$SVXY #VXXGame
STO Apr 21 $70 puts @ $0.95
STO Apr 21 $75 puts @ $1.25
STO Jun 16 $68 put @ $2.58 (followed @optioniceman)
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SVXY
STO June 55 put @1.25 and 65 put @2.10
FSLR earnings
#Earnings – Using this bounce today to get out at even. Trade may still work but happy to move on…see ya in 3 months FSLR!
Bought to Close FSLR FEB 24 2017 37.5/34.5 Bull Put Spreads @ 1.50 (sold for 1.50)
NVDA adjustment
#ShortStrangles – Some sort of downgrade on it this morning…booking profit on calls sold a couple days ago and selling new ones a little closer in. Selling against March 105 puts…
Bought to Close NVDA MAR 31 2017 124.0 Calls @ .52 (sold for 1.09)
Sold NVDA MAR 17 2017 110.0 Calls @ 1.60
REGN adjustment
#ShortStrangles – Not sure what’s going on with it but rolling call down a little for additional premium in March strangle.
Rolled March monthly 395 call down to 380 @ 2.25 credit.
New position is 360/380 strangle @ 14.07 credit
SPX roll
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPXPM March 17th 2275/2300/2420/2445 iron condors for 4.20, as a #CondorRoll from call spread stopped yesterday for 3.85.
TSLA earnings (and new position)
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Everything looked great until 5 minutes before the open..LOL No interest in owning it at 260 so bailed with a small profit.
Bought to Close TSLA FEB 24 2017 260.0/300.0 Strangles @ 3.93 (sold for 4.65)
Then:
Sold TSLA MAR 17 2017 240.0/280.0 Strangle @ 5.51
$SVXY #ShortPuts – a new…
$SVXY #ShortPuts – a new low for the week in the stock at 122.
Sold SVXY Apr 21 2017 70.0 Puts @ 0.95
Sold SVXY Apr 21 2017 75.0 Puts @ 1.30
Sold SVXY Jun 16 2017 58.0 Puts @ 1.58
Sold SVXY Jun 16 2017 68.0 Puts @ 2.58
TSLA strangles closed
#Earnings #ShortStrangles BTC TSLA Feb 24th 250/310 strangles for .64. Sold yesterday for 1.94.
Heads up…
Open at all-time high then close lower… could be Bearish Engulfing, but even if not, may be the sign of a reversal, correction, or at least consolidation phase.
SVXY
In my IRA, STO April 21, 80 put @1.70
IDCC puts
STO April 21, 70 puts @0.85 cents
$RRC #Fallingknife – looking at…
$RRC #Fallingknife – looking at this one today
$TRIP #ShortPuts #FallingKnife #OptionLadder –…
$TRIP #ShortPuts #FallingKnife #OptionLadder – added this one
Sold 1 TRIP JUN 16 2017 38.0 Put @ 1.15
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold 1 Mar 31 2017 33.5 Call @ 1.33 with the stock at 21.60
the highest available strike price.
VXX game trades
#VXXGames #ShortPuts #ShortCalls
STO SVXY June 75 put for 3.40
STO UVXY March 10th call for .75
SVXY
In my IRA, STO:
March 17,100 put @1.44, 110 put @2.73 on 1 contract each
April 21,70 put @1.74, 75 put @2.24 on 2 contracts each
MELI earnings
#Earnings #ShortPuts Sold to Open $MELI March 17th 180 puts for 2.00. A normally positive mover on earnings. Biggest UP move: 18.2%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.3%, Average move: 7.3%. This trade is -9.3% OTM.
$TRIP #ShortPuts #FallingKnife #OptionLadder -…
$TRIP #ShortPuts #FallingKnife #OptionLadder – sold these this morning
Sold 1 TRIP SEP 15 2017 35.0 Put @ 1.30
Sold 1 TRIP JUN 16 2017 40.0 Put @ 1.60
$UVXY #VXXGame STO Apr 21…
$UVXY #VXXGame
STO Apr 21 $41 call @ $1.45 (was a little early)
STO Mar 10 $30 calls @ $0.60
STO Sept $60 call @ $4.00 (had no longer term short calls, so this is my starter position)
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold 1 Apr 21 2017 41.0 Call @ 1.57 with the stock at 21.50
the highest available strike price.
#earnings FIT was unfit for…
#earnings
FIT was unfit for a long put play, bought for 38, sold for 14.
good morning
Earnings After Markets Close
Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) – consensus EPS $0.55
Baidu.com (BIDU) – consensus EPS $0.86
Bio-Rad Labs (BIO) – consensus EPS $1.02
BioMarin Pharma (BMRN) – consensus EPS -$0.38
Brocade Communications (BRCD) – consensus EPS $0.26
Dynegy (DYN) – consensus EPS $0.12
Herbalife (HLF) – consensus EPS $0.97
Hercules Technology Growth (HTGC) – consensus EPS $0.32
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) – consensus EPS $0.44
Intuit (INTU) – consensus EPS $0.36
Nordstrom (JWN) – consensus EPS $1.16
Radius Health (RDUS) – consensus EPS -$1.34
Splunk (SPLK) – consensus EPS $0.17
Stamps.com (STMP) – consensus EPS $2.36
Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc. (ZOES) – consensus EPS -$0.06
Looking at BIDU Feb 24 165/205 for .55 credit
ITM roll completed
#SPXcampaign For the ITM March 1st spread I closed this morning, sold these spreads separately to complete a #CondorRoll
Sold to Open $SPX March 8th 2315/2340 call spreads for 21.75
Sold to Open $SPX March 8th 2320/2295 put spreads for 2.20
anyone playing SINA?
anyone playing SINA? never mind
DISH earnings
#Earnings – Bought to Close DISH FEB 24 2017 60.0 Puts @ .05
Order in to close the calls also…
Thanks Jeff!!
MBLY puts
STO September, 40 puts @2.45
FED: Rate hikes “fairly soon” could be possible
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/22/fed-minutes-trump-policies-could-lead-to-rate-hike-fairly-soon.html
CMG Strangle
#ShortStrangles – Closing the put side of March 370/450 strangle…Any more weakness I’ll be looking to sell it again.
Bought to Close CMG MAR 17 2017 370.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 2.85)
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold…
$UVXY #ShortCalls #VXXGame – Sold 1 Apr 21 2017 41.0 Call @ 1.44 with the stock at 21. My first sale in this expiration month and the highest available strike price.
$DUST #ShortPuts – Sold 1…
$DUST #ShortPuts – Sold 1 DUST Jun 16 2017 19.0 Put @ 2.35 with the stock at 29.
This replaces one of the short puts I covered this morning.
VXX game trades
#VXXGame #ShortPuts #ShortCalls
Decided to finally throw on some short volatility trades to offset my annoying SVXY short calls. These trades were made yesterday but I forgot to post:
STO UVXY March 3rd 26 calls for .50
STO UVXY March 17th 32 calls for .73
STO SVXY March 17th 100 put for 1.35
STO SVXY March 17th 110 put for 2.53
$CVS #ShortCalls – Bought to…
$CVS #ShortCalls – Bought to close CVS Jan 24 2017 82.5 Calls @ 0.01. These were leftover short calls from a ratio write on this stock that I sold last Friday on assignment. No reason carry this risk anymore.
W earnings
#Earnings Not one I have traded before but fairly fat options prices to give a 1-to-2.33 risk/reward on an #IronButterfly. It can have fairly sizable moves so probability is low while reward is high.
Sold to Open $W Feb 24th 35/40/45 iron butterfly for 3.50. Over last 12 earnings, Biggest UP move: 28.2%, Biggest DOWN move: -19.6%, Average move: 13.3%.
$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold all…
$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold all these on this morning’s weakness in $SVXY. The April Puts are my first sales in this expiration month.
Sold SVXY Mar 17 2017 89.0 Puts @ 0.89
Sold SVXY Apr 21 2017 80.0 Puts @ 1.54
Sold SVXY Apr 21 2017 75.0 Puts @ 1.14
Sold SVXY Apr 21 2017 70.0 Puts @ 0.84
FSLR
STO Apr 21 32.50/22.50 bups @ 1.54 a similar trade by Fauzia at TT.
Back at the “trading desk” from warm climes, three weeks of Kauai and Maui…watching Options Bistro and PDX weather reports dreading that 40 degree swing for these old bones. Mostly in cash now, did close a few SVXY positions and kicked some long stock dividend holdings to the side of the road once they dropped on down grades and dividend cuts. Will crank up the trading, to save up for the next weather break.
Hope all are well?! Trade safely…
TSLA earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles Sold to Open $TSLA Feb 24th 250/310 strangles for 1.94. Slightly bullish positioning. Over last 12 earnings, Biggest UP move: 11.2%, Biggest DOWN move: -11.3%, Average move: 5.7%. These strikes are -8.8% and +13.1% OTM.
ADI
STO September 67.5 puts @1.75
TSLA has earnings today amc…
TSLA has earnings today amc today. Anybody got any ideas for trades. I’m looking at 235/320 for .57 cr. What do y’all think?
#earnings FIT I know that…
#earnings
FIT
I know that again I am going against the basic tenets here but…
FIT announces earnings after the close today. I bought a Feb. 26 6 put for .38, the stock is just under 6. FIT has done nothing but go down, and go down after earnings, except once. The smallest negative earnings move has been -8%. The average negative move is 19%. The only positive move was 8%. The wearable device field is crowded and the big boys are involved, like Apple. All of this means nothing and it could rocket higher. A directional, long, sacrilegious roll of the dice…
$DUST #ShortPuts – Bought to…
$DUST #ShortPuts – Bought to close DUST Mar 3 2017 20.0 Puts @ 0.05 in an IRA account. They won’t trade any lower.
Originally Sold 02/02/17 @ 0.65
$DUST #ShortPuts – Bought to…
$DUST #ShortPuts – Bought to close DUST FEB 24 2017 25.0 Puts @ 0.05 in an IRA account. They won’t trade any lower.
Originally Sold 01/23/17 at 1.65
$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY…
$SVXY #ShortPuts – Sold SVXY Feb 24 2016 108.0 Puts @ 0.24. Less than 3 days until expiration with the stock above 126.
$DUST #ShortCalls – Sold DUST…
$DUST #ShortCalls – Sold DUST Jan 19 2018 90.0 Calls @ 4.80. Paired with a bunch of ITM Apr and Jun short Puts.
Highest available strike price.
FB covered calls
#Earnings #StockTrades #CoveredCalls #Rolling
BTC FB Feb 24th 140 covered call for .04. Sold for 1.07 on Jan 13th.
STO FB Mar 31st 140 c0vered call for 1.40.
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX March 24th 2255/2230 put spreads for 1.35, with SPX at 2361.
#CondorRoll Sold to Open SPX March 10th 2295/2320/2415/2440 condors for 3.90. This is a roll from calls stopped yesterday after the bell for 3.75.
#ITMroll Bought to close SPX March 1st 2305/2330 call spreads for 22.90. Sold for 21.00 last Wednesday. Will roll into March 8th 2315/2340 later when SPX goes higher.
Stopped: Bought to close SPX March 3rd 2380/2405 call spreads for 3.85. Sold as part of a #CondorRoll for 3.00 on Feb 13th. Will look for a roll later today.
FB breaking out
#StockTrades #Earnings I am long stock from my year-long earnings trade.
$UVXY
STO Feb 24 $23.5 calls @ 0.36 followed @optioniceman
STO Mar 3 $30 calls @ $0.33
$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY…
$UVXY #ShortCalls – Sold UVXY Feb 24 2017 23.5 Calls @ 0.42. Three days until expiration and 1.5 points above last week’s high
TRIP #FallingKnife Sold $TRIP Jun…
TRIP #FallingKnife
Sold $TRIP Jun 16 40 puts @ 1.35
Closed FSLA strangle for .05…
Closed FSLA strangle for .05 db
SPX stopped
#SPXcampaign This order filled at 14 minutes after the close, so I will roll tomorrow:
Bought to close $SPX March 16th 2400/2425 call spreads for 3.75. Sold as part of a #CondorRoll for 2.80 on Feb 13th.
SPX roll
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX Feb 24th 2365/2390 call spreads for 5.70. Sold for 1.35 on Jan 26th.
Sold to Open SPX March 1st 2315/2340/2395/2420 iron condors for 4.10, 1.5x position size.
Another annoying one to have stopped, since it was down around .45 when the current up trend started. But getting used to it!
#longputspread XLP Following TradeWise bought…
#longputspread
XLP Following TradeWise bought March 17 55/52.50 put spreads
NVDA
#ShortCalls – Closed call side of March monthly strangles last week. Moving out a little and selling more on this bounce. Still short March 105 puts…
Sold NVDA MAR 31 2017 124.0 Calls @ 1.09
I’ll add puts once the March puts get a little air under them…
UVXY BTC 3 MAR 17…
UVXY BTC 3 MAR 17 47 CALL @.03
UVXY BTC 3 MAR 17…
UVXY BTC 3 MAR 17 50 CALL @.03
#spxcampaign SOLD 7 APR 17…
#spxcampaign SOLD 7 APR 17 2255/2155 BuPS @5.45
#spxcampaign SOLD SPX 31 MAR…
#spxcampaign SOLD SPX 31 MAR 17 2260/2160 BuPS @4.50
SPX Close
Closed out my Mar 03’s
13-Feb Sell 2 mar 03 2270 puts $4.40 $878.00
20-Feb buy 2 mar 03 2270 puts -$1.50 -$300.00
Gain @ 65%
#earnings #ironbutterfly NEM From busystock.com(free)…
#earnings #ironbutterfly
NEM From busystock.com(free) biggest ONE day moves over the last 12 reports -7.7% and +5.7, average move is 4.18%.
March 17 34/37/37/40 for 2.00, risk 1.00.
CRI puts
$CRI #ShortPuts Sold Jun 16 70 puts. Delta of 14. Stock hasn’t been at the strike price since July 2014.
$UVXY
Nibbling
STO Mar 3 $26 calls @ $0.50
STO Mar 10 $33 calls @ $0.40
DISH earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles With a slightly bullish positioning, since stock is in uptrend and bullish trades working well in this market.
Sold to Open $DISH Feb 24th 60/67 strangles for .90. FIVE-DAY moves over last 12 earnings reports: Biggest UP move: 5.2%, Biggest DOWN move: -2.7%, Average move: 1.6%. These strikes are -4.9% and +6.2% OTM.
Hey Gang, back from sunny…
Hey Gang, back from sunny Puerto Rico. Spending the day getting caught up at work and with the market. Looking for some opportunities. Hope you guy’s had a great trading week last week.
FSLR earnings
#Earnings – Trying something for fun…even if it implodes I’ll get the stock at a decent basis to sell covered calls. If it works, it’s a big juicy winner. Playing it directionally to the upside needing half the expected move.
Sold FSLR FEB 24 2017 37.5/34.5 Bull put spreads @ 1.50
SPX ITM roll
#SPXcampaign Bought to close $SPX Feb 28th 2305/2330 call spreads for 23.30. Sold for 16.50 last Tuesday.
#CondorRoll …or actually an Iron Butterfly… Each leg sold separately on ups/downs of the morning:
Sold to Open SPX March 6th 2315/2340 call spreads for 21.40
Sold to Open SPX March 6th 2315/2290 put spreads for 2.00
In other news:
Bought to close SPX Feb 27th 2300/2275 put spreads for .20. Sold as part of a #CondorRoll for 2.85 last Wednesday (call side is threatened but not stopped yet)
Bought to close SPX March 10th 2190/2165 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.50 on Feb 6th.
$UVXY Please excuse my ignorance….
$UVXY Please excuse my ignorance. I was trolling around wanting to validate my belief that $UVXY short calls require 50% of the strike value in margin. I can only sell calls in one account and it is of the smallish type. Don’t want to end up exceeding my welcome. Thanks team.
Earnings possibilities?
Looking at FSLR and MBLY so far….
GOOGL roll
#LongCallDiagonals – Making some bigger adjustments in these trades…letting the leash out a little with it on a big run…
Rolled Mar 3rd 825.0 call to Apr 21st 840.0 @ .85 credit
Picking up 15 points and bringing in a little scratch…
This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.
AMZN roll
#LongCallDiagonals – Making some bigger adjustments in these trades…letting the leash out a little with it on a big run…
Rolled Mar 10th 785.0 call to May 19th 810.0 @ 3.00 debit
Don’t mind spending 3 bucks to pick up 25 points considering the front month calls have brought in 45 points since the beginning of the trade…
This thing has to level off at some point where the rolls can catch up. In the meantime 2019 long call/Bups working nicely.
Long $NFLX Calls
BTO 4/21 $NFLX 140 calls @ 9.80 (OMM)
SVXY strangle
Adding one out in September….
Sold SVXY SEP 15 2017 60.0/240.0 strangle @ 5.15
#earnings HD had a pretty…
#earnings
HD had a pretty good earnings report, announced a share buy-back, only up 1% at this time.
#shortPuts $SVXY Sold Feb 24th…
#shortPuts $SVXY Sold Feb 24th 121 Put @ 0.86. 4 day trade. Will roll if need be.
