#LongCalls #LEAPS – I’ll be out all day tomorrow so have to take care of some of this earlier than I wanted to. But….this was still a fat finger trade on the buy. 😦 😦
Bought to Close TNA OCT 19 2018 70.0 Calls @ .63 (sold for 1.68)
Sold TNA OCT 26 2018 70.0 Calls @ 1.97
#LongCalls #LEAPS – I’ll wait for a confirmation of the earnings date before the next sale…
Bought to Close WYNN OCT 19 2018 123.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.07)
#LongPuts #LEAPS – Selling shorter term calls against shorter term puts which were sold against long LEAP puts….whew! Since I’d like to see UVXY hold it’s head up as long as possible (is a year too much to ask? 🙂 ) I’ll be selling against recent highs.
Sold UVXY OCT 26 2018 60.0 Call @ 2.00
Sold UVXY NOV 16 2018 70.0 Call @ 3.40
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Going back in for the 5th time. Been good to me so far. With earnings approaching I may be able to cover nearly 20 percent of the cost in the first two weeks. 40 percent starter size. Same as always…non ratio to start out and will roll at zero deltas. Zero deltas a second time I’ll be looking to book the quickie.
Bought BABA JAN 15 2021 150.0 Calls @ 33.25
Sold BABA OCT 26 2018 150.0 Calls @ 2.20
#LongCalls #LEAPS – I sold this one but forgot about possible earnings. This company is pretty reliable with their dates so taking this one off and will re-sell after they announce the date.
Bought to Close AMAT NOV 16 2018 37.0 Calls @ .55 (sold for .54)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This one was sold in earnings week. The big drop is letting me out so taking it off with partial profit. I’ll look to possibly sell again prior to the announcement.
Bought to Close PYPL OCT 19 2018 85.0 Calls @ .32 (sold for .72)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Sold SMH OCT 26 2018 101.0 Calls @ .65
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Boring but continuing to chip away at it…
Bought to Close AMAT NOV 2 2018 40.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .53)
Sold AMAT NOV 2 2018 36.0 Calls @ .40
Sold AMAT NOV 16 2018 37.0 Calls @ .54
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This is probably as good a time as any to take starter positions in these. I think I can recover a good chunk of the cost selling down here while the chart recovers. Hopefully a grind around below resistance for a few weeks. LEAPS out to 2021 so these should be good in the long run.
Bought TNA JAN 15 2021 70.0 Calls @ 18.25
Sold TNA OCT 19 2018 70.0 Calls @ 1.68
Bought TQQQ JAN 15 2021 60.0 Calls @ 19.00
Sold TQQQ OCT 26 2018 60.0 Calls @ 1.70
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS #VXXGame – In and out all day but manged to squeeze in a few trades….
AMAT: Added last of the long LEAPS reducing basis.
Bought to Close AMAT OCT 26 2018 41.0 Calls @ .02 (sold for .43)
Bought AMAT JAN 17 2020 50.0 Calls @ 1.15
DG:
Bought to Close DG OCT 19 2018 112.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .65)
Sold DG NOV 2 2018 108.0 Calls @ .85
DUST: Nice drop today. Luckily ratio’d at 2×7. Rolling the short puts down and out. Long puts working nicely.
Rolled DUST OCT 12 2018 37.0 Put to DUST NOV 16 2018 35.0 Put @ even
OLED:
Sold OLED OCT 26 2018 120.0 Call @ 1.20
PYPL:
Sold PYPL OCT 26 2018 82.0 Calls @ .94
SMH:
Bought to Close SMH OCT 26 2018 108.0 Calls @ .06 (sold for .95)
TLT: Getting out of the way a little with my triple size position. One winner one loser with a net winner.
Bought to Close TLT NOV 2 2018 118.0 Calls @ .15 (sold for .44) .29 gain
Bought to Close TLT NOV 9 2018 116.5 Calls @ .64(sold for .47) .17 loss
UVXY: Haven’t sold these naked very often since Aug 2015 🙂 Sometimes it’s too good to pass up.
Sold UVXY DEC 21 2018 95.0 Call @ 8.25
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Earnings next week. Would like a bounce of some sort to sell more there.
Bought to Close PYPL OCT 19 2018 92.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .62)
10/9….BTC WYNN 12 OCT 18 130 Calls @.04….STO 10/4 @1.42….Selling against Jan 2021 125 Calls needing $0.25 per week to cover so off to a good start..
10/9…STO 19 OCT 18 125 Calls @.94
Thankyou @fuzzballl for the idea… #fuzzy #leaps
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Adding another long scaling in to reduce basis…
Bought XBI JAN 17 2020 97.0 Call @ 7.40
First buy was at 11.25 and added a couple times since then. Along with weekly sales basis is already down to 8.23 in one month…
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Closed and sold new…
Bought to Close PYPL OCT 12 2018 85.0 Calls @ .03 (sold for .51)
Sold PYPL OCT 19 2018 85.0 Calls @ .65
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Let’s see if she can bounce….selling at the expected move.
Sold LABU NOV 9 2018 90.0 Call @ 1.70
Sold LABU NOV 9 2018 90.0 Call @ 1.75
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Plugging away…
Bought to Close AMBA OCT 12 2018 38.5 Calls @ .05 (sold for .60)
Sold AMBA NOV 2 2018 38.0 Calls @ .50
Basis now reduced from 7.45 to 3.38 on a 2020 LEAPS position…
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Weekly hedges just about out of juice and earnings next week. I’d prefer a bounce before selling anything but just in case throwing on a 30 percent size sale for next week anyway. I’ll add a little more if we get a bounce into the announcement.
Sold PYPL OCT 19 2018 85.0 Calls @ .77
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Overall a crummy day but the volatility is making rolling easier. Booked a couple of winners as well. Keeping all new sales prior to any earnings…
AZO:
Rolled AZO OCT 19 2018 720.0 Call to NOV 2 2018 722.5 Call @ .20 credit
EWZ:
Rolled EWZ OCT 26 2018 35.0 Calls to NOV 9 2018 35.5 Calls @ .02 credit
GLD:
Adding with stops set on nearly worthless current weekly sales.
Sold GLD NOV 9 2018 115.0 Calls @ .58
OLED:
Adding…selling against longer tern bull put spreads.
Sold OLED OCT 26 2018 130.0 Call @ 1.30
SMH:
Bought to Close SMH OCT 12 2018 108.0 Calls @ .02 (sold for .85)
Sold SMH NOV 9 2018 106.0 Calls @ .97
WYNN:
Bought to Close WYNN OCT 12 2018 130.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.48)
Sold WYNN OCT 19 2018 123.0 Calls @ 1.07
XBI:
Sold XBI NOV 9 2018 94.0 Calls @ 1.14
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Double selling the weeklies here also. Stops set on previous positions at 50-75 percent of max gain. Adding again prior to earnings and selling up in congestion.
Sold PYPL OCT 12 2018 85.0 Calls @ .51
#LongCalls #LEAPS – And finally….adding, booking, and selling.
Bought XBI JAN 17 2020 97.0 Call @ 8.35 (adding)
Bought to Close XBI OCT 12 2018 97.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.07)
Sold XBI NOV 2 2018 95.0 Calls @ 1.10 (half ratio)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – My biggest loser today. Got caught a little under ratio’d so need to get some more sales. Giving it plenty of room. I’ll be looking to add to the #LEAPS on another big down day.
Sold LABU NOV 2 2018 95.0 Calls @ 1.35
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Same as AMAT. Current batch profitable so adding new above resistance. I’m banking on the volatility expansion also helping call premium and the overhead resistance to slow down any major rally.
Sold AMBA OCT 26 2018 39.5 Calls @ .55
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Ratio’d and laddered.
Bought to Close AMAT OCT 19 2018 43.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .41)
Another batch the following week are about 50 percent profitable so I can stop those out at even if it rallies. Selling another batch the week after. Should all be prior to earnings.
Sold AMAT NOV 2 2018 40.0 Calls @ .53
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Starter position out in 2021. Earnings still a few weeks away and leaving room to add. Always decent premium in this one.
Bought WYNN JAN 15 2021 130.0 Calls @ 26.85
Sold WYNN OCT 12 2018 130.0 Calls @ 1.48
#LongCalls #LEAPS – These were stuck in non-ratio’d limbo for a long time but finally looking better. Rolling the LEAPS out to 2021 for a small debit. Well worth the extra year of selling against them.
Rolled EWZ JAN 17 2020 40.0 Calls to JAN 15 2021 40.0 Calls @ 1.55 debit
And:
Sold EWZ OCT 26 2018 40.0 Calls @ .63
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Gonna be a long grind on this one out to 2021. Off to a good start. Triple selling these up near the all time highs. Staying in expirations prior to earnings.
Bought to Close DG OCT 12 2018 113.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .60)
Sold DG OCT 26 2018 110.0 Calls @ .75
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Added one to the 2020 position averaging down…
Bought LABU JAN 17 2020 110.0 Call @ 13.70
#leaps
Rolled AAPL 5 Oct 225 Call to 19 OCT 227.5 @.12 Credit
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Something I’ve started doing on these longer term positions is really working nicely. I’m setting the initial position after a pullback (or run up for short positions) and only starting with about a half position. This allows nice gains if my timing is perfect (ya right! LOL) but more importantly it allows a nice averaging down into the full position and drastically reducing the cost basis (in addition to the weekly selling).
Added another AMAT today:
Bought AMAT JAN 17 2020 50.0 Call @ 2.43
I’ve added 3 times now. Original half position at 7.70 and adds at 2.55, 2.55, and 2.43 reducing basis to 5.75 overall. Weekly sales have further reduced this to 4.12 with the position out to 2020. LEAPS are trading at 2.40 now so slightly underwater but not nearly as bad as it would be had I gone all in from the beginning.
AMBA is an even better example. Original position at 11.20 with adds at 11.00 twice to get to a half position. Added the other half after the implosion at 5.20 and 3.40.
New basis is 7.44 with weekly sales reducing that to 3.93. The LEAPS are trading at 4.65 so the position is actually profitable in spite of over a 30 percent selloff since starting the trade. What really helped was piling into my full position on the big earnings drop on Aug 31st. Actually caught the bottom there so a big help.
Same thing with the DUST short position. Started at 14.50 with adds at 14.20, 14.00, 13.49, and 12.50 getting to only an 80 percent position but the trade is nicely profitable already.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Finally got part of the PYPL weeklies to expire and all of SMH with a nickel to spare…LOL Replacing SMH with a lower ratio and rolling the rest of PYPL.
Rolled PYPL SEP 28 2018 87.0 Calls to OCT 12 2018 88.5 Calls @ .20 credit
Sold SMH OCT 12 2018 108.0 Calls @ .85
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Replacing some nice expirations this week….
LABU:
Sold LABU OCT 12 2018 99.0 Call @ 1.90
Sold LABU OCT 19 2018 100.0 Call @ 2.45
XBI:
Sold XBI OCT 12 2018 97.0 Calls @ 1.07
Rolled my Sept 28 225 Call to 5 Oct 225 Call @1.65 Credit.
Selling against Jun 20 215 Call which needs 0.38 per week to cover.
#LEAPS
#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
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Taking the quick winner on the bounce. 4 out of 4 on BABA this year. Still on the radar for a new entry.
Sold to Close BABA JAN 17 2020 160.0 Calls
Bought to Close BABA SEP 21 2018 160.0 Calls
All said and it’s a 3.34 winner on a huge 2 lot. I’ll take it for a quickie…
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Going out a little bit on these with stops and alerts set on the nearer term sales.
AMBA:
Sold AMBA OCT 12 2018 38.5 Calls @ .60
EWZ:
Bought to Close EWZ SEP 21 2018 35.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for .43)
Sold EWZ OCT 5 2018 34.0 Calls @ .55
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Added one to reduce basis. 60 percent size now…
Bought AMAT JAN 17 2020 50.0 Call @ 2.55
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Looking a little weak here. Early in the trade so can stay aggressive. Rolling weeklies down but not out.
Rolled BABA SEP 21 2018 165.0 Calls to SEP 21 2018 160.0 Calls @ 1.77 credit
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Unfortunately I’ve got to leave before the close so had to take care of these a little early. That was a good thing on some and not so good on others. Either way….rolling and selling.
AMAT:
Bought to Close AMAT SEP 28 2018 46.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for .44)
AMBA:
Overall profitable so far in spite of the selloff. Being careful with a whipsaw now.
Rolled AMBA SEP 14 2018 38.0 Calls to SEP 28 2018 39.0 Calls @ .15 credit
AZO:
Trade repair I entered as a 1×1 LEAP position. Long up 85 points but blocked by weekly. Rolling both sides up for earnings to get the weekly more rollable for later. A big pullback would give me max profit. Slight overall debit will come out of weekly premium received so far.
Rolled AZO JAN 17 2020 640.0 Call to JAN 17 2020 690.0 Call @ 33.61 credit
Rolled AZO SEP 14 2018 670.0 Call to SEP 28 2018 710.0 Call @ 34.10 debit
BABA:
Fairly new position non-ratio’d. Still using deltas for roll guidance and looking for the quick winner.
Rolled BABA SEP 14 2018 162.5 Calls to SEP 21 2018 165.0 Calls @ 1.21 credit
DG:
Long term that was a non ratio that got run over. Finally got it back to a partial ratio. Looking for break even and then out. Almost rid of most of these old ones that got run over and will look to replace on better entries next time.
Rolled DG SEP 14 2018 104.0 Calls to OCT 5 2018 105.0 Calls @ .19 debit
ERX:
Ratio’d and coming along nicely.
Rolled ERX SEP 14 2018 34.0 Calls to ERX SEP 21 2018 34.5 Calls @ .34 credit
GLD:
Treading carefully well below the LEAPS. Maybe I should sell these more aggressively to force a rally and help my ever expanding short DUST position…LOL
Sold GLD OCT 12 2018 115.5 Calls @ .41
HIMX:
An old one that hasn’t worked. Selling weekly to get as much back as I can with even being the goal here too. Just need one decent rally to get out before end of year. Replacing this week’s expiration.
Sold HIMX OCT 26 2018 6.5 Calls @ .22
LABU:
Bought to Close LABU SEP 14 2018 98.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.75)
Sold LABU SEP 28 2018 98.5 Calls @ 2.10
SMH:
Long term that got run over but got it back to ratio’d. Starting to look better now. Market makers are not good in this one.
Rolled SMH SEP 14 2018 105.0 Calls to SEP 28 2018 106.5 Calls @ .12 credit
XBI:
Same as BABA above. Fairly new position non-ratio’d. Still using deltas for roll guidance and looking for the quick winner. Replacing weeklies that filled yesterday for min value right at the close.
Sold XBI SEP 28 2018 97.5 Calls @ .80
Have a great weekend everyone!
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Late fill so looking tomorrow for the next sale…
Bought to Close XBI SEP 14 2018 97.5 Calls @ .02 (sold for 1.02)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Could be a fake out today so starting gradually with about one third position and non-hedged.
Bought WDC JAN 17 2020 57.5 Calls @ 8.80
Sold WDC SEP 21 2018 58.0 Calls @ 1.01
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Another busy week away from the market but still selling a little. Quite a few to watch as we get closer to Friday though.
Bought to Close GLD SEP 14 2018 116.0 Calls @ .01 (sold for .48)
Sold GLD OCT 5 2018 115.0 Calls @ .43
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS – Slow day today….replacing some expiring positions and adding to positions.
DUST:
Bought DUST JAN 17 2020 40.0 Put @ 13.59 (adding one)
Sold DUST SEP 21 2018 40.0 Put @ 1.10
EWZ:
Sold EWZ SEP 28 2018 35.0 Calls @ .46
LABU:
Bought LABU JAN 17 2020 110.0 Call @ 19.80 (adding one)
Sold LABU SEP 14 2018 98.0 Calls @ 1.75
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Exited this one back on Aug 23rd on the bounce up to the 200ma. Using the drop for a starter in a new one (4th time this year…LOL). It could go lower so starting with 40 percent size (2/5).
Bought BABA JAN 17 2020 160.0 Calls @ 27.20
Sold BABA SEP 14 2018 162.5 Calls @ 2.45
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Caught the top a week ago today (miracle!) to exit my 2019’s for pretty good profit. Getting back in now with the 2020’s. Getting better at these by scaling into the LEAPS gradually and then the ratio strategy when needed. This is a 30 percent (3/10) starter position beginning with a non ratio figuring more possible weakness.
Bought to Open XBI JAN 17 2020 97.0 Calls @ 11.25 (great fill with mid @ 11.90)
Sold XBI SEP 14 2018 97.5 Calls @ 1.02
In the early part of the trade with a non ratio I’ll roll the weekly calls aggressively if negative deltas are reached on a bounce…
#LongCalls #LongPuts #LEAPS – September is going to be crazy at work so might not be in here as much. Did get a few trades in on Friday and just now getting around to the bookkeeping.
DUST:
Bought to Close DUST Aug 31 2018 38.5 Puts @ .05 (sold for 1.60)
Sold DUST Sep 14 2018 36.0 Puts @ .87
SMH:
Rolled SMH Aug 31 2018 104.5 Calls to Sep 14 2018 105.0 Calls @ .02 credit
#LongCalls #LEAPS – All rolled ITM weekly calls out a week or two for right around even or tiny debit. Won’t bore you with the details
#LongCalls #LEAPS -Here’s another one of my old non-ratio’d positions that I’ve been fighting for awhile. Finally got it back to a ratio a few weeks ago just in time for a nice run. It’s only out to 2019 so booking it and will reset on next drop.
Bought to Close XBI SEP 7 2018 97.0 Calls
Sold to Close XBI JAN 18 2019 93.0 Calls
All said and done it’s a 1.16 winner on a 10 lot.
#Earnings trades layered on top of my #LongCalls #LEAPS positions. I don’t even mess with these trying to get the last nickel…
Bought to Close DG AUG 31 2018 99.5 Puts @ .10 (sold for .63)
Bought to Close DG AUG 31 2018 112.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.00)
#LongCalls #LEAPS #Earnings – Earnings in the morning so adding a little to the position. Long 2019 LEAPS and short this week’s calls. Adding strangles outside all of that. Sold 112 strike calls yesterday and adding puts today.
Sold DG AUG 31 2018 99.5 Puts @ .63
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Still plugging away. Stop set on next week’s so adding another layer…
Bought to Close EWZ AUG 31 2018 35.0 Calls @ .02 (sold for .30)
Sold EWZ SEP 21 2018 35.0 Calls @ .43
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Trimming a little more here. This one was ratio’d and still got partially run over so taking a small winner on what feels like a down day…LOL Gradually building cash reserves at this point…
Bought to Close FAS AUG 31 2018 66.5 Calls
Sold to Close FAS JAN 17 2020 67.0 Calls
All said and done a .43 winner on a 10 lot. Not a big one here but FAS has been very good to me this year.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – A few sales this morning…
AMAT:
Sold AMAT SEP 28 2018 46.0 Calls @ .44 (ratio’d replacing this week’s)
AMBA:
Sold AMBA AUG 31 2018 43.0 Calls @ .83 (ratio’d for earnings this week)
DG:
Sold DG AUG 31 2018 112.0 Calls @ 1.00 (adding a couple more for earnings)
GLD:
Sold GLD SEP 14 2018 116.0 Calls @ .48
Sold GLD SEP 28 2018 118.0 Calls @ .40
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Finally getting a chance to ratio this one. Been rolling ITM weeklies for awhile…
Bought to Close XBI AUG 24 2018 95.5 Calls @ .45 (sold for 1.15)
Sold XBI SEP 7 2018 97.0 Calls @ .89
#LongCalls #LEAPS – With #Earnings next week and this thing in a tight squeeze that’s leaning bullish I’m playing it carefully while selling under the LEAPS. Taking this week’s off at even and I’ll decide later where (or if ) to sell next week.
Bought to Close AMBA AUG 24 2018 39.0 Calls @ .50 (sold for .50)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This one was so close to breakeven back in April I probably should’ve closed it but…all the experts were predicting a breakout to the upside and a run to glory. Well…we know how that played out…LOL.
I’ve been double and triple writing some of the weekly call sales on the way down so taking a little off now that there’s signs of life. A long way to go still but it’s out to 2020.
Bought to Close GLD AUG 31 2018 115.5 Calls @ .12 (sold for .40)
#LongCalls #LEAPS – This was one I’ve been in for quite awhile. It goes all the way back to Dec with a strangle gone bad and then horrible timing on an overnight short stock assignment. Then turned it into a LEAPS non ratio position where the weekly sales got immediately run over. After finally working out of that by rolling up LEAPS to finance the roll up of the weeklies and gradually being able to turn it into a ratio’d position I was able to resume selling. So…after the big jump today and in spite of lousy exit fills ( I should’ve waited a little) I am out with a small profit from what was once a decent size ugly loss.
Sold to Close ADSK JAN 18 2019 130.0 Calls
Bought to Close ADSK AUG 24 2018 134.0 Calls
All said and done a .76 winner per contract!
Doesn’t sound like much but it feels much bigger…LOL
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.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Taking advantage of the earnings bounce up to resistance. The overall position is approaching zero deltas again so booking it.
Sold to Close BABA JAN 17 2020 180.0 Calls @ 31.95
Bought to Close BABA AUG 24 2018 180.0 Calls @ 4.60
Ended up with 2.73 profit on a 3 lot…
Now if the China negotiations fall apart I can look to re-enter on the drop. 🙂
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Small trades bringing in some lunch money…
LABU:
These are ratio’d so with this week’s looking safe selling another half a little early. This is a tiny 2×1 starter where I may add to the LEAPS eventually.
Sold LABU SEP 7 2018 98.0 Call @ 1.20
TWLO:
Earnings trade where I rolled ITM short calls to ITM bull put spreads. Selling against those now (hopefully safely).
Sold TWLO SEP 7 2018 84.0 Calls @ .61
#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)
#LongPuts #LEAPS – I tried this with NUGT a long time ago and it didn’t work since I didn’t ratio the position. NUGT was pushing 60 at the time…right idea and wrong execution. I’ll try not to make that mistake here. Sticking with a 3×2 from the beginning since this thing can implode quickly.
Bought to Open DUST JAN 17 2020 40.0 Puts @ 14.50
Sold DUST AUG 24 2018 40.0 Puts @ 1.64
One I’ve been fighting for awhile. Started out as non ratio #SyntheticStock in 2019 that promptly got run over weeks ago. Gradually worked it back without making much headway. Added a 2020 #LongCalls #LEAPS position on the June pullback. Long story short…weeklies run over again but both core positions combined were nicely profitable.
To clean up the entire mess I booked the gains on the cores and rolled the ITM calls to Jan 2020 ITM put spreads for a nice credit. This will give me many weeks to sell against those put spreads to drastically lower the basis in case the stock is assigned then. I should be able to collect more credit than the width of the spread eventually.
This adjustment also frees up a ton of cash and really simplifies everything…
Sold to Close 2 Jan 2019 115/120/120 synthetic stock positions @ 10.71 (basis 22.49 so loss of $2356)
Sold to Close 3 Jan 2020 105 Calls @ 34.80 (basis 23.18 so gain of $3486)
Net gain on core positions of $1130. I’ll book that and not apply it to this call/put reverse roll:
Rolled Sep 7 2018 96.5 short calls to Jan 2020 145/105 Bull Put Spreads @ 1.66 credit
Original call sales brought in 1.25 so basis on the ITM put spreads is 2.91 on a 40 wide. That’s what I’ll be selling against now over the next 70 or so weeks. Using spread sales to protect against runaway upside.
Sold OLED SEP 7 2018 130.0/135.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .55
#LongCalls #LEAPS – Ratio’d with this week’s 200 short calls. I’ll be watching it closely. That’s a beautiful squeeze that looks ready to go higher.
#LongCalls #LEAPS – I’ve been staggering these out over 2-3 weeks selling the ratios. Once the near ones get profitable I put on a stop and sell the next batch. Just killing time with gradual basis reduction until it recovers.
Bought to Close GLD AUG 17 2018 116.5 Calls @ .01 partial fill so far (sold for .50)
Sold GLD SEP 7 2018 114.0 Calls @ .43
Still holding (with profits) Aug 24th 116’s and Aug 31st 115.5’s
Options Bistro 