good morning

Earnings before Open
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) – consensus EPS $0.38
Best Buy (BBY) – consensus EPS $1.67
Dollar Tree (DLTR) – consensus EPS $1.32
Lowe’s Cos. (LOW) – consensus EPS $0.79
Office Depot (ODP) – consensus EPS $0.10

Earnings After Markets Close
Box (BOX) – consensus EPS -$0.14
General Communication (GNCMA) – consensus EPS -$0.08
Juno Therapeutics (JUNO) – consensus EPS -$0.61
Shake Shack (SHAK) – consensus EPS $0.09
Vector Group (VGR) – consensus EPS $0.17
Veracyte (VCYT) – consensus EPS -$0.26
PANW also has earnings.

Expiration Closed Early and Some Trades

#optionsexpiration
$SPX 2/27 2400/2375 BECS

Closed Early
#shortputs
$SVXY 3/17 BTC 45 put @ .05 99% profit
$SVXY 3/17 BTC 40 put @ .05 98% profit

#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 3/31 2225/2250 BUPS @ 1.25 Thank you @jeffcp66

#$RUT $SPX Knock off Campaign
$RUT 3/17 1315/1335 BUPS @ 1.20 (SUZ @OMM trade)

#shortcalls
$UVXY STO 3/10 30 calls @ .30 Thank you @jdietz1954

SPX ITM roll

#SPXcampaign #ITMroll
Bought to close $SPX March 6th 2315/2340 call spreads for 23.40. Sold for 21.40 last Tuesday.
Sold to Open $SPX March 3rd 2325/2350 put spreads for 2.50 about 40 minutes before bell.
Sold to Open $SPX March 13th 2325/2350 call spreads for 20.55 about 10 minutes after the bell.

Was able to move up 10 points again, but wasn’t able to time the swings, so I have a .20 debit on this roll. That’s fine, since I have had credits on all previous rolls on this trade. Also I sold the put spread for this Friday so it won’t be in the way if we start a multi-week decline.

$DUST calls

Sold the following on the spike:
$DUST Apr 21 53 calls @ 1.38
$DUST Mar 31 41 calls @ 2.24
$DUST Mar 17 41 calls @ 1.20

SVXY

STO September 50 puts @1.75

SVXY

STO January 50 puts @ 3.40 in the IRA.

$GDX – what’s up with…

$GDX – what’s up with the GOLD Miners. The metal is within a few ticks of a 3 month high?

SVXY

In an account that I manage.

STO January 60/250 strangle @9.90

SVXY

STO January 55 puts @4.31 in same IRA. I am still waiting for the big correction.

SVXY

STO June 55 puts @1.25 in my IRA> I am sitting on a lot of cash in that account.

STO June 60 puts @1.70 in my IRA.

$SVXY #ShortPuts Sold March 17th…

$SVXY #ShortPuts Sold March 17th 110 Puts @ 1.66. when $SVXY was at 128.06. Where upon TOS promptly crashed. Must have shocked the system. I now see that I was a bit early.

$DUST #ShortPuts #ShortCalls – some…

$DUST #ShortPuts #ShortCalls – some slight adjustments in my DUST exposure with DUST over 30.
Bought to close DUST Mar 3 2017 24.0 Puts @ 0.05. They have reached minimum value.
Sold DUST Mar 24 2017 41.0 Calls @ 0.90
Sold DUST Mar 31 2017 41.0 Calls @ 1.25
Sold 1 DUST Apr 7 2017 38.0 Call @ 2.05
Sold DUST Jun 16 2017 65.0 Calls @ 1.70.
Sold DUST Jan 19 2018 90.0 Calls @ 4.80.
All the new calls are at the highest available strike prices and are paired with plenty if ITM short Puts

#earnings AZO followed Jeff with…

#earnings
AZO followed Jeff with an IC March 17 670/680/780/790 for 1.35

#earnings LNG LNG barely moves,…

#earnings
LNG LNG barely moves, a couple 3% moves, everything else is minimal
Sold March 3 iron fly 47/49/49/50.5 for 1.24, risking 176. Profitable between 47.75 and 50.24.

$CVS #ShortPuts – Bought to…

$CVS #ShortPuts – Bought to close CVS Mar 10 2017 72.0 Puts @ 0.01. They won’t trade any lower.
Since this is an IRA account, this is a big cash release that can be used on other trades.
Originally sold at 0.69 in late January.

SPX trades this morning

#SPXcampaign These trades in the first hour:

Bought to close $SPX Feb 27th 2375/2400 call spreads for .20. Sold as part of a #CondorRoll on Feb 15th for 2.85.

Sold to Open $SPX March 31st 2250/2225 put spreads for 1.35, when SPX was at 2363.

Clinging on to Feb 28th 2365/2390 call spread.. Hoping for expiry worthless or at least cheaply.

Earnings AZO & PCLN

#Earnings The two high fliers on the same day… going for AZO March 17th 680/780 strangle, for around 4.00 (no fill yet).

PCLN not as sure… heavy margin required and this one can move a lot more than AZO. Ideas, anyone?

#earnings WDAY-pretty good premium, pretty…

#earnings
WDAY-pretty good premium, pretty volatile after earnings, down 12% last December, up 18% a year ago, a minus 11, plus 7, all in the last 7 reports. No position-yet

$UVXY #ShortCalls Sold March 10th…

$UVXY #ShortCalls Sold March 10th 30 Calls @ 0.35 when $UVXY was at 21.44 earlier this morning.

GOOGL Fuzzball trade

I rolled my diagonal march 3, call from 850 out to the March 17, 860 call for a pick up of 1.50 plus 10 points in the strike. These are against the long position of the 600 call in 2019.

UBNT covered calls

STO June 55 calls @2.03

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY…

$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY Mar 3 2017 27.0 Calls @ 0.22 with the stock at 21.71. These expire on Friday

Earnings before Open

AES Corp (AES) – consensus EPS $0.36
American Tower (AMT) – consensus EPS $0.58
BioCryst Pharma (BCRX) – consensus EPS -$0.23
Horizon Pharma (HZNP) – consensus EPS $0.51
JinkoSolar (JKS) – consensus EPS $0.65
Shutterstock (SSTK) – consensus EPS $0.45
Sotheby’s (BID) – consensus EPS $1.17

Earnings After Markets Close
Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) – consensus EPS $0.19
Black Stone Minerals (BSM) – consensus EPS $0.15
Everbridge, Inc. (EVBG) – consensus EPS -$0.04
Integer Holdings Corp (ITGR) – consensus EPS $0.85
JBT Corp. (JBT) – consensus EPS $0.67
Perrigo (PRGO) – consensus EPS $1.62
The Priceline Group (PCLN) – consensus EPS $13.09
Workday (WDAY) – consensus EPS -$0.01
ZTO Express (ZTO) – consensus EPS $0.16

Econ Calendar for week of 2/27/17

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Friday’s extreme prices. I’m not…

Friday’s extreme prices. I’m not expecting either stock to exceed these levels in the coming week, but would welcome it.
$SVXY – low at 118.44
$UVXY – high at 23.82

Projections: if UVXY rallies 10% above the high to 26.20, SVXY should dip 5% below the low to 112.51

Monday happenings

#news items
Monday February 27th

Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM ET
Pending Home Sales Index 10:00 AM ET
Dallas Fed Mfg Survey 10:30 AM ET
Robert Kaplan Speaks 11:00 AM ET
4-Week Bill Announcement 11:00 AM ET
3-Month Bill Auction 11:30 AM ET
6-Month Bill Auction 11:30 AM ET

Oscar Nominees…

…are probably really nervous about now! The only similarity between this post and the Oscars is that I was weeding out trading bookmarks, as some actors will be weeded out tonight, so here are some of my winners that might be of interest to you?
tradingview.com
optionslam.com
earningswhispers.com/calendar
optionistics.com/quotes/stock
savingsbonds.gov
stockcharts.com
…add to the list if you want.

Enjoy the show!

Expiration and Closed Early

#optionsexpiration
$SVXY 95 put

Closed Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX 3/3 2250/2275 @ .10 94% profit
$SPX 3/3 2140/2165 BUPS @ .05 95% profit

#shortputs
$TRIP STO 6/16 38 put @ 1.40 Thanks @ramie77
$X STO 3/17 35.50 put @ 1.59

Thanks to everyone. Have a great weekend.

Friday Parting Notes

#markets

Trin opened at 1.01, closed at 1.81…look for a rally Monday
Vix opened at 12.5, coasted downhill as the mkts faded the open gaps
P/C opened at 1.13 for a high, and finished at 0.94..tends to lean bullish for monday…

YM closed the 80 point opening gap the last 30 minutes, to close at 20777, after opening at 20711..a most bullish comeback…

Have a great WE…

#OptionExpiration 2/24/17 Expiring $SVXY 121…

#OptionsExpiration 2/24/17
Expiring
$SVXY 121 Puts
$SVXY 110 Puts
$SVXY 95 Puts

Options Expiration 2/24/17

#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #ShortStrangles

All I got this week is one. Good couple of weeks for earnings trades!
–Expiring–
DISH Feb 24th 60/67 strangles, sold for .90 on Tuesday.

SPX trades today

#SPXcampaign $SPX
These spreads closed today:
SPX March 3rd 2275/2250 puts for .20. Sold in a condor for 3.00 on Feb 13th
SPX March 1st 2395/2420 calls for .20. Sold in a condor for 4.10 on Tuesday.
SPX Feb 28th 2325/2300 puts for .20. Sold for 3.00 last Friday.
SPX March 10th 2225/2200 puts for .20. Sold for 1.50 on March 10th.

This one was rolled; rolled into two call spreads rather than a condor.
#ITMroll Bought to close SPX March 3rd 2350/2375 call spreads for 13.40. Sold for 1.50 on Feb 3rd.
Sold to Open March 10th 2360/2385 call spreads for 11.50
Sold to Open March 1st 2380/2405 call spreads for 2.15

Exprations

I have nothing this week but bon weekend to everyone.

OptionsExpiration

$SVXY $70 puts
$SVXY $75 puts
$UVXY $23.5 calls
$UVXY $45 calls
$UVXY $50 calls
$UVXY $55 calls
$UVXY $60 calls

Have a great weekend everyone.

#OptionsExpiration #Weeklys #Feb24 – A…

#OptionsExpiration #Weeklys #Feb24 – A pretty good week as almost everthing worked(again). $SVXY pulled back allowing more puts to be sold, $UVXY rallied so a new set of Weekly and Monthly calls could be sold, and $DUST continued to rally despite the move up in #Gold allowing some more short Puts to expire.

Also, a couple of covered call positions were assigned and closed out profitably, raising more cash for the coming months.

— Expirations —
DUST (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 26.5 Puts

SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 70 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 80 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 85 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 100 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 101 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 102 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 103 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 104 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 108 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 112 Puts
SVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 133 Calls

UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 23 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 23.5 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 24 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 25 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 26 Calls (Covered)
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 40.5 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 43 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 55 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 56 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 57 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 58 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 59 Calls
UVXY (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 60 Calls

— Assignments —
MRVL (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 15.5 Calls (Covered)
MYL (Weekly) Feb 24 2017 41 Calls (Covered)

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame #TopOfTheChain -…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame #TopOfTheChain – sold all these this morning at the highest available strike.
Sold 1 UVXY MAR 31 2017 33.5 Call @ 1.84
Sold 1 UVXY APR 21 2017 41.0 Call @ 1.95
Sold 1 UVXY JUN 16 2017 60.0 Call @ 2.90
Sold 1 UVXY SEP 15 2017 60.0 Call @ 4.60

SVXY for the team

#TakeOneForTheTeam – Looks like I’m getting some stock assigned at 131 from the 131/126 Bull put spreads. Going for max downside protection by selling the covered calls ITM near breakeven. I’ll have to roll a week to turn a profit but wanted absolute maximum protection to the downside.

Here we go:

1. Received 2.18 for original spread sale
2. Sold to Close SVXY FEB 24 2017 126.0 Puts @ 2.50 (not a great fill)
3. Sold SVXY MAR 3 2017 120.0 Calls @ 5.74

So…stock assigned at 131 with 10.42 premium received leaving a basis of 120.58 with covered calls at 120. Actually had this calculated to be breakeven but awful fill on long puts got me in the hole a little.

We’ll see how it goes….but it looks like I did TOFTT!

🙂 🙂

SPX Trade

#spxcampaign

23-Feb Sold 2 Mar 24 2165/2265 BUPS @ 4.00

/ES

#Futures #ShortPuts – Forgot about this order…filled early this morning.

Bought to Close /ES APR 17 (Wk3) 2200 PUT @ 10.75 (sold for 22.00)

MELI trade closed, FB stock sold

#Earnings Bought to close $MELI March 17th 180 puts for .50. Sold for 2.00 yesterday.

Also,
Sold to close $FB stock for 135.21. This is one-fourth of my position of my 13-month earnings trade. Cost basis 132.88 on this lot.

#ShortPuts #StockTrades

CMG strangle

#ShortStrangles – Previously closed the March put on the rally. Closing the call side on the bounce at the 200ma and re-selling a nice big wide one for April that can hopefully be closed early as well.

Bought to Close CMG MAR 17 2017 450.0 Call @ .90 (sold for 3.00 with nice 4.70 gain for entire strangle)

Then:

Sold CMG APR 21 2017 370.0/460.0 Strangle @ 5.03

#ironcondor

Closed SPX Trade

#spxcampaign

Closed Mar 10’s

13-feb Sold 2 Mar 10 2260 short puts @ 5.70 Credit of 1140
24-Feb Bought 2 Mar 10 2260 short puts @ -1.60 Debit of -320

gain @ 68%

#bullputspreads TSLA Sold March 10…

#bullputspreads
TSLA Sold March 10 240/230 for 1.02. TSLA dropped to 252 before recovering to 257 now today, still some premium left over from earnings.

$UVXY now negative on the…

$UVXY now negative on the day, $SVXY Positive

SVXY

STO April 7, 86.5 puts @1.90

STO April 21, 85 puts @2.60

$SVXY $UVXY

Added a few more
STO $SVXY Mar 17 $85 puts @ $0.72
STO $SVXY Apr 7 $86.5 puts @ $1.95 (followed @ramie)
STO $UVXY $60 call @$3.00

#ShortPuts Sold $SVXY March 17th…

#ShortPuts Sold $SVXY March 17th 100 Put @ 1.70 when $SVXY was at 122.52

Friday Futures Gap Trade

#futures

Friday, YM(Dow-30), gaps down at open 80 points, pre-mkt volume normal, Gap fade trade started

8:30 enter YM long at 20720 at open, dow-30 opens 50-50..
10am exit half my trade as YM hit the 20760, at the PP Midlevel..
gain of 40 points

remaining half of my trade left to run….

12:00p Exit the other half of the trade at 20760, as YM cant seem to break the 760 level..
Gain of 40 points on that half also..

If the gap doesnt fill later, we will go into next week with a black hole..which will draw it the YM back to the
gap fill area level..I will mark my chart and be aware of it…

Cheers..

VXX GAME

STO September 45 puts @1.45 and 50 puts @2.05

Roll $SVXY

#shortputs

$SVXY BTC 2/24 121 put

$SVXY STO 3/3 120 put @ additional 1.40 credit

SVXY

#IRA #ShortPuts – Closing my highest in the #IRA strike for nice profit and selling a lower one further out.

Bought to Close SVXY MAR 10 2017 100.0 Put @ 1.08 (sold for 2.55)

Sold SVXY APR 7 2017 86.5 Put @ 1.98 (lowest available strike)

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold these…

$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold these for Today and for Next Week
Sold SVXY Feb 24 2017 112.0 Puts @ 0.24
Sold SVXY Mar 3 2017 96.0 Puts @ 0.39
Sold SVXY Mar 3 2017 95.0 Puts @ 0.25
Sold SVXY Mar 3 2017 94.5 Puts @ 0.25

NTAP earnings

#Earnings – Took stock after earnings and wrote covered calls. I can let the stock get called away today @ 40.50 and take a 23 cent loss or roll a week and hope to get out at even….hmm

Only a 4 contract position so about 100 bucks after fees….might just ship it on down the road.

$SVXY #ShortPuts #VXXGame – Sold…

$SVXY #ShortPuts #VXXGame – Sold all these just after the opening with the stock at 120.
SVXY Apr 21 2017 75.0 Puts @ 1.50
SVXY Jun 16 2017 67.0 Puts @ 2.85
SVXY Sep 15 2017 35.0 Puts @ 0.72
SVXY Sep 15 2017 45.0 Puts @ 1.45
SVXY Sep 15 2017 50.0 Puts @ 2.10

Sell your remnants to the low bidders

#Earnings #IronButterfly #Leftovers
Yesterday I closed my $W iron butterfly with a nice profit. I only closed the short 40 calls and puts, as the long 35 puts and long 45 calls had no activity.

BUT, I did put in GTC orders to sell the longs at .05. This morning, with the stock hitting a low of 37.45, the put side filled. So I got an extra $15.00 on the trade… this one happened to execute with only 4 cents of commission, but many brokers charge no commission for 5-cent closings, and even if I was charged $4 (which would be my broker’s max commission on a 3-lot) it is still worth extra the $11 in profit.

RH closing

#Earnings
BTC RH Mar 24 24 put @ .30, sold on Feb 9 @ 1.55…taking 80% profit with this 24% earnings gap up.

#VXXGame $UVXY Bought to close…

#VXXGame $UVXY Bought to close my Feb 24th 26 Calls @ .04. Taking risk off just in case something weird happens and the market rolls over. I’m too old for that level of a #Funday. Ha!. Now for that pesky $SVXY 121 Put.

$UVXY $SVXY

#vxxgame

Made a few trades and now just watching.
STO $SVXY Apr 21 $65 puts @ $0.90
STO $UVXY Mar 17 $46 calls @ $0.40
STO $UVXY Mar 24 $45 calls @ $0.55

Some #VXXGame trades Sold $UVXY…

Some #VXXGame trades
Sold $UVXY 9/15 60 calls @ 5.00. Highest strike.
Sold $SVXY 4/7 86.50 puts @ 2.05. Lowest strike.

TLT

#PerpetualRollingStrangles – Booking a winner with TLT reversing. Looking to re-center and re-sell at some point.

Bought to Close TLT MAR 10 2017 116.0/122.0 Strangles @ .90 (sold for 1.31)

VXX GAME

STO June 60 call @ 3.10

BIDU earnings

#Earnings – Trading well outside the fly so:

Bought to Close BIDU 180/185/190 iron fly 4.35 (sold for 4.15)

$UVXY #ShortCalls $SVXY #shortputs Today…

$UVXY #ShortCalls
$SVXY #Shortputs
Today is going to be a #Funday

Good morning

Finally a down day to start the day.

Too Busy To Post

I’ve just returned from short “vacation” to Atlantic City area

Bought Back Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 2/24 2275/2300 @ .10 95% profit
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 3/24 2455/2430 BECS @ 1.75
#shortputs
$SVXY STO 2/24 121 put @ .80 Thank you @jdietz1954
Sold to Close
#longcalls
$SPY STC 2/24 235 calls @ 1.35 96% profit

$DUST #ShortPuts – sold these…

$DUST #ShortPuts – sold these early today in an IRA account. No margin pressure and these can be rolled if necessary.
Sold 1 DUST Mar 24 2017 24.5 Put @ 2.05
Sold 1 DUST Mar 31 2017 24.0 Put @ 2.25
Sold 1 DUST Apr 21 2017 20.0 Put @ 1.30
Sold 1 DUST Apr 21 2017 23.0 Put @ 2.55
Sold 1 DUST Jun 16 2017 19.0 Put @ 2.55

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…

$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold 1 UVXY JUN 16 2017 60.0 Call @ 2.59 at the bell

SPX calls sold

#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX March 24th 2435/2460 call spreads for 1.30, right before the bell with SPX at 2363.

BIDU earnings

Looking at 5 wide iron fly on 8 dollar move…

SBUX trade closed

#Earnings On Jan 26th, sold SBUX Jan 27th 58/60/62 #IronButterfly for 1.49, 6-lot. Next day, stock gapped down outside my profit zone, so I sold the long 58 puts for 1.83 and took assignment of the stock from the 60 puts. Waited out the stock’s dip down to 53.81, then sold stock on the rise up. Max profit possible was $866 (if it had pinned at 60 on 1/27); Final profit: $240.

Exiting $W earnings trade

#Earnings Yesterday, sold $W Feb 24th 35/40/45 #IronButterfly for 3.50

Today, bought to close 40 short calls for .35
bought one short put for 1.25,
bought the second short put at 1.00
bought the last one for .50.

Three-lot trade, total profit $670.00

$VIX $UVXY $SVXY

$VIX now negative on the day. Added a couple of additional short term positions after volatility dropped but still could get good premiums.

STO $UVXY Mar 10 $28 calls @ $0.61
STO $UVXY Mar 10 $31.5 calls @ $0.40
STO $SVXY Mar 3 $105 puts @ $0.55

Gap Fade Futures Trade

#futures

YM Opened about 50 higher than yesterdays close at 3pm…
Executed the Gap fade setup at 8:40..
8:40 Short YM at 20790, as it Gaps and starts to fade..stop set at 30 above, Target at previous close
9:15 Target of 20755 hit, target sell order executed, trade finished
Gain of 35 points

9:55 Shorted YM at 20750, as it broke the lows of the previous close yesterday, stop at 20 above..
10:19 Target of 20730 hit, as it approached the Center PP, target sell order executed
gain of 20 points

11:30 Faded the High Tick alarm of +1000 and the 11:30 move up..
11:35 Shorted the YM at 20810, stop at 20830, target was at the R1 PP and 38% fib at 20780
12:10 Target of R1 was hit , sell order filled, trade complete
gain of 30 points

12:30 After lunch push up
12:30 buy Limit was hit at 20780, at or near the R1 PP, stop at 20750, ticks start moving up..
13:20 Target at Mid-PP at 20800 hit, sell order hit and complete
gain at 20 points

Trade day over for me..
Gain in the day session = 105 points
gain in last nights session = 45 points

/ES

#Futures -Taking a little risk off…

Bought to Close /ES MAR 17 2200 PUT @ 2.50 (sold for 12.25)
Bought to Close /ES MAR 17 2270 PUT @ 5.50 (sold for 10.25)

Still holding April 2200 sold for 22.00…

Jeff – what do you…

Jeff – what do you think of this earnings play INTU Mar 17 110/130 for .60 cr?

#earnings