$GILD #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold GILD Nov 18 2016 65.0 Puts @ 0.59 with the stock at 73.28
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$BMY #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$BMY #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold BMY Nov 11 2016 45.0 Puts @ 0.39.
$MYL #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Bought…
$MYL #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Bought to close MYL Sep 23 2016 41.0 Puts @ 0.01 free up margin and avoid an afternoon swoon in the market and the stock.
Sold @ 0.48 in late August
$SRCL #FallingKnife – a stock…
$SRCL #FallingKnife – a stock dropping to a new 52-week low, illiquid options, but sound fundamentals.
Trying to sell Puts from 70 in Oct down to 50 in January

$ULTA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$ULTA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold ULTA DEC 16 2016 150.0 Puts @ 0.55
MCK puts
Sold $MCK Jan 20 2017 110 puts @ 1.50–CORRECTED–THIS WAS AN INCORRECT MONTH AND STRIKE
Correct trade: Sold $MCK Nov 18 145 puts @ 1.50
#FallingKnife
$BMY $FOSL #ShortPuts #FallingKnife -…
$BMY $FOSL #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – sold both these
Sold BMY Dec 16 2016 52.5 Puts @ 1.88
Sold FOSL Dec 16 2016 21.0 Puts @ 0.80
Some #FallingKnife flavored trades Sold…
Some #FallingKnife flavored trades
Sold $VRTX Oct 21 75 puts @ 1.30. Stock at 89.39, delta 14.
Sold $WHR Jan 20 2017 120 puts @ 1.35. Stock at 165.30, delta 7.
$ULTA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$ULTA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold ULTA Dec 16 2016 150 Puts @ 0.45 with the stock at 235.36
$MYL #CoveredCalls – Sold MYL…
$MYL #CoveredCalls – Sold MYL Oct 14 2016 45.0 Calls @ 0.53 against stock that was put to me last week.
$WFM #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold WFM Oct 21 2016 28.0 Puts @ 0.38
$MRO #CoveredCalls – Sold MRO OCT 21 2016 19.0 Calls @ 0.21
$MYL #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Dan…
$MYL #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Dan mentioned this morning that he thought Mylan may have bottomed. Maybe, maybe not. However, opportunities still exist to sell puts with strike prices below the YTD low of 37.59
$WYNN #FallingKnife – lots of…
$WYNN #FallingKnife – lots of good opportunities in the October short puts with plenty of room for a further decline
Well, things will get exciting…
Well, things will get exciting some day. Will you be ready?
HAIN in pain
#FallingKnife trade, anyone? Or more like falling anvil?
$BMY #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$BMY #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold BMY Dec 16 2016 55.0 Puts @ 1.84
$XOM $RIG #ShortPuts #FallingKnife -…
$XOM $RIG #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – sold these on the oil weakness
Sold XOM Aug 26 2016 80 Puts @ 0.37 – these have only a few weeks until expiration
Sold $RIG Nov 18 2016 7 Puts @ 0.29 – longer term with the strike below the YTD low
$HUM #ShortPuts #FallingKnife #ScalpTrade -…
$HUM #ShortPuts #FallingKnife #ScalpTrade – Sold HUM JUL 15 2016 140.0 Puts @ .60.
These expire Friday.
Humana was the only stock in the SP500 to hit a new low yesterday.
#Markets #FallingKnife #ShortPuts – I…
#Markets #FallingKnife #ShortPuts – I sold all the following yesterday. Only the UAL position was sold way too early.
Most of these are scheduled to expire Friday.
$AAL Jul 1 2016 25.5 Puts @ 0.44
$CF Jul 1 2016 23.5 Puts @ 0.56
$DUST Jul 1 2016 9.0 Puts @ 1.05
$FL Jul 15 2016 50.0 Puts @ 0.55
$IBB Jul 1 2016 235.0 Puts @ 1.30
$UAL Jul 1 2016 39.0 Puts @ 0.59
$VXX sold Aug 19 20…
$VXX sold Aug 19 20 call for 1.63. I’m short a 21 put that has been rolled, so I guess I have a 21/22 ratio calendar strangle California condor or something like that
Falling Knife Trades
Some Iceman-style #FallingKnife trades:
Sold $WHR Dec 16 100 puts @ 1.35
Sold $UAL Dec 16 27 puts @ 1.14
T2108
Does anyone know how low this got today and where it closed?
$BIIB #ShortPuts #Fallingknife – Sell…
$BIIB #ShortPuts #Fallingknife – Sell the Jan 2017 210.0 Put @ 10.50. A 5% return on cash in 7 months with a $200 breakeven
$CF #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$CF #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold CF November 18 2016 22.5 Puts @ 1.53.
$CF #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$CF #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold CF Nov 22.5 Puts @ 1.52. The strike is 10% below the 52 week low.
$NFLX #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$NFLX #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold NFLX Sep 16 2016 45.0 Puts @ 1.93
$LNKD #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$LNKD #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 LNKD FEB 12 2016 100.0 Put @ 2.45
$LNKD #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$LNKD #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 LNKD MAY 20 2016 95.0 Put @ 5.00. I was a bit early. I will wait for lower strike prices to add.
$TSLA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$TSLA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 TSLA MAR 18 2016 115.0 Put @ 1.20
$TSLA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$TSLA #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold 1 TSLA JUN 17 2016 85.0 Put @ 1.20. It been a long time since I took a new position in this name.
TSLA hit a two year low today
$NFLX #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold…
$NFLX #ShortPuts #FallingKnife – Sold NFLX JUN 17 2016 55.0 Puts @ 1.55
As Dan noted today $WFM…
As Dan noted today $WFM is breaking out today. I have several longer term #FallingKnife trades in this stock on the books