#shortputs
$ROKU STO 9/7 58 puts at 1.20
$AMZN STO 8/31 1940/1960 BUPS at 1.60
$AMZN STO 9/7 1930/1940 BUPS at 1.30
$AMZN STO 9/21 1880/1900 BUPS at 2.70
Close Early
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1720/1730 BUPS at .10 STO at 2.75 on 7/27
#shortcalls
$MTN BTC 9/21 290 call and STO 300 call at 5.50 debit This is covered
ProShares announces reverse share splits on two ETFs
Aug. 29, 2018 4:27 PM ET|About: ProShares Short VIX Short-T… (SVXY)|By: Liz Kiesche, SA News Editor
ProShares reports reverse shares splits on two of its ProShares Trust II ETFs; the splits won’t change the total value of a shareholder’s investment.
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (NYSEARCA:UVXY) split ratio 1:5; CUSIP number will change to 74347W148 from 74347W163.
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (NYSEARCA:SVXY) split ratio 1:4; CUSIP number will change to 74347W130 from 74347W627.
All reverse splits will be effective before the market open on Sept. 18, 2018, when the funds will begin trading at their post-split price. Ticker symbols for the funds will not be changed.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3386632-proshares-announces-reverse-share-splits-two-etfs#email_link
#LongCalls #LEAPS #Earnings – Earnings in the morning so adding a little to the position. Long 2019 LEAPS and short this week’s calls. Adding strangles outside all of that. Sold 112 strike calls yesterday and adding puts today.
Sold DG AUG 31 2018 99.5 Puts @ .63
#BearCallSpreads – Bought to Close UVXY SEP 21 2018 20.0/30.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .05 (sold for .71)
$MDCO BTO STOCK @40.42 , A starter!
#SPXcampaign Jumping back in after a month-long break.
Sold $SPX Sept 14th (Friday PM expiration) 2810/2835/2955/2980 condors for 3.80.
#Earnings Sold $CRM Aug 31st 147/162.5 strangles for 1.53.
Also, sold 145/147/162.5/165 unbalanced iron condors for 0.58
Biggest UP move: 11.0%, Biggest DOWN move: -4.4%, Average move: 3.3%. These strikes are about +/- 5.0% OTM. The 11% up move is an outlier… it occurred in Feb 2016. Next highest move was +4.1%.
#earnings #shortstrangles CRM
Sold Sept. 15, 140/170 for 1.34.
#Lophir Closed on GTC order: $AMZN 1820/1855/1885/1915 Lophir put trade for 4.30. Sold for 8.70 yesterday. The gap higher today made this only a one-day trade, although I think the very wide bid/ask spread on a trade like this can work in your favor on both ends, provided you can be patient and don’t force a fill. Thanks @kathycon for the idea!
#PieTrades Rolled $MU Aug 31 50 covered call to the Sep 7th 50.5, .30 credit
#CoveredCallCampaign Rolled $AAPL Aug 31st 205 covered calls to Sep 7th 207.5 calls, 2.00 debit. Clawing my way up the strikes until I get a pullback.
#SuperCharger Closed on GTC order: $GOOGL Sep 7th 1200/1210 bull call spread for 9.45. Bought for 7.20 on 8/23.
WOW, put on a #Fuzzy 7/24 119/119/117 Put @2.50 have been in a almost total loss since entering.
Just STC @2.65 got out with a small profit. Was not going to hang around and have a bad ending.
#Earnings #Rolling Seems to have found a range, so after last week’s successful trade I’m trying again.
Yesterday, sold $TSLA Sp 7th 300/327.5 strangles for 9.65.
Other than that, my main work has been trying to stay ahead of #CoveredCalls in $AAPL, $PYPL and $SQ. It’s nice to be long all of these but selling calls is a bitch! I keep having to stop out and roll.
#shortputs
Closed the rest
$AMZN BTC 9/7 1780/1800 BUPS at .30 STO at 2.70. Sold the other batch yesterday at .50
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Still plugging away. Stop set on next week’s so adding another layer…
Bought to Close EWZ AUG 31 2018 35.0 Calls @ .02 (sold for .30)
Sold EWZ SEP 21 2018 35.0 Calls @ .43
Sold Sept. 21, 32/41 for 1.20, .60 each side, Dick’s is at 36.51.
BTC October 105 puts @ .05, sold at 1.50
#ShortPuts #IRA – Yesterday…
Bought to Close SOXL NOV 16 2018 65.0 Put @ .40 (sold for 3.20)
#Whiz – I’ve been adding a few of these lately….very small. Just one or two contracts. I’m becoming a believer (gulp) 🙂 🙂
Bought to Close AMZN SEP 7 2018 1862.5/1860.0 Bull Put Spreads @ .18 (sold for .95)
Forgot about this one:
Expired CSX AUG 24 2018 71.0/70.0 Bull Put Spreads (sold for .20)
$AMZN I’m not crazy enough to try and pick a top with this timing work….but I am suggesting that my subscribers ratchet up stops and protect profits as we are near target 1 and 8/28-29 cycles may offer resistance to the move
$ROKU BTO STOCK @63.05, As it crossed VWAP. Just trying to maximize my regular holdings in ROKU. Not for everyone.
I rolled my 68.5 calls for September 7, out to September 14, 69 calls for a credit of .20 cents and a 1/2 point better strike price. Now we just need a pull back so these can expire.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Trimming a little more here. This one was ratio’d and still got partially run over so taking a small winner on what feels like a down day…LOL Gradually building cash reserves at this point…
Bought to Close FAS AUG 31 2018 66.5 Calls
Sold to Close FAS JAN 17 2020 67.0 Calls
All said and done a .43 winner on a 10 lot. Not a big one here but FAS has been very good to me this year.
I should go long the market here so we get a pull back 🙂
Or short the market and it will keep going up
STO Aug 31 1902.5/1900 BuPS .29 #bitty
BJ BTO STOCK 26.53, For a day trade. 1/2 a position.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – A few sales this morning…
AMAT:
Sold AMAT SEP 28 2018 46.0 Calls @ .44 (ratio’d replacing this week’s)
AMBA:
Sold AMBA AUG 31 2018 43.0 Calls @ .83 (ratio’d for earnings this week)
DG:
Sold DG AUG 31 2018 112.0 Calls @ 1.00 (adding a couple more for earnings)
GLD:
Sold GLD SEP 14 2018 116.0 Calls @ .48
Sold GLD SEP 28 2018 118.0 Calls @ .40
Update: Changed profit target to 80% from 50%. With today’s upside, I want to give this trade more room to profit.
Update2: Closed for 70% profit.
STO AMZN Sep28 1/-2/-1/2 1915/1885/1855/1820 PUT/PUT/PUT/PUT @ 8.69 credit. GTC order to close at 4.35.
This is a rinse and repeat trade. I take 50% profit and replace with another 30dte trade. Management is minimal. If stock price lines up with the peak on the risk graph, cut the delta in half by selling a 35/20 delta call credit spread, a long put or whatever you prefer.
MZOR STO 9/21/18 45.0 PUTS @1.05. Looking to have it put to me a little cheaper. I’m anticipating, as the P&F Chart shows a double top to be, @ 49.0, and a buy signal will be at 50.0. We’ll see. ;>)
#Zebra Trade
I caught a rare Liz & Jny this morning “Calling All Millionaires” and caught their #Zebra trade (Zero Extrinsic Back Ratio). This is a little similar to the #Cobras I was doing a little while back (Covered Back Ratio). It looks like a good way to keep some short delta in the portfolio.
My trade today: BTO SPX Sep 26 2940 put (30DTE, 70 Delta) @51.70 x2, STO Aug 29 2900 put @ 6.80 x1. These get rolled every two days (keep track of accrued credits against the longs).
Good video here explains the trade and management:
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/calling-all-millionaires/episodes/zero-extrinsic-back-ratios-in-2-easy-steps-08-22-2018
ERX #shortputs Bought to close my Aug 31st 37 Puts @ .80 off a GTC order. These were rolled out 8/10 for 2.19
STO Aug 31 1230/1227.5 BuPS .35 #bitty
Consumer confidence hits 133.4 in August, vs. 126.7 estimate.
STO August 31, 1180/1200 bull put spread at .30 cents.
#shortputs
Closed Part Early
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1780/1800 BUPS at 81% max profit
Closed ALL
$HA BTC 10/19 32 put at .10 STO 6/13 at 1.15 Thank you @ramie77
#longcalls
Closed part early
$AMZN STC 9/21 1800 call at 131.40. BTO at 66.52 on 8/2
#coveredcalls rolled
$NFLX BTC 9/7 345 calls and STO 9/21 365 calls at additional 1.67 debit
Steve Burns @SJosephBurns
9m
Implied moves for earnings next week(M=monthly):
$BBY 7.4%
$TIF 7.1%
$DSW 13.3(M)
$BJ 12.1%(M)
$BOX 12.7%(M)
$DKS 10.4%
$CRM 4.9%
$PVH 6.3%(M)
$DG 5.5%
$HOME 13.3%(M)
$LULU 9.0%
$ULTA 7.3%
$AMBA 10.7%
$DLTR 6.8%
$ZUO 20.2%(M)
$SFUN 11.9%(M)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dear-investor-that-cocky-voice-in-your-head-is-wrong-1535108459
#earnings #shortstrangles BBY
Sold Oct. 70/95 strangle for 1.42
#coveredcalls TWTR Wow, now that is quite a breakout. Closed my all to early short calls @ .53, a .38 loss. I will just let this play out for a while. Maybe I should go back on vacation.
#advice #shortcallspreads SODA
Looking for the best way out. August 9 I sold a Sept. 21, 135/145 call spread for 1.33, SODA had a run up after earnings, then the Pepsi announcement put this in the money, currently at 142.
Any ideas? Thanks.
BTC LABU 85 put this week for 0.15. Sold for 1.9 last Thurs.
Rolled MU this week 50 call leap out a week for 0.32 credit. Cb now 10.94.
Followed
STO +1 2/2/1/1 ~CONDOR SSO 100 21 SEP 18 124.5/123/120.5/118 PUT @.51
Order to STC GTC [TO CLOSE/TO CLOSE/TO CLOSE/TO CLOSE] .17
#lophir
???
Bot MSFT Sep28 109c/-109p/+106p x2 @ 1.32.
My indicators were saying to go long. This will likely be a short hold. My exit price is the high at 111.15
Now that @smasty160 (Sue) has informally introduced the “lophir” to Options Bistro, I’ll start sharing some of my trades. By way of a quick refresher, the lophir trade consists of selling 30DTE 30/15 delta put credit spread x2 and buying a 40/22 delta put debit spread x 1. All of these trades are net credit. You may notice me tweaking delta and DTE at times. My goal is to make some quiet money on a low maintenance trade.
STO +5 1/-2/-1/2 SSO Sep21 124.5/123/120.5/118 PUT/PUT/PUT/PUT @ .55 credit. GTC order to close at .17
STO +4 1/-2/-1/2 TQQQ 100 Sep28 68/65.5/63/60 PUT/PUT/PUT/PUT @ .60 credit. GTC order to close at .18
Buyer beware. These trades are in the experimental stage. Current plan is to cut the delta in half when price hits the profit peak on the risk graph and cut it in half again when it hits the breakeven price or close the trade if it’s near expiration. Our backtesting indicated that we wouldn’t need to manage often but live trading can make a liar out of backtests.:-)
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$ROKU BTO 3X This morning avg. price 63.33
$TNDM STO 9/21/18 45.0 CALLS @1.05
#shortputs #closing ESPR
August 22, followed honkhonk81 into ESPR, sold Sept. 21, 40 put for 1.77, bought today for .51.
Unrelated but need TSLA above 320
Morning Covered my long stock picking away at the basis again
#coveredcalls
Sold TWTR Aug 31st 36.50 @ .15 when TWTR was at 34.93
Sold NUGT Aug 31st 16 @ .21 when NUGT was at 14.91
With this big move up
I rolled my August 31, 105 calls out to October 115 calls for a credit of 1.35 against my 2020, 115 calls. So far I have covered 25% of my cost and have 67 more weeks to go if the October 5 calls expire at zero.
Could someone explain what a #stairstep is and show an example?
Thx
CAved in – sort of
#assignment
$SPLK called away at 110 as stock after earnings zoomed to 123.69. My basis was 88. Good stock.
#shortcalls
$NVDA STO 9/21 285 calls at 2.10 Sold against Long October 265 calls
$DBX BTC 8/24 28 call and STO 9/7 30 call at even.
#longcalls
$ADSK STC 8/24 135 calls at 20.40. BTO 8/20 at 4.90. I was trying to capture the earnings run volatility and sell before earnings. My order Thursday was not filled as I forgot to lower my price. Voila! What a pleasant surprise.
#Rolling #CoveredCalls
BTC $OLED Aug 24th 122 call for .45. Sold for 1.65 on Aug 16th.
STO $OLED Aug 31st 124 covered call for 1.50.
No expirations, have a good weekend all!
I am checking out early since it is so quiet and I rolled all that I had expiring this week.
#shortputs #pietrade OIH
Sold Sept. 21, 25 put for .54, ATM
This is my bearish trade that I am rolling. The 57 puts that I am short will expire today so I sold the October 60 puts For 1.50 against my 2019, 50 puts that I own and are under water. I have covered .61% of my cost but these expire this January so after October 5, I only have 15 more weeks to break even or roll into a longer expiration.
I have the 205 calls that will expire today so I sold the October 5, 185 calls for 2.90, 42 days to expiration. I will just keep rolling and rolling.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Finally getting a chance to ratio this one. Been rolling ITM weeklies for awhile…
Bought to Close XBI AUG 24 2018 95.5 Calls @ .45 (sold for 1.15)
Sold XBI SEP 7 2018 97.0 Calls @ .89
Rolled August 31, 68 calls to September 7, 68.5 call for a credit of .23 cents which is what I need each week to cover my 2020, 66.67 calls. I have covered 7.4% of the cost so far and have 73 more weeks to go.
#shortstrangles EWZ
Followed Ramie’s Oct. 28/36 EWZ strangle from yesterday, for 1.83-thanks
#pietrade ROKU
rolled SP 56 to SP59 both with exp Aug31 for an additional .40 credit. So far, this ticker is treating me nicely
Closed the final spread for .18. Sold for 9.75 on Tuesday. Nice trade for only 3 days. Thinking about doing it again for next Friday. Premium for same strangle is 9.42 right now.
#shortputs #earnings related GPS
Tradewise has a covered call recommendation on the Gap, buy 100 shares and sell a Sept., 32 call. I sold a Sept. 32 put for 3.17, GPS is at 28.80, down 3.50, 11%, $900 margin instead of $2900 for the buy/write.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – With #Earnings next week and this thing in a tight squeeze that’s leaning bullish I’m playing it carefully while selling under the LEAPS. Taking this week’s off at even and I’ll decide later where (or if ) to sell next week.
Bought to Close AMBA AUG 24 2018 39.0 Calls @ .50 (sold for .50)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This one was so close to breakeven back in April I probably should’ve closed it but…all the experts were predicting a breakout to the upside and a run to glory. Well…we know how that played out…LOL.
I’ve been double and triple writing some of the weekly call sales on the way down so taking a little off now that there’s signs of life. A long way to go still but it’s out to 2020.
Bought to Close GLD AUG 31 2018 115.5 Calls @ .12 (sold for .40)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This was one I’ve been in for quite awhile. It goes all the way back to Dec with a strangle gone bad and then horrible timing on an overnight short stock assignment. Then turned it into a LEAPS non ratio position where the weekly sales got immediately run over. After finally working out of that by rolling up LEAPS to finance the roll up of the weeklies and gradually being able to turn it into a ratio’d position I was able to resume selling. So…after the big jump today and in spite of lousy exit fills ( I should’ve waited a little) I am out with a small profit from what was once a decent size ugly loss.
Sold to Close ADSK JAN 18 2019 130.0 Calls
Bought to Close ADSK AUG 24 2018 134.0 Calls
All said and done a .76 winner per contract!
Doesn’t sound like much but it feels much bigger…LOL
#shortputs
$NVDA BTC 9/21 225/230 BUPS at .15 STO at 1.48 on 7/31
#longputs
$WSM STO 9/21 67.50/62.50 BECS at 3.42 Don’t think earnings price spike will last. What do I know?
#longcalls
$ANET BTO 9/21 270/300 BUCS at 11.60 Lucked out. They are being added to S&P 500
#ShortPuts #IRA – I’ll take a shot…
Sold BABA DEC 21 2018 150.0 Put @ 3.45
Update…got really lucky on this one. Re-stated earnings to a miss now. At least that’s the rumor. Jeez is Muskie running the conference call?
SPX BTO Sept 21 2930/2950 @1.70
We did OK on these a while back
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