#ShortPuts – Taking this one off a couple weeks early.
Bought to Close COUP JUL 16 2021 247.5 Put @ .75 (sold for 3.30)
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SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Bought to Open $SPX July 9th 4310/4330-4340/4360 condors for 13.75 with SPX at 4337.
#SPX1dte Expected to expire worthless: July 6th 4290/4310-4385/4410 condors, sold Friday for 1.00
TSLA pre earnings (again)
#ShortPuts – Selling below recent lows and over two times the expected move (even with the stock down 23 today) and the week before earnings.
Sold TSLA JUL 16 2021 500.0 Put @ 3.70
LABU
#ShortPuts – Filled while I was out. Adding to the ladder.
Sold LABU JUL 30 2021 60.0 Put @ 2.20
AMC Call
With the choice of liquidating my long AMC Jul 16 2021 70.0 Call (after the strike 60 call sold against it expired on Friday) or writing against it, I decided to write a diagonal call one more time.
Sold to open 1 AMC Jul 09 2021 56.0 Call at $2.62
VXX Calls
Sold to open VXX Jul 09 2021 33.0 Covered Call at $0.33
Sold to Open VXX Jul 09 2021 32.5 Covered Call at $0.40
Sold to open 1 VXX Jul 30 2021 40.0 Diagonal Call at $1.07
Sold to open 1 VXX Aug 06 2021 41.0 Diagonal Call at $1.43
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Selling the old resistance (maybe new support). Also happens to be the expected move with breakeven at about the 50 day.
Sold TQQQ JUL 30 2021 110.0 Put @ 2.25
Taking one for the team,
TQQQ, STO August 13, 128 put at 8.40
VXX Long Puts
Sold to close VXX 12/15/2021 15.0 Puts @ $0.49
Bought these on 5/17 @ $0.23 as a lark in an old account that is too small for spreads.
Got a clean double though.
Expiration
#optionsexpiration #assignment
$PLTR 27 call
$MU put assigned at $81
Happy Fourth of July
Thanks to everyone for sharing their ideas. Special shout out to the
incredible @jeffcp66 and his wonderful site.
Options Expiration
Expired:
LABU 72 Put (sold for 1.60)
SNOW 235 Put (sold for 1.55)
LAZR
#ShortPuts – Adding.
Sold LAZR JUL 30 2021 20.5 Put @ 1.25
Sold LAZR JUL 30 2021 20.0 Put @ 1.05
OptionsExpiration
==Expired==
AMC 07/02/2021 60.0 Diagonal Calls
AMC 07/02/2021 38.0 Diagonal Puts
AMC 07/02/2021 37.0 Diagonal Puts
TLRY 07/02/2021 18.5 Covered Calls
TLRY 07/02/2021 19.5 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 50.0/117.50 Bull Put Spread
VXX 07/02/2021 40.0 Covered Call
VXX 07/02/2021 46.0 Covered Call
VXX 07/02/2021 48/51.0 Bear Call Spread
VXX 07/02/2021 50/60.0 Bear Call Spread
TSLA pre earnings
#ShortPuts – Selling well below the moving averages and recent lows and 3 times the expected move in the week before earnings.
Sold TSLA JUL 16 2021 475.0 Put @ 3.40
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Sold to close $SPX July 6th 4270/4290-4300/4320 condors for 19.25. Bought for 13.85 on Tuesday.
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX July 6th 4290/4310-4385/4405 condors for 1.00, SPX at 4350, IV 5.7%, deltas -.09 +.08
Today’s 1-dte looking like a loss, currently 6 points ITM.
VXX Calls
Sold VXX Jul 09 2021 32.0 Covered Calls at $0.25
Sold VXX Jul 16 2021 36.0 Covered Calls at $0.38
Sold VXX Jul 23 2021 40.0 Covered Calls at $0.48
Sold VXX Jul 30 2021 40.0 Covered Calls at $0.83
Sold VXX Aug 06 2021 40.0 Covered Calls at $1.06
Sold VXX Aug 13 2021 40.0 Covered Calls at $1.41
CC’s on Confluent (CFLT)
First time in this. Recent IPO. Stock was at $43.38
08/20/2021 $40 Call at $7.23
08/20/2021 $45 Call at $4.99
08/20/2021 $50 Call at $3.31
VXX Puts Closed
Bought to close VXX Jul 02 2021 28.0 Puts @ 0.01
Sold last Friday @ 0.23
#VXXContango
LABU SNOW ROKU
#ShortPuts – Replacing and adding.
LABU: Replacing this week’s expiration.
Sold LABU JUL 9 2021 72.5 Put @ 1.70
SNOW: Replacing this week’s expiration.
Sold SNOW JUL 23 2021 220.0 Put @ 2.39
ROKU: Pre earnings.
Sold ROKU JUL 30 2021 380.0 Put @ 4.85
TQQQ
Sold 1 TQQQ Jul 09 2021 126.0 Call at $2.12 against an already long Jul 16 20201 130.0 Call (left over from another spread).
Short strike slightly above the current all-time high in TQQQ
TQQQ SNOW Put Close / CGC Put Roll
#shortputs
$TQQQ BTC 7/16 80 put at .08. STO at 2.10. Thank you @walter6871 for the idea
$SNOW BTC 7/2 235 put at .15. STO at 1.25. Thank you @jsd501
$CGC BTC 7/2 27.50 put and STO 7/9 27.50 put at even
AMC Puts
Sold AMC Jul 09 2021 23.0 Puts at $0.19.
Only 4 trading days next week.
Paired with several bear call spreads still in the money so little downside risk
VXX Put Roll
The VIX index collapses to it’s lowest value since Jan 2020. So VXX spiked down too.
Bought to Close VXX Jul 02 2021 28.5 Put at $0.34. Sold last week @ 0.50
Sold to Open VXX Jul 09 2021 27.5 Put at $0.36, a full point lower plus a 0.02 Credit.
#VXXContango
TDOC pre earnings
#ShortPuts – Thanks @Ramie for getting this back on my radar. I’m taking a shot at the 50 day the week before earnings and just inside the expected move.
Sold TDOC JUL 23 2021 155.0 Put @ 2.54
OSTK pre earnings
#ShortPuts – Selling week before earnings at lowest available strike. Slightly inside the expected move.
Sold OSTK JUL 23 2021 82.0 Put @ 2.55
LABU
#ShortPuts – Added.
Sold LABU JUL 30 2021 66.0 Put @ 2.75
TDOC Aug
Sold $TDOC Aug 20 145/135 bull put spread @ 2.05
#tastytradefollow
VXX1 Calendar
- still able to write these until they’re gone
Sold to open VXX1 Jul 16 2021 7.0 Puts at $0.31
This gives me a Long Calendar spread with my ( already long ) Jan 2022 7.0 Puts.
#VXXContango trade with no downside risk.
TQQQ
Another roll, not as good as last week
Close this week’s 117.50 Calls and sold next week’s 118.0 Call @ 0.10 Credit
June Jobs Report
#Jobs — June was a strong month, beating expectations
Gain of +850,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 706K.
Unemployment at 5.9%, up by 0.1
U6 unemployment at 9.8%, down by 0.4
Labor force participation 61.6%, unchanged
Wages up 0.3% for the month, 3.6% year over year
May jobs revised up by +24K to +583K
April revised up by +12K to +278K
LABU Put Close / TQQQ Put
#shortputs
$LABU BTC 7/2 72 put at .30. STO at 1.75. Thank you @fuzzballl
$TQQQ STO 7/30 105 put at 2.33. Joining the #TakeOneForTheTeam. Thanks @fuzzballl
TAN,
STO July 16, 85 puts at 1.50
VXX Put Rolls
Bought to Close VXX Jul 02 2021 29.0 Puts at $0.37. Sold last week @ 0.75
Sold o Open VXX Jul 09 2021 28.0 Puts at $0.48, a full point lower plus a 0.11 Credit.
#VXXContango
Hoping my 28.50 and 28.00 puts for tomorrow expire.
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Bought to Open $SPX July 7th 4290/4310-4320/4340 condors for 13.10, with SPX at 43167. Another new record for lowest price paid for this strategy.
COG
#FallingKnife trade that worked
Sold COG stock @ 18.01. Bought @ 15.75. Never was able to average down.
Probably out too early but I’ll take the gain.
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Adding again. C’mon Mr. Market you can get this one!
Sold SOXL AUG 20 2021 40.0 Put @ 3.10
SOXL
#ShortPuts – Adding.
Sold SOXL AUG 20 2021 37.0 Put @ 2.00
SOXL Put Close
#shortputs
$SOXL BTC 7/16 40 put at .20. STO at 2.05
TQQQ,
BTC July 2, 110 put at .05, sold at 3.08. I will not have internet for about 6 hours on Friday so just want to reduce risk early.
SPXpire
#SPX1dte Expiring worthless: $SPX June 30th 4240/4260-4320/4340 condors, sold yesterday for 1.00
#SPX7dteLong Expiring with max credit of 20.00: June 30th 4275/4295 call spreads. Condors bought last Thursday for 13.60.
TQQQ
#ShortPuts #TakeOneForTheTeam – At the expected move and the 50 day. Let’s see if we can get something going here.
Sold TQQQ JUL 30 2021 105.0 Put @ 2.25
NIO Put
#shortputs
$NIO STO 7/16 50 put at 1.41.
VXX
Sold VXX Jul 23 2021 46.0 Covered Calls at $0.46
Sold VXX Jul 30 2021 46.0 Covered Call at $0.73
COUP
#ShortPuts – Different account than the earlier sale. Going out an extra week.
Sold COUP JUL 23 2021 245.0 Put @ 3.90
VRTX
#BullPutSpreads – Had this sitting there but didn’t think it would actually fill. Wide spreads so could probably have gotten a better price.
Bought to Close VRTX JUL 9 2021 200.0/190.0 Bull Put Spread @ 3.25 (sold for 7.00)
VRTX BUPS Close
#bups
$VRTX BTC 7/9 185/195 BUPS at .90. STO at 6.00. Thank you @fuzzy and @optioniceman for this bounce back trade. The company, not me.
MU Put
#shortputs #earnings
$MU STO 7/2 81 put at .89. Semis doing well. If it tanks I will own near 80
#spx STO VERTICAL SPX 16…
STO VERTICAL SPX 16 JUL 4185/4180 PUT @.50
will set btc for .10 for ~ 7.4 % return.
COUP
#ShortPuts – Shorter term selling near the 50 day.
Sold COUP JUL 16 2021 247.5 Put @ 3.30
SOXL,
STO January 2022, 20 put at 1.15
TQQQ,
BTC July 2, 65 put at .01, sold at 1.13 in my trading account.
BTC July 2, 65 put at .01, sold at 1.17 in my IRA
LABU
#ShortPuts – Adding.
Sold LABU JUL 30 2021 63.0 Put @ 2.50
Sold LABU JUL 30 2021 64.0 Put @ 2.80
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Bought to Open $SPX July 6th 4270/4290-4300/4320 condors for 13.85, with SPX at 4295.
SNOW,
BTC July 2, 230 put at .45, sold at 4.73, happy to make 90%
Shout out to Jeff
Everything okay with you and yours up in Portland? It’s supposed to be “cooling down” to only 96 today.
LABU,
STO January 2022, 40 puts at 3.72
TQQQ,
STO August 6, 90 put at 1.22
COIN Put Close
#shortputs
$COIN BTC 7/16 205 put at .80. STO at 7.80 on 6/22. Thank you @fuzzballl for the quickie
VRTX,
BTC 190/200 July 9, bull put spread ay 4.15 that I sold at 7.15, hat tip to fuzzball for the idea.
MNMD
#ShortPuts – Adding. Selling against long puts bought yesterday.
Sold MNMD AUG 20 2021 5.0 Puts @ 1.59
SOXL
#ShortPuts – A couple placeholders to get started. Hoping for some weakness at some point to add a lot more.
Sold SOXL AUG 20 2021 38.0 Put @ 2.30
Sold SOXL AUG 20 2021 39.0 Put @ 2.55
SPX trades
#SPX7dteLong Bought to Open July 2nd 4260/4280-4290/4310 condors for 13.35, when SPX was at 4283.
Expiring with max credit of 20.00: June 28th 4255/4275 call spreads; condors bought last Tuesday for 14.10.
#SPX1dte Expiring worthless: June 28th 4215/4240-4315/4340 condors, sold Friday for 1.00. Didn’t realize until now it was 25-pt-wide, rather than my usual 20.
TQQQ, BTC July 2, 65…
TQQQ, BTC July 2, 65 puts at .01 in my IRA. Sold at 1.17
MNMD
Headlines today. Enter at your own risk but does look promising. My only position is July ITM 5/2.5 Bull Put Spreads in a decent size (for me).
I also own lottery ticket stock in NMDBF (very risky).
LAZR SNAP TNA
#ShortPuts – A few more.
LAZR: New starter position.
Sold LAZR JUL 30 2021 22.0 Put @ 1.35
Sold LAZR JUL 30 2021 21.5 Put @ 1.15
Sold LAZR JUL 30 2021 21.0 Put @ .95
SNAP: Pre earnings.
Sold SNAP JUL 16 2021 62.0 Put @ 1.05
Sold SNAP JUL 16 2021 61.0 Put @ .83
Sold SNAP JUL 16 2021 60.0 Put @ .65
TNA: Adding.
Sold TNA JUL 30 2021 80.0 Put @ 1.65
CRWD,
STO August 20, 200 put at 1.35
LABU
#ShortPuts – Starter position.
Sold LABU JUL 30 2021 65.0 Put @ 2.30
PLTR Buy Write
#buywrite
$PLTR BTO Stock at 26.79. STO 7/2 27.5 call at .47.
SNOW TNA
#ShortPuts – Moving out to late July and getting back in these.
Sold SNOW JUL 30 2021 220.0 Put @ 3.31
Sold TNA JUL 30 2021 80.0 Put @ 1.60
GS BUPS
#bups
$GS STO 7/16 350/360 BUPS at 2.82
TNA,
BTC July 16, 80 put at .60, sold at 1.95
OptionsExpiration
==Expired==
AMC 06/25/2021 27.0 Diagonal Put
AMC 06/25/2021 29.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 06/25/2021 65.0 Diagonal Put
SQQQ 06/25/2021 11.0 Covered Call
TLRY 06/25/2021 18.5/26.0 Bear Call Spread
UVXY1 06/25/2021 4.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/25/2021 37.5 Covered Calls
VXX 06/25/2021 40.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/25/2021 41.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/25/2021 42.0 Covered Calls
VXX 06/25/2021 46.0/70.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 06/25/2021 48.0/75.0 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 06/25/2021 50.0/80.0 Bear Call Spread
VXX 06/25/2021 29.0 Diagonal Put #VXXContango
ROKU Put Close / BABA BUPS
#shortputs
$ROKU BTC 7/16 300 put at .31. STO at 4.70. Thank you @fuzzballl
#bups
$BABA STO 7/16 210/220 BUPS at 2.30
SPX trades
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX June 28th 4220/4240-4315/4335 condors for 1.00, SPX at 4280, IV 6.95%, deltas -.10 +.06.
The #VIXIndicator never broke its Upside Warning in last week’s swoon, so it is clearly back on, baby. Therefore, staying aggressive with the put-side deltas for now.
Expiring:June 25th 4205/4225-4300/4320 condors, sold yesterday for .90.
#SPX7dteLong Expiring with max credit of 20.00: June 25th 4230/4250 call spreads. Condors bought Monday for 15.25.
