#ShortPuts – Rolls up for extra premium. Might help to get calls back in play a little.
Rolled SPY AUG 5 2022 377.5 Put to AUG 5 2022 387.5 Put @ 1.60 credit (11.15 total now)
Rolled SPY AUG 12 2022 375.0 Put to AUG 12 2022 385.0 Put @ 1.70 credit (8.10 total now)
#SPX5dte Sold to close HALF of my July 22nd 3915/3895 put spreads for .50. Seeing if we might go lower for second half. This long condor already closed for profit on call side so just adding a few extra pennies.
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot at $307.62 (near the 1-month high). Bought on 6/13 at $279.66.
#FormerFallingKnife
#CoveredCalls – Rolling up and out a week.
Rolled NVDA JUL 22 2022 172.5 Calls to JUL 29 2022 177.5 Calls @ .10 credit
#JadeLizards – Legged in.
Sold ISRG AUG 19 2022 195.0/215.0/220.0 Jade Lizard @ 7.00
#SPX1dte In pre-market, sold to open $SPX July 22nd 3905/3925-4050/4070 condors for 1.20, IV 33.5%, deltas -.06 +.06
#shortputs
SPY
STO 22 JUL 2022 389 PUT @1.52
#shortputs
googl
sto 22 JUL 2022 112.75 PUT @1.55
Sold SLV 07.22.2022 17.0 Puts at $0.11
Replacing similar puts that expired last Friday.
#DoubleDip
Sold out of my tiny position in NDAQ at $170.18, near a 3-month high.
Bought on 05/02/2022 at $155.00
#FormerFallingKnife
#SPX1dte In pre-market, sold to open $SPX July 21st 3875/3895-4035/4055 condors for 1.35, IV 38.3, deltas -.06 +.05
Bought a tiny bit of NEM at $52.42, at a new low. Div = 4.03%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought to open 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 9.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 KOLD Aug 19 2022 14.0 Put at $0.20 Credit
Long DTE = 121
Short DTE = 30
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 40.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit for the first week
Bought TQQQ Aug 12 2022 37.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 30.5 Calls at $0.02 Credit for the first week
Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.11 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 184
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts – A few today. Re-loading short puts and rolling covered calls up and out.
Closing:
Bought to Close SPY JUL 20 2022 385.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 5.70)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 20 2022 388.0 Put @ .04 (sold for 6.20)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 20 2022 388.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 5.35)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 20 2022 390.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 12.75)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 22 2022 380.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 5.20)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 22 2022 382.0 Put @ .36 (sold for 4.20)
Opening:
Sold SPY JUL 29 2022 385.0 Put @ 2.85
Sold SPY JUL 29 2022 387.5 Put @ 3.80
Sold SPY JUL 29 2022 387.5 Put @ 4.51
Sold SPY JUL 29 2022 390.0 Put @ 4.55
Sold SPY JUL 29 2022 392.5 Put @ 4.80
Sold SPY JUL 29 2022 395.0 Put @ 5.95
Rolling Covered Calls up and out:
Rolled SPY JUL 20 2022 380.0 Calls to JUL 29 2022 383.0 Calls @ .30 credit (12.75 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 20 2022 380.0 Calls to JUL 29 2022 383.0 Calls @ .30 credit (3.55 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 20 2022 382.0 Call to JUL 29 2022 385.0 Call @ .80 credit (3.10 total now)
Rolling Put up for additional credit:
Rolled SPY JUL 29 2022 375.0 Put to SPY JUL 29 2022 382.5 Put @ 1.15 credit (5.85 total now)
Bought LABU Aug 19 2022 15.0 Calls / Sold LABU Jul 22 2022 10.0 Calls at $0.15 Credit for the first week.
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 47.0 Calls / Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 40.0 Calls at $0.02 Credit
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX July 20th 3840/3860-4000/4020 condors for 1.35, IV 38.9%, deltas -.06 +.06
Sold out of my BKNG at $1,838.42. Bought on 6/30 at $1,752.63.
My 4th successful round trip of this one.
Sold out of my VRSN at $182.30 (Near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 5/02 at $178.15
Neither pay a dividend
#FormerFallingKnife
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 30.0 Call at $0.36
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.41 and $0.61
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.5 Calls at $0.51
Sold LABU Jul 22 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.15
#SPX5dte Bought to Open $SPX July 22nd 3895/3915/3925/3945 condors for 17.45.
#ShortPuts – Roll up for additional credit.
Rolled SPY AUG 5 2022 360.0 Put to AUG 5 2022 377.5 Put @ 3.10 credit (9.55 total now)
#ShortPuts – Taking over half a month early.
Bought to Close SVXY AUG 19 2022 48.0 Puts @ .86 (sold for 1.85)
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX July 19th 3775/3795-3920/3940 condor for 1.30, IV 35%, deltas -.07 +.05
#shortputs
STO QYLD 100 19 AUG 2022 17.5 PUT @.20
#SPX1dte Stop on put side hit in last few minutes. BTC 3820 puts for 3.70. Condors sold this morning for 1.40.
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts – A few today.
ARKK: Covered.
Sold ARKK AUG 19 2022 52.0 Calls @ 1.15
NVDA: Covered replacing last week’s.
Sold NVDA JUL 22 2022 172.5 Calls @ 1.10
Sold NVDA JUL 22 2022 172.5 Calls @ 1.15
SPY: Some short term rolls collecting more premium.
Rolled SPY JUL 18 2022 385.0 Put to JUL 20 2022 385.0 Put @ 1.90 credit (5.60 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 18 2022 388.0 Put to JUL 20 2022 388.0 Put @ .95 credit (6.20 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 18 2022 388.0 Put to JUL 20 2022 388.0 Put @ .90 credit (5.35 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 18 2022 390.0 Put to JUL 20 2022 390.0 Put @ .45 credit (12.75 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 18 2022 380.0 Calls to JUL 20 2022 380.0 Calls @ 1.35 credit (12.45 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 18 2022 382.0 Call to JUL 20 2022 382.0 Call @ 1.92 credit (4.25 total now)
TQQQ: Covered
Sold TQQQ JUL 29 2022 30.5 Calls @ .70
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 30.0 Calls at $0.24, $0.26 and $0.32
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 29.5 Calls at $0.33 and $0.34
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 29.0 Calls at $0.45 and $0.50
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 28.5 Covered Calls at $0.63
Sold TQQQ Jul 22 2022 28.0 Covered Calls at $0.82
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 39.0 Calls at $0.18 and $0.32
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 38.5 Calls at $0.28
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 38.0 Calls at $0.28 and $0.30
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 37.5 Covered Call at $0.42
Sold TNA Jul 22 2022 37.0 Covered Call at $0.62
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.16
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.36
Selling off my oldest and highest cost lot of FRC at $158.17 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought in April at $155.00.
Keeping lots at $146.73 and $135.00
Sold another lot of BA at $153.61 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 05/12 at $127.00
#RaisingCash #FormerFallingKnife
Added some PARA at $23.69 (Div = 3.84%)
Added some DLR at $$119.78 (Div = 4.03%)
#FallingKnife
#SPX1dte In pre-market, Sold to Open $SPX July 18th 3800/3820-3945/3965 condors for 1.40, IV 35.5%, deltas -.07 +.06
Right at the close
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.33 and $0.34
#VXXContango
== Expired ==
KOLD 30.0 Covered Call
LABU 9.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7.5 Bull Put Spreads
LABU 7.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 6.5 Diagonal Puts
SLV 7.0 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 35.5 Covered Calls
TNA 35.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 57/38 Bear Call Spread
TNA 45/37 Bear Call Spread
TNA 44/35.5 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 27/27.5/28 Covered Calls
TQQQ 37/30 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 36/28.5 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 35/28 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 40/25 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 32/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 31/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
== Assignments ==
None
The VIX index is down 8.4% today
Bought to close VXX Jul 15 2022 21.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.01.
Sold last week at $0.34 and $0.37.
#VXXContango
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.0 Covered Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 22 2022 25.5 Call at $0.24 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.5 Covered Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 22 2022 26.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Covered Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 22 2022 27.0 Call at $0.36 Credit
Bought to close TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Covered Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 22 2022 27.5 Calls at $0.13 Credit
Still keeping a bit of downside protection
Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 10.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.25 for a $0.04 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 189
Short DTE = 7
Bought to open VXX Mar 17 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.26 for a $0.05 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 245
Short DTE = 7
#shortputs
Btc 15 JUL 2022 372 PUT @.05 sto 1.25
done for the day.
Rolled my LABU 8.0 Covered and Diagonal Calls up to next week’s 8.5 Calls at $0.05 and $0.15 Credits
Rolled my LABU Jul 15 2022 8.5 Calls to LABU Jul 22 2022 9.0 Calls at $0.24 Credit
Hoping my LABU 9.0 Calls expire
Rolled my SLV 17.5 puts to next week for $0.12 Credit.
Waiting to see if my SLV short 17.0 puts expire this afternoon
#SPX5dte Of course the first time I try this in months I’m at risk of a bad loss. Decided to sell the put side as action yesterday and overnight was bullish. But then news spiked futures higher and ended up chasing.
Sold to close $SPX 3810/3790 put spreads for 5.40. Condors bought for 17.85 on Tuesday.
Now watching the call side.
Adding diagonals way too soon:
Bought SLV Aug 19 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.15
Bought SLV Aug 26 2022 15.0 Puts at $0.18
Sold SLV Jul 15 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.26 against both these buys
I may have to roll the short puts tomorrow
Starting in on next week’s calls
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 26.0 Calls at $0.20
Bought to close 1 KOLD 07/15/2022 36.0 Covered Call at $0.05
Sold at $2.60
Sold a one day scalp: 1 KOLD July 15 2022 30.0 Covered Call at $0.20
#DoubleDip
#creditspread
QQQ
Btc QQQ 22 JUL 2022 303/305 CALL @.10/sto .39
A day for adding:
C at $44.11 Div = 4.48%
DOW at $48.66 Div = 5.63%
BXP at $84.86 Div = 4.52%
JPM at $106.13 Div = 3.57%
FITB at $32.24 Div = 3.63%
KEY at $16.50 Div = 4.59%
#SPX1dte In pre-market, sold to open $SPX July 14th 3660/3680-3840/3860 condors for 1.15, IV 44.7%, deltas -.05 +.05
#ShortPuts – Will be out rest of the week so trying to get most of my SPY to Monday.
Rolled SPY JUL 13 2022 390.0 Put to JUL 18 2022 390.0 Put @ .60 credit (12.30 total now)
Bought to open 1 KOLD Nov 18 2022 6.0 Put / Sold to Open 1 KOLD Aug 19 2022 14.0 Put at $0.44 Credit
Long DTE = 128
Short DTE = 37
KOLD low of the year = 16.56, Current price = 24.67
Sold TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Covered Calls at $0.48
Added some spreads:
Bought TNA Aug 05 2022 43.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Calls at $0.03 Credit
Bought TNA Aug 12 2022 45.0 Calls / Sold to Open TNA Jul 15 2022 35.5 Calls at $0.04 Credit
#CoveredCalls – A few.
Bought to Close SPY JUL 13 2022 390.0 Call @ .02 (sold for 2.65)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 13 2022 390.0 Calls @ .02 (sold for 3.00)
Sold SPY JUL 18 2022 385.0 Calls @ 1.50
Sold SPY JUL 18 2022 382.0 Call @ 2.33
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Call at $0.38
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.23 and $0.28
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.21
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 25.0 Calls at $0.16
Sold SOXL Jul 15 2022 11.0 Puts at $0.18, replacing similar Puts that expired Friday
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 9.0 Calls at $0.62 and $0.70, balancing out the short puts I sold yesterday
#SPX1dte Playing the swings in pre-market: Sold to Open $SPX July 13th 3690/3670 put spreads for 1.50.
Looking to sell call spread on a bounce.
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Call at $0.35
Sold 1 VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Call at $0.27
Sold 1 LABU Jul 15 2022 7.5 Put at $0.25
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.15
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 6.5 Puts at $0.10
#shortputs
SPY
STO 13 JUL 2022 376 PUT @1.22
Right at end of day bell.
#SPX5dte Bought to Open $SPX July 15th 3790/3810-3820/3840 condors for 17.85. SPX at 3814, expiry IV 32.1%
First time I have tried this in awhile after being forced to abandon it late last years after a string of losses. I first developed this trade in the high volatility of spring 2020. Lately we have been seeing fairly sharp swings over 4-5 day periods, and since I’m able to get this below 18.00 I’m taking a shot. Will likely wait for expiration, but may exit early if move is large before then.
#SPX1dte Expecting this morning’s trade to expire worthless.
#CoveredCalls – Bought to Close ARKK JUL 15 2022 50.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.10)
#SPX1dte In pre-market, sold to open $SPX July 12th 3760/3780-3905/3925 condors for 1.30, IV 35.6%, deltas -.06 +.06
I’m overloaded on the call side so balancing out the short positions a bit
Sold LABU Jul 15 2022 7.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold 1 LABU Jul 15 2022 7.0 Put at $0.10
#BullPutSpreads – Taking a low risk shot at a possible small bounce through end of year. I’ll take the stock if needed.
Sold QYLD FEB 17 2023 20.0/18.0 Bull Put Spreads @ 1.80
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.27 and $0.34
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.27
Sold VXX Jul 15 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.19
Replacing similar Calls that expired Friday and paired with this week’s 21.0 and 21.5 short puts
Last week’s diagonal worked out so trying a new one
Bought SOXL Aug 19 2022 7.0 Puts / Sold to Open SOXL Jul 15 2022 11.5 Puts at $0.02 Credit for the first week.
I still need to sell new puts against last week’s leftover long Puts
Selling this week’s puts while extending my long put expiration
Bought to Open SLV Sep 16 2022 15.0 Puts / Sold to Open SLV Jul 15 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.03 and 0.04 Credits
Also sold SLV Jul 15 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.20 and $0.21 against the long puts from last week’s Diagonal spreads to replace the Jul 08 2022 17.5 puts the expired Friday
#DoubleDip
#SPX1dte In pre-market, sold to open $SPX July 11th 3785/3805-3940/3960 condors for 1.40, IV 38.65%, deltas -.06 +.06
I also had a pretty good day
Expired:
SLV 17.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 36.5/38.5 Covered Calls
TNA 36.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 37.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 37.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 38.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 38.5 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 45/28 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 29.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 39/25.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 38/25 Bear Call Spread
VXX 37/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 36/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 35/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
#ShortPuts #CoveredCalls – A pretty good day.
AMZN: Taking these off a little early.
Bought to Close AMZN JUL 15 2022 105.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 3.15)
Bought to Close AMZN JUL 15 2022 115.0 Put @ 1.90 (sold for 3.40)
SOXL: Covered.
Bought to Close SOXL JUL 15 2022 18.0 Calls @ .03 (sold for .55)
SPY:
Taking gains.
Bought to Close SPY JUL 8 2022 380.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 7.25)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 8 2022 382.5 Put @ .05 (sold for 6.10)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 8 2022 385.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 6.30)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 8 2022 386.0 Put @ .05 (sold for 5.50)
Bought to Close SPY JUL 15 2022 370.0 Put @ .59 (sold for 5.11)
New positions.
Sold SPY JUL 18 2022 385.0 Put @ 3.80
Sold SPY JUL 18 2022 388.0 Put @ 5.25
Sold SPY JUL 18 2022 388.0 Put @ 4.45
Sold SPY JUL 22 2022 382.0 Put @ 4.20
Sold SPY AUG 12 2022 375.0 Put @ 6.41
Setting up a covered straddle.
Rolled SPY JUL 8 2022 387.5 Call to JUL 13 2022 390.0 Call @ 1.05 credit (2.65 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 8 2022 390.0 Put to JUL 13 2022 390.0 Put @ 2.80 credit (11.70 total now)
Collecting a little more premium on covered stock.
Rolled SPY JUL 8 2022 380.0 Calls to JUL 18 2022 380.0 Calls @ 2.30 credit (11.10 total now)
Rolled SPY JUL 8 2022 387.0 Call to JUL 13 2022 390.0 Call @ 1.40 credit (3.00 total now)
Covered some of my overly large VXX Jul 08 2022 Put position at $ 0.07. Sold these at $0.185 average
Rolled some more VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts down to VXX Jul 15 21.5 Puts at $ 0.20 Credit while lowering the strike price a half point.
The rolled some more VXX Jul 08 2022 22.0 Puts down to VXX Jul 15 21.0 Puts at $ 0.02 Credit while lowering the strike price a full point.
#VXXContango
Sold my tiny position in MSCI at $438.66, near it’s 1-month high
Bought on 05/09 at $379.85 and got $1.04/sh divvy while I waited
#FormerFallingKnife
Bought to close 1 TNA Jul 08 2022 35.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TNA Jul 15 2022 37.0 Call at $0.31 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 24.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.0 Call at $0.05 Credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 15 2022 25.5 Calls at $0.11 Credit
Bought to close 1 TQQQ Jul 08 2022 25.5 Call / Sold to Open 1 TQQQ Jul 15 2022 26.0 Call at $0.35 Credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jul 08 2022 26.0 Calls / Sold to Open TQQQ Jul 15 2022 27.0 Calls at $.022 Credit
Still keeping some downside protection
#longcalls
SLV
BTO SLV 19 AUG 2022 20 CALL @.13
#Jobs — Above expectations
Gain of +372,000 non-farm payroll jobs, vs. expected gain of 250K
Unemployment unchanged at 3.6%, as expected
U6 unemployment 6.7%, down by 0.4
Labor force participation 62.2%, down by 0.1
Average hourly earnings up 0.3%; 5.1% increase over the year
May jobs revised down to +384K
April jobs revised down to +368K
#SPX1dte In pre-market, sold to open $SPX July 8th 3790/3810-3955/3975 condors for 1.25, IV 38.9%, deltas -.05 +.06
STO August 19, 65 put at 3.73
STO August 5, 320/330-210/220 iron condor at .96cents
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