Expired:
SPY Apr 21 519.0 Call (sold for 10.15)
SPY Apr 21 525.0 Call (sold for 13.10)
Recent Updates Page 26
SPY
Adding to synthetic long.
Bought to Open SPY Dec 17 2027 450/525/525 Synthetic Stock @ 59.00 debit (450 strike long disaster put)
And:
Sold SPY Apr 22 2025 518.0 Call @ 1.90
SPX
#creditspread
CLOSED
Btc SPX 23 APR 2025 5520/5525 CALL @.05/sto for .40
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/21/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 21st 5080/5100-5350/5370 condors for 1.40, IV 50.19%, deltas -.05 +.06
Earnings 4/21 – 4/25
Econ Calendar 4/21 – 4/25
April 17 expiration
Mopping up the wreckage:
$AMZN Apr 17 205 put:
Accumulated credit: 3.31
Assigned @ 205.00/covered for 173.38 = 31.62 debit
Rolled to May 16 205 put, sold for 31.95
Position is now directional/in the money May 16 short 205 put with total credit 3.64 (breakeven 201.36)
$AMZN Apr 17 170 put expired for full profit (1.20)
$UVXY Apr 17 25/35 bear call spread:
Sold for 1.20 credit
Assigned short calls/took full loss on call spread: 10.00 debit
Net loss 8.80
Waiting until Monday to reinitiate a replacement position
$UVXY Apr 17 30/40 bear call spread
Sold for 1.56 credit
Bought 30 calls @ 5.85 debit
Net loss 4.29
Waiting until Monday to reinitiate a replacement position
SPY
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 518.0 Call to Apr 21 2025 519.0 Call @ .20 credit (10.20 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 525.0 Call to Apr 21 2025 525.0 Call @ 2.15 credit (13.15 total now)
SPX
On the road all day but did get some rolls done. Throw it out there and wait for things to calm down. Sold against a long LEAP put in Dec 2029.
Rolled SPX Apr 17 2025 5975.0 Put to Oct 17 2025 5975.0 Put @ 13.75 debit (49.35 total now)
SOXL
#optionsexpiration/basically
Did not want assignment while at late lunch.
BTC SOXL 17 APR 2025 9 PUT @.03
#shortputs
tIP SOLD SOXL 25 APR 2025 9 PUT @.66
SPX
SOLD SPX 23 APR 2025 5520/5525 CALL @.40
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/17/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 17th 5140/5160-5415/5435 condors for 1.45, IV 52.58%, deltas -.06 +.05
SPX
Note to self……
if you walk away from stove /remove food!/LOL
triggered at 12:41 CST
SOLD SPX 23 APR 2025 4935/4930 PUT @.30
SOLD SPX 23 APR 2025 4905/4900 PUT @.20
AAPL
#onlyspreads
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD VERTICAL AAPL 25 APR 2025 167.5/165 PUT @.07
FWIW,
I continue to just sit on my 100% cash position. The market is volatile and all the moving averages are trending down. Good luck to anyone trading this market.
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/16/25
#SPX0dte Sold to open $SPX Apr 16th 5190/5210-5475/5495 condors for 1.25, IV 54.90%, deltas -.06 +.05
SPX
Adding.
Sold SPX May 16 2025 5700/5705 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.40
SPY
Sold against synthetic longs. Straight roll to Thursday.
Rolled SPY Apr 15 2025 518.0 Call to Apr 17 2025 518.0 Call @ 1.25 credit (10.00 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 15 2025 525.0 Call to Apr 17 2025 525.0 Call @ 1.75 credit (11.00 total now)
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/15/2025 560/554 Bear Call Spread – sold yesterday at $0.21
Last of my SPY calls
TQQQ Calls
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 53.0 Call at $0.81
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 54.0 Call at $0.56
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 55.0 Call at $0.30
#DoubleDip writes against long 62 Calls
VXX Diagonal Calls
Bought 1 VXX 04/25/2025 80 Calls / Sold 1 VXX 04/17/2025 70 Calls at $0.17 and $0.27 Credits
OKLO
tIP CALENDAR OKLO 16 MAY 25/16 JAN 26/ 45 PUT @2.15
SPY Puts Rolled
Bought to close 1 SPY 04/23/2025 500/515 Bull Put Spread and Sold 1 SPY 04/30/2025 505/515 Bull Put Spread at $0.20 Credit.
Tightened the spread 5 points by going out an extra week
#ReleasingMargin
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/15/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 15th 5250/5270-5505/5525 condors for 1.50, IV 47.59%, deltas -.06 +.06
Back to normal… can’t live in fear forever.
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/14/2025 563/553 Bear Call Spread – sold this morning at $0.30
1 SPY 04/14/2025 562/554 Bear Call Spread – sold this morning at $0.21
TJX SPY Calls
Sold 1 TJX 04/17/2025 138/133 Bear Call Spread at $0.32 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/15/2025 560/554 Bear Call Spread at $0.21 Credit #1DTE
CVX Puts
Not trusting the downside so all puts are diagonals for extra safety
Sold 1 CVX 04/25/2025-04/17/2025 124/131 Diagonal Bull Put Spread at $0.16 Credit
SOXL OKLO
#shortputs
tIP STO SOXL 17 APR 25 8 PUT @.14
tIP STO SOXL 17 APR 25 9 PUT @.26
#kickthecan
CALENDAR OKLO 16 MAY 25/21 NOV 25/ 40 PUT @2.61
PCG INTC CMCSA EIX
Sold my tiny position in PCG at $17.11 – Bought on 02/04 at $15.00
Sold the last of my INTC at $20.56 – Bought on 8/8/2024 at $18.87
Sold my tiny position in CMCSA at $34.01 – Bought on 01/30 at $33.00
Sold the last of my EIX at $56.70 – Bought on 01/30 at $54.00
#RaisingCASH
SPY
Sold against synthetic longs. Straight roll to tomorrow.
Rolled SPY Apr 14 2025 518.0 Call to Apr 15 2025 518.0 Call @ 1.05 credit (8.75 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 14 2025 525.0 Call to Apr 15 2025 525.0 Call @ 1.75 credit (9.25 total now)
SOXL CLF SPCE Covered Calls
Sold 1 SOXL 04/17/2025 13.0 Covered Call at $0.22
Sold SOXL 04/17/2025 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold 1 CLF 04/17/2025 9.0 Covered Call at $0.04
Sold SPCE 04/17/2025 4.0 Covered Calls at $0.02
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY Calls 0DTE
Sold 1 SPY 04/14/2025 563/553 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
Sold 1 SPY 04/14/2025 562/554 Bear Call Spread at $0.21 Credit
TQQQ OKLO BA Calls
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 60/54 Bear Call Spread at $1.41 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 60/55 Bear Call Spread at $0.98 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 60/55.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.84 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 04/17/2025 60/56 Bear Call Spread at $0.66 Credit
Sold 1 OKLO 04/17/2025 30/26.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold 1 BA 04/17/2025 180/170 Bear Call Spread at $0.78 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/14/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 14th 5280/5260 put spreads for 1.00, IV 62.68%, delta -.09
IV and EM have dropped a lot since Friday. Still too cautious to sell call side since I got crushed last Monday by a headfake, and would have been crushed again Wednesday had I been short.
Earnings 4/14 – 4/18
Econ Calendar 4/14 – 4/18
Friday markets are closed for Good Friday
SOXL
#optionsexpiration
soxl 9 put
XEL EIX FMC CPB KHC BG MOS Stock
Sold the last tiny bit of XEL at $68.85
Bought on 3/6/2024 at $47.50
Sold half of my tiny position in EIX at $56.01
Bought on 2/6/2025 at $51.00
Sold the last tiny bit of FMC at $37.05
Bought on 2/7/2025 at $34.00
Sold the last tiny bit of CPB at $38.51
Bought on 1/10/2025 at $38.00
Sold the last tiny bit of KHC at $29.51
Bought on 1/10/2025 at $29.00
Sold half of my tiny position in BG at $74.85
Bought at 74 on 2/4/2025 -(other half bought at $69)
Sold half of my tiny position in MOS at $25.61
Bought at 25 on 9/10/2024 -(other half bought at $23)
#RaisingCash
SPY
Adding to synthetic long. Call premiums are crazy for selling daily.
Bought to Open SPY Dec 17 2027 450/525/525 Synthetic Stock @ 65.50 debit (450 strike long disaster put)
And:
Sold SPY Apr 14 2025 525.0 Call @ 7.50
SPY
Rolled SPY Apr 11 2025 515.0 Call to Apr 14 2025 518.0 Call @ 1.20 credit (7.75 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/10/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 10th 5100/5080 put spreads for 1.00, IV 101.07%, delta -.06
SPX
Come and get ’em!
Sold SPX May 16 2025 5700/5705 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.50
SPY
Out on the road so stopping when I can to check in.
Rolled SPY Apr 09 2025 513.0 Call to Apr 11 2025 515.0 Call @ .50 credit (6.55 total now)
UVXY call spread
Sold $UVXY Jun 20 65/75 bear call spread @ 1.80
BBBY COP DOW UPS Stocks
Tiny fills of some more yield plays in the pre-market:
BBY at $55.00
COP at $80.00
DOW at $25.00
UPS at $90.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
APA LYB TGT Stocks
Nibbling a little bit on some yield plays
Bought APA at $14.00
Bought LYB at $53.00
Bought TGT at $89.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SOXL
#shortputs
SOLD SOXL 11 APR 25 9 PUT @.51
#COMe getmeMSmarket
SPY
Rolled SPY Apr 08 2025 510.0 Call to Apr 09 2025 513.0 Call @ .05 credit (6.05 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/8/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 8th 5410/5430 call spreads for .80, IV 88.40%, delta +.06
Up 3.6%, this would require a 6% up day to be breached. Certainly not impossible in this market but I waited to make sure the rally didn’t have massive follow through. I also bought a cheap long put spread before the open, 4870/4850mfor .55. That’ll be a bust unless we get a collapse. Fingers crossed! Maybe Bill Ackerman can say something bearish today.
SPY
Pretty low risk and not a bad price with the high IV. New synthetic long SPY starter position.
Bought to Open SPY Dec 17 2027 450/500/500 Synthetic Stock @ 65.0 debit (450 strike long disaster put)
and:
Sold SPY Apr 08 2025 510.0 Call @ 6.00
SPX
This was from my latest experiment. Buying a DITM LEAP put and selling daily against it. Rolling the long LEAP down for credit now. Short next week’s 5975 against it. Not sure how I’ll handle that yet. Probably a debit roll to somewhere.
Rolled SPX Dec 21 2029 7000.0 Put to Dec 21 2029 6000.0 Put @ 500.0 credit (reduces total debit to 385.0)
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/7/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 7th 4650/4675-5250/5275 condors for 1.65, IV 129.50%, deltas -.06 +.05
I was building put spreads to sell at the bottom and by the time I entered the trade we were headed back up so I missed it. Now I sold where we opened and I’m immeditaly getting crushed by a spike rally.
SOXL CLF WBA LVS VFC Calls
Sold 1 SOXL 04/11/2025 13.0 Covered Call at $0.11 – vs. stock put to me at $12 Friday
Sold SOXL 04/11/2025 17.0 Covered Calls at $0.03 and $0.06
Sold 1 SOXL 04/17/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.12
Sold 1 SOXL 04/25/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.18
Sold 1 SOXL 05/02/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.24
Sold 1 CLF 04/11/2025 9.0 Covered Calls at $0.03 – vs. stock put to me at $8 Friday
Sold CLF 04/11/2025 9.5 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold 1 CLF 04/17/2025 9.5 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold WBA 04/11/2025 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.03
Sold 1 LVS 04/11/2025 39.0 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold VFC 04/11/2025 15.0 Covered Calls at $0.06 – vs. stock put to me at $14 Friday
#EveryLittleBitHelps
Earnings 4/7 – 4/11
Econ Calendar 4/7 – 4/11
SPY Puts rolled
I never would have believed I would have to do this
Rolled 1 SPY 04/04/2025 516/521 Bull Put Spread to 1 SPY 512/520 04/07/2025 Bull Put Spread at $0.19 Credit
Hoping for a bear market rally soon
Nibbling on some higher yield stocks
TROW at $83.00
SWK at $60.00
VTRS at $8.00
LYB at $60.00
TGT at $91.00
BBY at $60.00
UPS at $100.00
PSX at $99.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife – off a cliff today
T2108
Worden T2108 (% of stocks above the 40 day moving average) currently at 7.61, was as low as 6.56 intraday.
QQQ
#longLEAPs BTO QQQ 12/17/27 $270 call @ $190
Still buying, going deeper ITM down to the .90 Delta
Underlying hovering around $425
Rolling AMZN
Rolled $AMZN Apr 4 190 puts out to Apr 25 190 puts @ 3.10 credit.
Total credit in position: 4.36
$AMZN Apr 4 200 puts were assigned overnight. Sold the stock and rolled out to 4/25 200 puts for 1.11 credit.
Total credit in position: 3.35
COST AMZN MSTR
SPY
$SPY short term line in sand
SPY
Rolling rest of April out but not down. Still decent basis reduction.
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 535.0 Put to May 16 2025 535.0 Put @ 5.75 credit (8.90 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 540.0 Put to May 16 2025 540.0 Put @ 4.25 credit (7.70 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 545.0 Put to May 16 2025 545.0 Put @ 3.25 credit (6.90 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 550.0 Put to May 16 2025 550.0 Put @ 3.00 credit (6.20 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 555.0 Put to May 16 2025 555.0 Put @ 2.75 credit (7.80 total now)
Rolled SPY Apr 17 2025 560.0 Put to May 16 2025 560.0 Put @ 2.50 credit (14.50 total now)
Still profitable for the year…
Still profitable for the year but gave back a lot of the gains for the year.
Fibonacci approaching a 268% retracement. My thought is if that holds we might have a good entry point. If not next stop down is probably around 4950 as the closest round number. Actual number probably 4963.
Cash is a position, trade smart!
Actually I am trying to throw on some SPX butterflies but there is no liquidity and most the $5 increment options have not traded so I cannot get a fill anyway.
Market looked at the T2107…
Market
looked at the
T2107 from TC2000 just 15 % of stocks are above the 200 day average, June ’22 and of course beginning of ’22 were lower.
T2108 just 8.8% of stocks are above the 40 day moving average. June ’22 was 8.02 and there was early ’20 were it was at about 1.53% .
Both haven’t shown a reversal sign as of yet. The down move can still continue. I will remain in cash as much as possible and not yet enter any trade in hope of a reversal.
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/4/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 4th 5010/5030-5410/5430 condors for 1.50, IV 85.13%, deltas -.06 +.07
March Jobs Report
#Jobs — More gains, UE ticks higher
Gain of +228,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 140K
Unemployment up 0.1 to 4.2%
U6 unemployment 7.9%, down by 0.1%
Labor force participation up 0.1 to 62.5%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.3%; +3.8% Y/Y
February jobs revised down by -34K to +289K
January jobs revised down by -14K to +111K
Tariff impact
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/03/2025 520/525 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 04/03/2025 518/523 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 04/03/2025 582/577 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ,
I closed my strangle at 1.45 for a small loss. I think it is better to be in cash.
SPX
Bought to Close SPX Apr 17 2025 5900/5905 Bear Call Spreads @ .05 (sold for 1.25)
SPY
Adding.
Sold SPY May 16 2025 485.0 Put @ 3.80
Sold SPY May 16 2025 480.0 Put @ 3.40
TQQQ Calls / VXX Puts closed
Bought to close TQQQ 04/04/2025 70/65 Bear Call Spreads at $0.01
Bought to close TQQQ 04/04/2025 69/66 Bear Call Spreads at $0.01
Bought to close VXX 04/04/202541.5/46.5 Bull Put Spreads at $0.01
#ReleaseMargin
QQQ
BTO QQQ 12/17/27 $320 call @ $175
Adding to my LEAPS Position on today’s weakness
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/3/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX 5320/5340-5600/5620 condors for 1.50, IV 55.26%, deltas -.06 +.05
Plenty wide but expected move +/- 65.00 at moment.
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