#CoveredCalls – Sold TQQQ Mar 15 2019 50.0 Calls @ 1.15
Tag Archives: CoveredCalls
TNA
#CoveredCalls – Sold TNA Feb 15 2019 58.0 Calls @ 1.02
LABU
#CoveredCalls – Sold LABU Feb 15 2019 49.0 Call @ 1.96
AAOI LABU MO STX TNA TQQQ UVXY
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts #LongPuts #LEAPS – Various adjustments…
AAOI: Feels like a family member now…LOL Replacing this week’s expiration
Sold AAOI FEB 15 2019 17.5/22.5 Bear Call Spreads @ .46 (prior to earnings hopefully)
LABU:
Will be assigned stock at 56.60 basis
MO: LEAPS are now unhedged leading into earnings…(for now)
Bought to Close MO JAN 25 2019 50.5 Calls @ .02 (sold for .25)
STX:
Will be assigned a little more stock at 40.20 basis
TNA: Rolling covered calls and assignment
Rolled TNA Jan 18 2019 50.0 Call to Feb 22 2019 52.5 Call @ .01 credit
Will be assigned stock at basis of 62.70, 56.95, and 56.00
TQQQ: Booking covered calls. No new sales yet. (partial fill on this yesterday at .05 Grrrr!)
Bought to Close TQQQ Jan 18 2019 45.0 Calls @.40 (sold for 1.65)
Still watching a short 45.0 strike put. If assigned basis of 42.85
UVXY: Rolling ratio’d short puts down.
Rolled UVXY FEB 1 2019 72.5 Puts to MAR 15 2019 69.0 Puts @ .62 credit
RTN STX TNA TQQQ WYNN
#LongCalls #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – A few fills this morning…
RTN: Seems to be recovering so giving it some room into earnings. May add Bull Put Spreads also…
Bought to Close RTN JAN 18 2019 165.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .60 as BeCS)
Sold RTN FEB 15 2019 170.0/180.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.20
STX: Covered Calls selling new ones in earnings week…
Bought to Close STX Jan 18 2019 40.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .68)
Sold STX Feb 08 2019 41.0 Calls @ .96
TNA: Looking good now. Went full position on Jan 7th on LEAPS and ratio’d weekly sales…
Rolled TNA JAN 18 2019 47.0 Calls to FEB 8 2019 48.5 Calls @ .05 debit
TQQQ: A roll against LEAPS and a partial close on some covered calls:
Rolled TQQQ JAN 18 2019 39.0 Calls to FEB 8 2019 40.5 Calls @ .23 credit
Bought to Close TQQQ Jan 18 2019 45.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 1.65)
WYNN: Covered calls below basis so still rolling…
Rolled WYNN Jan 18 2019 105.0 Call to Feb 15 2019 110.0 Call @ .05 credit
LABU
#CoveredCalls
STO Feb 15 60 cc @ 1.30 with shares selling at 45.65. Time to start working off -15 pt assignment, returning from PSP sun break, yuk, only a couple days in 70’s. Flight last night w/minor mechanical, TSA’s in good spirits!
WYNN
#CoveredCalls #IRA – Rolling….
Rolled WYNN JAN 11 2019 110.0 Call to FEB 15 2019 120.0 Call @ even
#coveredputs PM Sold Jan. 18,…
#coveredputs PM #coveredcalls WYNN
PM Sold Jan. 18, 66 put for .56, woulda, coulda, shoulda sold it yesterday
WYNN Sold Jan. 18, 120 call for .60
TQQQ
#CoveredCalls – Adding one here. This is against some of my lower basis stock…
Sold TQQQ FEB 15 2019 44.0 Call @ 1.35
PVTL covered calls
#CoveredCalls Sold $PVTL Jan 18th 17 calls for .50.
#coveredcalls #firsttrade of 2019 AAPL…
#coveredcalls #firsttrade of 2019 AAPL
bought to close Jan. 4, 160 call for .02 yipee
TNA
#CoveredCalls – Selling a new batch…
Sold TNA FEB 1 2019 50.00 Calls @ 1.15
TNA
#CoveredCalls – First winner of the year…yaay!
Bought to Close TNA JAN 18 2019 60.00 Calls @ .05 (sold for 2.15)
#assignment I’ve been traveling some,…
#assignment
I’ve been traveling some, watching the carnage and getting assigned on many ITM put positions, turning me into a #coveredcalls guy.
From the correction, I involuntarily own shares of AAPL, AA, AMAT, AXDX, KORS, M, MAT, MRO, NKTR, SLB, T and X. You hedge fund managers can start a buying spree on any of these.
Denny’s still won’t go down.
AAOI
#CoveredCalls – I’ve finally begun the long slog to as much of a recovery as I can get. Early assigned on Jan 2020 70 strike puts a few weeks ago. (70 strike with a basis of 53.75…uugh). I am long some Jan 2020 12.5 puts that are nicely profitable but not booking those yet.
Replacing this week’s covered call expiration. (sold for .40)
Sold AAOI JAN 18 2019 17.0/25.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .49
Looking for a buck a month and a little recovery in the stock to get out. Using spreads in case we wake up one day and they’re getting bought out for 50 bucks (not sure who would want them…LOL). At some point a bankruptcy will be more beneficial with my long puts but for now still need some basis reduction.
SMH TQQQ UVXY WYNN
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – Selling the rip again…
SMH: Double dip next week…
Bought to Close SMH JAN 4 2019 94.0 Calls @ .04 (sold for .55)
Sold SMH JAN 4 2019 86.0 Calls @ .70
TQQQ: Covered…
Sold TQQQ FEB 15 2019 40.0 Call @ 1.70
UVXY: Double and triple dips…
Rolled UVXY DEC 28 2018 75.0 Puts to DEC 28 2018 81.0 Puts @ .90 credit
Rolled UVXY JAN 4 2019 65.0 Puts to JAN 4 2019 75.0 Puts @ 1.13 credit
WYNN: Covered…
Sold WYNN JAN 18 2019 105.0 Call @ 1.80
LABU NVDA STX TNA TQQQ
#CoveredCalls – Assigned some shares so getting the covered calls working right away. Selling slightly below basis so won’t hesitate to roll on a rally. Sales on individual stocks are (hopefully) prior to next earnings.
LABU:
Sold LABU FEB 15 2019 35.0 Call @ 1.68
NVDA:
Sold NVDA FEB 01 2019 145.0 Call @ 4.50
STX: Nice divvy down here…
Sold STX JAN 18 2019 40.0 Calls @ .68
TNA:
Sold TNA FEB 15 2019 45.0 Call @ 1.75
TQQQ:
Bought to Close TQQQ JAN 04 2019 45.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 1.60)
Sold TQQQ FEB 15 2019 40.0 Call @ 1.60
DG MO REGN SMH SOXL TNA TQQQ UVXY
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – Managed to get a few more sold this morning. LEAPS are obviously struggling but getting some good basis reduction done on the 2021 positions. UVXY puts paying nicely so will receive the full benefit of those sales when it finally pulls back and the long puts start helping out. Nat gas short helping also…
DG:
Bought to Close DG DEC 21 2018 109.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .60)
Sold DG JAN 25 2019 110.0 Calls @ .70
MO:
Sold MO JAN 11 2019 52.5 Calls @ .32
REGN:
Sold REGN JAN 4 2019 385.0 Call @ 2.30
SMH:
Sold SMH JAN 11 2019 91.0/96.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .71
SOXL:
Sold SOXL FEB 15 2019 95.0 Calls @ 7.00
TNA:
Bought to Close TNA DEC 21 2018 54.0 Calls @ .04 (sold for .62)
Sold TNA JAN 11 2019 50.0 Calls @ .90
TQQQ:
Bought to Close TQQQ DEC 28 2018 52.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .72 as BeCS)
UVXY:
Bought to Close UVXY DEC 21 2018 62.5 Puts @ .05 (sold for 1.60)
Bought to Close UVXY DEC 28 2018 60.0 Puts @ .25 (sold for 1.55)
Sold UVXY JAN 4 2019 62.5 Puts @ 1.80
Sold UVXY JAN 4 2019 65.0 Puts @ 1.77
REGN RTN SMH SOXL TNA TQQQ UVXY WTW WYNN XBI
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – Out most of the afternoon but managed to sell pretty hard into the morning rally. Sell the rip until it quits working…
REGN:
Bought to Close REGN DEC 21 2018 397.5 Call @ .10 (sold for 2.10)
Sold REGN DEC 28 2018 385.0 Call @ 2.20
RTN:
Sold RTN JAN 4 2019 175.0/185.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .62
SMH:
Bought to Close SMH DEC 21 2018 94.5 Calls @ .07 (sold for .58)
Sold SMH JAN 4 2019 94.0 Calls @ .55
SOXL: Covered but didn’t get a chance to sell a new batch…
Bought to Close SOXL DEC 21 2018 100.0 Calls @ .10 (sold for 12.35)
TNA:
Bought to Close TNA DEC 28 2018 60.0/70.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .06 (sold for .91)
Sold TNA JAN 11 2019 55.0 Calls @ .82
TQQQ: Some covered and some against LEAPS…
Bought to Close TQQQ DEC 21 2018 46.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .82)
Bought to Close TQQQ DEC 21 2018 48.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 2.05)
Sold TQQQ JAN 4 2019 47.0/52.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .63
Sold TQQQ JAN 4 2019 45.0 Call @ 1.60
Sold TQQQ JAN 18 2019 45.0 Calls @ 1.65
UVXY:
Rolled UVXY DEC 28 2018 57.5 Puts to DEC 28 2018 65.0 Puts @ 1.46 credit
Sold UVXY DEC 28 2018 60.0 Puts @ 1.55
Sold UVXY DEC 28 2018 62.5 Puts @ 1.60
WTW:
Sold WTW JAN 4 2019 46.0 Calls @ 1.00
WYNN: Some covered and some against LEAPS…
Sold WYNN JAN 11 2019 114.0/124.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 1.05
Sold WYNN JAN 11 2019 110.0 Call @ 2.18
Bought to Close WYNN DEC 21 2018 110.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 3.25)
XBI:
Bought to Close XBI DEC 28 2018 81.5 Calls @ .02 (sold for .40)
Bought to Close XBI DEC 28 2018 82.5 Calls @ .01 (sold for .51)
Sold XBI JAN 4 2019 77.0/82.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .71)
PVTL calls closed
#Earnings #CoveredCalls BTC $PVTL Dec 21st 21 covered calls for .05. Sold for .80 on Tuesday. Earning report has had little effect on the stock. Cost basis 19.00. Will continue to hold and sell calls.
#assignment AAPL #coveredcalls Assigned 100…
#assignment AAPL #coveredcalls
Assigned 100 shares at 187.50, from a spread, sold the 185 put at 16.30 for a cost basis of 170.53. Sold Dec. 14, 170 call for 2.06. AAPL currently going for 168 and change.
PVTL covered Calls
#Earnings #CoveredCalls Sold $PVTL Dec 21st 21 calls for .80. This order has been in for a couple weeks, but only today did it finally fill, and earnings are tonight. Was assigned via 22.5 puts on 9/20. This sale brings my cost basis down to 18.95.
OLED TNA UNG
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – Out most of the day but got a few trades in…
OLED: Adding…
Sold OLED DEC 21 2018 104.0 Calls @ 1.05
TNA: Covered calls…
Bought to Close TNA DEC 14 2018 65.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 2.36)
Sold TNA JAN 18 2019 60.0 Calls @ 2.15
UNG:Sold against long puts…
Bought to Close UNG DEC 14 2018 31.5 Puts @ .05 (sold for .41)
Rolls
Trying to get back to selling weeklies, better returns in real time confirmed by my account balances. Taking a credit of 0.4 every week works out to $2080 profits for 52 weeks vs. 1.2 x 12 months only works out to $1440 or 37% better return. So anyway, even with the gamma risk the decay is much faster on weeklies and the #pietrades concept works so now I am trying to apply it to all other trades, #fuzzy, #coveredcalls etc. to increase income. Last 8-12 weeks had gone out 21-45 DTE on expirations to help deal with the volatility. Trying to pull everything back to weekly now. I know TT shows 45 DTE works best but not according to my account balances.
#fuzzy
MU 40/40 8 DTE rolled out to 15 DTE for 0.53 credit. Cb now 14.16
WDC 40/47 8 DTE rolled out to 15 DTE for 0.27 credit. Cb 21.13
GILD 67.5/69 1 DTE rolled out to 8 DTE for 0.61 credit. Cb 10.35. I really wanted to let some more time decay but doubt I will have time to trade tomorrow. Starting to see flu so the office is really busy. Get your flu shots if you have not had them yet.
Added 1 more at lunch time, EOG 110/110 8 DTE rolled out 15 DTE for 0.30. Cb 12.39
Still have 110 weeks to manage all these. The #fuzzy trades handle the volatility better than anything else I have on at the moment.
#pietrades
LNG 1 DTE rolled out to 8 DTE at 62 cc for 0.45 credit. Cb 59.58
Lots of expirations next week and week after. Should free ups some cash to try a live #lizardpies and maybe @elitethink short iron fly tactic, small lots on both.
Hope everyone is having a good week 🙂
#rolling #coveredcalls WYNN Rolled Dec….
#rolling #coveredcalls WYNN
Rolled Dec. 7, 106 call to Dec. 21 for .65. WYNN is up 11 to 120.
TNA
#CoveredCalls – Keeping it pretty tight betting no major agreement over the weekend. Now we wake up Monday morning with TNA at 75…LOL
Bought to Close TNA NOV 30 2018 65.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.55)
Sold TNA DEC 14 2018 65.0 Calls @ 2.36
#coveredcalls AXDX Sold Dec. 21,…
#coveredcalls AXDX
Sold Dec. 21, 12.50 call for 1.30, stock at 13.00. I was assigned shares with a cost basis of 20.
SOXL TQQQ
#CoveredCalls #IRA – These will be way too aggressive if the G20 becomes a success. If not, they will be brilliant. 🙂 We know how that usually turns out. LOL
SOXL:
Rolled SOXL DEC 21 2018 115.0 Calls to DEC 21 2018 100.0 Calls @ 4.75 credit.
Stock basis of 91 with additional 12.35 credit received and covered at 100. Wouldn’t be horrible if the stock got called away…
TQQQ:
Sold TQQQ DEC 21 2018 48.0 Calls @ 2.05
OLED TQQQ LABU-LABD
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – Was out nearly all day but had a couple fills from standing orders and the beginning of another experiment 🙂
OLED:
Bought to Close OLED NOV 23 2018 98.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .65)
TQQQ:
Bought to Close TQQQ NOV 30 2018 55.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.19) re-load tomorrow hopefully…
Risk reduction on one contract taking the small loss…
Bought to Close TQQQ JAN 18 2019 40.0 Put @ 3.50 (sold for 2.50)
LABU/LABD
One of my most frustrating positions so going to try something. Converting the LABU long LEAP calls to long LEAP puts on LABD. The built in drag should help this and the call side was approaching massive whipsaw risk with sales so far below the LEAPS. New position is out to 2020 instead of 2021. Collect as much premium as I can between now and then and then see where it stands.
To establish the new position, I sold the calls and bought whatever puts were the same price and just rolled the basis to the new position. Long 25 strike puts now so will be selling above those but not nearly the whipsaw risk that the call side had.
Long story short…about 30 cents a week on a 5 lot is the goal. Hopefully can get most of that.
TRTN #CoveredCalls BTC Dec 21…
TRTN #CoveredCalls
BTC Dec 21 35 covered calls @ .80 STO on Nov 7 @ 1.70…taking my 50.4%.
#coveredputs #coveredcalls WYNN CLR CLR…
#coveredputs #coveredcalls WYNN CLR
CLR rolled Nov. 23, 46 put to Nov. 30, 46 put for .61, short shares at 45.94, stock at 44.43
WYNN sold Nov. 23 106 call .39 long shares at a painful basis, stock at 101.
SOXL
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts – Out of the 100 put and now need a pullback for the 100 calls.
Bought to Close SOXL NOV 16 2018 100.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 3.50)
TNA….threading the needle
#CoveredCalls #ShortPuts – Replacing some covered calls and still watching 60 strike short puts…
Bought to Close TNA NOV 16 2018 65.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 2.00)
Sold TNA NOV 30 2018 65.0 Calls @ 1.55 (staying just prior to the G20 summit)
#coveredcalls NKTR Sold Dec. 21,…
#coveredcalls NKTR
Sold Dec. 21, 45 call for .50, stock at 36.50.
TNA TQQQ SOXL
#CoveredCalls – From what I can tell so far I think all of these will make very good long term covered call candidates. Would love to own ’em all at a low basis for nice income generation. Compared to regular dividend stocks I think these can blow those returns away. More volatile but that’s great for the selling…
TQQQ
#CoveredCalls – Selling another batch staying prior to the G20 summit. Whiz says if any good news comes out of there the rally is on…
Sold TQQQ NOV 30 2018 55.0 Calls @ 1.19
TQQQ
#CoveredCalls – Partial fill…
Bought to Close TQQQ NOV 16 2018 58.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.62)
Z covered calls sold
#Earnings #Assignment #CoveredCalls Sold to open $Z Nov 30th 30 covered calls for 1.55.
I’ll be assigned the stock via 34 puts this weekend. This sale will put my cost basis at 31.00, so if called away it will be a 1.00 loss on the trade, which is okay, but hopefully I can get one more call sale in to profit.
PVTL calls closed
#CoveredCalls BTC $PVTL Nov 16th 21 covered calls for .05. Sold for .70 .
Assigned at 22.5, cost basis now down to 19.80.
WTW
#CoveredCalls #LongCalls #LEAPS – Not getting much of a bounce so converting the stock into a LEAPS position out to 2021. Rolling the stock loss into the basis of the LEAPS. Frees up a lot of cash and takes risk off.
Sold WTW Stock @ 48.46
Bought to Close WTW NOV 9 2018 51.0 Calls @ .55 (sold for 1.15)
Exited the position with the stock at a basis of 57.61 and added a couple extra LEAPS (300 stock vs 5 LEAPS now)
Bought to Open WTW JAN 15 2021 50.0 Calls @ 15.00
Sold WTW DEC 7 2018 55.0 Calls @ 1.00
Factoring in the stock loss the new LEAPS basis will be 20.50. I’ll sell the calls about every 30 days to give it some recovery room. Still only need about 75 cents every 30 days. Goal is to get out at even unless it really gets on a run.
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Was hoping to be out of this today but another implosion so I’ll be holding longer. Receiving another 100 shares today from the Jade Lizard at a basis of 59.80.
Basis in overall position is now 58.15 so more work to do….
Sold WTW NOV 9 2018 51.0 Calls @ 1.15
#coveredcalls WDC All this talk…
#coveredcalls WDC
All this talk of selling calls against assigned stock-sold Nov. 16, 51 call for .46, dropping my basis into the 69s!
WTW….trimming the fat (basis)
WTW Anatomy of a Trade
This is why I love option trading. Nothing is cut and dry and loss isn’t a loss until it’s realized. This was the path I took from an 80 basis to 58 in 3 months. All the calls were carefully sold at levels around the current basis to protect from losses in the event of a huge whipsaw (or buyout). 🙂 🙂
Aug 6: Jade Lizard blown out to the put side on the implosion
Aug 7: Immediately sold additional weekly calls at the open
Aug 8: Sold more weekly calls against the Lizard puts
Aug 9: Sold atm calls in anticipation of weekend put assignment
Aug 11: Assigned stock over the weekend
Aug 17: Sold fairly safe calls as an oversale against the stock
Aug 30: Rolled covered calls down and out staying atm
Sep 5: Sold calls slightly itm
Sep 21: Rolled calls again staying itm
Oct 5: Rolled calls again staying itm
Oct 10: Another atm call sale
Oct 26: Rolled calls down and ditm for max earnings protection
Still rolling along. Hoping for one more drop on earnings to around 58. That would complete a huge topping pattern. Bounce there or drop to 40 after that. We shall see. Thanks Sue for the nice comments down below. Coming from a seasoned trader it’s very encouraging!
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Sure didn’t think I’d still be in this since last earnings. Started out as a blown out strangle and the stock has lost 30 percent since last quarter. Through extremely aggressive call selling (double selling and selling in the money) I’ve managed to stay in the game. Started at around an 80 basis and currently sitting at 66.16.
Next week it’s earnings time again and I’m still being cautious. Selling in the money at a level that will give nice downside protection while still allowing the stock to get called away with a small profit.
Rolled WTW OCT 26 2018 65.0 Calls to NOV 2 2018 58.0 Calls @ 8.85 credit
New basis is now 57.31 covered at 58.0. Estimated move on earnings of about 10 dollars. I don’t quite have all that covered to the downside but got most of it. If the stock gets that low I may back off on the aggressive call selling and keep longer term for a turnaround.
CELG-TNA GLD-TQQQ UAA-SOXL bringing dead money alive
#CoveredCalls #IRA – Fuzzy, what the heck are you talking about? Good question!
In an IRA I’ve been carrying positions in CELG, GLD, and UAA that seems like it’s been forever. They’re all underwater with very little call premium available to sell. With this pullback I’m selling the dogs and putting an equal amount of cash into some tickers that do have nice premium and that have been beat down pretty hard.
I won’t bore you with the details but I’m hoping these are long term positions that I can sell against for many months. Nothing fancy with weeklies…just doing the monthlies as more of a set it and forget it. I’ll roll the losses of the dead money stocks into the cost basis of the new positions and go from there. I feel I’ll make a lot more progress with these than sitting and waiting on the dogs to come back.
Here’s the covered call sales of the new positions:
Sold TNA NOV 16 2018 65.0 Calls @ 2.00
Sold TQQQ NOV 16 2018 58.0 Calls @ 1.60
Sold SOXL NOV 16 2018 100.0 Calls @ 5.10
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Did pretty good overall in containing my whipsaw risk. Only problem is the big recovery in WTW. I got a little too aggressive yesterday selling the next batch of covered calls to help with downside protection. I sure didn’t see this kind of bounce coming.
Covering the overwriting now strictly for risk protection in the event rally mode continues next week…
Bought to Close WTW OCT 12 2018 68.0 Calls @ .25 (sold for 1.89)
A few trades
#ContangoETFs
BTC $GUSH Dec 57 call for .75. Sold in May and July for 5.35 (avg price)
BTC $DUST Nov 16th 60 call for .15. Sold for 1.95 on Sep 5th.
#VXXGame
STO $UVXY March 95 call for 10.15
#CoveredCalls
BTC $PVTL Oct 19th 20 covered calls for .05. Sold for .45 last week.
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Continuing to sell these around my breakeven level….
Sold WTW OCT 26 2018 65.0 Calls @ 2.15
#Coveredcalls NUGT Sold Oct 19th…
#Coveredcalls NUGT Sold Oct 19th 14 Calls @ .25 when NUGT hit 12.78
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Right down to the wire. Took the stock with a basis near 80 but aggressive weekly selling has kept the position at near even all the way down.
Bought to Close WTW OCT 5 2018 68.0 Calls @ .39 (sold for 3.23)
Sold WTW OCT 12 2018 68.0 Calls @ 1.89
That’s it for my week. Have a great weekend everyone!
PVTL covered calls
#CoveredCalls Sold to Open $PVTL Oct 19th 20 calls for .45.
#coveredcalls Legged into Bought ERX…
#coveredcalls Legged into Bought ERX @ 39.80. Sold Oct 19th 41 Call @ 1.10 when ERX hit 40.19
#coveredcalls Covered up my long…
#coveredcalls Covered up my long high basis MU with Oct 5th 47.5 calls with the stock at 47.58. Whittling away.
AMAT DG ERX EWW GLD OLED TLT WTW
#LongCalls #LEAPS -Been an extremely busy week away from the market so catching up here. I’ve got a few more tomorrow that I’ll need to watch also.
AMAT:
Sold AMAT OCT 26 2018 41.0 Calls @ .43
DG:
Rolled LEAPS out to 2021 and continuing to sell against.
Sold DG OCT 12 2018 113.0 Calls @ .60
Sold DG OCT 19 2018 112.0 Calls @ .65
ERX:
Closed position since it’s near resistance. Made .73 per contract on a little quickie.
EWW:
Rolled EWW SEP 28 2018 48.0 Calls to OCT 19 2018 48.5 Calls @ .14 debit (ratio’d)
GLD:
Sold GLD OCT 19 2018 113.5 Calls @ .52
OLED:
Bought to Close OLED SEP 28 2018 140.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 1.32)
TLT:
Still running a #PerpetualRollingStrangles on this one….
Sold TLT OCT 26 2018 119.0 Calls @ .40
WTW:
Still messing with a #CoveredCalls position…
Bought to Close WTW SEP 21 2018 70.0 Calls @ .23 (sold for 2.45)
Sold WTW OCT 5 2018 68.0 Calls @ 3.23
MTN NVDA Calls / Roku KR Puts
#coveredcalls
$MTN STO 10/19 310 calls at .90 9/28 earnings
$NVDA STO 9/28 272.5 calls at 1.30 Sold against Long 10/19 265 calls
#shortputs
$ROKU STO 9/28 71.50 put at 1.05 Thank you @honkhonk81 for inspiration
Closed Early
$KR BTC 10/19 30 put at .40 STO 9/17 for 2.11
#coveredcalls Rolled my Sept 21st…
#coveredcalls Rolled my Sept 21st 13.50 calls out and up to Oct 05th 14.50 for .20 credit.
#coveredcalls #rolling WYNN Rolled Sept….
#coveredcalls #rolling WYNN
Rolled Sept. 21, 150 call to Sept. 21, 135 call for 1.39, cost basis down to 146, but WYNN is down to 128, not the way it is supposed to go.
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Goal is to get out of this at even. Missed my chance on the bounce and now appears to be breaking below the 200ma. Replacing this week’s with another aggressive sale at the money.
Sold WTW SEP 21 2018 70.0 Calls @ 2.45
Basis is now lowered to 72.50 so some more work to do….
Weekly roll of OLED
#Earnings #CoveredCalls Working my way back to profit on busted earnings call from last quarter.
Yesterday, BTC $OLED Aug 31st 124 covered call for .40. Sold for 1.50 last Friday.
Today, Sold OLED Sep 7th 125 call for 1.75.
Strangling TSLA again
#Earnings #Rolling Seems to have found a range, so after last week’s successful trade I’m trying again.
Yesterday, sold $TSLA Sp 7th 300/327.5 strangles for 9.65.
Other than that, my main work has been trying to stay ahead of #CoveredCalls in $AAPL, $PYPL and $SQ. It’s nice to be long all of these but selling calls is a bitch! I keep having to stop out and roll.
AMZN HA Closed Early / Roll NFLX
#shortputs
Closed Part Early
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1780/1800 BUPS at 81% max profit
Closed ALL
$HA BTC 10/19 32 put at .10 STO 6/13 at 1.15 Thank you @ramie77
#longcalls
Closed part early
$AMZN STC 9/21 1800 call at 131.40. BTO at 66.52 on 8/2
#coveredcalls rolled
$NFLX BTC 9/7 345 calls and STO 9/21 365 calls at additional 1.67 debit
#coveredcalls TWTR Wow, now that…
#coveredcalls TWTR Wow, now that is quite a breakout. Closed my all to early short calls @ .53, a .38 loss. I will just let this play out for a while. Maybe I should go back on vacation.
TRADES:
:
$ROKU BTO 3X This morning avg. price 63.33
$TNDM STO 9/21/18 45.0 CALLS @1.05
Morning Covered my long stock…
Morning Covered my long stock picking away at the basis again
#coveredcalls
Sold TWTR Aug 31st 36.50 @ .15 when TWTR was at 34.93
Sold NUGT Aug 31st 16 @ .21 when NUGT was at 14.91
Rolling OLED, all the kids are doing it
#Rolling #CoveredCalls
BTC $OLED Aug 24th 122 call for .45. Sold for 1.65 on Aug 16th.
STO $OLED Aug 31st 124 covered call for 1.50.
No expirations, have a good weekend all!
Covered Call type of morning in PDX
Back home at last… slept well so keeping jet lag at bay!
#CoveredCallCampaign #SyntheticCoveredCalls Since I’ve been trading lighter I mostly only have long stock and long #LEAPs positions. Looking for new entries… who’s got something?
Wednesday I was over the Pacific without enough WiFi megabytes to trade, so fortunately the market didn’t do much.
Tuesday: BTC $SQ 75 calls for 1.55. Small loss. #StrangleRoll: Sold Aug 31st 73.5/78.5 strangles for 1.95.
Tuesday: BTC SQ Aug 24th 76 call for 1.16 & Aug 31st 76 call for 1.96. Breakeven combining the two.
Today: #Rolling Sold SQ Sep 7th 79 call for 1.55; sold Sept 7th 80 call for 1.50
Today: Sold $BABA Sep 14th 195 Covered Call for 1.50
Tuesday: Rolled $AAPL Aug 24th 202.5 #CoveredCalls to Aug 31st 205 covered calls, breakeven. Still underwater on this one but managing to creep my strike up.
Today: Sold $FB Sep 14th 182.5 covered call for 1.45.
Today: Sold $AMAT Aug 31st 43 covered call for .80. This #PieTrade is a stinker… not much premium to work with.
WTW
#CoveredCalls – Big bounce today so stopped out on my over writing of the calls…
Bought to Close WTW AUG 24 2018 75.0 Calls @ .75 (sold for 4.13)
Still holding next week’s 73s…
ADSK AMAT GLD PYPL RTN WTW
#LongCalls #LEAPS #CoveredCalls – Not a bad week for selling. Can’t wait until these are all (or most of ’em) #PureProfit. ADSK and PYPL weeklies are finally out of the money so selling can resume on them.
ADSK:
Bought to Close ADSK AUG 17 2018 132.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.52)
Sold ADSK AUG 24 2018 134.0 Calls @ 3.00 (ratio’d for earnings next week)
AMAT
Sold AMAT AUG 31 2018 45.0 Calls @ .42 (replacing this week’s expiration that was sold for .87)
Earnings sucked so selling carefully now….
GLD:
Bought to Close GLD AUG 17 2018 116.5 Calls @ .01 (the rest of the partial from yesterday sold for .50)
PYPL:
Bought to Close PYPL AUG 17 2018 85.5 Calls @ .05 (sold for .36)
Sold PYPL AUG 31 2018 86.0 Calls @ .85
Sold PYPL SEP 7 2018 87.0 Calls @ .79
RTN:
Sold RTN AUG 31 2018 202.5 Calls @ 1.10 (still squeezing so ratio’d at the 200ma resistance)
WTW:
Sold WTW AUG 31 2018 73.0 Calls @ 1.15 (double selling covered calls with a stop on next week’s)
FB Short Puts Close Early / Covered Call ALRM AAXN/ AMZN Calls Closed
#shortputs
Closed Early
$FB BTC 8/17/155/165 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.80 on 7/26
#coveredcalls
$ALRM STO 8/17 52.5 calls at .25
$AAXN STO 8/17 65 calls at .40
Looking to empty my positions while making dinner money.
#longcalls
$AMZN STC 8/17 1820 calls at 97 BTO at 68. Still have a few left. I probably should have closed them all.
Trades
Catching up on posting from the last 7 days…
TODAY (Monday)
#CoveredCallCampaign
Sold $AAPL Aug 24th 202.5 #CoveredCalls for 7.00. This replaces the Aug 17th 202.5 calls I closed last week for 7.40, to avoid being called away on the ex-div date. I’m rolling ITM calls after earnings trade got breached.
Sold $SQ Aug 24th 76 call for 1.25, and Aug 31st 76 calls for 1.23
#SyntheticCoveredCalls
Sold $PYPL Aug 31st 90 calls for 1.10. A roll-up from Aug 24th 87.5 calls stopped last week.
#PieTrades
Sold $MU Aug 24th 53 covered call for .85. #PieTrades
LAST WEEK
#Rolling #StrangleRoll $TSLA Aug 17th 332.5 calls to Aug 17th 332.5/335 strangles for .65 credit. Will roll soon to avoid early assignment.
#Earnings Bought $YELP Aug 10th 38.5 #LongStraddles for 4.94. Sold the calls next day for 9.95. This trade usually works on YELP.
Stopped $FB Aug 24th 187.5 covered calls for 3.85. Rolled to Aug 31st 180/195 strangles for 3.83. Looks like I got stopped at the top. #CoveredCallCampaign.
#PieTrades Rolled $AMAT Aug 10th 46.5 covered call to Aug 17th 46.5 for .30 credit.
#VXXGame Closed $VXX Sep 21st 50 call for .46. Sold for 5.65 on April 17th.
#shortputs This morning rolled my…
#shortputs
This morning rolled my Aug 10th 37 Puts out to Aug 31st for .90 credit.
#coveredcalls
Sold TWTR 34 Calls at .15 Slowly chipping away at the basis.
OLED covered call
#CoveredCalls Sold $OLED Aug 17th 120 covered call for 2.00
WTW Earnings
#Earnings #CoveredCalls – My final adjustment. I’ll be taking stock at a basis of 79.16. I’m a little bearish thinking this thing is headed for the 200ma. Selling my covered calls ITM a couple weeks out for max downside protection while lowering my basis quite a bit.
Bought to Close WTW AUG 10 2018 80.0 Calls @ .12
Sold WTW AUG 24 2018 75.0 Calls @ 4.13
Stock basis now 75.15 covered with 75 strike calls. I’ll be able to let the stock go near even or roll one more time for a small profit. If it keeps dropping I’ll keep selling slightly ITM until we see a bounce…
Afternoon
#ShortPuts, #Coveredcalls
Rolled my Aug 64 Put out and up to Aug 17th 65 Put for .55 credit
Covered NUGT with Aug 17th 22 Calls
Covered MU with Aug 17th 55 Calls
Sold to open AAOI Aug 17th 40 Puts @ .88.
MTN DBX CRM Covered Calls / FB Short Puts / Rolled KEM Short Puts
#coveredcalls
$MTN STO 8/17 290 call at 2.00
$DBX STO 8/17 31.5 call at 1.00
$CRM STO 8/10 144 call at .70
#shortputs
$FB STO 9/17 60/180 BUPS at 3.70
Rolled
#shortputs
$KEM BTC 8/17 27 put and STO 9/21 27 put at additional .60
Options Bistro 