Looking good for #earnings
Tag Archives: Earnings
$FB #Earnings Sold Feb 17…
$FB #Earnings
Sold Feb 17 125/140 strangle for 2.50. Using the monthly expiration to get some more premium.
MRK earnings
#Earnings #IronButterfly Not a big mover on earnings, so playing for little to no movement.
Sold to Open $MRK Feb 3rd 60/62/64 iron butterfly for 1.19. Max risk .81.
Oct. 25, 2016 BO 1.97%
July 29, 2016 BO 0.39%
May 5, 2016 BO -1.31%
Feb. 3, 2016 BO -0.71%
Oct. 27, 2015 BO 1.05%
July 28, 2015 BO 0.92%
April 28, 2015 BO 5.04%
Feb. 4, 2015 BO -3.22%
Oct. 27, 2014 BO -2.01%
July 29, 2014 BO 1.05%
April 29, 2014 BO 3.59%
Feb. 5, 2014 BO 0.03%
Avg move = 1.8%
#ULTA Earnings
#earnings
$ULTA BTO 3/17 260 call @ 18
Earnings expected March 9.
FB earnings
#Earnings #StockTrades #ShortPuts #CoveredCalls
Already long stock, short 138 and 140 covered calls, short 126 and 129 puts.
Today, sold to open $FB Feb 3rd 123 puts for .65. Will add more if price goes up.
Biggest UP move: 15.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -6.1%, Average move: 5.6%. This trade is 6% OTM.
Closing Earnings Trade
#earnings
$AAPL 2/3 122 call @ 6.00 A nice triple
ANTM puts closed
#Earnings Bought to close $ANTM Feb 3rd 152.5 puts for .35. Now need a pullback below 155 to get out with profit. (Sold 145/152.5/155/162.5 #IronCondor yesterday for 3.75).
#earnings $FB STO 2/3 125…
#earnings
$FB STO 2/3 125 put @ 1.00
AAPL puts closed
#Earnings Bought to close $AAPL Feb 3rd 121 puts for .02. Now looking for a pullback below 124 by Friday’s close. (Sold the 118/121/124 #IronButterfly yesterday for 2.44)
AAPL iron butterfly
#Earnings Can’t choose whether to be bullish or bearish, and not liking OTM premium anyway, so going with a neutral ATM #IronButterfly that will have 3 days to find its center. Max risk .56
Sold to Open #$AAPL Feb 3rd 118/121/124 iron butterfly for 2.44.
ANTM earnings condor
#Earnings #IronCondor This is a 1:1 iron condor, tight wingspan, almost an iron butterfly. Breakevens are 158.75 and 148.75.
Sold to Open $ANTM 145/152.5/155/162.5 for 3.75. Max loss 3.75. Biggest UP move: 5.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -4.7%, Average move: 2.5%.
Breakevens are about 2.9%-3.5% OTM.
Busy Day – Note to Self – Time to Rest
#spxcampaign
Second Tranche
$SPX 3/3 2140/2165 BUPS @ 1.60
#earnings
$AMZN 2/3 775/790 BUPS @ 2.70
$AMZN 2/17 755/765 BUPS @ 1.20
#vxxgame
$SVXY 2/10 85 put @ .35 Thank you @vxxkelly
$SVXY 1/19/2018 60 put @6.40
Options Expiration 1/27/17
#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #ShortStrangles #ShortPuts #ShortCalls #IronButterfly #VXXGame #Assignment #BullPutSpreads
–Expiring w/max profit–
EBAY 28.5 puts
FB 126 put
FFIV 157.5 calls
LUV 50/49 put spreads
SPX 2260/2235 put spreads
UVXY 37 calls
–Assignment–
SBUX 60 puts, stock assigned, cost basis 56.73
–Expired w/max loss–
COF 85/87/89 iron butterfly
SPX 2300/2325 LONG call spread, bought for 1.10, closed half for 4.70 so overall profitable trade.
COF trade
#Earnings, If you’re in this trade is probably a good idea to close the 87 short calls. If COF ends the day under 89, you will be assigned short stock if you don’t close the short calls.
JNJ break today
#Earnings #IronButterfly Getting the surge we wanted on JNJ at the last minute. We can get out now for less than max loss… Just put a .15 trailing stop on the option price to close the 115 short puts. At the moment I will be stopped at 1.73, but I hope it goes down from here (meaning stock continues UP).
(Sold the Jan 27th 113/115/117 iron butterfly for 1.35 on Monday)
FFIV earnings
#Earnings #CoveredCalls – Originally sold 145/142 bull put spreads @ 1.25.
Stock tanked so sold long 142 puts @ 4.95. I’ll be assigned stock at 145 with a basis of 138.80 so:
Sold FFIV FEB 10 2017 138.0 Calls @ 2.05
Sold FFIV FEB 10 2017 139.0 Call @ 1.60
FB covered call roll
#Earnings #CoveredCalls #StockTrade #ShortStrangles #StrangleRoll
BTC $FB Jan 27th 130 call for 1.98. Sold for .53 on Jan 10th.
STO $FB Feb 3rd 126/138 strangle for 2.58.
Going into next week’s earnings with a long bias; I am long stock. I will be selling additional options the day of earnings.
GOOGL extra
#Earnings I covered the short 815 puts for .10 earlier… I put in an order to sell the long 805’s for .05, and it filled a few minutes ago as the stock was going back UP. Someone had to close their shorts I guess!
GOOGL trade closed
#Earnings Bought to close $GOOGL Jan 27th 815 puts for .10. Sold the 815/805 put spreads yesterday for 1.40. No reason to risk it if I can close this cheaply.
SBUX busted butterfly
#Earnings #IronButterfly #StockTrades Took a bullish shot on this one with the 58/60/62 IB for 1.47. I am planning to sell the long 58 puts at the open for around 2.00, leaving me short the naked 60 puts. This will total 3.47 in premium received, meaning my cost basis on the stock, when assigned tonight, will be 56.53. I am comfortable with that for hopefully a quick turnaround to sell the stock on a pop next week. If it drops further I can hold it through its dip until recovery. This company isn’t going anywhere.
FFIV puts closed
#Earnings BTC FFIV Jan 27th 130 puts for .10. Sold yesterday as the 130/157.5 strangle for .90. Letting the calls expire. This is to avoid any possible downdraft tomorrow.
Allowing the LUV and EBAY trades to expire
JNJ and COF will have to move tomorrow to become winners, but they are IB’s so loss is minimal.
GOOGL earnings
#Earnings #BullPutSpreads GOOGL looking bullish but I’d prefer to stay OTM in case its one day performance pulls back a bit. Going with a spread rather than naked since I don’t want to take assignment of such an expensive stock, and the margin requirement provides far better return percentage.
Sold to Open $GOOGL Jan 27th 815/805 put spreads for 1.40. Biggest UP move: 16.3%, Biggest DOWN move: -5.4%, Average move: 4.5%. This trade is 4.6% OTM.
SBUX earnings
#Earnings SBUX has not been a big mover on recent earnings, so placing a slightly bullish 1:3 #IronButterfly, looking for a close around 60.00 tomorrow.
Sold to Open $SBUX Jan 27th 58/60/62 iron butterfly for 1.47. Biggest UP move: 6.6%, Biggest DOWN move: -4.9%, Average move: 2.3%. Center strike is +2.0% OTM.
Box of Chocolates
#spxcampaign
Closed %&$(^&$#@)(*&&
$SPX 1/25 2310/2285 BECS @ 400% loss (Had profit yesterday but chose not to close)
#longcalls
$VALE 2/17 12 calls @ .18 – lottery ticket (Dr Science idea @ OMM)
#earnings (@jeffcp66)
$EBAY 1/27 28.50 puts @ .36
$LUV 1/27 49/50 BUPS @ .50
#shortcalls
$AKS 3/17 12/8 BECS @ .80 (Dr Science idea @ OMM)
EBAY earnings
#Earnings #ShortPuts Sold to Open $EBAY Jan 27th 28.5 puts for .30. Biggest UP move: 13.9%, Biggest DOWN move: -12.5%, Average move: 6.4%. This trade is -5.9% OTM.
Playing this one bullish; 28.5 is just below 200 ema. 28.5 stock price is easy to manage if assigned.
LUV earnings
#Earnings #BullPutSpreads Taking a bullish trade on LUV with an 11:9 risk reward. All airlines have been going strong. LUV’s last two reports were down, but all airlines were struggling last year, with their bullish trends starting around October.
Sold to Open $LUV Jan 27th 50/49 put spreads for .45.
Here are last 12 reports:
Oct. 26, 2016 BO -8.46%
July 21, 2016 BO -11.20%
April 21, 2016 BO 1.44%
Jan. 21, 2016 BO 0.50%
Oct. 22, 2015 BO 7.40%
July 23, 2015 BO 3.87%
April 23, 2015 BO 0.95%
Jan. 22, 2015 BO 8.41%
Oct. 23, 2014 BO -2.77%
July 24, 2014 AC 1.95%
April 24, 2014 AC -1.31%
Jan. 23, 2014 BO -2.43%
FFIV earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
Sold to Open $FFIV Jan 27th 130/157.5 strangles for .90. (filled quickly so more may be possible)
Biggest UP move: 9.6%, Biggest DOWN move: -10.0%, Average move: 4.8%. These strikes are about 9.5% OTM.
PANW stock sold
#AfterHours #StockTrades #Earnings
Sold to Close $PANW stock for 146.52. Bought for 140.85 after their earnings announcement, after hours on Nov 21st. This was supposed to be a 1-hour to 1-day trade. But it decided to dip down below 124.00 before recovering.
COF earnings
#Earnings #IronButterfly Trying the same approach on this one. Has not moved much on earnings, except for 2 outlier moves in 2015. So it’s a decent candidate for an IB. Also, banks have not been moving much this quarter on earnings, after their bullish runs since the election.
Sold to Open $COF Jan 27th 85/87/89 iron butterfly for 1.60. Max loss .40.
Here are its one-day moves:
Oct. 25, 2016 AC 0.05%
July 21, 2016 AC -1.41%
April 26, 2016 AC -2.17%
Jan. 26, 2016 AC 4.83%
Oct. 22, 2015 AC 8.24%
July 23, 2015 AC -13.12%
April 23, 2015 AC -1.73%
Jan. 22, 2015 AC 1.83%
Oct. 16, 2014 AC -2.67%
July 17, 2014 AC -0.24%
April 16, 2014 AC -0.35%
Jan. 16, 2014 AC -5.29%
Average move: +/- 3.5%
Avg move if you remove the 2 outliers: +/- 1.7%
JNJ earnings update
#Earnings #IronButterfly In this bullish market, a gap down is the best for an IB when we have 3 days left to expiry. Yesterday sold the Jan 27th 113/115/117 iron butterfly for 1.35.
Just now, bought to close the 115 calls for .05. Now I have until Friday for JNJ to recover toward the 115 area, allowing me to close the puts for cheap. It may not happen, which means loss will be .70 on the trade.
JNJ earnings iron butterfly
#Earnings #IronButterfly Sold to Open $JNJ Jan 27th 113/115/117 iron butterfly for 1.35. Slightly bullish position, and we have until Friday for it to settle in.
Options Expiration 1/20/17
#OptionsExpiration #SPXcampaign #ShortCalls #ShortPuts #Earnings #ContangoETFs #VXXGame
— Expired w/Max Profit —
DUST 60 call
FB 110 put
NFLX 105.71, 120, and 125 puts
NUGT 30 call
UVXY 37 calls
SPX 2300/2325 calls
— Expiring w/loss —
PG 82.5/84.5/86.5 iron butterfly
RGLD Covered Calls
#CoveredCalls #Gold #Earnings
STO $RGLD April 80 call for 2.00
PG earnings
#Earnings #IronButterfly Not a big mover on earnings, so playing for calm.
STO $PG Jan 20th 82.5/84.5/86.5 iron butterfly for 1.28. Risking .72 to make 1.28.
Notable Earnings After the Close,…
Notable Earnings After the Close, Thursday or Before the Open on Friday:
ASB, AXP, CFG, COL, FFBC, GE, IBM, KSU, PBCT, RF, SLB, STI, SWKS, SYF, TEAM
Notable Earnings After the Close Friday (Previous Week) or Before the Open on Monday:
BOH, CBU, HAL, MCD
NFLX trades
#Earnings #ShortCalls #ShortPuts
With the success of yesterday’s bullish trades, I am closing NFLX positions that were rolls from failed October earnings trades.
BTC NFLX March 95 put for .15. Sold for 2.55 on 10/24
BTC NFLX March 90 put for .12. Sold for 2.97 on Nov 14th
BTC NFLX March 150 calls for 2.77. Sold for 4.50 on Oct 21st
GS earnings
#Earnings – Earnings season off to a really nice start…
Bought to Close GS Jan 20th 225/235/245 iron butterflies @ 3.38 (sold for 6.10)
NFLX earnings
#Earnings – I don’t even have a NFLX account but I may open one after today…LOL
Opening dip allowed me to close the iron fly at close to even in spite of a move well outside of the fly…(even though it’s getting better as I type).
Bought to Close 124/132/140 iron butterfly @ 7.00 (sold for 6.80)
And:
Bought to Close NFLX JAN 20 2017 125.0 Puts @ .04 (sold for 3.33)
NFLX earnings
#Earnings NFLX is always a big mover. Here are the details on its THREE-DAY moves after earnings (since options expire Friday).
Over last three days, NFLX move 3 days after earnings: Biggest UP move: 25.4%, Biggest DOWN move: -20.4%, Average move: 14.3%.
Mon 10/17/2016 AC 23.59%
Mon 07/18/2016 AC -12.97%
Mon 04/18/2016 AC -12.38%
Tue 01/19/2016 AC -6.64%
Wed 10/14/2015 AC -10.19%
Wed 07/15/2015 AC 16.95%
Wed 04/15/2015 AC 20.20%
Tue 01/20/2015 AC 25.41%
Wed 10/15/2014 AC -20.39%
Mon 07/21/2014 AC -5.87%
Mon 04/21/2014 AC -1.26%
Wed 01/22/2014 AC 15.68%
REGN strangle
#ShortStrangles #Rolling #Earnings
Selling this to replace one expiring today. This expires just before earnings.
STO $REGN Feb 3rd 340/400 strangle for 5.60
FB covered calls
#CoveredCalls #Long Stock #Earnings
Sold the following after a pretty extended run on FB. The first two expire before Feb 1st earnings.
STO FB Jan 13th 126 call for .65
STO FB Jan 27th 130 call for .53
STO FB Mar 17th 140 call for 1.00
RH…buh bye
#Earnings – Not liking the way this is acting. Dan made a comment that he was in a RH store the other night and it was dead and the employees looked bored…LOL Since this is from an old earnings trade and not a long term position I’m interested in, I’m unloading the stock and letting the remaining short calls expire. Net loss of 90 cents per share on a small position. If this 30 level doesn’t hold, the mid 20’s could be in play.
RGLD covered call
#CoveredCalls #Earnings #Gold
STO $RGLD Feb 17th 75 covered call for 1.25
Looking for a bullish run in gold miners… DUST dropping today, lowest since the election.
RGLD covered calls
#CoveredCalls #Earnings
BTC RGLD Jan 20th 75 covered call for .20. Sold for 1.25 on Dec 13th
BTC RGLD Jan 20th 77.5 covered calls for .10. Sold for 1.83 (avg price)
Looking for a rebound in gold next month
#coveredcalls FB-sold a Jan. 20…
#coveredcalls
FB-sold a Jan. 20 120 call for 1.42( a little early), bringing my cost basis of this #earnings trade that went bad down below 117, cost basis after earnings was 120.
Options Expiration 12/23/16
#OptionsExpiration #SPXcampaign #ShortStrangles #ShortCalls #Earnings #ContangoETFs
— Expiring —
DUST 80 call
REGN 347.5/400 strangle
SPX 2225/2200 put spreads
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!
REGN roll
#ShortStrangles #Rolling #Earnings
STO REGN Jan 13th 350/405 strangle for 6.40. Replacing strangle that expires today.
Closing out CMG
#Earnings #ShortPuts #ShortStrangles. These positions are rolls from a busted put sale in October. My profit from all the rolls has doubled my intended profit from the original trade, so I’m closing it all now to release margin.
BTC CMG Jan 6th 420 call for 1.20. Sold for 2.00
BTC CMG Dec 23rd 380 put for 1.60. Sold for 5.00.
BTC CMG Mar 17th 275 put for 1.43. Sold for 4.50.
Options Expiration 12/16/16
#OptionsExpiration #CoveredCalls #ShortCalls #ShortPuts #Earnings #ContangoETFs
–Expiring–
CMG 420 call
DUST 90 calls
NFLX 110 and 115 puts
RGLD 75 covered call
CMG call
#Earnings #ShortStrangles #ShortCalls #Rolling
STO $CMG Jan 6th 420 call for 2.00. Replaces the 420 call expiring today, and offsets a couple short puts that are doing nicely.
#coveredcalls #earnings FB On November…
#coveredcalls #earnings FB
On November 7 I was assigned FB @ 130 from earnings. Through following examples from here I have the cost basis down to 120. Sold a Dec. 23, 120 call for 1.67.
#earnings RH a 32/45 strangle…
#earnings on Dec. 8, RH sold a 32/45 strangle for 90, was assigned, sold the shares this morning for 31.85
#earnings@Jeff $AVGO 162.50 puts expired…
#earnings@Jeff
$AVGO 162.50 puts expired
#spxcampaign
Closed a few hours early
$SPX 12/9 2260/2235 @ 60% of total loss. A little late and a lot luck
Repeat: Pay attention to dates. Optimism is not a strategy.
Have a great weekend.
RH earnings trade
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
BTC RH Dec 9th 32 puts for .05 to avoid possible assignment. Will let the 45 calls expire. Strangle sold yesterday for .90.
RH earnings
Gonna let the stock get assigned from my #Earnings strangle. Getting started on the road to recovery. This would get me out at almost even…(about a .07 loss).
Sold RH DEC 16 2016 33.0 Calls @ .68
AVGO earnings
#Earnings -Original sale was 167.5/172.5/177.5 iron fly @ 4.11. Skewed it to the upside but not quite enough.
Max loss was .89 so:
Bought to Close AVGO DEC 9 2016 172.5/177.5 Bear call spread @ 4.80 reducing max loss to .69
Then:
Sold AVGO DEC 9 2016 175.0 Put @ .55 reducing max loss to .14
Risk here is AVGO tanking this afternoon so we shall see. Best play would probably be to just take the original loss…LOL
This same strateegery on LULU will work if it stays above 68 today reducing max loss of 120 dollars to a 6 dollar gain.
Earnings results
#Earnings #ShortStrangles #ShortPuts AVGO flies high as usual, but RH takes a bigger than normal dump. My 32 puts are on the edge. Will decide later if I have to roll or take assignment.
$AVGO #ShortPuts #Earnings – Sold…
$AVGO #ShortPuts #Earnings – Sold AVGO DEC 9 2016 155.0 Puts @ 0.35 with the stock at 170.79.
These expire tomorrow.
$RH #ShortPuts #Earnings – Sold…
$RH #ShortPuts #Earnings – Sold RH Dec 9 2016 30.0 Puts @ 0.25 with the stock at 38.90.
These expire tomorrow.
RH earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles Sold to Open $RH Dec 9th 32/45 strangles for .90. Biggest UP move: 12.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -21.2%, Average move: 7.0%. These strikes are each 16.9% OTM. RH usually moves up on earnings; it’s drop of -21,2% last June was an outlier; it’s 2nd biggest drop was only -4.3%.
AVGO earnings
#Earnings STO Dec 9th 162.5 puts for 1.35. Biggest UP move: 14.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -2.2%, Average move: 6.2%. This trade is -5.0% OTM. Trade is bullish since it almost always goes up on earning, and if not it only goes a little bit down.
LULU earnings
#Earnings – Yesterday sold 56/59/62 iron flies @ 2.60 risking 40 to make 260. Obviously not gonna work so:
Bought to Close LULU DEC 9 2016 59/62 Bear call spreads @ 2.95
Saved a nickel so max loss is now .35
Then:
Sold LULU DEC 9 2016 68.0 Puts @ .46
If these expire should be a scratch or slight winner after commissions.
#earnings LULU In September I…
#earnings LULU In September I was assigned 100 shares of LULU at 70, sold calls and puts and watched it go into the 50s. Yesterday I closed a call just in case it went up after earnings. Christmas came early and I sold today at 71.19. My adult children may receive presents after all.
#earnings no LULU takers today?…
#earnings no LULU takers today? I’m not because I’m still fighting off last quarters assignment
#earnings AZO Couldn’t get filled,…
#earnings AZO
Couldn’t get filled, darn it, on the put side, but closed after 1 day 830/840 call spread, made an easy no stress .52. Thanks Jeff
CMG put
#ShortPuts #ShortStrangles #Earnings
Stuck with a Dec 23rd 380 put into today’s plunge. Joining the party in the March trade:
STO CMG March 17th 275 put for 4.45
AZO earnings
#Earnings Bought to Close AZO DEC 16 2016 750.0/700.0 Bull put spread @ 1.97 (sold for 6.20)
Didn’t think it would happen but was filled 15 seconds before the close yesterday. I drive a couple older cars and know how much I spend at Autozone so went aggressively bullish. Got lucky!
AZO earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
Sold to open $AZO Dec 16th 720/830 strangles for 3.90. 13-day moves after earnings over last 3 years: Biggest UP move: 6.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -2.5%, Average move: 2.5%.
These strikes are -7.7% and +6.4% OTM respectively.
REGN roll
#Earnings #Rolling #ShortPuts #inversestrangle
BTC $REGN Dec 2nd 380 put for 7.25. Sold for 2.40 on Monday.
Rolled to: REGN Dec 16th 362.5 put for 7.60.
The good news is my 375 call is expiring today, which I sold as a roll for 55.65 on Nov 10th!
TIF closed
#Earnings BTC $TIF Dec 2nd 73 puts for .01. Sold with 73/85 strangle for 1.14 on Monday. Total trade closed for .11
TIF calls closed
#Earnings Bought to close $TIF Dec 2nd 85 calls for .10. Sold yesterday as part of the 73/85 strangles for 1.14. Order in to close the puts for .01.
TIF earnings
#Earnings Closed 75 puts @ .05 and still holding 83 calls.
Original trade of 75/83 strangles @ 1.45
RGLD covered calls
#Earnings #StockTrades #CoveredCalls
STO $RGLD Dec 16th 75 call for .90
STO $RGLD Jan 20th 77.5 call for 1.65
TIF earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles Sold to Open $TIF Dec 2nd 73/85 strangles for 1.14. Over last 3 years, 5-days after earnings: Biggest UP move: 10.1%, Biggest DOWN move: -5.1%, Average move: 4.8%. The put is -6.4% OTM, and the call is 9.0% OTM.
CMG roll
#Earnings #ShortStrangles #Rolling
Rolling up CMG short put. Also short the Dec 16th 420 call
BTC CMG Dec 16th 350 put for .80. Sold for 10.80 on Nov 1st.
STO CMG Dec 23rd 380 put for 5.00.
Options Bistro 