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Final trades and Options Expiration, 5/18/18
#SPXcampaign
Sold $SPX June 14th 2795/2820 call spreads for 1.75
Sold $SPX May 31st 2650/2675/2750/2775 #CondorRoll for 6.70
#OptionsExpiration Expiring at full loss: Long 2770/2790 call spreads, bought for 1.29… Made a couple of profitable rounds with this spread but the remaining ones fizzled out.
#IronButterfly Sold to close $AMZN 1575/1600/1625 butterfly for .84. Bought for 2.95 on May 3rd.
#Earnings Closed remaining $A 65 puts for .75. Avg closing price: 1.10. Strangles (65/75) sold for .77 on Monday.
Closed $OLED May 18th 100 put for 5.70. Sold for 3.50 last week. In the hole on the rolls here… need to assess next week.
#VXXGame BTC $UVXY Jan 2019 70 call for .45. Sold for 6.50, avg price.
Expiring are long calls used as hedges, UVXY 40 calls (bought for .45) and 44 calls (bought for .21).
Expiring at full loss: a bunch of $VXX 30 puts, bought for the avg price of .12
#Assignment $AMAT 54.5 put, taking stock, will sell call next week. #PieTrades
DE closed
#Earnings Closed $DE May 18th 140/135 put spreads for .05. Sold for .85 yesterday.
DE earnings
#Earnings Fairly bullish history on earnings, with small drops and big gains.
Sold $DE May 18th 140/135 put spreads for .85. Biggest UP move: 13.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.1%, Average move: 5.9%. This trade is -6.3% OTM.
Kicking A
#Earnings Starting to peel off $A 65 puts at a small loss… big rally today but don’t want to leave full position on overnight with risk of early assignment or a big drop tomorrow. Won’t work for #PieTrades or #CoveredCallCampaign since there are no weeklys and weak premium.
Closed $A May 18th 65 put for 1.23; 65/75 strangles sold for .77 on Monday.
Calls sold
#Earnings #Rolling Sold $OLED June 15th 110 call for 1.95
#CoveredCalls #CoveredCallCampaign Sold $SQ June 15th 60 call for 1.40
#earnings #shortstraddle M Following Mike…
#earnings #shortstraddle M
Following Mike at TastyTrade, sold June 15, 30 straddle for 3.59
A-bomb
#Earnings Big drop in $A this morning… I called my strangle “super-safe”… it has only ended the day after earnings over 10% down twice in 16 years, and exceeded 10% intraday one additional time. So this is an unusual move, but we have until Friday for recovery.
Catching Up on Monday
Out all day for a golf outing. Weather great. golf needs improvement.
Closed Early
$SPX BTC 5/18 2750/2725 BECS at 10.50 STO at 2.70
$TSLA BTC 5/18 350/340 BECS at .05 STO at .90
$GOOGL BTC 5/18 1047.50/1055 BUPS at .10 STO at 2.60
$AAPL STC 6/15 165/180 BUCS at 14.00 BTO at 6.25
$NFLX BTC 5/18 300/310 BUPS at .30 STO at 1.95 Closed half of position
#rolling
$SPLK BTC 6/1 110 call and STO 8/17 120 call for 1.30 debit. Gained $10 on call price but stock spelunked
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 6/15 2585/2610 BUPS at 1.65 Thank you @jeffcp66
#earnings #shortstrangles
$A STO 65/75 strangle at .78 Thank you @jeffcp66 Put side will need watching
A earnings
#Earnings I don’t remember ever trading $A before, so I took an extra-safe position.
Sold $A May 18th 65/75 #ShortStrangles for .77. Biggest UP move: 4.6%, Biggest DOWN move: -3.5%, Average move: 2.5%. My strikes are +/-7.1% OTM.
NVDA Earnings
#Earnings – A clean sweep for the week. Wish all earnings seasons were like this!
Bought to Close NVDA MAY 11 2018 242.5 Puts and 272.5/275 Bear Call Spreads (Jade Lizard) @ .27 (sold for 2.55)
NVDA earnings closed
#Earnings Closing $NVDA mainly to get back some buying power but also to avoid surprises. Closed the 242.5 short puts for .15 and the 272.5 short calls for .04. I’ll leave the lottery-ticket long legs.
Sold condors yesterday for 1.65
#earnings #shortstrangles YELP Sold June…
#earnings #shortstrangles YELP
Sold June 15 41/55 for 1.40. YELP can move big, currently hovering around 48.
NVDA earnings
#Earnings Followed @fuzzballl‘s cue but made it a broken-wing condor… more down side risk.
Sold $NVDA May 11th 237.5/242.5/272.5/275 condors for 1.65. Downside risk 3.35, upside risk .85. Call me crazy, but I’m assuming a more muted move since stock is extended but it rarely moves bearishly on earnings.
Biggest UP move: 29.8%, Biggest DOWN move: -7.4%, Average move: 10.9%. Strikes are +/-5.8% OTM.
NVDA Earnings
#Earnings – Not sure what this is called. Skewed iron condor maybe? I’m looking at it like a #JadeLizard with a disaster put. Selling at near the expected move on each side but with no upside risk and a disaster put just in case.
Sold NVDA MAY 11 2018 242.5 Puts and 272.5/275 Bear Call Spreads @ 2.72 (Jade Lizard)
Using some of the extra 22 cents to buy disaster puts 20 points below the sold put. If this stock misses earnings by a mile it could really implode (guessing).
Bought NVDA MAY 11 2018 222.5 Puts @ .17
Net credit of 2.55 with zero upside risk. If it implodes I’ll look to roll the puts or move it all into a #LongCalls #LEAPS type trade.
EDIT: What do I want the stock to do? As little as possible! Just like a strangle…stay between my short strikes…
NVDA Earnings
#Earnings – Haven’t done anything yet. Kinda busy moving my daughter today. This stock is completely out of control so is it a “sell the news”? Not sure but looking at big wide strangles for now or possibly another #JadeLizard with the 2.5 wide strikes available.
ROKU Earnings
#Earnings – In and out and forget about it. On to NVDA now…
Bought to Close ROKU MAY 11 2018 35.0 Puts and 41.0/44.0 Bear Call Spreads (Jade Lizards) @ .48 (sold for 2.55)
Bought to Close ROKU MAY 11 2018 31.0 Put @ .05 (sold for .60)
#earnings #ironbutterfly ROKU Chickened out…
#earnings #ironbutterfly ROKU
Chickened out on a straddle, sold a 25/35/35/45 iron fly/iron condor for 6.05, June 15. A straddle brings in 7.45 or so, merging Fuzzball and Mike at Tastytrade
EA strangle
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
Closed $EA May 11th 115 put for .05. Order in to close 132 calls for same, but did not fill and now ATM. Will wait. Strangles sold yesterday for 1.60.
ROKU Earnings
#Earnings #JadeLizard (sort of) – Having a great earnings season so almost decided to sell very aggressive strangles in this. Common sense took over but still staying aggressive while limiting upside risk to 45 cents with a Jade Lizard style trade…(sell puts and call spreads where the call spreads are narrow enough to eliminate or minimize up side risk).
Sold ROKU MAY 11 2018 35.0 Puts and 41.0/44.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 2.55
Eliminates most of the upside risk and brings breakeven on the put side down to 32.45 which is near the expected move and below the 20 and 50 day moving averages.
What’s the plan then? Lots of possibilities here. Stock blows out to the upside could book long calls and roll short calls into a new strangle or just sell a few puts right at the open to bring in 45 cents and get out even.
If the stock blows out to the downside could sell more calls near the short puts and wait a couple days and see what happens. Could then roll or ultimately turn this into a Jan 2020 LEAPS style position.
EA Earnings
#Earnings – In and out and forget about it. On to ROKU now…
Bought to Close EA MAY 11 2018 118.0/131.0 Strangles @ .58 (sold for 2.45)
EA earnings
#Earnings I sold slightly more conservative than fuzz:
$EA May 11th 115/132 strangles for 1.60. Biggest UP move: 13.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -7.5%, Average move: 5.0%. My strikes are +7.5 and -6.4% OTM.
EA Earnings
#Earnings – I’ll take a small shot. Selling the 200ma and the all time high. Leaning slightly bullish…
Sold EA MAY 11 2018 118.0/131.0 Strangles @ 2.45
I love Z earnings trades that work
#Earnings Closed $Z May 11th 60 calls for .05. Order in to close the 51 puts for the same. #ShortStrangles sold yesterday for 1.09 (avg price).
Z earnings
#Earnings An old favorite; first time I’ve traded it since 2014.
Sold $Z May 11th 51/60 strangle for 1.05. Biggest UP move: 12.1%, Biggest DOWN move: -9.1%, Average move: 5.4%. My strikes are +/-8.1% OTM. I’ve had the order in most of the day, and was just filled on 1 spread. Don’t know if the other 4 will go through.
Options Expiration 5/4/18
#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #ShortStrangles #CoveredCallCampaign
— Expiring —
$BABA 167.5/195 earnings strangles; sold yesterday for 1.50.
$BABA 187.5 put, sold for 9.55 on Apr 19th as a roll
$SQ 55 calls
The Fourth is strong with this one
#Earnings #Rolling already
I’ve been trying to close this for an hour but it will not stop… so I chased.
BTC $OLED May 18th 100 call for 4.60. Sold this morning for 1.50.
I also, unwisely as it turned out, closed May 18th 125 put for 27.50 (when stock was about 97.00). Sold for 26.50, avg price last month in an #ITMroll. I wanted to roll down to a 120 put on the next pullback, but that is probably out of reach now. I will continue to work this one, but probably hold off for today as it is overdone… +12%.
#earnings #shortstraddle X April 26,…
#earnings #shortstraddle X
April 26, sold a May 18, 37 straddle for 4.25. X tanked, has bounced today, closed for 3.33, first day it has been profitable, currently at 34.52
#earnings ANET Down 9%, about…
#earnings ANET
Down 9%, about $24 today
Covered Calls
#CoveredCalls #CoveredCallCampaign #SyntheticCoveredCall #LongLEAPs
Sold $AAPL June 1st 187.5 covered calls for 1.58
Sold $TQQQ May 18th 160 synthetic covered call for 1.60.
AAPL earnings closed
#Earnings #CoveredCallCampaign
I was trying to exit the calls for pennies yesterday but not filled, and now the Oracle has AAPL bulls on a rampage.
Closed $AAPL May 4th 180 calls for .46 (today), and 160 puts for .02 (on Wednesday). #ShortStrangle sold for 1.27 on Tuesday.
STMP Earnings
#Earnings – Wish they were all like this…in the position for a grand total of 1 minute and 45 seconds of “open market” time. LOL!
Bought STMP MAY 4 2018 200.0/260.0 Strangle @ .10 (sold for 5.41)
STMP Earnings
#Earnings – Tough fill…
Sold STMP MAY 4 2018 200.0/260.0 Strangle @ 5.41
TQQQ, UVXY, and FDX
#LongLEAPs #syntheticstock #syntheticcoveredcall
Closed $TQQQ May 11th 165 call for .30. Sold for 1.70 on Apr 24th. Sold against the long Jan 2020 150 call. Will sell a new one when we move higher.
#VXXGame Sold $UVXY Sept 20 call for 2.75. (today)
Earlier this week, closed these for profits:
UVXY June 15th 30 call for .40 (sold for 2.125)
UVXY Jan 2019 70 call for 1.20 (sold for 6.50)
UVXY Jan 2019 65 call for 1.15 (sold for 3.50)
#Earnings #Rolling (on Monday)
Closed $FDX May 4th 237.5 put for .24. Sold for 5.55 on 4/11.
Closed $FDX May 4th 235 put for .16. Sold for 6.05 on 4/11.
REGN
#SyntheticStock – This was a fun one. The aggressive roll down for the double dip #Earnings play worked great. Paying the 20 cents to get out so I can sell again while there’s still a little juice next week.
Bought to Close REGN MAY 4 2018 310.0 Calls @ .20 (sold for 5.60)
Sold REGN MAY 11 2018 300.0 Calls @ 3.40
BABA earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles #CoveredCallCampaign
I’m long stock on this one. Legging into a strangle.
Sold May 4th 165 puts for .75.
Looking to sell 195 calls for .75 as stock rises off the lows.
TSLA closed
#Earnings #ShortStrangles Closed $TSLA May 4th 265/330 strangles for .65. Sold for 3.40 yesterday.
SQ Earnings
#Earnings – Not even gonna mess with it. Take a small profit and move on…
Bought to Close SQ MAY 4 2018 48.0/55.0 Strangles @ 1.02 (sold for 1.53 net with disaster puts buy)
SQ earnings closed
#Earnings #CoveredCallCampaign
Closed $SQ May 4th 45 puts for .15. Sold yesterday in the 45/55 #ShortStrangles for 1.00. I’ll let the calls expire.
SQ earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles #CoveredCallCampaign
Sold $SQ 45/55 May 4th strangles for 1.00. Leans slightly bullish. I am also long the stock so some of the calls are covered.
Biggest UP move: 14.0%, Biggest DOWN move: -21.7%, Average move: 8.2%.
Stock at 48.50 at time of fill, strikes are +13.4% and -7.2% OTM.
SQ Earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – A little early…stock has pulled back a little. Bought some cheapie puts at twice the expected move just in case something crazy happens. Also, this is half size in case I need to convert it to a LEAPS position eventually.
Sold SQ MAY 4 2018 48.0/55.0 Strangles @ 1.57
Bought SQ MAY 4 2018 38.0 Puts @ .04
REGN
#Earnings tomorrow before the open. Not really an earnings play but taking advantage of the high IV to double dip. Rolling to just inside the expected move trying to force a turnaround. This particular position is really taking a long term outlook since I went synthetic at 400. Updated all of my #LEAPS and #SyntheticStock positions last night. This one is out to 2020 and still only requires 74 cents per week…
Rolled REGN MAY 4 2018 345.0 Calls to MAY 4 2018 310.0 Calls @ 3.20 credit (5.60 total credit now)
TSLA earnings
#Earnings Sold $TSLA May 4th 265/330 #ShortStrangles for 3.19. Biggest UP move: 11.2%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.9%, Average move: 5.7%. Strikes are +10.0% and -11.7% OTM. Leaning a bit bearish as we’re bellow 200ma and recent performance.
AAPL strangles
#Earnings #CoveredCallCampaign
Sold $AAPL May 4th 160/180 #ShortStrangles for 1.27. I am also long the stock, so short calls are covered. Leaning slightly bullish on strike selection.
SHOP closed
#Earnings Closed $SHOP May 4th 115/150 strangles for 1.10. Sold yesterday for 1.75. I wasn’t liking the weakness and don’t want to tie up the margin if the puts go ITM.
SHOP earnings
#Earnings Selling $SHOP May 4th 115/150 strangles. Trying for 1.90, no fill yet.
FB roll
#Earnings #CoveredCallCampaign #StrangleRoll #ShortStrangles
Closed $FB Apr 27th 170 call for 2.95. Sold for 1.00 on Wednesday.
Sold FB May 18th 165/180 strangle for 2.92.
AMZN, scraping for pennies
#Earnings Closed the 25-pt #IronButterfly for 24.70, saving myself 30 bucks from allowing it to be exercised. Working on something for the 30-pointers…. dare I try to leg out on this pullback?
AMZN earnings
#Earnings Trying what has become my usual on this one: #IronButterfly
Looking at 25-pt and 30-pt wide centered on 1525. Gigantically favorable R:R.
#shortstraddle #earnings X Tastytrade idea…
#shortstraddle #earnings X
Tastytrade idea sold May 18 straddle for 4.25
#earnings FB is up $10…
#earnings
FB is up $10 after hours
FB covered call
#Earnings #CoveredCalls #CoveredCallCampaign
Sold $FB Apr 27th 170 covered call for 1.00.
FB
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – This is also a little bit of an #Earnings trade to. Seems like all news is bad news right now so making FB come and get me on the long side. Rolling down my short calls that are sold against Jan 2019 160.0 long calls.
Rolled FB APR 27 2018 167.5 Calls to APR 27 2018 160.0 Calls @ 2.67 credit.
Total premium in the call now is up to 7.11. The LEAP only cost 18.50 so recovered 38 percent of the cost in 2 weeks with all this volatility. Still 38 weeks to run. Playing the put side simultaneously also…
FB slump
#Earnings Tough to make a call for earnings. It’s breaking more support this morning. It’s biggest recent drop on earnings is only -5.6%, and it has a positive bias after earnings. Even a good earnings report (which is likely) may just be another excuse to sell. I’m probably staying away, although might sell calls if we get a late day rally.
WYNN Earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Don’t trust this market so took this off right at the open.
Bought to Close WYNN APR 27 2018 182.5/205.0 Strangles @ 1.89 (sold for 3.20)
WYNN Earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Haven’t been in this one in awhile….
Sold WYNN APR 27 2018 182.5/205.0 Strangles @ 3.20
#earnings #ironbutterfly FB Trying to…
Trying to selll a May 18, 155/160/160/165 iron fly (iron condor with the same short strikes) for 4.45. Maybe with all of FB controversy not much happens, if it does, I have a few weeks to stop, drop and roll, risking $55.
#earnings SKX I sold a…
#earnings SKX
I sold a 37/47 strangle yesterday, stock hovering at 30, down 12. Anyone need new shoes?
RH trade closed
#Earnings #ShortStrangle #StrangleRoll
Closed $RH Apr 20th 87.5 puts for .60. Sold as the 87.5/100 #StrangleRoll from breached short calls for 4.535 on Mar 29th. Letting the calls expire. Total profit in trade, 2.11.
#earnings #shortstrangles SKX Sold May…
Sold May 18, 37/47 for 1.70
FDX trades
#Earnings #Rolling
Closed $FDX Apr 20th 255 call for .74. Sold for 1.15 on March 23rd.
Sold FDX May 25th 237.5 puts for 2.33.
After closing ITM puts under margin pressure, I have now rolled them all back into profit range. I still think this is a decent bullish candidate on pullbacks. The call was over 3.00 yesterday so slipping out today in case it rallies back tomorrow.
CP earnings closed
#Earnings BTC $CP Apr 20th 175 puts for .45. Sold yesterday for 1.10.
CP earnings
#Earnings The only thing I’m doing today is selling $CP Apr 20th 175 puts for 1.15. Fairly close to the money, but CP has only moved down more than 3% one time on earnings in the last 8 years.
Not filled yet, but stock is pulling back now. I’ll drop to 1.10 if necessary.
Biggest UP move: 5.9%, Biggest DOWN move: -5.2%, Average move: 2.9%. This trade is -2.8% OTM.
LRCX Earnings
#earnings
My order in but not yet filled. Last four quarters $LRCX went up twice and went down twice.
$LRCX STO 4/20 202.50/220 Strangle at 4.20
NFLX closed
#Earnings Closed $NFLX Apr 20th 275 puts for .10. Sold yesterday for 3.433 (avg price).
Closed Early FB SPX CAT / NFLX Earnings / SPX Campaign
Closed early
$FB BTC 4/20 140/150 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.90 on 3/27
$SPX BTC 4/20 2480 Put at .40 STO at 12.50 Thanks again @hcgdavis Last contract
$CAT BTC 4/20 125/135 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.45
#earnings
$NFLX STO 4/20 275/280/340/335 IC at 2.00
$NFLX STO 4/20 260/270 BUPS at 1.12 Thank you @thomberg1201
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 5/18 2835/2810 BECS at 1.55 Thank you @jeffcp66
#earnings #shortputspread NFLX Sold April…
#earnings #shortputspread NFLX
Sold April 20, 260/270 for 1.01
NFLX puts sold
#Earnings. Sold to open $NFLX April 20th 275 puts for 3.65. May add more, and possibly calls if I can find some premium high up.
NFLX kicks it off
#Earnings season begins! Here are the 5-day moves on NFLX. Strong bullish bias. Pulling back now gives good entry opportunity.
Mon 01/22/2018 AC 20.66%
Mon 10/16/2017 AC -4.20%
Mon 07/17/2017 AC 16.59%
Mon 04/17/2017 AC -2.97%
Wed 01/18/2017 AC 3.09%
Mon 10/17/2016 AC 27.75%
Mon 07/18/2016 AC -13.07%
Mon 04/18/2016 AC -11.53%
Tue 01/19/2016 AC -6.64%
Wed 10/14/2015 AC -7.74%
Wed 07/15/2015 AC 12.65%
Wed 04/15/2015 AC 19.33%
Trades this week
#ContangoETFs #CoveredCalls #CoveredCallCampaign #VXXGame #Earnings
Here are a few trades other than SPX:
Today: BTC $DUST Jun 15th 40 call for .25. Sold for 3.05 on Dec 4th.
Yesterday: BTC $FB Apr 20th 160 put for 3.00. Sold for 1.37 on March 19th. Backed out to early, not anticipating the rally the Zuck’s testimony would create.
Friday: BTC $FDX Apr 20th 235 puts for 6.77. Sold for 6.75 on 3/23 as when #Rolling from an earnings trade. I had margin pressure on Friday. Scaling back in since then:
Sold May 4th 235 put for 6.05;
Sold May 4th 237.5 put for 5.55.
This one seems like a buy… it’s just waiting for market to relax.
Friday: Closed $BABA Apr 27th 200 call for .18. Sold for 1.90 on 3/29.
Today: Sold BABA May 11th 195 call for 1.40
Tuesday: Sold $SQ Apr 27th 50 covered call for 1.01
Friday: Sold $UVXY Jan 2020 59 call for 4.80.
#earnings #longcalls DAL Dipping my…
#earnings #longcalls DAL
Dipping my toe back into some pre-earnings trades in this mixed market.
BTO April 13, $54.50 calls for .85 cents each. This is an 87.5% winner over the last 2 years of earnings cycles per the CML backtest. Probably could get in a few cents cheaper if I had been patient. Will close this out next Wednesday.
#earnings #ironcondor FDX March 20…
#earnings #ironcondor FDX
March 20 sold a 225/230/270/275 April 20 earnings iron condor for 1.10. It went as low as 228 during these crazy days, decided to exit today for .70.
#earnings RH I sold an…
#earnings RH
I sold an April 20, 75 straddle for $1425, there was a good reason premiums were that high, RH ran up above break even of 90 to 95, has come back down to earth around 87, this might work out after all
RH roll
#Earnings #StrangleRoll
BTC $RH Mar 29th 91.5 calls for 4.30. Sold in 65/91.5 earnings strangle for 2.53 on Tuesday.
STO $RH Apr 20th 87.5/100 strangles for 4.535.
RH earnings
#Earnings Closed $RH Mar 29th 65 puts for .05. Is it possible to trade this one for earnings without getting shredded on the call side? Seems not. My 91.5 calls slightly ITM. Will roll or wait for tomorrow.
Sold the strangles yesterday for 2.53.
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