Be out most of the week so throwing these out to Friday.
Sold SPY May 09 2025 555.0 Puts @ 3.25
Recent Updates Page 38
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/5/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 5th 5535/5555-5730/5750 condors for 1.35, IV 33.93%, deltas -.06 +.07
Earnings 5/5 – 5/9
Econ Calendar 5/5 – 5/9
ISM, Bond Auctions, and a Wednesday Fed decision
COST SOXL
cost 915/910 put
soxl 8.5 put
soxl 9 put
soxl 9.5 put
soxl 10 put
soxl 11 put
soxl 11.5 put
OptionsExpiration
After many rolls as the rally continues, here is some of what was left to expire:
BA 155/165 Bull Put Spread
BA 197.5/187.5 Bear Call Spread
CPB 34 Put
CVS 54/59 Bull Put Spread
ENPH 40/42 Bull Put Spread
HOOD 32/37 Bull Put Spread
MSFT 345/350 Bull Put Spread
MSFT 407.5/412.5 Bull Put Spread
MSFT 445/440 Bear Call Spread
NUGT 48/55 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 103/108 Bull Put Spread
NVDA 120/115 Bear Call Spread
NVDA 124/119 Bear Call Spread
OKLO 27 Diagonal Call
SOXL 14.0 Covered Calls
SOXL 17.0 Covered Call
SOXL 20/14.5 Bear Call Spread
SOXL 21/14 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 39/54 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 65/60 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 72/67 Bear Call Spread
VXX 80/72 Bear Call Spread
VXX 81/73 Bear Call Spread
VXX 82/74 Bear Call Spread
VXX 83/75 Bear Call Spread
VXX 84/79 Bear Call Spread
VXX 55/60 Bull Put Spread
Assignments: (all welcome because I didn’t want to hold this much stock)
CLF 8.5 Covered Calls- put to me at 8.0 on Apr 4
SOXL 13.0 Covered Call – put to me at 12.0 on Apr 4
If there is ever something…
If there is ever something that makes you realize the market is irrational, today is it. Market likes tariffs??!! WTF
Amazon posted something this morning using a bikini as an example of the inflation of tariffs. Yesterday it retailed for $116. Today due to tariffs the same Bikini is $323.
We live near the beach, does this mean no bikinis this year 😦
QQQ
SPY
A move like this gotta take the whole ladder. Running up to the 200 day resistance.
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 480.0 Put @ .35 (sold for 3.40)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 485.0 Put @ .40 (sold for 3.80)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 490.0 Put @ .40 (sold for 3.60)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 495.0 Put @ .45 (sold for 3.50)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 500.0 Put @ .55 (sold for 3.60)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 505.0 Put @ .60 (sold for 3.20)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 510.0 Put @ .70 (sold for 3.40)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 515.0 Put @ .85 (sold for 3.50)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 520.0 Put @ 1.05 (sold for 4.10)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 525.0 Put @ 1.25 (sold for 3.40)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 530.0 Put @ 1.60 (sold for 3.50)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 535.0 Put @ 2.00 (sold for 8.90)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 540.0 Put @ 2.60 (sold for 7.70)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 545.0 Put @ 3.35 (sold for 6.95)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 550.0 Puts @ 4.30 (sold for 6.20)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 555.0 Put @ 5.40 (sold for 7.80)
Bought to Close SPY May 16 2025 560.0 Put @ 6.95 (sold for 14.50)
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/2/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 2nd 5530/5550-5740/5760 condors for 1.15, IV 37.04%, deltas -.05 +.06
April Jobs Report
#Jobs — Exceeding expectations again
Gain of +177,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 133K
Unemployment unchanged at 4.2%, as expected
U6 unemployment 7.8%, down by 0.1%
Labor force participation up 0.1 to 62.6%
Average hourly earnings up by 0.2%; +3.8% Y/Y
February jobs revised down by -15K to +102K
March jobs revised down by -43K to +185K
SOXL
#coveredcalls
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 15 CALL @.01
#onenightstand
#One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
SOXL Covered Calls
Sold 1 SOXL 05/23/2025 17.0 Covered Call at $0.21
Sold SOXL 05/02/2025 14.0 Covered Calls at $0.05
MSFT Puts
Sold 1 MSFT 05/02/2025 407.5/412.5 Bull Put Spread at $0.15 Credit
NVDA Iron Condor
Sold 1 NVDA 05/02/2025 103/108/119/124 Iron Condor at $0.33 Credit
SOXL
#shortputs
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 11 PUT @.12
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 11.5 PUT @.20
MSFT NVDA Calls
Sold 1 MSFT 05/02/2025 440/435 Bear Call Spread at $1.67 Credit
Sold 1 NVDA 05/02/2025 120/115 Bear Call Spread at $0.86 Credit
#HighRisk Spreads
VXX Iron Condor
Sold 1 VXX 05/02/2025 55/60/67/72 Iron Condor for $0.43 Credit
SPX 0-dte trades for 5/1/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX May 1st 5470/5490-5710/5730 condors for 1.45, IV 42.10%, deltas -.08 +.05.
I think pre-market delta readings are off. Using narrower stops than the Expected Move… will look to close close if either side exceeds the 1.45 opening premium.
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/30/2025 505/515 Bull Put Spread (rolled several times for credits)
1 SPY 04/30/2025 571/564 Bear Call Spread (sold yesterday)
Out of SPY for now
SMCI SOXL Calls
Sold 1 SMCI 05/02/2025 35.5/33.5 Bear Call Spread at $0.19 Credit
Sold SOXL 05/02/2025 14.0 Covered Calls at $0.05
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPX trades for 4/30/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 30th 5480/5510-5515/5545 condors for 19.10, IV 38.98%.
Avoided trading earlier due to market reaction of GDP data.
COST
#onlyspreads
SOLD COST 2 MAY 2025 915/910 PUT @.21
VXX Calls
Sold 1 VXX 05/02/2025 83/79 Bear Call Spread at $0.15 Credit
#EveryLittleBitHelps
MSFT ENPH HOOD Puts
Sold 1 MSFT 05/02/2025 345/350 Bull Put Spread at $0.21 Credit
Sold 1 ENPH 05/02/2025 40/42 Bull Put Spread at $0.18 Credit
Sold 1 HOOD 05/02/2025 32/37 Bull Put Spread at $0.15
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SOXL
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 10 PUT @.14
CPB CE
Sold 1 CPB 05/02/2025 34.0 Put at $0.05
Sold 1 CE 05/16/2025 75.0 Covered Call at $0.10
#EveryLittleBitHelps
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 04/29/2025 567/562 Bear Call Spread
Replaced it with 1 SPY 04/30/2025 571/564 Bear Call Spread at $0.23 Credit
SOXL
#shortputs
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 10 PUT @.14
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/29/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 29th 5380/5400-5600/5620 condors for 1.35, IV 41.29%, deltas -.05 +.06
I waited for the open, but doing so cost me width and premium as opposed to selling about a half hour before open.
SPY Expiration
1 SPY 566/561 Bear Call Spread
Replaced it with 1 SPY 04/29/2025 567/562 Bear Call Spread at $0.17 Credit
SPY
Rolled SPY Apr 29 2025 521.0 Calls to May 16 2025 526.0 Calls @ .35 credit (2.85 total now)
SOXL
#shortputs
#everylittlebithelps
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 8.5 PUT @.04
SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 9.5 PUT @.11
tIP SOLD SOXL 2 MAY 2025 9 PUT @.09
TQQQ,
STO June 20, $40 puts at 1.75
I covered them at 2.05, Bad trade. I should just continue to sit on my hands
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/28/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 28th 5405/5425-5615/5635 condors for 1.40, IV 37.26%, deltas -.07 +.05
That’s the lowest chain IV for a trade I’ve seen since April 1st.
Earnings 4/28 – 5/2
Econ Calendar 4/28 – 5/2
AAPL
#optionsexpiration
aapl 165/167.5 PUT
Closing AMZN short puts
Bought to close $AMZN Apr 25 190 puts @ 2.63
Original sale (Apr 4 190 puts) + roll out to Apr 25: 4.36 credit
Profit: 1.73
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/25/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 25th 5320/5420-5585/5605 condors for 1.50, IV 47.76%, deltas -.06 +.06
SOXL
#shortputs
mult rolls
to close
BOT SOXL 25 APR 2025 9 PUT @.05(total 1.60)
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/24/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 24th 5215/5245-5495/5525 condors for 1.90, IV 48.23%, deltas -.06 +.06
High premium for this condor, I will look to close both sides by midday.
SPY
Unless something crazy (er) happens this should be it for the week. Out a few days and up a couple strikes.
Rolled SPY Apr 23 2025 519.0 Calls to Apr 29 2025 521.0 Calls @ .25 credit (2.55 total now)
XBI
Closing on the big bounce. Decided I’d rather add more SPY if we implode again.
Bought to Close XBI May 16 2025 75.0 Put @ 1.10 (sold for 1.46)
Bought to Close XBI May 16 2025 80.0 Put @ 2.60 (sold for 3.20)
Some beer money for race weekend. Dega baby!
🙂 🙂 🙂
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/23/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 23rd 5300/5280 puts for 1.05, delta -.10, IV is bouncing wildly around 60%
I caught this on the pullback before another spike higher (9:37a ET). On that spike higher, IV and premium started going wild… this spread got above 1.50 in that period, even though SPX is higher than when I sold it.
VXX
Been selling puts against a Jan synthetic short position. During the big rally they got run over so rolled them out and down to Jan. The volatility coming back has allowed me to roll these back in and up to resume selling.
Bought to Close VXX Apr 25 2025 60.0 Puts @ .02 (sold for 1.00)
Sold VXX May 02 2025 62.0 Puts @ .56
SPY
Rolled SPY Apr 22 2025 518.0 Calls to Apr 23 2025 519.0 Calls @ .40 credit (2.30 total now)
SPX
#creditspread
SOLD SPX 28 APR 2025 5485/5490 CALL @.40
SOLD SPX 28 APR 2025 5500/5505 CALL @.40
SPX
#creditspread
BTC SPX 23 APR 2025 4935/4930 PUT @.05/sold for .20
BTC SPX 23 APR 2025 4905/4900 PUT @.05/sold for .30
SPX 0-dte trades for 4/22/25
#SPX0dte Sold to Open $SPX Apr 22nd 5060/5080-5315/5335 condors for 1.35, IV 47.18%, deltas -.07 +.05
SPY
Expired:
SPY Apr 21 519.0 Call (sold for 10.15)
SPY Apr 21 525.0 Call (sold for 13.10)
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
