Wanting to add lower but just not getting weak enough. See if I can get Mr. Market to come on down!
Sold TLT Mar 21 2025 87.0 Put @ 2.10
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SPX
Sold against the LEAPS position.
Rolled SPX Jan 31 2025 6025.0 Puts to Jan 31 2025 6035.0 Puts @ 2.25 credit (43.75 total now)
Rolled SPX Jan 31 2025 6025.0 Put to Jan 31 2025 6035.0 Puts @ 2.25 credit (40.60 total now)
EA FCX WBA
Sold 1 EA Jan 24 2025 105 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 FCX Jan 24 2025 35.5 Put at $0.11
#TinyPuts
Sold WBA Jan 24 2025 13.5 Covered Calls at $0.01
#EveryLittleBit Helps
HSY Stock
Added a tiny bit of HSY at $150.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/23/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 23rd 6010/6030-6115/6135 condors for 1.145, IV 16.99%, deltas -.08 +.06
TQQQ,
STO January 31, $80 puts at .65
TQQQ,
STO January 31, $76 puts at .29, I missed this rally.
BA Put Close
#shortputs
$BA BTC 1/24 170 put at .20. Thanks for the idea @fuzzballl Rolled this once and took in 5.40.
SPX
See if we get a little pullback over the next 30 days.
Bought to Open SPX Feb 21 2025 5975.0/5950.0 Bear Put Spread @ 4.60
SPX
Sold against the LEAPS position.
Rolled SPX Jan 31 2025 6010.0 Puts to Jan 31 2025 6025.0 Puts @ 3.00 credit (41.50 total now)
Rolled SPX Jan 31 2025 6010.0 Put to Jan 31 2025 6025.0 Puts @ 2.95 credit (38.35 total now)
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/22/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 22nd 6005/6025-6115/6135 condors for .95, IV 17.08%, deltas -.06 +.06
What a difference a day makes… massive drop in volatility and premium in the options after weeks of 120-200 point wide 6-delta condors for 1.20-1.50. Today we dropped back to sub 100 pt spread and sub 1.00. Upside Warning likely coming, but as usual it’s lagging.
MSTR YMAX GOF RYLD YMAG QYLD TSLY BIL
#2to100percentgoal
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD VERTICAL MSTR 24 JAN 2025 260/257.5 PUT @.07
#dividends
BOT YMAX @16.86
BOT GOF @15.32
BOT RYLD @16.545
BOT YMAG @18.74
BOT QYLD @18.39
BOT TSLY @14.48
#parkingcash
BOT BIL @91.63
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/21/25
#SPX0-dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 21st 5930/5950-6080/6100 condors for 0.977, IV 23.13%, deltas -.05 +.06
Earnings 1/20 -1/24
Econ Calendar 1/20 – 1/24
QQQ
Rolled QQQ 1/21/25 530 short Calls to 1/22/25 538 @ .20 Credit
SPY
Hedge against the hedge against the hedge that’s sold against my hedge. (I think)
Jan 31 expiration:
Short SPX 6010 puts against LEAPS.
SPX Bear call spreads @ 5995/6000
And now to cap the rally:
Sold SPY Jan 31 2025 595.0 Put @ 4.35
Sold SPY Jan 31 2025 600.0 Put @ 6.25
What would I like to see? Down a little without a crash. Maybe SPX 5990 at expiration. If needed I can still sell SPX put spreads aganst the call spreads. The real money is in the SPX 6010 puts though.
SPY
In and out for the second time in Jan. Taking 60 to 70 percent of max a month or two early.
Bought to Close SPY Feb 21 2025 550.0 Put @ 1.14 (sold for 3.00)
Bought to Close SPY Feb 21 2025 560.0 Put @ 1.61 (sold for 3.35)
Bought to Close SPY Mar 21 2025 510.0 Put @ 1.29 (sold for 3.00)
Bought to Close SPY Mar 21 2025 520.0 Put @ 1.57 (sold for 3.15)
Bought to Close SPY Mar 21 2025 530.0 Put @ 1.88 (sold for 4.00)
Bought to Close SPY Mar 21 2025 540.0 Put @ 2.36 (sold for 5.00)
NVDA
A move like we’ve had this week gotta take some profits. I’ll wait for earnings to maybe re-enter.
Bought to Close NVDA Feb 14 2025 120.0 Put @ .82 (sold for 2.15)
Bought to Close NVDA Feb 14 2025 125.0 Put @ 1.46 (Sold for 2.12)
Bought to Close NVDA Mar 21 2025 110.0 Put @ 1.76 (sold for 2.44)
amzy APLY TSLY MSTY SPCE
#raisingcash
SOLD AMZY @18.85
SOLD APLY @16.45
#dividends
BOT TSLY @14.50903
BOT MSTY @29.63
#rolling
SOLD CALENDAR SPCE 24 JAN 2025/17 JAN 25 6.5 PUT @.11
SOLD CALENDAR SPCE 24 JAN 2025/17 JAN 25 6 PUT @.04
Close BA Put
#shortputs
$BA BTC 1/17 167.50 put at .05. STO at 3.25. Thank you @fuzzballl for the idea
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/17/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 17th 5895/5915-6040/6060 condors for 1.05, IV 23.41, deltas -.06 +.05
TQQQ
BTC the Jan. 31, $70 puts at .54 that I sold yesterday at .82, I will wait until I see what the new Admin is going to do.
DSXpB MSTY
Sold my last preferred stock/had bunches at one time and slowly were called or stopped paying etc /this one had pumped out 8.8%yearly return for 15 years.
Replaced with MSTY.
SOLD DSXpB @26.11
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#dividends
BOT MSTY @27.77
QQQ
Rolled QQQ 1/17/25 523 short Calls to 1/21/25 530 @ .46 Credit
TQQQ,
STO January 31, $70 puts at .82
XLE MSTR META USO DIA SPX
#shortputs
#LOOKING FOR2%
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD VERTICAL XLE 24 JAN 2025 88/87 PUT @.03
SOLD VERTICAL MSTR 24 JAN 2025 242.5/240 PUT @.06
SOLD VERTICAL META 24 JAN 2025 555/550 PUT @.11
SOLD VERTICAL USO 24 JAN 2025 77.5/76.5 PUT @.07
SOLD VERTICAL DIA 24 JAN 2025 416/415 PUT @.03
SOLD VERTICAL SPX 24 JAN 2025 5740/5735 PUT @.20
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/16/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 16th 5860/5880-6015/6035 condors for 1.35, deltas -.05 +.07, at the beel when order was filled. IV around 25%…. TOS option chain was showing incorrect IV/EM data, but just corrected a couple minutes after the open.
Jobs and Sales
US INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS ACTUAL 217K (FORECAST 210K, PREVIOUS 201K)
US RETAIL SALES MOM ACTUAL 0.4% (FORECAST 0.6%, PREVIOUS 0.7%)
SPY Expiration
SPY Jan 15 2025 565/570 Bull Put Spread
SPY Jan 15 2025 564/569 Bull Put Spread
SPY Jan 15 2025 563/568 Bull Put Spread
All sold yesterday
TQQQ Put Close
$TQQQ BTC 1/17/2025 70 put at .o5 Thanks @jsd501 for the idea
SOXL
#coveredcalls
SOLD SOXL 17 JAN 2025 33.5 CALL @.06
VFC BOIL MPC Stocks
Sold a tiny bit of VFC at $23.49
Sold a tiny bit of BOIL at $70.15
Sold a tiny bit of MPC at $151.14
GOOGL META NVDA Calls
$GOOGL STO 1/17 197.5 call at .40
$META STO 1/17 627.5 call at 3.42
$NVDA STO 1/17 137 call at .90
$NVDA STO 1/17 138 call at .90
QQQ
STO 1/17/25 523 calls @ .44 credit
(previous QQQ Short calls expired worthless)
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/15/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 16th 5815/5835-5985/6005 condors for 1.25, IV 30.45%, deltas -.05 +.06
Core CPI 3.2% in December, less than expected
The consumer price index increased 0.4% on the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.9%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.3% and 2.9%.
However, excluding food and energy, the core CPI annual rate was 3.2%, a notch down from the month before and slightly better than the 3.3% forecast. The core measure rose 0.2% on a monthly basis, also 0.1 percentage point less than expected.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/15/cpi-inflation-december-2024-.html
SPX Butterfly
Lottery ticket centered on the upper edge of the expected move.
Bought Jan 17 SPX 5930/5945/5960 Call Butterfly @ .65
EDIT:
Added 5715/5700/5685 Put Butterfly @ .40 Lower edge of expected move.
@fuzzballl Any trades on XBI?…
@fuzzballl
Any trades on XBI?
It is below $87
SPY Spread
Initial SPY position – starting a new #SPYLadder
Sold 1 SPY Jan 15 2025 565/570 Bull Put Spread at $0.14 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps
HSY TLT Stocks
Added a tiny bit of HSY at $156.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Started a tiny position in TLT at $85.00
Thanks @fuzzballl for the idea
Tiny Put
Sold 1 SLB 01/17/2025 36.5 Put at $0.09
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX
Weird. Feels like it’s already been a fairly wild week but the white line is where we closed last Friday.
SPX
Hedge against the hedge that’s sold against my hedge. (I think)
Sold SPX Jan 31 2025 5995/6000 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.20
VXX Calls and Puts
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 65/54 Bear Call Spread at $0.29 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 65/55 Bear Call Spread at $0.26 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 62/54 Bear Call Spread at $0.24 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 61/56 Bear Call Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 45.5 Put at $0.43
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 45.0 Put at $0.35
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 44.5 Put at $0.34
Sold 1 VXX 01/17/2025 44.0 Put at $0.15
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/14/25
#SPX0dte Sold To Open $SPX Jan 14th 5755/5775-5925/5945 condors for 1.40, IV 30.87%, deltas -.07 +.05
TLT
Here we go. Approaching Oct 2023 lows and lifetime lows on this thing going all the way back to 2004. Divvy is higher than a money market account now. Getting long with defined risk.
Sold a starter position:
Sold TLT Mar 21 2025 85.0 Puts @ 2.17
Bought twice my max projected long size:
Bought to Open TLT Jan 16 2026 55.0 Puts @ .10
So if we default on the debt and TLT goes to zero I’ll actually make a lot more. LOL
BIL NFLX YMAX CONY YMAG GOF SPCE
#parkingcash
BOT BIL @91.55
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#2%return
SOLD VERTICAL NFLX 17 JAN 2025 780/775 PUT @.15
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#dividends
#smallbuy
BOT YMAX @16.096
BOT CONY @12.00
BOT YMAG @18.31
BOT GOF @15.21
#shortputs
SOLD SPCE 100 17 JAN 25 6 PUT @.48
CLF
Sold CLF 01/17/2025 10.5 Covered Calls at $0.11 and $0.12
Sold CLF 02/07/2025 12.5 Covered Calls at $0.12
Tiny Puts
Sold 1 SPCE 01/17/2025 5.0 Put at $0.09
Sold 1 SOXL 01/17/2025 20.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 CPB 01/17/2025 36.0 Put at $0.15
Sold 1 PPG 01/17/2025 108.0 Put at $0.15
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/13/25
#SPX0dte Sold to open $SPX Jan 13th 5670/5690-5860/5880 condors for 1.25, IV 32.79%, deltas -.06 +.05
Earnings 1/13 – 1/17
Banks kick off earnings season
Econ Calendar 1/13 – 1/17
CPI report on Wednesday
SOXL
#shortputs
SOLD SOXL 17 JAN 2025 23.5 PUT @.26
UVXY Feb call spread
Sold to open $UVXY Feb 21 25/35 bear call spreads @ 1.13-1.18
BIL GOF
#parkingcash
#dividends
#smallbuy
BOT BIL @91.54
BOT GOF @15.30
AMZY SVOL
#dividends
#smallbuy
BOT AMZY @18.81
BOT SVOL @20.49
SPX
Cashing in the hedge. Still long a bunch of VIX for Feb.
Bought to Close Feb monthly 6175/6185 Bear Call Spread
Sold to Close Feb monthly 5600/5550 Bear Put Spread
Net credit of 7.25 (bought for 4.25)
SPY
Adding.
Sold SPY Mar 21 2025 510.0 Put @ 3.00
SPCE
#kickthecan
#rolling
#FORCREDIT
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD CALENDAR SPCE 17 JAN 2025/10 JAN 2025 6.5 PUT @.08
NVDA
Just for a little something to play with now that I’m not splashing around in the Boeing pool anymore. Small add before earnings.
Sold NVDA Feb 14 2025 120.0 Put @ 2.15
SPY
Adding.
Sold SPY Mar 21 2025 520.0 Put @ 3.15
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/10/24
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Jan 10th 5750/5770-5950/5970 condors for 1.40, IV 34.89%, deltas -.06 +.06
December Jobs Report
#Jobs — 100K higher than expected; wage growth slowing
Gain of +256,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 155K
Unemployment down 0.1 to 4.1%, vs expected unchanged
U6 unemployment 7.5%, lowest since June
Labor force participation unchanged at 62.5%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.3%; +3.9% Y/Y, both below expectations
October jobs revised up by +7K to +43K
November jobs revised down by +15K to +212K
Interactive Brokers cuts off options trades
Just got off phone with them… they stopped allowing opening new positions for options expiring on 8th and 9th. It was a result of the confusion they had in having to move all Jan 9th options to expire on the 8th, given that the 9th will be closed. They closed trading earlier, around 11 or 12 ET. No advance warning. Pretty lame.
So I’m done for today, I guess.
SPX
Adding another little Feb hedge. Will continue selling SPY puts on drops. If they take some heat the hedges should pay. This position is geared towards a drop to the 200 day.
Sold Feb monthly 6175/6185 Bear Call Spread
Bought Feb monthly 5600/5550 Bear Put Spread
Net debit of 4.25
SPX
Weekly candle and expected moves. Almost touched both sides in 3 days. Don’t think I’ve ever closed SPY puts and re-sold SPY puts in such a short time. 🙂 🙂
Tried doing the single candle screenshot but picture was waaaaay too big and blurry.
SPY
Adding at or below the expected move and below all the moving averages and approaching the Aug lows.
Sold SPY Mar 21 2025 530.0 Put @ 4.00
Sold SPY Mar 21 2025 540.0 Put @ 5.00
TQQQ,
BTC January 17, $75 puts at 1.39 and $70 puts at .59 for my first loss in 2025. I don’t like what the news from D.C.
BA
Hanging on by a thread at the 200 day. Taking these off for beer money.
Bought to Close BA Jan 17 2025 165.0 Put @ 1.58 (sold for 2.30)
Bought to Close BA Jan 17 2025 167.5 Puts @ 2.30 (sold for 2.47)
Bought to Close BA Jan 17 2025 167.5 Put @ 2.35 (sold for 2.75)
SPX 0-dte trades for 1/8/25
#SPX0dte Sold to open $SPX Jan 8th 5790/5810-5980/6000 condors for 1.45, delta 31.80%, deltas -.07 +.06
SPY Expiration
My last SPY position
1 SPY 565/575 Bull Put Spread
SPY
Add ten points lower. Next order is 540 strike at 3.00.
Sold SPY Feb 21 2025 550.0 Put @ 3.00
MSTX Tiny Puts
Sold 1 MSTX 01/10/2025 35.0 Put at $0.20
Sold 1 MSTX 01/10/2025 31.0 Put at $0.10
VXX Calls
Sold 1 VXX 1/10/2025 60/50 Bear Call Spread at $0.28 Credit
Sold 1 VXX 1/10/2025 59/50.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.28 Credit
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