#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Still playing both sides. Rolled the calls and booked the puts and sold new puts.
Rolled TSLA AUG 3 2018 290.0 Calls to AUG 31 2018 292.5 Calls @ .46 credit
Bought to Close TSLA AUG 3 2018 352.5 Puts @ 4.45 (sold for 13.15)
Sold TSLA AUG 10 2018 350.0 Puts @ 9.60
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – It’s gonna be another crazy trip on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride next week with earnings. I rolled these calls down a couple times this week collecting more premium but they didn’t quite get taken out. I’m rolling straight out for next week to give my ITM short puts some protection.
Rolled TSLA JUL 27 2018 290.0 Calls to AUG 3 2018 290.0 Calls @ 10.10 credit (32.10 total now)
Not bad when figuring the 2020 LEAP calls only cost 69.45 and basis already reduced to 51.61…
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Another fill on Friday while I was out….a call side roll still prior to earnings…
Rolled TSLA Jul 20 2018 315.0 Calls to Jul 27 2018 315.0 Calls @ 6.15 credit (11.80 total now)
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Re-loading the call side…
Bought to Close TSLA JUL 13 2018 320.0 Calls @ .12 and .14 (sold for 4.21)
Sold TSLA JUL 20 2018 315.0 Calls @ 5.65 and 5.39
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Re-loading the call side…
Bought to Close TSLA JUL 6 2018 320.0 Calls @ .10 (sold for 5.00)
Sold TSLA JUL 13 2018 320.0 Calls @ 4.21
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Had been playing this one from both sides. The bounce today gets the overall position back to zero deltas. Since it’s only out to 2019 this is probably a good place to book it. Call side struggled a little but put side was great.
Sold to Close FB JAN 18 2019 190.0 Calls
Bought to Close FB JUL 13 2018 185.0 Calls
Sold to Close FB JAN 18 2019 160.0 Puts
Bought to Close FB JUL 20 2018 195.0 Puts
All said and done made 83 cents per contract on this wild experiment. (10 lot….5 each side)
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Gonna have to roll the DITM puts as best I can but at least the call side is back in play. I’ll be using the ratio method for the call side since there’s plenty of premium available. Puts have about $15 dollars of premium in them so far so their basis is around 342 against long 2020 300 LEAP puts.
Rolled TSLA JUL 6 2018 360.0 Puts to JUL 27 2018 357.5 Puts @ .19 credit
Sneaking in a double dip on the call side this week….
Rolled TSLA JUL 6 2018 320.0 Calls to JUL 6 2018 312.5 Calls @ 1.81 credit (6.81 total now)
#LongLEAPStraddles – A small delta adjustment on the put side…
Rolled TSLA JUL 6 2018 340.0 Put up to JUL 6 2018 360.0 Put @ 7.09 credit (18.64 total now)
#LongLEAPStraddles – On the little bounce got the puts rolled and the new call sold. Unfortunately was very aggressive on the put sales but they are pretty easy to roll while storing some nice premium.
Rolled TSLA JUN 22 2018 367.5 Put to JUL 6 2018 360.0 Put @ .85 debit (total premium now 14.55)
Rolled TSLA JUN 22 2018 350.0 Put to JUN 29 2018 345.0 Put @ 1.90 credit (total premium now 10.45)
Selling against wide bear put spreads in 2020. To give it some more downside breathing room I’m closing one of the shorts in 2020 at a small profit. Will do the same on the call side if we pull back a little further.
Bought to Close TSLA JAN 17 2020 200.0 Put @ 29.60 (sold for 31.52) This becomes part of the basis now…
And finally:
Sold TSLA JUN 29 2018 360.0 Call @ 3.15
#LongLEAPStraddles – I’ll be rolling some puts and re-selling this call later today…
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 22 2018 370.0 Call @ .05 (sold for 3.00)
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles #PureProfit – I have no idea how this stock can be so high. I’m not a fan but I will trade it. Working both sides…
Puts:
Bought to Close FB JUN 22 2018 192.5 Puts @ .17 (sold for 5.60)
Out of the 5.60 the last 1.70 becomes #PureProfit in the position. The cost of the LEAP puts has been recovered now. On a 5 lot this should generate some nice income. With earnings coming in late July I’ll continue to sell aggressively.
Sold FB JUN 29 2018 200.0/180.0 Bull Put Spreads @ 2.30 credit. (I expect this to take some heat but that’s alright with call side needing a little pullback).
Calls:
Obviously difficult to stay up with the stock rise on the call side. Using my strategy of rolling up the LEAPS to finance the weekly call roll. This roll is out to just before earnings. Next roll can then be into the high IV of earnings…
Rolled FB JAN 18 2019 180.0 Calls to JAN 18 2019 190.0 Calls @ 6.85 credit
Rolled FB JUN 22 2018 177.5 Calls to JUL 13 2018 185.0 Calls @ 6.57 debit
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Managing the put side today…
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 15 2018 325.0 Puts @ .65 (sold for 17.00)
Sold TSLA JUN 22 2018 335.0 Puts @ 5.50
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – On the subject of TSLA….a few adjustments here playing both sides.
Put side:
Been rolling this week’s short puts aggressively up to at or slightly in the money. Currently short two 325 strike puts for Friday @ 17.00 total premium. This will have 38.20 of the original 64.60 purchase covered with 2020 still a few weeks away 🙂 .
Call side:
Had been rolling weeklies out and up to try to stay out of the way. Today since it looks like TSLA could possibly close above the 200ma I bought to close one of the two weekly calls at 30.00. This gives much better upside now. At some point I can re-sell that call or take it out of the massive put premium received so far. Or…could just add it back in to the LEAPS basis on the call side. I’m leaning towards that since the call side basis had already been reduced by 12 dollars (34 down to 22) with 83 weeks still to run.
Since both sides of the LEAPS were spreads (2 each) I’m considering only selling one weekly against those from now on. This will give much better profit potential in either direction with plenty of time to easily recover the original cost.
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – 2020 position playing both sides (for now). This early in the trade I can afford to be really aggressive. Put side only needs 1.19 per week to be covered a year early. Call side is just 68 cents.
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 8 2018 292.5 Puts @ .85 (sold for 7.15)
Sold TSLA JUN 15 2018 302.5 Puts @ 6.43
Rolled TSLA JUN 8 2018 292.5 Calls to JUN 15 2018 295.0 Calls @ .40 credit
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Got aggressive with my last put sale so bringing it back in a little. LEAP puts already paid for so a small debit roll down. The pullback is helping the call side though.
Rolled FB JUN 8 2018 195.0 Puts to FB JUN 22 2018 192.5 Puts @ .53 debit
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – A couple trades I didn’t get a chance to post. Similar to TSLA, I’m playing this both directions. I’d like to see a pullback so I’m making a couple very bullish trades…LOL.
Calls:
On the call side adjusting everything up to get the short calls more rollable and back in play. If I can get the short calls to expire at some point the LEAPS have 7.10 gains in them along with another 6.95 of weekly premium so far.
Rolled 170 long LEAPS up to 180 @ 7.10 credit
Rolled 170 short weekly calls up to 177.5 @ 7.15 debit (and rolled out one week to Jun 22nd)
Puts:
Rolled short weekly puts up again. Aggressive roll here to in the money and near all time highs (gulp!)
Rolled 187.5 short puts to 195.0 puts @ 2.17 credit. (total credit on this batch now 6.12)
Of the 6.12 credit on these current short puts the last 2.22 is my first #PureProfit with 32 weeks still to run on a 5 lot…
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Short 292.5 straddles worked pretty good this week so setting it up again for next week. Selling against long LEAPS puts and calls.
Sold TSLA JUN 8 2018 292.5 Calls @ 3.65
Rolled TSLA JUN 1 2018 292.5 Puts to JUN 8 2018 292.5 Puts @ 3.90 credit (7.15 total now)
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Like Sue, I’m playing this from both sides as well. Late fill here while I was out riding the motorcycle during the close. Great day here in STL!
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 1 2018 292.5 Calls @ .25 (sold for 9.15)
I’ll be looking tomorrow to reset this and address my 292.5 short puts. A nice big morning gap up would help but I have my doubts….now that Teslas are starting up by themselves and then taking off and crashing into stuff. I hate to laugh but it’s almost getting comical. Can’t wait to see what Grasso has to say. He’s been buying the dip since 310 I think.
http://fortune.com/2018/05/31/tesla-brussels-autopilot-crash/
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Playing both sides here. Been rolling up the puts aggressively the whole way. This last little roll will already completely cover the cost of the long puts leaving 32 more weeks to sell. A pullback (after next week) would be nice…
Rolled FB JUN 8 2018 185.0 Puts to JUN 8 2018 187.5 Puts @ .55 credit (3.95 total now)
The calls have obviously gotten run over. I may roll the long LEAP calls up and use the credit to roll up the weeklies that are ITM. This would still preserve the big gains on the long calls while getting the short calls into a more rollable position.
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Light day today. A little TSLA adjustment here. Rolling puts and calls down into a Jun 1st short straddle.
Rolled TSLA MAY 18 2018 297.5 Puts to JUN 1 2018 292.5 Puts @ .73 debit
Rolled TSLA MAY 25 2018 295.0 Calls to JUN 1 2018 292.5 Calls @ 2.25 credit
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Looks like I’ll be rolling the short puts down so bringing the short calls down and in with them. May end up with a short straddle for next week…
Rolled TSLA JUN 1 2018 312.5 Calls down and in to MAY 25 2018 295.0 Calls @ 2.20 credit (6.90 total now)
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Gonna continue pounding the put side while waiting for a pullback. I may end up getting put and call LEAPS paid for in a month just selling near the money puts on this rise. Rolled this one up multiple times last two weeks.
Bought to Close FB MAY 11 2018 182.5 Puts @ .20 (sold for 3.95)
Sold FB MAY 18 2018 187.5 Puts @ 3.22
17.50 premium received in 4 weeks. The combined cost of LEAP calls and puts was 30.00. Still 35 weeks to run. Would enjoy a pullback to get the call side involved again. Until then I’ll be gradually rolling the ITM calls up and out.
EDIT: Rough numbers on the sales. I’ll catch up over the weekend…
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Pounding the put side while waiting for a pullback…
Bought to Close FB MAY 4 2018 172.5 Puts @ .05 (sold for 4.06)
Sold FB MAY 11 2018 177.5 Puts @ 2.70
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Rolling the put side up for additional credit this week….
Rolled FB MAY 4 2018 162.5 Puts to MAY 4 2018 172.5 Puts @ 1.06 credit (4.06 total on these already)
#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…
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Gonna be an interesting earnings announcement. Tons of premium so still selling aggressively. Rolling the call side today. Didn’t quite get the needed pullback.
Rolled FB APR 20 2018 165.0 Calls to APR 27 2018 167.5 Calls @ 2.30 credit
#LongPuts #LongCalls #LongLEAPStraddles – Maybe I’m bored but here we go. Already long the 2019 160 calls so on the bounce I’m buying the put side. For simplicity I’m buying the same strike to complete the straddle.
Bought to Open FB JAN 18 2019 160.0 Puts @ 11.60
After this week 39 weeks to run so needing 30 cents per week to cover. Earnings next week but unfortunately I’ll be out that day so going out the week after since it still has a little volatility pumped into it from the announcement.
Sold FB MAY 4 2018 162.5 Puts @ 3.00 (that already covers a fourth of the long put price 🙂 )
So now long Jan 2019 160 straddles against Apr 20 165 calls and May 4 162.5 puts.
Let’s see how it goes!
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