Sold 1 SOXL 05/30/2025 20.5/19 Bear Call Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ Diagonal 78/73 Bear Call Spread at $0.40 Credit
Sold 1 TSLA 05/30/2025 400/392.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.54 Credit
Recent Updates Page 33
SPY
Gotta take ’em on a move like this especially in just a couple days.
Bought to Close SPY May 30 2025 585.0 Puts @ 2.20 (sold for 5.05)
Bought to Close SPY Jun 20 2025 540.0 Put @ 1.34 (sold for 4.42)
Bought to Close SPY Jun 20 2025 545.0 Put @ 1.60 (sold for 5.05)
PLTR Put AMZN NVDA SMCI META GOOGL Call
$PLTR STO 5/30 119 put at 1.99
#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$NVDA STO 5/30 146 call at 1.15
$AMZN STO 5/30 210 call at .70
$SMCI STO 5/30 43.50 call at .50
$GOOGL STO 5/30 177.5 call at .45
$META STO 5/30 657.50 call at 1.57
UNH,
BTC June 6, 250 puts at .90, sold at 1.75
Tuesday morning trades
Sold 1 TQQQ Diagonal 77/72 Bear Call Spread at $0.29 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ Diagonal 82/74 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit
Sold 1 MSFT Diagonal 475/462.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.74 Credit
Sold 1 MSFT Diagonal 472.5/460 Bear Call Spread at $1.06 Credit
Sold 1 BA Diagonal 220/210 Bear Call Spread at $0.39 Credit
Sold 1 AAP Diagonal 55/50 Bear Call Spread at $0.43 Credit
Sold 1 AAP Diagonal 60/52 Bear Call Spread at $0.45 Credit
Sold NVDA 05/30/2025 157.5/152.5 Bear Call Spreads at $0.17 and $0.22 Credits
#Earnings
Sold 1 VFC 05/30/2025 14.0 Covered Call at $0.04
Sold CLF 05/30/2025 6.0 Puts at $0.08 and $0.11
Sold 1 CLF 05/30/2025 5.5 Put at $0.06
Sold 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 21.0 Covered Call at $0.25
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/27/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 27th 5750/5770-5940/5960 condors for 1.10, IV 27.63%, deltas* -.09 +.04
*These are the deltas from TOS, but they are off again. I went more by premium. Probably could have gone even higher on the put side.
#optionsexpiration $TSLA 360 call $NVDA…
#optionsexpiration
$TSLA 360 call
$NVDA 137 call
$AMZN 210 call
$SMCI 47 call
Earnings 5/26 – 5/30
Econ Calendar 5/26 – 5/30
SOXL
#alittlebitisbetterthannada
#Btc to enable resale of covered calls
BOT SOXL 23 MAY 2025 20 CALL @.01
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#coveredcalls
tIP SOLD SOXL ) 30 MAY 2025 18.5 CALL @.16
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#rolling to not get assigned
tIP SOLD CALENDAR SOXL 23 MAY 2025 17 PUT /30 MAY 2025/@.34
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#optionsexpiration today
SOXL 9.5 put
SOXL 10.5 put
OptionsExpiration
After rollouts to next week or beyond here is what was left:
EXPIRED:
AAP 25.0 Put
AAP 25.5 Put
AAP 26.5 Put
AAP 27.5 Put
AAP 26/28.5 Bull Put Spread
AAP 26.5/28.5 Bull Put Spread
AAP 27/28.5 Bull Put Spread
AAP 50/49 Bear Call Spreads
BA 215/210 Bear Call Spread
BOIL short 40/44/60/74 Iron Condor
BOIL short 40/45/61/70 Iron Condors
BOIL 66/62 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 66/63 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 66/64 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 66/65 Bear Call Spread
CLF 6.5 Puts
CLF 9.0 Covered Call
CVS 57/59 Bull Put Spread
CVS 58/60 Bull Put Spread
CVS 66/62 Bear Call Spread
HAL 24.0 Covered Call
LABU short 40/43/60/62 Iron Condor
MSFT short 430/437.5/470/475 Iron Condor
MSFT short 432.5/440/472.5/477.5 Iron Condor
SOXL 11.5/14.5 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 11.5/14 Bull Put Spread
SOXL 19/17 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 17.0 Covered Call
TQQQ short 57.5/61/72/76 Iron Condor
TQQQ short 57.5/61.5/73/80 Iron Condor
TQQQ 58/62 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 59/62.5 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 60/63 Bull Put Spread
VFC 15.0 Covered Call
VFC 17.0 Covered Call
VXX short 48/50/63/70 Iron Condor
VXX short 48/52/64/69 Iron Condor
VXX 68/63 Bear Call Spread
VXX 63.5/59 Bear Call Spread
VXX 64/59 Bear Call Spread
VXX 64/59.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 64/60 Bear Call Spread
ASSIGNMENTS:
1 CLF 7.0 Put
TQQQ,
STO June 27, $50 puts at 1.17
VXX Calls rolled
Rolled 1 VXX 64/58 Bear Call Spread out a week to 1 VXX 65/60.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit.
Rolled 1 VXX 64/58.5 Bear Call Spread out a week to 1 VXX 65/61 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit.
Tighter spreads with a short strike 2.5 points further out of the money
NVDA Weekly Chart
Right shoulder complete !
SPX
Come and get it! Selling at the expected move and same strike all my SPX short puts are sitting at. Starter position.
Sold SPX Jun 20 2025 6050/6060 Bear Call Spread @ 2.00
SPY
Rolled SPY May 23 2025 585.0 Puts to May 30 2025 585.0 Puts @ 2.90 credit (5.05 total now)
And:
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 540.0 Put @ 4.42
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 545.0 Put @ 5.05
SOXL
rolled CALENDAR SOXL 30 MAY 2025/23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.62
rolled CALENDAR SOXL 30 MAY 2025/23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.62
rolled CALENDAR SOXL 30 MAY 2025/23 MAY 2025 15 PUT @.64
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/23/25
Sold to Open $SPX May 23rd 5655/5675-5875/5895 condors for 1.20, IV 38.90%, deltas -.06 +.05.
Deltas wildly off before market so this was placed 12 minutes after the bell.
Paper trade: 2 minutes after bell: 5695/5715-5835/5855 for 5.40. Already about $1 in profit. The SPX spike up after placement barely affected the premium.
VIX
spikes to 25.53 up over 24% pre-market
SOXL Calls rolled
Bought to close 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 18.5/16.5 Bear Call Spread and Sold 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 21.5/17.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.52 Credit
AMZN CVX TSLA NVDA IBIT Calls
#coveredcalls #syntheticcoveredcalls
$AMZN STO 5/23 210 call at .20
$CVX STO 5/30 140 call at .52
$IBIT STO 5/30 65 call at 1.19
$TSLA STO 5/23 360 call at 1.12
$NVDA STO 5/23 137 call at .25
Embracing my inner @optioniceman. Thank you
PFE SPCE WBA Covered Calls
Rolled 1 PFE 24.5 Covered Call out a week for $0.07 Credit
Rolled SPCE 6.0 Covered Calls out a week for $0.05 Credit
Sold WBA 05/30/2025 12.0 Covered Calls at $0.02 and $0.03
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX
These were sold against Dec 2028 and Dec 2029 synthetic short positions. VIX curve back in contango so a good time to roll.
Rolled SPX Jun 20 2025 6070.0 Puts to Jul 18 2025 6050.0 Puts @ 10.25 credit (35.60 and 29.05 total now)
Rolled SPX Jun 20 2025 6080.0 Puts to Jul 18 2025 6050.0 Puts @ 2.50 credit (21.35 total now)
SPY synthetic stock
Short calls got run over so taking the gains and maybe reloading on a pullback.
Sold to Close SPY Dec 17 2027 450/500/500 Synthetic Stock
Sold to Close SPY Dec 17 2027 450/525/525 Synthetic Stock
Bought to Close SPY Jun 20 2025 530.0 Calls
Net gain per position: 11.75
Just for fun:
Net gain per position WITHOUT the call sales: 31.20 (ouch!!)
TLT
Bought to Close TLT May 23 2025 86.50 Calls @ .01 (sold for .44)
Sold TLT Jun 6 2025 85.50 Calls @ .52
AAP CPB Stocks
Sold a tiny bit of AAP stock at $48.62.
Bought at $48.00 way back on 10/24/2023
Sold a tiny bit more at $50.01
Bought at $49.00 on 10/23/2023
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Started a tiny new position in CPB at $34.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAP Calls
Sold AAP 05/23/2025 50/47 Bear Call Spreads at $0.53 and $0.63 Credits
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 50/48 Bear Call Spread at $0.45 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/22/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 22nd 5730/5750-5920/5940 condors for 1.40, IV 31.52%, deltas -.06 +.06
Paper trade 5775/5795-5890/5910 for 5.05, deltas -.19 +.17
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 550.0 Put @ 3.50
Late day Wednesday fills
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 58.5/62 Bull Put Spreads at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 63/60 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 69/64 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 70/65 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
VXX Calls
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 68/63 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 69/64 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 63.5/59.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Bond auction action
Today another good sign to watch out for bond auctions on the calendar. Yields were already high and spiked after auction, sending indexes plunging.
MSFT TQQQ Puts
Sold 1 MSFT 05/23/2025 430/437.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 MSFT 05/23/2025 432.5/440 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 60/63.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 58/62.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 555.0 Put @ 3.25
ARE KHC Stocks
Added a tiny bit of ARE at $69.00
Started a tiny new position in KHC at $27.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAP Puts
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 25.5 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 25.0 Put at $0.06
#TinyPuts #EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 565.0 Put @ 4.25
TQQQ,
STO June 20, 55 puts at .81
TQQQ,
I forgot to post yesterday that I sold my TQQQ and covered the call options so now just sitting on cash except for the UNH puts. So far it is an okay year for me.
UNH,
STO June 6, $250 puts at 1.75
SPX o-dte trades for 5/21/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 21st 5805/5825-5975/5995 condors for 1.20, IV 26.88%, deltas -.06 +.06
Tuesday late day spreads
Sold 1 LABU 05/23/2025 62/60 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 59/63 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
Sold 1 LVS 05/23/2025 38/40 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
SOXL
#coveredcalls
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 20 CALL @.08
AAP Puts
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 28.5 Put at $0.22
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 27.5 Put at $0.16
Sold 1 AAP 05/23/2025 26.5 Put at $0.11
SPY
Rolled SPY May 23 2025 580.0 Puts to May 23 2025 585.0 Puts @ .60 credit (2.15 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/20/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 20th 5860/5880-6005/6025 condors for 1.15, IV 22.76%, deltas -.06 +.06
SOXL
#shortputs
#pennysfromheaven
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15 PUT @.08
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.12
tIP SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 10.5 PUT @.02
UNH
Two days early on this sale. Traded up to nearly 30 bucks after my entry. TTMR!
Bought to Close UNH Jun 20 2025 250.0 Put @ 3.35 (sold for 3.75)
Monday Spreads
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 11.5/14.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 11.5/15 Bull Put Spread at $0.17 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 57.5/61 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 TQQQ 05/23/2025 57.5/61.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 64/58 Bear Call Spread at $0.48 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 64/58.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.43 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 05/23/2025 64/59 Bear Call Spread at $0.33 Credit
TLT
Rolled TLT Jun 13 2025 90.0 Calls to Jun 13 2025 88.0 Calls @ .31 credit (.66 total now)
SPY
Had orders in at the open thinking we might get a little more downside first few minutes. Guess I was a little too aggressive and only got one filled.
Sold SPY Jun 20 2025 560.0 Put @ 4.07
Monday morning trades
Sold 1 PFE 05/23/2025 24.5 Covered Call at $0.02
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 14.0 Put at $0.08
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 14.5 Put at $0.17
Sold 1 VFC 05/23/2025 15.0 Covered Call at $0.82
Sold 1 VFC 05/23/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.26
Sold SPCE 05/23/2025 6.0 Covered Calls at $0.27
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/19/25
#SPX0dte Deltas are whacked on TOS as well as IB, so I’m waiting until after the open.
Earnings 5/19 – 5/23
Econ Calendar 5/19 – 5/23
Options Expiration
$NVDA 131 put
$PLTR 110 put
$PLTR 113 put
$PLTR 132 call
$NNE 28 call
$OXY 43 call
$VKTX 30.50 call
Called away
$AMD 103 calls
$TSLA 297.50 calls
#assignment
$HOOD 59 put
OptionsExpiration
A major monthly expiration with lots of positions that weren’t rolled forward rolling off
EXPIRED:
APA 15.0 Put
BA 195/200 Bull Put Spreads
BOIL 75/64 Bear Call Spread
BOIL 50/55 Bull Put Spreads
BOIL 50/54 Bull Put Spreads
CE 75.0 Covered Call
CE 65.0 Covered Calls
CLF 6.5 Put
CLF 8.0 Covered Calls
CLF 10.0 Covered Calls
DOW 34.0 Covered Call
LABU 37/43 Bull Put Spread
LABU 42/43 Bull Put Spread
LVS 43/42.5 Bear Call Spread
MSFT 465/455 Bear Call Spread
MSFT 467.5/457.5 Bear Call Spread
MSFT 470/460 Bear Call Spread
NVDA 149/144 Bear Call Spread
OKLO 22/26 Bull Put Spread
OKLO 42/38 Bear Call Spread
PEP 124/127 Bull Put Spread
PFE 20.5 Put
PFE 24.5 Covered Call
PLTR 155/149 Bear Call Spread
PLTR 155/150 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 16.5 Put
SPCE 5.0 Covered Calls
TQQQ 38/50 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 62/66 Bull Put Spread
VFC 15.5 Covered Call
VFC 15.0 Covered Call
VTRS 10.0 Covered Call
VXX 50.0 Diagonal Put
VXX 51.0 Diagonal Put
VXX 54.0 Diagonal Call
VXX 63/56 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 70/62 Bear Call Spread
VXX 71/65 Bear Call Spread
VXX 72/68 Bear Call Spread
VXX 76/71 Bear Call Spread
UNH 210/220 Bull Put Spread
UNH 310/305 Bear Call Spread
UNH 312.5/307.5 Bear Call Spread
WMT 83/87 Bull Put Spread
WMT 84/87.5 Bull Put Spread
WU 11.0 Covered Call
WU 9.0 Put
ASSIGNMENTS
1 SOXL 17.0 Covered Call – vs 17.0 put assignment on Mar 28
1 CLF 7.5 Covered Call – vs 7.5 put assignment on May 09
#RaisingCash
SOXL
#shortputs
#everylittlebithelps
#alittlebitisbetterthannada
tIP SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 17 PUT @.48
tIP SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15 PUT @.13
tIP SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 9.5 PUT @.02
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.16
SOLD SOXL 23 MAY 2025 15 PUT @.13
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#optionsexpiration today
SOXL PUT 7.50
SOXL PUT 8.00
SOXL PUT 8.50
SOXL PUT 9.00
SOXL PUT 9.50
SOXL PUT 10.00
SOXL PUT 10.50
SOXL PUT 11.00
SOXL PUT 11.50
SOXL PUT 12.00
SOXL PUT 12.50
SOXL PUT 13.00
SOXL PUT 14.50
SOXL PUT 15.50
TLT
Selling just before the Fed meeting.
Sold TLT Jun 13 2025 90.0 Calls @ .35
SPX
This was from my latest experiment. Buying a DITM LEAP put and selling daily against it. With the short put getting rolled out to Oct not worth holding that long. Closed the whole thing and may look to reset.
Bought to Close SPX Oct 17 2025 5975.0 Put
Sold to Close SPX Dec 21 2029 6000.0 Put
Net credit 371.00
Basis 335.70
Net gain: 35.30
SPY SPX
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 580.0 Puts @ .01 (sold for 2.65)
Sold SPY May 23 2025 580.0 Puts @ 1.55
SPX 5695/5700/5700/5705 Iron Flies Expiring (1.30 loss) 🙂 🙂 Thanks for the help!
BA Puts
Sold BA 05/16/2025 195/200 Bull Put Spreads at $0.13 and $0.16 Credits
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/16/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX 5825/5845-5985/6005 condors for 1.30, IV 25.55%, deltas -.06 +.06
SPY
Sold against synthetic long stock. And of course they got run over. Still profitable but….what could have been. LOL
Rolled SPY May 16 2025 526.0 Calls to Jun 20 2025 530.0 Calls @ .70 debit (2.15 total now)
TLT
Yesterday:
Still selling against Jan 2026 105/105/75 synthetic stock. Hoping to still make a little.
Bought to Close TLT May 16 2025 89.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for .50)
Sold TLT May 23 2025 86.50 Calls @ .44
And:
Sold TLT Jun 20 2025 87.0 Puts @ 2.65
Added another position today in Jan 2027 @ 11.00 credit (105/105/85)
UNH Spreads
Sold 1 UNH 05/16/2025 210/220 Bull Put Spread at $0.56 Credit
Sold 1 UNH 05/16/2025 310/305 Bear Call Spread at $0.16 Credit
Sold 1 UNH 05/16/2025 312.5/307.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/15/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 15th 5775/5795-5945/5965 condors for 1.15, IV 26.18%, deltas -.06 +.06
NNE PLTR Calls NVDA HOOD Puts
#coveredcalls
$HOOD STO 5/16 59 put at .50
$NVDA STO 5/16 131 put at .86
#shortputs
$NNE STO 5/16 28 call at .52
$PLTR STO 5/16 132 call at 2.59
PEP Puts
Sold 1 PEP 05/16/2025 124/127 Bull Put Spread at $0.25 Credit
CAG PEP stock
Added a tiny bit of CAG at $22.62
Started a tiny position in PEP at $129.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
NVDA PLTR Calls
Sold 1 NVDA 05/16/2025 149/143 Bear Call Spread at $0.13 Credit
Sold 1 PLTR 05/16/2025 155/150 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 Credit
SOXL Calls
Sold 1 SOXL 05/16/2025 22.0 Call at $0.10
Rolled 1 SOXL 05/16/2025 16.0 Covered Call to 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.25 Credit
Rolled 1 SOXL 05/16/2025 17.0 Covered Call to 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 19.0 Covered Call at $0.05 Credit
Sold 1 SOXL 06/13/2025 25/23 Bear Call Spread at $0.34 Credit
SOXL
#pennysfromheaven
#everylittlebithelps
#addedmore
SOLD SOXL 16 MAY 2025 10 PUT @.02
tIP SOLD SOXL 100 16 MAY 2025 15.5 PUT @.06
tIP SOLD SOXL 100 16 MAY 2025 14.5 PUT @.04
tIP SOLD SOXL 100 16 MAY 2025 13 PUT @.03
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/14/25
#SPX0dte Sold to open $SPX May 14th 5790/5810-5955/5975 condors for 1.15, IV 25.32%, deltas -.06 +.05
TQQQ,
Since I had sold naked calls, I bought stock to cover the calls and took profits on the naked puts.
Options Bistro 