STO January 7, 115 put at 2.80
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Falling Knife Stocks
I made very tiny of buys in all these names today at new 52-week lows.
Is this a BTFD moment??
DAL at $35.00
DIS at $146.00
DVA at $98.00
FLT at $220.00
GPS at $17.00
PENN at $50.00
TFX at $310.00
V at 192.81
VTRS at $12.83
XRAY at 50.00
ZBH at $125.00
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Dec 03 2021 25.5 Calls at $0.80 & $0.83
TQQQ Call Rollup
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Nov 26 2021 162.5 Call at $4.11. Sold on a roll last week at $9.73
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Dec 03 2021 170.0 Call at $4.40 to replace it.
I’m hoping my 169.0 call expires in a few hours.
NVDA BuPS
BTC $NVDA Dec-03-21 275/285 #BuPS @ 0.45 Limit
TSLA Call
Bought to close 1 TSLA Nov 26 2021 1,250.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01.
Sold on Monday at $10.55
LABU Puts
Bought to Close Contracts LABU Nov 26 2021 40.0 Puts at $0.05. They won’t trade any lower.
Sold on Tuesday at $0.70
Upside Warning FIRMLY canceled
#VIXIndicator Pre-market $VIX high of 28.02. All we needed for cancelation was 22.10.
LABU PFE SNOW Call Roll / MSTR Call Close
#coveredcalls
$LABU BTC 11/26 45 call and STO 12/3 47 call at added credit of .30
$PFE BTC 11/26 52.5 call and STO 12/3 53 call at added credit of .30
$SNOW BTC 11/26 350 call and STO 12/3 370 call at added credit of 3.20
$MSTR BTC 11/26 770 call at .60. STO at 14.00
Happy Thanksgiving
All take care and enjoy all we have. At a minimum we have all of us – and that’s a lot to be grateful for.
LABU Scalp
Sold LABU Nov 26 2021 48.0 Calls at $0.54.
Paired with short puts at 40, 45 and 47.
Only a half day of trading on Friday
RIVN Put Rolled
Rolled it down 10 points last week. Doing it again.
Bought to close 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 120.0 Diagonal Put / Sold to Open 1 RIVNDec 03 2021 110.0 Put at $0.23 Credit and jumped the short strike down 10 points.
I’ll ride one short RIVN 105.0 Diagonal Put into tomorrow’s expiration.
GPS Stock
I normally don’t like investing in retailers so I bought even less than I normally would for a low priced stock.
Bought GPS at $18.00, a new 52-week low.
#SP500
Rapidly #FallingKnife
RIVN Put
Bought to close 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 100.0 Put at $0.05. It won’t trade any lower
Sold as part of a Jan/Nov Diagonal spread earlier this week at $3.45.
Still have the long to write against next week
Markets
The retail bloodbath continues today
JWN -30%
GAP -24%
O.T.
Minervini is shorting the SPY so I BTO the November 29, 468/464 bear put spread for 1.06 for a small trade.
VXX Puts
Hoping for ‘Volmageddon 2.0’ but it looks like it won’t happen this week
Bought to close VXX Nov 26 2021 24.5 Puts at $3.62. Sold last Thursday at $4.05.
Sold to Open VXX Dec 03 2021 24.5 Puts at $3.77.
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX 4695/4675 put spreads for 8.35. Calls sold yesterday for 3.00 so 11.35 total. Condors bought for 15.40 last Thursday so 4.05 loss.
These consolidation periods make this strategy more difficult.
#SPX1dte – I forgot to sell one yesterday, but will today for Friday expiration.
TQQQ,
BTC November 26, 95 puts at .01, sold at 1.11 and that is all for this week. Have a nice turkey day to everyone.
TSLA
#ShortPuts – Sold TSLA DEC 17 2021 725.0 Put @ 4.50
VXX Covered Calls
With some successful put rolls out of the way I’m rolling part of my covered calls up to next week for a nice bump in premium.
Bought to close VXX Nov 26 2021 23.0 Calls at $0.07. Sold Friday and Monday at $0.23 and $0.24.
Sold to Open VXX Dec 03 2021 23.5 Covered Calls at $0.44
Bought to close VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.14. Sold on Monday at $0.21, $0.23 and $0.28.
Sold to open VXX Dec 03 2021 23.0 Covered Calls at $0.59
TSLA Call Rollups
Rolled this week’s TSLA 840 Diagonal Call to next week’s TSLA 845 Call for a $0.05 Credit
Rolled this week’s TSLA 880 Diagonal Call to next week’s TSLA 890 Call for a $0.05 Credit.
Rolled this week’s TSLA 930 Diagonal Call to next week’s TSLA 940 Call for a $0.80 Credit.
Lowered my spread requirements by $2500.
Waiting to cover my remaining TSLA 11/26/2021 1250.0 call and my TSLA 11/26/2021 840.0 Puts at a penny so I can re-write more of each for next week.
VXX Put rolldowns
Bought to close VXX Nov 26 2021 21.0 Puts at $0.20. Sold on a roll last Thursday at $1.04.
Sold to Open VXX Dec 03 2021 20.0 Puts at $0.22. A full point lower.
Partial Roll
Bought to close VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Puts at $1.25. Sold on a roll last Thursday at $2.13.
Sold to Open VXX Dec 03 2021 22.0 Puts at $1.40 and a half point lower.
Bought to close VXX Nov 26 2021 24.0 Puts at $2.39. Sold on a roll last Thursday at $3.66.
Sold to Open VXX Dec 03 2021 23.5 Puts at $2.41 and a half point lower.
SOXL
Wanted to sell a couple yesterday, but forgot. Sold today instead.
Sold SOXL DEC 23 2021 50.0 Put @ 1.68
Sold SOXL JAN 21 2022 45.0 Put @ 2.20
TSLA Put
Sold 1 TSLA Nov 26 2021 840.0 Put at $1.31.
A #DoubleDip write against a leftover Nov 26 2021 720 Put from last week’s spreads.
No additional spread requirement because of my existing call spreads
Stock is 1080
ARKK SNOW Call / HUT Put Close
#coveredcalls
$ARKK STO 11/26 108 call at .60
$SNOW STO 11/26 350 call at 4.80
#shortputs
$HUT BTC 11/26 13 put at .70. STO at 1.71
TQQQ,
STO December 23, 110 put at 1.12
KWEB LABU ZM
#ShortPuts #CoveredCalls – Some yesterday and some today.
KWEB: Starter.
Sold KWEB DEC 17 2021 45.0 Put @ 1.30
LABU: Been rolling down aggressively and selling call spreads against stock and short puts. Average basis now around 46 in most positions.
Rolled LABU NOV 26 2021 47.5 Calls to 45.0 calls and then NOV 26 2021 40.0 Calls @ 3.40 credit
ZM: Covered. Was almost back to even in spite of being assigned at 285. Looks like I’ll continue selling.
Rolled ZM NOV 26 2021 230.0 Call to NOV 26 2021 215.0 Call @ 6.75 credit
Markets
Some retailers getting crushed
ANF -17%
BBY -16%
URBN -14%
DKS -10%
and a non retail stock
ZM -19%
TQQQ early Call rollups
Because it’s a holiday week and rolls will be tougher in a typically quiet day on Wednesday and a shortened trading day on Friday, I’m taking advantage of a weak market to improve some positions for next week.
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Nov 26 2021 144.0 Call at $20.97. Sold last Thursday on a roll at $26.64.
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Dec 03 2021 145.0 Call at $21.30 for a credit of $0.33 and a point higher on the strike.
Bought to Close 1 TQQQ Nov 26 2021 159.0 Call at $8.03. Sold last Thursday on a roll at $12.64.
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Dec 03 2021 162.0 Call at $8.74 for a $0.71 Credit and a 3 point higher strike.
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 24th 4705/4725 call spreads for 3.00. Saving put spreads for later. I rarely sell call spreads first as this market relentlessly surprises to the upside. But I feel we’ll have another leg lower, at least today. Condors bought for 15.40 last Thursday.
VXX
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Covered Calls at $0.32, $0.33 and $0.34
TNA Put
Sold 1 TNA Nov 26 2021 93.0 Put at $1.72, replacing a 98 put that expired Friday and paired with a short 103 call for this week.
LABU Put
Sold 1 LABU Nov 26 2021 45.0 Put at $1.55.
The strike is below the current 52-week low
AMZN BUPS
#bups
$AMZN STO 12/17 3350/3370 BUPS at 3.40
VXX
Running at the end of the day
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 22.0 Covered Calls at $0.45
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Covered Calls at $0.31
Sold VXX Nov 26 2021 23.0 Covered Calls at $0.23
SOXL
STO, SOXL 18 FEB 2022 47 PUT @3.30
STO, SOXL 18 FEB 2022 46 PUT @3.00
STO, SOXL 21 JAN 2022 47.67 PUT @2.05
STO,SOXL 18 FEB 2022 44 PUT @2.55
STO,SOXL 18 FEB 2022 45 PUT @2.65
triggered about 11:30
TMUS stock
Started a tiny position in TMUS at $114.00, at a new 52-week low.
Goes along with my T and VZ positions
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
TSLA – rolling the long out and up
Sold to close 1 TSLA Dec 17 2021 960.0 Call at $237.87. Bought it at $13.58 as the long on a diagonal call spread.
Replaced it with a less expensive long to give me an extra month of rolling my short calls while pulling some cash out of the position.
Bought 1 TSLA Jan 21 2022 1,250.0 Call at $97.62
FXI
#ShortPuts – Small add.
Sold FXI DEC 17 2021 39.5 Puts @ 1.00
PYPL stock
Started a tiny new position in PYPL at what was a new low at $189.00. It’s lower now
#SP500 #FallingKnife
RIVN
New Diagonal Put spread
Bought 1 RIVN Jan 21 2022 65.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 100.0 Put at $0.40 Net Credit
TNA Call
Sold 1 TNA Nov 26 2021 103.5 Diagonal Call Net at $2.10, replacing part of the 99 and 100 calls that expired Friday
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 22nd 4720/4740 call spreads for 7.70. Put side sold for 8.20 on Friday, so 15.90 total credit. Condors bought for 15.05 last Tuesday so .85 profit. I wanted to try to ride this higher but I got filled before I could adjust my limit.
ATVI Stock
Added to my tiny ATVI stock position at $60.00.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
RIVN TSLA
Moving in opposite directions
Sold 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 105.0 Diagonal Put at $2.30, replacing the 130 Put I covered at a nickel on Friday
Sold 1 TSLA Nov 26 2021 1,250.0 Diagonal Call at $10.55, replacing the 1160 Call I covered at a penny on Friday.
Expiration / Assignment
#optionsexpiration #assignment
$DNMR 20 Call
$NIO 45 Call
$BX 148 call
$LABU 53 call
$NAIL 110 call
$SNAP 53 call
$TQQQ 90 put
$TQQQ 110 put
$TQQQ 120 put
$TAN 83 Put
$LABU 48.5 put
$CHWY 70 put
$PFE 46.50 call called away
$PFE 50 call called away
TSLA Call Covered
It took until the end of the day but
Bought to close TSLA 11/19/2021 1160.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold last Friday at $6.47 on a #DoubleDip write against a December long call
OptionsExpiration
As with any major monthly expiration a lot of old long calls and puts from old spreads rolled off. In most cases I was able to get one more week of writing against them since they were worthless coming into this week.
A fresh slate on Monday with a lot less risk.
==EXPIRED==
AMC 11/19/2021 95/48 Bear Call Spread
AMC 11/19/2021 65/47 Bear Call Spread
AMC 11/19/2021 20/39 Bull Put Spreads
LABU 11/19/2021 90/56.0 Bear Call Spread
LABU 11/19/2021 85/56.0 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11/19/2021 56.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 11/19/2021 35/49 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11/19/2021 48.0 Diagonal Puts
SLV 11/19/2021 23.5 Diagonal Calls
SLV 11/19/2021 18/22.5 Bull Put Spreads
TLRY 11/19/2021 20/15.5 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY 11/19/2021 15.0 Diagonal Calls
TLRY 11/19/2021 15.0 Covered Calls
TNA 11/19/2021 98.0 Diagonal Puts – threaded the needle here
TNA 11/19/2021 99.0 Diagonal Calls – here too
TNA 11/19/2021 100.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 11/19/2021 114.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 11/19/2021 70/155.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 70/156.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 75/157.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 110/158.0 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 11/19/2021 110/159.0 Bull Put Spread
VXX 11/19/2021 63/25 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 62/25 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 61/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 60/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 59/23 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 34/22.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 11/19/2021 22.5 Covered Calls
VXX 11/19/2021 22.0 Covered Calls
VXX 11/19/2021 21.5 Covered Calls
LABU Puts
Rolled these down 5 points last week, rolling them down 3 points more now
Bought to Close LABU Nov 19 2021 50.0 Puts/ Sold to Open LABU Nov 26 2021 47.0 Puts at $0.05 Credit.
The new strike is below the 52-week low.
My 49 and 48 puts are about to expire along with my 56 Calls
BABA
#ShortPuts – Following @rictor821 .
Sold BABA DEC 23 2021 130.0 Put @ 4.33
RIVN put closed
Bought to close 1 RIVN Nov 19 2021 130.0 Put at $0.05. It won’t trade any lower
Sold as part of a Jan/Nov Diagonal spread earlier this week at $2.32.
Still have the long to write against next week
VXX Calls
Continuing to roll some covered calls, this time up a bit.
Bought to close VXX Nov 19 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.01. Sold on 11/15 at $0.21 and $0.22
Sold to Open VXX Nov 26 2021 23.0 Calls at $0.23 & $0.24.
KOLD Puts Rolled down – again
Bought to close KOLD Nov 19 2021 7.0 Puts at $0.03. Sold in October as a #DoubleDip write at $1.42.
Sold to Open KOLD Dec 17 2021 6.0 Puts at $0.74.
Bought to close KOLD Nov 19 2021 6.0 Puts at $0.03. Sold in October as a #DoubleDip write at $0.90
Sold to Open KOLD Dec 17 2021 5.0 Puts at $0.49.
My long puts are May 2022 3.0 and 4.0.
MTDR PUT Roll / TSLA Call Close / MSTR Call
#shortputs
$MTDR BTC 11/19 42.50 put and STO 11/26 40 put at added credit of .60
#syntheticcoveredcalls #coveredcalls
$TSLA BTC 11/19 1110 call at 4.92. STO at 13.2
$TSLA STC 11/19 910 call at 191.92
$MSTR STO 11/26 770 call at 14.00
T stock
Added to my tiny T stock position at a fresh 52-week low at $24.00
Low forward P/E, high divvy down here.
My chart only goes out 5 years and this is as low as it’s been.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TSLA Puts
Bought to close 1 TSLA Nov 19 2021 840.0 Put at $0.01. Sold this on Monday at $2.06
Bought to close 1 TSLA Nov 19 2021 835.0 Put at $0.01. Sold this on Monday at $1.78
Both were #DoubleDip writes against leftover longs from earlier diagonal spreads
Into Year End ETFs
#ShortPuts #Bullish
Opening a few small positions in ETFs that I am bullish on through the end of the year.
STO IWM DEC 31 2021 230.0 PUT @ 5.85
STO XLF DEC 31 2021 39.0 PUTs @ 1.02
STO XLI DEC 31 2021 106.0 PUT @ 2.37
Couldn’t help myself on this last one…
STO BABA JAN 21 2021 145.0 PUT @ 11.00
LABU SNAP ZM
#ShortPuts #CoveredCalls – A little bit of everything.
LABU: Stock will be assigned at 51.45 basis in an IRA. Getting a jump on the covered calls.
Sold LABU NOV 26 2021 47.5/67.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 3.20 (meant to do the 47s but fat finger 🙂 )
SNAP: Covered. Replacing today’s expiration.
Sold SNAP DEC 3 2021 54.0 Calls @ 1.33
ZM: Covered. Earnings next week but keeping downside protection.
Rolled ZM NOV 19 2021 230.0 Call to NOV 26 2021 230.0 Call @ 2.45 credit (early on this one)
SOXL,TQQQ
Markets
15 of the top 20 losers in the #SP500 are Oil and Gas related stocks
Questions about continued demand if worldwide lockdowns reappear.
Most of these set their highs for the year within the last 30 days.
TQQQ,
STO December 31, 125 put at 1.80
SPX trades
#SPX5dte Sold to close $SPX Nov 22nd 4710/4690 put spreads for 8.20. Call side holding for later today or Monday. Condors bought for 15.05 on Tuesday.
ZIM,
STO December 17, 50 put at 2.00, stock is trading at $57 and SMM put it on their Active trade list today.
VXX Calls
Just starting to roll some covered calls
Bought to close VXX Nov 19 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.03. Sold on 11/15 at $0.20.
Sold to Open VXX Nov 26 2021 22.5 Calls at $0.38
TFX Stock
Bought a tiny bit of TFX at 327.66, at a fresh 52-week low
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VXX Long term
Bought to open VXX Jan 19 2024 5.0 Put at $0.90
#VXXContango purchase
SOXL
BTC/21 JAN 2022 30 PUT @.35 /SOLD FOR 2.40
holding this for 78 days -64 to go, not worth waiting /can redeploy capital.
MRVL Call Roll / LABU Put Roll
#syntheticcoveredcalls
$MRVL BTC 11/19 74 call and STO 11/26 75 call at added credit of .13
#shortputs
$LABU BTC 11/19 52.5 put and STO 11/26 51.50 put at .43 added credit
RIVN Put Rolled
Bought to close 1 RIVN Nov 19 2021 130.0 Diagonal Put / Sold to Open 1 RIVN Nov 26 2021 120.0 Put at $0.20 Credit and jumped the short strike down 10 points.
I’ll ride one more of these 130.0 Diagonal Puts into tomorrow’s expiration
TQQQ,
BTC November 19, 110 put at .01, sold at 1.23
Rolling AMZN
Rolled $AMZN 12/3 3420/3430/3650/3660 iron condor out to 12/31 3560/3570/3790/3800 iron condor @ .70 credit. Total credit brought in now 4.70.
VXX Put Rolls
Rolled VXX 24.5 Puts to next week’s 24.5 Puts for $0.12 Credit
Rolled VXX 24.0 Puts to next week’s 24.0 Puts for $0.15 Credit
Rolled VXX 22.5 Puts to next week’s 22.5 Puts for $0.30 Credit
Rolled down VXX 21.5 Puts to next week’s 21.0 Puts for $0.02 Credit
TQQQ,
STO January 21, 100put at 1.05
TQQQ Call Rolls
Rolled This week’s calls to next week
Rolled 144.0 Call to 144.0 Call for $0.16 Credit
Rolled 149.0 Call to 150.0 Call for $0.65 Debit ( no 149 strike for next week) -bumped the strike up a point
Rolled 159.0 Call to 159.0 Call for $0.98 Credit
Rolled 161.0 Call to 162.5 Call for $0.05 Credit – bumped the strike up 1.5 points
Rolled 166.0 Call to 169.0 Call for $0.14 Credit – bumped the strike up 3.0 points
Options Bistro 