Bought to close LABU Mar 24 2023 4.5 Puts at $0.12. Sold at $0.16
Rolled them to LABU Mar 31 2023 4.0 Puts at $0.14 for a $0.02 Credit but a big $0.50 improvement in the short strike
Bought to close 1 BOIL Mar 24 2023 4.5 Put at $0.45
Rolled to 1 BOIL Mar 31 2023 4.5 Put at $0.63 for a $0.18 Credit
#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX 3845/3825 put spreads for .15. Condors sold yesterday for 1.40.
STO 3845/3865 put spread at 2.45 in the pre market. You can do better now. They expire today.
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 24th 3825/3845-4035/4055 condors for 1.40, SPX 3954, deltas -.06 +.06.
In time it took me to type this, deltas dropped to -.05 +.05
BTC 3800/3900-4070/4090 at 1.00that I sold this morning at 1.70,
STO 3850/3870 at .25cents and BTC at .15 during the sell off so a smaller profit than I thought today but a good week so far. I will wait for the premarket tomorrow for another trade.
Tiny trades for some more high yielders
Bought KSS at $21.40
Bought LNC $20.18
Bought VNO at $13.29
Bought TSN at $56.00
Bought CPT at $99.00
Bought MTB at $112.59
Bought ARE at $117.00
Bought AVB at $155.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
is exploding higher again
#CoveredCalls – Assigned early on 79.5 short puts.
Sold XBI MAR 31 2023 76.0 Calls @ .75
Rolled 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 56.0 Covered Call to 1 VXX Mar 31 2023 58.0 Covered Call at $0.78 Credit.
Pushed the short strike up 2 points
Rolled 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 57.0 Covered Call to 1 VXX Mar 31 2023 59.0 Covered Call at $0.64 Credit.
Pushed the short strike up 2 points
Rolled VXX Mar 24 2023 47.5 Covered Calls to VXX Mar 31 2023 50.0 Covered Calls at $0.17 Credit.
Pushed the short strike up 2.5 points
Rolled old pre-split VXX1 Mar 24 2023 12.5 Puts to VXX1 Mar 31 2023 12.0 Puts at $0.03 Credit
Lowered the short strike $0.50.
Bought to close VXX Mar 24 2023 45.0 Puts at $0.01. Sold earlier this week at $0.12 and $0.22
#VXXContango
Partial Position
Bought to close UVXY Mar 24 2023 5.0 Covered Calls at $0.16 and $0.17
Sold to open UVXY Mar 31 2023 5.5 Covered Calls at $0.23 and $0.24
Rolled out my UVXY Mar 24 2023 5.5 Puts to next week for a $0.19 Credit
#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX March 23rd 4025/4045 call spreads for 1.75. Condors sold yesterday for 1.25. Took a small loss in light of fact yesterday’s high was 4039 and with current volatility we could see rally to that level easily.
After that, still tracking at +3.60 for the week, so above my 3.00 goal.
#rolling
STO SOXL 31 MAR 2023/24 MAR 2023 17 CALL @.51
Didn’t notice yesterday’s tiny fills of some high yielders with all the Fed drama
Bought AAP at $117.00
Bought ESS at $202.80
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPX<
STO 3880/3900-4070/4090 iron condor in the premarket at 1.70
#ShortPuts – A few.
On the rally:
Bought to Close SPY MAR 22 2023 394 Puts @ .37 (sold for 3.15 avg.)
On the selloff:
Sold SPY APR 06 2023 387.5 Put @ 3.50
Sold SPY APR 14 2023 387.5 Put @ 3.75
Sold SPY APR 21 2023 385.0 Put @ 4.00
Sold SPY APR 28 2023 380.0 Put @ 4.44
Rolled the dice on this one:
Rolled SPY MAR 22 2023 397.0 Put to MAR 24 2023 392.0 Put @ .02 credit (3.50 total now)
1 SPY Mar 22 2023 403.0 Call, sold yesterday on a rollup at $1.26.
No more short calls or puts on SPY at the moment. 🙂
#SPX1dte Sold right after closing bell, $SPX March 23rd 3825/3845-4025/4045 condors for 1.25, deltas -.06 +.06
Expired: March 22nd 3900/3920-4085/4105 condors, sold just over an hour earlier for 1.15
My 4100/4120 call spread and 3900/3920 put spread will expire at zore and I want to see what happens over night in Asia and Europe overnight.
#spxcampaign
STO $SPX 3940/3960 – 4040/4060 at .70 Sold at 3:25 Eastern
SPX, STO March 22, 3900/3920 put spread at .20
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Mar 22nd 3900/3920-4085/4105 condors for 1.15. Sold just after Powell started taking questions.
STO March 22, 4100/4120 call spread at .60
Remember, the first 37 moves are a head fake.
Sold to close one of my long hedges: 1 SPY 03/22/2023 408.0 Call at $0.30
2 hours until expiration
I still have some of the old VXX pre-split Covered Calls
Bought to close VXX1 Mar 24 2023 11.5 Calls at $0.61. Sold on a roll last week at $1.90.
Rolled them to VXX1 Mar 31 2023 12.0 Calls at $0.66 for a $0.05 Credit.
(Like rolling 46.0 Calls to 48.0 Calls)
Also sold 1 VXX 03/24/2023 43.5 Put at $0.15.
#OnlySpreads
Not about banks. Not about the Fed either
CHART OF THE DAY
1 SPY 365/386 Bull Put Spread
No short SPY puts left going into tomorrow’s fed announcement
#optionsexpiration
expired SPY 100 21 MAR 2023 400/404/385/381 CALL/PUT /sold @.32
btc the 400 short for .02 @2.57 cst. was not a problem till EOD.
#ShortPuts – A couple more. Gotta take ’em on a rally like this.
Bought to Close SPY MAR 22 2023 390.0 Put @ .40 (sold for 4.40)
Bought to Close SPY MAR 22 2023 392.0 Put @ .66 (sold for 3.70)
BTC the butterfly and stayed short the $25 put in June
The last few minutes of trading pushed my SPY call in the money. Rolling!!
Bought to close 1 SPY Mar 21 2023 398.0 Call at $1.07
Rolled it to 1 SPY Mar 22 2023 403.0 Call at $1.26 for a $0.19 Credit at a 5 point higher strike.
My short put for today will expire.
#OnlySpreads
#SPX1dte Not placing a trade for tomorrow due to Fed announcement. Looking for yesterday’s to expire but keeping a close eye as only 15 points from call strike and we are looking bullish.
Chart of the day
Median revenue growth is about to turn negative for the first time while these stocks still trade at over 22x earnings.
BTO Butterfly, June 16, 25/35/40 and STO 25 put for a credit of .01 cent. I have not been trading these for a long time but if the banks have a problem and the FED is on hold this should work.
Playing this like I would a biotech stock approaching a binary event
Sold 1 FRC 03/24/2023 6.0 Put at $0.25
Stock currently $17.35
#ShortPuts #SyntheticStock – A couple.
SPY: A little more risk reduction.
Bought to Close SPY MAR 22 2023 391.0 Put @ 1.33 (sold for 4.10)
Bought to Close SPY MAR 24 2023 390.0 Put @ 2.05 (sold for 3.85)
TLT: A new starter synthetic stock out to Jan 2025.
Bought TLT JAN 17 2025 105.0/105.0/75.0 Synthetic Stock /Disaster puts @ 4.85
Sold TLT MAR 24 2023 105.0 Calls @ 1.14
Exiting another low dividend payer
Liquidated the last of my tiny position in AMAT at $125.01, very near the YTD high.
Bought on 10/11/2022 at $75.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
VXX: Calls yesterday, Puts today
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 44.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 44.5 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 45.0 Put at $0.12 and $0.22
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 45.5 Put at $0.14
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 46.0 Put at $0.17, $0.25 and $0.36
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 46.5 Put at $0.26, $0.33 and $0.40
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 47.0 Put at $0.22, $0.45 and $0.60
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 47.5 Put Limit at $0.35 and again at $0.70
Should be easy to roll if necessary. Paired up with an equal number of short calls.
#VXXContango
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 24 2023 18.0 Call at $0.42
#OnlySpreads
#spy0dte
STO SPY 21 MAR 2023 400/404/385/381 CALL/PUT @.32
STO 3895/3915 put spread at .65 in the premarket.
SPY 20 MAR 2023 390 PUT @.56
thanks @optioniceman
Expired:
1 SPY 360/387 Bull Put Spread
1 SPY 390.0 Put
1 SPY 395.0 and 1 SPY 396.0 Calls
#OnlySpreads
#ShortPuts – A little risk reduction prior to the Fed.
Bought to Close MAR 22 2023 380.0 Put @ .45 (sold for 3.50)
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 21st 3845/3865-4010/4030 condors for 1.40, SPX at 3948, deltas -.06 +.06
Expiring: March 20th 3780/3800-4010/4030 condors, sold Friday for 1.75
One last position before Wednesday’s fireworks
Sold 1 SPY Mar 21 2023 398.0 Call at $0.27
Sold 1 SPY Mar 21 2023 386.0 Put at $0.21
#OnlySpreads
#coveredcalls
$PFE STO 3/24 41 call .24
$LABU STO 3/24 6 call .04 Channeling my inner @optioniceman
$CVX STO 3/24 157.5 call 1.16
$U STO 3/24 32 call .23
$X STO 3/24 27 call .21
#bups
$PACW STO 4/21 15/20 BUPS at $3.00 Thank you @jeffcp66 for the idea
No longer an attractive dividend payer, I’m selling my tiny position in AAPL near it’s YTD high
Sold AAPL at $157.38. Bought on the first trading day of the year at $125.00.
With it’s one dividend payment included, made a respectable 26% 🙂
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Finally moving away from the pre-split contracts
Sold to Open:
1 Contract VXX Mar 24 2023 60 Call at $2.48
1 Contract VXX Mar 24 2023 59 Call at $2.74
1 Contract VXX Mar 24 2023 58 Covered Call at $2.93
1 Contract VXX Mar 24 2023 57 Covered Call at $3.30
1 Contract VXX Mar 24 2023 56 Covered Call at $3.70
#CLEANUP 401K
sold DJIA @21.69 price dropping
bot ZIM @23.72 juicy divi/SMALL POSTION
sold CRF @7.01 price unstable
#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX March 20th 3800/3780 put spreads for .05. Condors sold for 1.75 on Friday. Looking for calls to expire.
Sold 1 SPY Mar 20 2023 396.0 Call at $0.25
Added a sale of 1 SPY Mar 20 2023 390.0 Put at $0.28
0 DTE scalp trade
#OnlySpreads
Interesting that 100% of the stocks in my mini high yield portfolio are all up this morning
Doesn’t happen often and it doesn’t last very long
Sold LABU Mar 24 2023 6.0 Call at $0.06
Sold LABU Mar 24 2023 4.5 Puts at $0.15 and $0.16
#OnlySpreads
LABU 6.0 Covered Call
LABU 4.5 Diagonal Put
SOXL 12.5 Diagonal Put
SOXL 12.0 Diagonal Put
UVXY 8.5/6.5 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 9/7 Bear Call Spreads
VFC 20.5 Cash backed short put
SPY 370/388 Bull Put Spread
SPY 425/400 Bear Call Spread
SPY 407/398 Bear Call Spread
No SPY short puts or calls going into next week
Sto spy 24 MAR 2023 359/355 PUT @.12
Sto spy 24 MAR 2023 359/355 PUT @.11
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 20th 3780/3800-4010/4030 condors for 1.75, with SPX at 3916, deltas -.06 +.06
#speculation #bullputspreads My first non-SPX trade in many months…
Sold to Open $PACW April 21st 15/10 put spreads for 3.70, with PACW at 9.05.
This is risking 1.30 to make 3.70. Stock has over a month to recover. I may choose to close if it drops down below 2.00 pretty quickly, or below 1.00 weeks before expiration.
I have no idea if this bank crisis will get worse, but the risk/reward on the trade is hard to resist when this stock was at 27.00 only 10 days ago.
#spx1dte
Sold at open
$SPX 3/17 3850/3870 – 4060/4040 at 1.05
Closed put side at .10
#ShortPuts #SyntheticStock #SyntheticCoveredCalls – A few.
AMZN: Synthetic covered rolls.
Rolled AMZN MAR 17 2023 92.0 Calls to MAR 24 2023 93.0 Calls @ .15 debit (2.05 total now)
Rolled AMZN MAR 17 2023 93.0 Calls to MAR 24 2023 94.0 Calls @ .05 credit (1.80 total now)
Rolled AMZN MAR 17 2023 94.0 Calls to MAR 24 2023 95.0 Calls @ .30 credit (1.65 total now)
Rolled AMZN MAR 17 2023 97.0 Calls to MAR 24 2023 100.0 Calls @ .15 credit (1.75 total now)
GOOGL: Synthetic Covered rolls. Staying prior to earnings.
Rolled GOOGL MAR 17 2023 92.0 Calls to APR 06 2023 93.0 Calls @ .05 debit (1.50 total now)
Rolled GOOGL MAR 17 2023 92.5 Calls to APR 06 2023 94.0 Calls @ .40 debit (.90 total now)
Rolled GOOGL MAR 17 2023 94.0 Calls to APR 06 2023 95.0 Calls @ .05 credit (2.00 total now)
SPY: Rolled calls already (no early divvy assignments!) and rolling some puts today. Using Wed expiration due to high Fed IV.
Rolled SPY MAR 17 2023 390.0 Put to MAR 22 2023 380.0 Put @ .60 credit (3.50 total now)
Rolled SPY MAR 17 2023 395.0 Put to MAR 22 2023 390.0 Put @ .15 credit (4.40 total now)
Rolled SPY MAR 17 2023 395.0 Put to MAR 22 2023 391.0 Put @ .70 credit (4.50 total now)
Rolled SPY MAR 17 2023 396.0 Put to MAR 22 2023 392.0 Put @ .20 credit (3.70 total now)
Rolled SPY MAR 17 2023 397.0 Puts to MAR 22 2023 394.0 Puts @ .10 credit (3.20 total now)
Rolled SPY MAR 17 2023 399.0 Put to MAR 22 2023 397.0 Put @ even (3.50 total now)
XBI: Rolling short puts and adding a synthetic long position.
Rolled XBI MAR 17 2023 80.0 Puts to MAR 24 2023 79.5 Puts @ .05 credit (1.15 total now)
Bought XBI JUN 20 2025 80.0/80.0/40.0 Synthetic Stock/Disaster Puts @ (7.00 fat finger, 5.25 and 4.75)
Sold XBI MAR 24 2023 77.0 Calls @ 1.58
#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX 3860/3840 put spreads for .15. Taking off risk to avoid any Friday craziness.
That ends week with +2.75 profit. My Monday bear put spread died, but did act as a hedge against a collapse. I rarely am able to pick the right entry for long bear trades.
#SPY7DTE
#onlyspreads
STO SPY 24 MAR 2023 359/355 PUT @.11
ROLLED LABU march 17, 5.5 to march 23 @ .19 credit
To fund my buys of more high yield stocks I’m selling some no-yield/low yield positions
Sold all my GOOGL at $102.00. Started buying this in Sept 2022 at $101.88 and finished buying in November at $91.69.
Made about 5.5% overall.
Sold a tiny bit of my FDX at $225.00 on the jump up from earnings last night and at a 6-month high.
Bought on 03/08/2022 at $199.25.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a tiny bit on VNO at $14.77
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Rolled 1 SOXL Mar 17 2023 14.0 Diagonal Call to SOXL Mar 24 2023 14.5 Call at $0.02 Credit
Rolled SOXL Mar 17 2023 16.0 Diagonal Calls to SOXL Mar 24 2023 17.0 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Bought to close LABU Mar 17 2023 6.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.01
#OnlySpreads
Bought to close VXX1(adjusted) 03/17/2023 13.0 Puts at $0.32. Sold last week on a roll at $2.07
Rolled them to VXX1 03/24/2023 12.5 Puts at $0.36 and lowered the short strike $0.50
Rolled 1 VXX 03/17/2023 49.0 Call to 1 VXX 03/24/2023 51.0 Call at $0.04 Debit(fat finger mistake – should have been entered as a credit) and raised the short strike 3 points
Rolled 1 VXX 03/17/2023 50.0 Call to 1 VXX 03/24/2023 54.0 Call at $0.53 Credit and raised the short strike 4 points
Rolled 1 VXX 03/17/2023 51.0 Call to 1 VXX 03/24/2023 56.0 Call at $0.41 Credit and raised the short strike 5 points
STO 3860/3880 put spread at 1.35 in the pre market
#optionsexpiration
march 16 383 put
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#onlyspreads
march spy spreads expired
377/373
370/366
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#rolling
LABU 24 MAR 2023/17 MAR 2023 6 PUT @.14 CREDIT
SOXL 24 MAR 2023/17 MAR 2023 17/16.5 CALL @.44 CREDIT
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#shortputs
SOLD -1 LABU 100 17 MAR 23 5.5 PUT @.17
#spx1dte
$SPX STO 3/16 3740/3760 – 3980/4000 at 1.22 SPX at 3783 Expired
Out all day so no trade for tomorrow unless I try at the open.
#SPX1dte At 12:46 PDT, sold to open $SPX March 17th 3840/3860-4035/4055 condors for 1.20.
A few tiny trades early in the day at new lows:
LNC at $21.34
TFC at $29.79 and $30.00
USB at $34.29
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Partial position roll
Rolled this week’s UVXY 03/17/2023 5.0 Covered Calls to next week at $0.13 Credit
I will try to roll the rest of them up for a credit if UVXY falls again tomorrow
All expired:
1 SPY 424/400 Bear Call Spread
1 SPY 405/397 Bear Call Spread
1 SPY 370/388 Bull Put Spread
and
1 SPY 03/16/2023 390.0 Diagonal Put (sold on a roll Tuesday at $4.29)
#SPYDailyLadder #OnlySpreads
