These will expire today.
80 put, sold at 1.57
75 put, sold at 1.15
SOXL,
35 put, sold at 1.30
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OptionsExpiration
A major expiration for me as well as the market in general.
A lot of old long hedges rolled off today along with many #DoubleDip and #TripleDip call and put writes against those positions.
Virtually all the longs were paid for within 5 days of their purchase because they were part of diagonal positions with the short side expiring within a week. That left them long for future re-writes.
== Expired==
AMC 09/17/2021 47.0 Diagonal Call
AMC 09/17/2021 50.0 Diagonal Call
AMC 09/17/2021 10/41 Bull Put Spreads
AMC 09/17/2021 10/40 Bull Put Spreads
COIN 09/17/2021 150/220 Bull Put Spread
COIN 09/17/2021 175/225 Bull Put Spread
LABU 09/17/2021 70.0 Diagonal Call
LABU 09/17/2021 35/58 Bull Put Spread
LABU 09/17/2021 40/59 Bull Put Spread
SLV 09/17/2021 20.0 Put
TLRY 09/17/2021 40/16 Bear Call Spread
TLRY 09/17/2021 33/16 Bear Call Spread
TLRY 09/17/2021 32/16 Bear Call Spread
TLRY 09/17/2021 29/16 Bear Call Spread
TLRY 09/17/2021 10/11.5 Bull Put Spreads
TNA 09/17/2021 105/93 Bear Call Spread
TNA 09/17/2021 105/88 Bear Call Spread
TNA 09/17/2021 55/82 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 09/17/2021 170/150 Bear Call Spread
UVXY1 09/17/2021 9.0 Covered Calls (pre-split contract)
UVXY1 09/17/2021 8.0 Covered Calls (pre-split contract)
UVXY1 09/17/2021 7.0 Covered Calls (pre-split contract)
UVXY1 09/17/2021 6.0 Covered Calls (pre-split contract)
VXX1 09/17/2021 6.0 Diagonal Puts (pre-split contract)
VXX1 09/17/2021 5.0 Diagonal Puts (pre-split contract)
VXX 09/17/2021 80/35 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/17/2021 65/33.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/17/2021 64/33 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/17/2021 60/32.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/17/2021 55/31.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/17/2021 31.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 09/17/2021 30.5 Diagonal Call
VXX 09/17/2021 30.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 09/17/2021 29.0 Covered Calls
VXX 09/17/2021 28.5 Covered Calls
VXX 09/17/2021 28 Covered Calls
VXX 09/17/2021 27.5 Covered Calls
VXX 09/17/2021 20/24 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 09/17/2021 21/25 Bull Put Spreads
LABU Roll
Final trade today
Bought to close 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 65.0 Diagonal Call at $1.40. Sold on a roll last Friday at $2.70
Sold 1 LABU Sep 24 2021 67.0 Call at $2.60 for a $1.20 Credit plus a strike 2 points higher.
ROLL BX Call
#syntheticcoveredcalls
$BX BTC 9/17 135 call and STO 9/24 137 call at added credit of .17
ROLL ALB Put
#shortputs
$ALB BTC 9/17 230 put and STO 10/15 220 put at added credit of 2.70
Markets
The VIX index is now up 10% + today at 21.05
Don’t know that it will stay that way but it’s worth watching
LABU Call Close
#coveredcalls
$LABU BTC 9.17 65 call at .05. STO at .80 on Wednesday. I’m getting skittish.
VXX Long Put
Bought another long put to act as a #VXXContango hedge for future writes.
Bought 1 VXX Mar 18 2022 13.0 Put at $0.56, adding to my buy from yesterday 0.10 lower.
Also Bought 1 VXX Jan 21 2022 15.0 Put at $0.33
I will start writing against them next week after my 24 and 25 short puts expire today.
(just for reference, I sold this week’s 25 puts for $0.76 last Friday)
LABU Rollup
Rolled 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 59.0 Diagonal Call to 1 LABU Sep 24 2021 61.0 Call at $0.05 Credit.
Waiting to see if my short 65 and 70 Calls & my short 58 and 59 Puts expire in about 2 hours.
COUP
ShortPuts – This has been a good one this year so don’t mind a tiny loss on this one. Circling the wagons a little bit today…
Bought to Close COUP OCT 8 2021 230.0 Put @ 4.70 (sold for 4.00)
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Adding small.
Sold TQQQ OCT 15 2021 115.0 Put @ 2.18
Sold TQQQ OCT 22 2021 110.0 Put @ 2.20
Sold TQQQ OCT 29 2021 105.0 Put @ 2.40
CRWD TDOC
#ShortPuts #CoveredCalls – Cleaning up a couple.
CRWD: Stopped out for beer money.
Bought to Close CRWD OCT 1 2021 250.0 Put @ 3.90 (sold for 4.00)
TDOC: Finally a rally so stock will be called away at 138. (breakeven)
TQQQ Puts
Sold TQQQ Sep 24 2021 120.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.49 & 0.50
Paired with short calls for next week.
VXX Call
Another rollout
Bought to close 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 54.0 Covered Call at $0.01. Sold a lifetime ago on 08/02 at at $1.14.
Replaced it with 1 VXX Oct 08 2021 34.0 Call at $1.03
TQQQ Major Rollup
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Sep 17 2021 144.0 Diagonal Call at $0.99. Sold last Friday on another roll at $7.85
Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Sep 24 2021 150.0 Call at $1.11.
A 6 point bump in the short strike and a $0.22 Credit.
I still have today’s short 150 Call that I’m waiting to expire.
VXX Call
Bought to close 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 38.0 Covered Call at $0.01. Sold at $1.06.
Replaced it with 1 VXX Oct 15 2021 38.0 Call at $1.03
ABNB Early close
BTC Oct-01-21 155/165 #BuPS @ 2.15.
Taking some risk off.
TTWO VRTX
2 #FallingKnife #SP500 stocks at new Lows for today.
Bought a tiny amount of TTWO at $149.45 and some VRTX at $185, adding to my position.
My last buy in VRTX was June 15th at 190.
Stock I bought even earlier at $193.58 I sold on 07/16/2021 at $204.00
AMC Call Roll
Bought to Close 1 AMC Sep 17 2021 41.0 Diagonal Call at $4.44
Sold to Open AMC Sep 24 2021 41.0 Call at $5.23 for a $0.79 Credit.
Hoping my short 47 and 50 calls expire at the end of the day.
DOCU Oct
Accepting the 4.60 loss on the September 280/290/300 iron butterfly (adjusted from original iron condor) and reinitiating a trade in October based on technicals. Sold to open $DOCU Oct 15 260/250 bull put spread @ 1.85, short puts 25 delta.
#NotARevengeTrade
ENPH
Roll $ENPH Sep-17-2021 200 #CoveredCall // Oct-15-2021 190 @0.75.
LABU
#CoveredCalls – Rolling out a couple weeks but keeping downside protection.
Rolled LABU SEP 17 2021 54.0 Calls to OCT 1 2021 54.0 Calls @ 1.25 credit
Assigned
Assigned on $ZM Oct-1-2021 370 #ShortPut overnight, converting #BuPS to $ZM Oct-1-2021 #protectiveput
Probably will look to close and take the loss.
ABNB
Roll Sep-17-2021 150/165 #BuPS // Oct-15-2021 @ 3.35 credit.
COUP Put Close
#shortputs
$COUP BTC 9/17 240 put at 1.00. STO at 3.40. Earnings trade @fuzzballl
HOOD
#ShortPuts – Taking winners and going out a couple weeks with new ones.
Bought to Close HOOD SEP 17 2021 40.0 Puts @ .20 (sold for 1.14)
Bought to Close HOOD SEP 17 2021 41.0 Puts @ .45 (sold for 1.40)
Bought to Close HOOD SEP 17 2021 42.0 Puts @ .95 (sold for 1.75)
Bought to Close HOOD SEP 17 2021 43.0 Puts @ 1.80 (sold for 2.10)
Sold HOOD OCT 1 2021 38.0 Puts @ .93
Sold HOOD OCT 1 2021 39.0 Puts @ 1.25
SNOW BUPS / TQQQ Put / MARA Put Close
#bups
$SNOW STO 10/15 315/305 at 3.60
#shortputs
$TQQQ STO 10/22 110 put at 2.00 Thank you @fuzzballl
$MARA BTC 9/17 37 put at .03. STO as part of strangle at 1.48. Call closed yesterday.
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Selling the 200 day again.
Sold TQQQ OCT 29 2021 110.0 Put @ 2.60
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Sold to close $SPX Sep 17th 4445/4425 put spread for 3.50. I’m kind of back on the bullish train, since the VIX has been tepid, but even so I sold this too early and we are dropping more.
VXX Put rolldown
As is typical as we approach Friday, the VIX and VXX are both falling.
Bought to close 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 26.5 Put at $1.24. Sold last week on another rolldown at $1.98.
Sold to Open 1 Contract VXX Sep 24 2021 26.0 Put at $1.44 and gained another half point on the strike for next week.
Also bought some new long puts to act a #VXXContango hedges for future writes.
Bought 1 VXX Mar 18 2022 13.0 Put at $0.66
Bought 1 VXX Jan 21 2022 15.0 Put at $0.44
CTXS
Closing out a tiny long position in a former #FallingKnife.
Sold CTXS stock at $115. Bought this on 07/29 at $94.70 and never got to average down.
HOOD
#BullPutSpreads – Taking a directional shot just for fun. I’ll take the stock if needed.
Sold HOOD OCT 1 2021 45.0/40.0 Bull Put Spreads @ 3.42
HOOD
#ShortPuts – Taking off the bottom of the ladder.
Bought to Close HOOD SEP 17 2021 38.0 Puts @ .06 (sold for 1.15)
HOOD
#JadeLizards – Fairly sizable position for me so with the stock perking up taking off the call spread side for good profits. Leaving short puts at 43,42,41,40 and 38
Bought to Close HOOD SEP 17 2021 43.0/45.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .15 (sold for .75)
TSLA
HOOD Put Roll / LABU Call / ALB Put / MARA Put Close / UPST Call Roll
#shortputs
$HOOD BTC 9/17 41 put and STO 9/24 40 put at added credit of .23
$ALB STO 9/17 230 put at 1.85
$MARA BTC 9/17 32 put at .15. STO at .74
#coveredcalls
$LABU STO 9/17 65 call at .80
$UPST BTC 9/17 300 call and STO 9/24 295 call at added credit of 4.20
AMC Puts
Pairing with my numerous short calls for this week.
Sold AMC Sep 17 2021 41.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.56
Sold AMC Sep 17 2021 40.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.28
Rolling SKLZ
With the stock at 10.77, rolled $SKLZ Sep 17 12.50 puts out to Oct 15 12.50 puts @ .51 credit, dropping cost basis down to 10.84.
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Adding at the 200 day and well outside the expected move.
Sold TQQQ OCT 22 2021 110.0 Put @ 2.50
Coin
Roll $COIN Sep-17-21 245/.255// Oct-01-21 @ 1.35 debit.
VXX Call
Sold 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 28 .0 Diagonal Call at $0.59
TLRY Puts
Sold TLRY Sep 17 2021 11.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.19 & again at $0.21
TNA Put
Sold 1 TNA Sep 17 2021 82.0 Diagonal Put at $1.72.
Paired with my short diagonal 88.0 Call for this week I now have a short 82/88 strangle with a $5.24 premium
OSTK
#ShortPuts – Taking a little more off. Got about half with a week and a half to go.
Bought to Close OSTK SEP 24 2021 63.0 Puts @ .58 (sold for 1.13)
Bought to Close OSTK SEP 24 2021 64.0 Puts @ .72 (sold for 1.32)
Bought to Close OSTK SEP 24 2021 65.0 Put @ .90 (sold for 1.56)
Markets
Today’s chart.
What options on the top 5 stocks have the most trading volume?
OSTK
#ShortPuts – Bought to Close OSTK SEP 17 2021 65.0 Puts @ .20 (sold for 1.10)
SPX trades
Yesterday:
#SPX7dteLong Bought to open $SPX Sep 17 4425/4445-4455/4475 condors for 17.10.
#SPX1dte Expired: Sep 13th 4370/4390-4525/4545 condors, sold Friday for 1.00.
Today:
Sold to close Sep 15th 4505/4525 call spreads for 2.50. Sold put side for 12.40 yesterday, so total. Bought for 16.10 last Thursday so 14.90 total, loss of 1.20.
TSLA
#ShortPuts – Taking the weekend quickie.
Bought to Close TSLA SEP 17 2021 640.0 Put @ .80 (sold for 3.08)
VXX Covered Call Ladder
Sold 1 VXX Sep 17 2021 29.0 Call at $0.72
Sold 1 VXX Sep 24 2021 34.5 Call at $0.67
Sold 1 VXX Oct 01 2021 35.0 Call at $1.01
Sold 1 VXX Oct 08 2021 36.0 Call at $1.23
Sold 1 VXX Oct 15 2021 37.0 Call at $1.41
TQQQ,
STO October 22, 90 put at 1.20
Closing LULU
Bought to close $LULU 9/17 450/460 bear call spread @ .17. Sold for 1.20 on 9/9.
TQQQ,
STO October 29, 90 put at 1.45
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Sold to close $SPX Sep 15th 4490/4470 put spreads for 12.40. Condors bought for 16.10 last Thursday. Call spreads still open. Uncertain where we are headed; Upside Warning still in effect but we’ve had several days of weakness.
TQQQ
Sold to open Oct 22 95 put @ 1.50
COIN Put
Sold 1 COIN Sep 17 2021 225.0 Diagonal Put at $1.15.
Replaces the COIN 09/10/2021 247.5 Diagonal Put that expired Friday
#DoubleDip #OnlySpreads
LABU Put
Sold 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 59.0 Diagonal Put at $1.10.
Paired with a couple of BCS positions for this week and replacing part of the 58.5 puts that expired Friday
#optionsexpiration Expired: XLE 09/10/2021/ 47.5…
Expired:
XLE 09/10/2021/ 47.5 put
OptionsExpiration
A small list because of all the rolls to next week.
AMC 09/10/2021 68/52 Bear Call Spread
COIN 09/10/2021 280.0 Diagonal Call
COIN 09/10/2021 350/275 Bear Call Spread
COIN 09/10/2021 247.5 Diagonal Put
LABU 09/10/2021 74.0 Diagonal Call
LABU 09/10/2021 71.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 09/10/2021 58.5 Diagonal Puts
TLRY 09/10/2021 26/16 Bear Call Spreads
TLRY 09/10/2021 16.0 Covered Calls
TNA 09/10/2021 91.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 09/10/2021 45/34 Bear Call Spread
VXX 09/10/2021 45/32.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/10/2021 45/28.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 09/10/2021 24.0 Diagonal Puts
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Small add near the 200 day.
Sold TQQQ OCT 15 2021 110.0 Put @ 2.30
VXX Calls
VIX & VXX Spike so had to roll a couple and chose to roll others for a big jump in strike for next week.
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 25.5 Calls at $0.96 (sold at 0.78)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 26.0 Calls at $0.52 & 0.56 (sold at 0.52 & 0.53)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 26.5 Calls at $0.19 (sold at 0.32)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 27.0 Calls at $0.12 (sold at 0.24)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 27.5 Calls at $0.04 (sold at 0.16)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 28.0 Calls at $0.02 (sold at 0.36)
Bought to close VXX Sep 10 2021 28.5 Calls at $0.02 (sold at 0.27)
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 27.5 Calls at $1.01
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 29.0 Calls at $0.77
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 30.0 Calls at $0.59
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 30.5 Calls at $0.62
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 31.0 Calls at $0.49
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 32.5 Calls at $0.66
Sold VXX Sep 17 2021 33.5 Calls at $0.33
TSLA
#ShortPuts – Taking a one week shot. Over two times the expected move and below all major moving averages and near recent lows.
Sold TSLA SEP 17 2021 640.0 Put @ 3.08
TDOC
#CoveredCalls – Keep trying to get rid of this position but no luck. Another ITM sale for next week.
Bought to Close TDOC SEP 10 2021 143.0 Call @ .02 (sold for 3.35)
Sold TDOC SEP 17 2021 138.0 Call @ 5.40
TQQQ
#ShortPuts- Small add.
Sold TQQQ OCT 8 2021 120.0 Put @ 2.30
TQQQ
#ShortPuts #TakeOneForTheTeam – I’m bored. Selling at the 50 day and the expected move. Come on Mr. Market it’s all yours!
Sold TQQQ SEP 24 2021 135.0 Put @ 2.17
COIN Roll
Roll $COIN Sep-10-21 245/255 #BuPS // Sep-24-21 245/255 C@ 2.00 Credit
Has been down a bit today – was hoping float back up this afternoon, but opted to give it another couple weeks.
TQQQ Call Rollup
Bought to Close TQQQ Sep 10 2021 148.0 Diagonal Call at $1.63. Sold last Friday on a roll at $4.84
To replace it, Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Sep 17 2021 150.0 Call at $3.09.
A 2 point gain on the strike plus $1.46 Credit
VXX Calls
Bought to close VXX 09/10/2021 32.5 Diagonal Calls @ 0.01. Sold on 08/26 for an average of $0.61.
Sold VXX 09/17/2021 33.0 Calls @ 0.35 and
Sold VXX 09/17/2021 33.5 Calls @ 0.33
LABU Call
One more LABU Roll
Bought to close 1 LABU Sep 10 2021 67.0 Call at $0.12. Sold last week on a roll at $3.85
Replaced it with 1 LABU Sep 17 2021 70.0 Call at $1.17.
The 67 call would probably have expired but I don’t know if I could have gotten such a nice premium on the 70 next Monday.
#OnlySpreads
PLTR Early Roll
Roll $PLTR Sep-17-21 25.5 // Oct-15-21 26 #PutDiagonal @ 0.94 Limit (credit) – sold against Dec-17-2021 15 puts
AMC Early Roll
Roll $AMC Sep-17-21 32/42 #BuPS // Oct-01-21 @ 1.65 credit Limit
TNA Rollups
Bought to close 1 TNA Sep 10 2021 88.0 Diagonal Call at $1.22. Sold on a roll last week at $7.31
Bought to Close 1 TNA Sep 10 2021 86.0 Diagonal Call at $3.42. Sold on a roll last week at $8.76
Replaced them with:
1 TNA Sep 17 2021 93.0 Call at $1.27
1 LABU Sep 17 2021 88.0 Call at $3.52
LABU Rollups
Bought to close 1 LABU Sep 10 2021 62.0 Diagonal Call at $2.65. Sold on a roll last week at $8.43
Bought to Close 1 LABU Sep 10 2021 58.5 Diagonal Call at $6.24. Sold on a roll last week at $10.94
Replaced them with:
1 LABU Sep 17 2021 65.0 Call at $2.70
1 LABU Sep 17 2021 59.0 Call at $6.70
PINS
#CoveredCalls – Replacing this week’s expiration.
Sold PINS SEP 24 2021 57.0 Calls @ .90
ROKU
#JadeLizards – The Amazon TV is about ready to hit the shelves so taking off all my ROKU positions. Keeping ROKU on the watchlist though. It’s been a good one last 2 years.
Bought to Close ROKU SEP 17 2021 325/325/335 Jade Lizard @ 10.33 (sold for 10.21)
Bought to Close ROKU SEP 17 2021 325/325/335 Jade Lizard @ 10.70 (sold for 10.20)
SPX trades
#SPX7dtelong In pre-market, sold to close $SPX Sep 13th 4515/4535 call spreads for 8.00. Sold puts yesterday for 8.25, so 16.25 total. Condors bought for 14.70 on Wednesday, so 1.55 in profit.
Options Bistro 