followed from tastytrade STO April 15, 27/24/33/36 for 1.08
$UVXY Feb. 26, 36/30 BuPS for .94. The 30 is a margin saver, I’ll own it down here if it doesn’t work out.
$TLT #followed Jeff on the…
$TLT #followed Jeff on the March TLT
$SPY STO April 1, 201/206…
$SPY STO April 1, 201/206 BeCS for .88
#coveredcalls re-upped on some covered…
#coveredcalls re-upped on some covered calls this morning.
USO March 18 9.50 @.33
HAL March 18 35 @ .35
SUNE April 15 3 @ .14 yes I’m stuck with some SUNE
DDD March 4 11 @ .30
DOW March 11 50 @ .41
would love to have to roll every one
#optionsexpiration BWLD Feb. 19 iron…
#optionsexpiration
BWLD Feb. 19 iron condor
DDD Feb. 19 12 call (covered)
AMZN Feb. 19 long call spread loser, hoping for a bounce
HAL Feb. 19 32 call (covered)
HYG Feb. 19 long call loser
IWM Feb. 19 iron condor 93/90/105/108
QQQ Feb 19 iron condor 95/92/107/110
SPY Feb. 19 BuPS 173/178
SPY Feb. 19 BuPS 179/184
SPY Feb. 19 BeCS 197/203
SUNE feb. 19 5 calls (covered)
SHWC Feb. 19 23 covered call, called away
USO Feb. 19 10.50 covered calls
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Thank you to all
$GPRO #coveredcalls #rolling Rolled Feb….
$GPRO #coveredcalls #rolling Rolled Feb. 19 12.5 to March 18, 14 call for .46
$AMBA As I’ve said in…
$AMBA As I’ve said in the past, I’m under water in AMBA from put spreads gone bad. AMBA went down so far so fast rolling was not possible. I’ve been selling calls and fully intend to make money on this someday, right around the time our country has a balanced budget I suppose. I bought back Feb. 19. 44 calls for .12 that had been sold for 1.00 and sold Feb. 26, 46 calls for .37. I stayed short term because earnings are March 3, maybe catch a run up March 1 or 2 and go out further, maybe get burned. AMBA was over 44 yesterday.
$QQQ biught diagonal, following Robyn…
$QQQ bought diagonal, following Robyn at TastyTrade sold March 18, 99 put, bought April 15, 99 put for .99.
$SPY #ironcondor Closed Feb 26…
$SPY #ironcondor Closed Feb 26 197/200/177/174 for .39, originally sold for 1.30
$SPY BeCS sold March 4…
$SPY BeCS sold March 4 197/200 @ .75. My thinking is we will stall or go down tomorrow or the next day.
$UVXY closed Feb. 19 50/55…
$UVXY closed Feb. 19 50/55 call spreads for about half of what they were sold for, too close to expiration, and 50 for comfort still a winner.
$UVXY my UVXY Feb 19…
$UVXY my UVXY Feb 19 50/55 call spreads finally turned positive this morning.
$TWTR #coveredcalls Sold March 4…
$TWTR #coveredcalls Sold March 4 18 calls @ .35. Isn’t it about time that Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Yahoo, Disney and Apple start a bidding war for Twitter? Dream big!
$UVXY Closed March 18 30/25…
$UVXY Closed March 18 30/25 BuPS for .49, sold for 1.03 on Feb. 10. Thanks Fuzzball
$LNKD #ironcondor sold a March…
$LNKD #ironcondor sold a March 18 95/90/120/125 @ 2.06, stock is at 101 and change, thinking it is oversold
$VIX earlier today closed a…
$VIX earlier today closed a 21/26 BuCS, made about 2.50.
$SWHC #coveredcalls followed somebody from yesterday, can’t find his post, Feb. 19, 23 covered call for 21.19
This is Smith and Wesson
$SPY #ironcondor STO March 18…
$SPY #ironcondor STO March 18 173/170/194/197 for $1.29 from Robyn at Tasty
$NOW Closed the NOW 60/50…
$NOW Closed the NOW 60/50 put spreads, can’t win them all. It was either going to be a roughly $1800 loss on the 19th, or about $1400 today. Had I acted on my first two urges the last 2 trading days it would have been much much less. I am nursing $TWTR and $AMBA back to health, didn’t want another patient.
$NOW is on my bad…
$NOW is on my bad list, being very uncooperative, looking like first loss of 2016 50/60 BuPS sinking stock at 51.60 arrrggghhh
BWLD #following Jeff #earnings #ironcondor…
BWLD #following Jeff #earnings #ironcondor It’s taken all day and a couple of tries STO Feb 19 110/100/170/180 for 1.18
$BWLD down $9.00 right now,…
$BWLD down $9.00 right now, 6%, earnings today
$SPY #butterfly followed Mike at…
$SPY #butterfly followed Mike at tasty trade if you’re interested in the explanation, sold 2 March 18 182 puts, bought a 170 and 197 for a credit of .51.
$AMZN #ironcondor STO March 18…
$AMZN #ironcondor STO March 18 560/550/660/670 for 1.16
$BIDU #ironcondor I have had…
$BIDU #ironcondor I have had a Feb 5. 160/155/180/185 iron condor, the 160 has been violated so I closed the puts, I’ll come out just under even.
$GILD Our old friend GILD…
$GILD Our old friend GILD down in the lower 80s, must think it’s an energy company, #earnings next week
$NOW STO Feb 19 60/50…
$NOW STO Feb 19 60/50 BuPS for .92 pretty close to what I received for the earnings spread following Jeff. NOW dropped below 60 for a few hours and is up aroung 65 at this time.
$QQQ #ironcondor STO Feb 19…
$QQQ #ironcondor STO Feb 19 95/92/107/110 for .70
$NOW #earnings We might be…
$NOW #earnings We might be OK NOW
$AAPL listening to Ramie STO…
$AAPL listening to Ramie STO Feb. 12 BuPS 93/89 for 1.03. Mucu closer to the current price than is my normal spread
$NOW #earnings #followingJeff STO Feb…
$NOW #earnings #followingJeff STO Feb 19 60/50 BuPS for .82
$GLD #ironcondor March 18 103/100/111/114…
$GLD #ironcondor March 18 103/100/111/114 for 1.08 from tastytrade
$AAPL Good luck to everyone…
$AAPL Good luck to everyone with Apple
$HYG Over 55,000 calls Feb….
$HYG Over 55,000 calls Feb. 19 strike price of 81 traded today, I moved the market by buying 2 at .16
$SPY #ironcondor March 4 196/199/178/175…
$SPY #ironcondor March 4 196/199/178/175 for 1.31
$TWTR I sure hope this…
$TWTR I sure hope this guy is wrong
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/01/25/why-nobody-is-going-to-buy-twitter.html
$SPY STO March 18 200/205…
$SPY STO March 18 200/205 BeCS for .94
$SPY STO Feb 19 198/203…
$SPY STO Feb 19 198/203 BeCS @.76
Looking for that maple tree…
Looking for that maple tree ETF ticker
$BIDU #ironcondor STO Feb. 5…
$BIDU #ironcondor STO Feb. 5 180/185/165/160 for 2.14. Earnings are the week after according to TDA
$SVXY Closed the short leg…
$SVXY Closed the short leg for .10 of a Jan 22 32/28 BuPS, I’m keeping .70 of the .80 I received yesterday.
$NFLX I think it is…
$NFLX I think it is safe to say that my #earnings Jan. 22 125/130 for .49 BuCS isn’t going to pay off. Shattered dreams.
$SVXY STO Jan 22 32/28…
$SVXY STO Jan 22 32/28 BuPS @.80. I’ll take shares down here.
$SPY closed a Feb 19…
$SPY closed a Feb 19 197/206 BeCS managed at about 80%
$NFLX #earnings scratch off lottery…
$NFLX #earnings scratch off lottery play BTO Jan. 22 125/130 BuCS @ .49 low probability but I’ve blown $50 on bad meals
$SPY #rolling Rolled a Jan…
$SPY #rolling Rolled a Jan 22 195/190 BuPS all the way to April 15 195/185 for .83 credit, waited too long to act
$SPY #ironcondor Feb 26 STO…
$SPY #ironcondor Feb 26 STO for 1.30 197/200/177/174 not my original idea
#ironbutterfly Here is some info…
#ironbutterfly Here is some info on butterfly and broken wing butterfly options
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/daily_recaps/2016-01-14/episodes/mike-and-his-white-board-01-14-2016?locale=en-US
$SPY sold Feb. 19 197/204…
$SPY sold Feb. 19 197/204 BeCS @ 1.63
$SPY #ironbutterfly closed the Feb….
$SPY #ironbutterfly closed the Feb. 19 put iron butterfly I sold on Jan. 8, small gain of .55 per contract
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