STO LABU Nov02’18 70 PUT @ 1.85
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AVGO TNA SJM
#ShortPuts #IRA – Closing a margin hog for nice gain and replacing with a couple others….a Feb type selloff would put TNA at about 67 so looking at that level.
Bought to Close AVGO JAN 18 2019 170.0 Put @ .41 (sold for 5.00)
Sold TNA DEC 21 2018 70.0 Put @ 2.35
Sold TNA JAN 18 2019 65.0 Put @ 2.30
A divvy play on SJM. Would love to get it down here…
Sold SJM JAN 18 2019 95.0 Put @ 2.39
Trades
#shortputs
Rolled Again
$GOOGL BTC 10/5 1190/1210 BUPS and STO 10/19 1190/1210 BUPS at 1.47 extra credit. Earnings after expiration.
#shortcalls
$CRON STO 10/5 12.50 calls at .50 Covered
$AMZN STO 10/5 2012.5 calls at 27.00 Sold against 10/19 1900 calls. Earnings 10/25
#longcalls
Closed Early
$BA STC 10/19 350/370 BUCS at 17 .00 BTO 9/12 at 8.13
$VRSN BTO 11/16 160/165 BUCS at 2.41
#shortputs #rolling NKTR Rolled Oct….
#shortputs #rolling NKTR
Rolled Oct. 19, 60 put to Nov. 19 for 3.88, NKTR down over 4 points today, looking like a #fallingknife candidate.
#shortputs #fallingknife TRTN Sold Jan….
#shortputs #fallingknife TRTN
Sold Jan. 19, 30 put for 1.45.
SPX Campaign / DTEA AMZN Short Puts / MTN Short Calls
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 10/12 2825/2850/2985/2960 IC for 4.10 Thank you @jeffcp66
#shortputs
$DTEA STO 11/16 5 put at 2.70 Downside not that far down
$AMZN STO 1700/1720 BUPS at 1.90 Thank you @jdietz1954
#shortcalls
Closed Early
$MTN BTC 10/19 310 calls at .10 STO at .90 Earnings looked good but street freezing the stock out
MPC Short Put
#shortputs
$MPC STO 11/16 77.50/82.50 BUPS at 1.70
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife DOCU Sept….
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife DOCU
Sept. 21 sold Nov. 16, 47.50 put for 2.30, bought today for 1.75
#shortputs #fallingknife BBBY sold Jan.,…
#shortputs #fallingknife BBBY
sold Jan., 12.50 put for .63, BBBY down about 23% on earnings.
#shortputs DUST September 13, sold…
#shortputs DUST
September 13, sold a September 21, 42.50 put for 1.73, DUST dusted me and went down, September 18 rolled it to September 28, bought today for a gain of $41.
GOOGL Puts Closed Early
#shortputs
$GOOGL BTC 9/28 1140/1160 BUPS at .50 STO at 5.75 on 9/14 This was a roll of the 9/14 1160/1180 Net loss on transaction of 1.80 per contract. Might have kept rolling but half a bird in hand worth something. If I closed out original 9/14 trade per contract loss would have been 7.12. Thank you @jsd501 for your tutelage.
#shortputs #fallingknife JBL Sold Jan….
#shortputs #fallingknife JBL
Sold Jan. 18, 27 put for 1.05, big drop yesterday after earnings.
MTN NVDA Calls / Roku KR Puts
#coveredcalls
$MTN STO 10/19 310 calls at .90 9/28 earnings
$NVDA STO 9/28 272.5 calls at 1.30 Sold against Long 10/19 265 calls
#shortputs
$ROKU STO 9/28 71.50 put at 1.05 Thank you @honkhonk81 for inspiration
Closed Early
$KR BTC 10/19 30 put at .40 STO 9/17 for 2.11
Expiration / TNDM Puts / NFLX Calls Rolled / MZOR Puts Closed
#spxcampaign
$SPX 2760/2780/2960/2640 Iron Condor Thank you @jdietz1954 and @jeffcp66
#shortputs
$TNDM STO 9/28 41 put at 1.10 Thank you @honkhonk81
Closed Early
$MZOR BTC 11/16 70 puts at 12.80 STO at 17.20 Since company has been acquired at 58.50 not sure how I closed these.
#shortcalls
$NFLX BTC 10/5 375 calls and STO 10/19 400 calls at added 2.10 credit (covered)
PYPL FB AMZN LABU BIDU Close Early Plus Expirations Assignments
#longcalls
Closed Early
$PYPL BTC 9/21 90/95 BUCS for .85 STO at 1.97
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1800 call at 116.80 BTO 8/6 at 65.62 Not around all day and got clobbered at EOD. Fortunately I have earned an MOB (Masters of Option Bistro) degree and sold 22.84 of calls against the long calls (rolling often) Thanks to all the Jolly rollers who taught me that aspect.
$BIDU STC 9/21 220/230 BUCS at 9.50 BTO at 4.08
$LABU STC 9/21 95.50 calls at .35 BTO at 3.90
#shortputs
$FB BTC 9/21 155/165 BUPS for .40 STO at 2.50
Closed Early
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1880/1900 BUPS at .05. STO 8/29 for 2.70
#optionsexpiration
$TNDM 40 call Covered
$KR 31 call Covered
$NVDA 285 call
$MTN 300 call
$DBX 26.5 call Covered
$ESPR 40 put
$TNDM 35 put
$MO 61 put
$SRPT 137/142 BUCS
$NFLX 320/335 BUPS
Total Loss
$TSLA 330/340 BUPS
#Assigned
$TNDM 45 and 44 puts Basis 41.4
Thanks to all that make the bistro special. Have a great weekend
#shortputs DOCU Sold Nov. 47.50…
#shortputs DOCU
Sold Nov. 47.50 put for 2.30, DOCU is at 52.40.
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife INTC July…
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife INTC
July 27, sold Jan. 42 put for 1.27, bought today for .84, thanks Iceman
AZO Closed Early / Google FB Rolling
#supercharger
$AZO STC 9/21 720/730 BUCS at 00 BTO at 5.25 Thank you @jeffcp66 and thank the mother of all superchargers @kathycon
#shortputs
Rolling
$GOOGL BTC 9/21 1190/1210 BUPS and STO 10/5 1190/1210 BUPS at 4.50 debit
$FB BTC 9/21 160/180 BUPS and STO 10/5 160/180 BUPS at 2.10 debit
#shortputs #rolling DUST rolled Sept….
#shortputs #rolling DUST
rolled Sept. 21, 42.50 put to Sept. 28 for .82, originally sold for 1.73 on Aug. 13, DUST is at 40.34.
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife AA July…
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife AA
July 19, sold January, 35 put at 1.40, bought today for 1.05
LABU
#ShortPuts #IRA – Adding to a Dec ladder. Looked at Jan but lowest strike is still 75.
Sold LABU DEC 21 2018 60.0 Put @ 2.50
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife HAL Sept….
#shortputs #closing #fallingknife HAL
Sept. 5, sold Jan. 35 put for 1.31, bought today for .78.
SPX Campaign / GOOGL Rolled / MU Calls
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 9/28 2815/2840 BUPS at 1.80 Thank you @jeffcp66
#shortputs
Rolled
$GOOGL BTC 9/14 1160/1180 and STO 9/28 1140/1160 at .67 credit Thank you @jsd501 Will be an interesting two weeks. I have my Dramamine ready.
$TNDM STO 10/12 43 puts at 2.39 Like the stock, own some and I think the downdraft will be short lived
#longcalls
$MU BTO
#longcalls
$MU BTO 10/19 45 calls at 2.40 Credit Suisse Positive Comments
$NKE BTO 9/28 77.50/87.50 BUCS at 5.45 Stock going up. Earnings 9/25 AM Hope to remember to close before earnings.
Everyone have a safe and restful weekend. Prayers to those in harms way.
MO ALRM NFLX Short Puts / WTW Roll Calls / SPX Closed Early
#shortputs
$MO STO 9/14 61 put at .40
$MO STO 9/21 61 put at .78
$ALRM STO 9/21 57.5 puts at 1.10 Thank you @fuzzballl
Closed Early
$NFLX BTC 9/21 295/305 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.95
#shortcalls
$WTW BTC 9/21 74 call and STO 10/19 80 call at a net debit of .15 Stock at 72.25
#spxcampaign
Closed Early
$SPX BTC 9/14 2810/2835 BUPS at .20 Sold for 1.80 I’m a bit skittish
#shortputs DUST Sold Sept. 21,…
#shortputs DUST
Sold Sept. 21, 42.50 put for 1.73.
#shortputs TastyTrade Short puts are…
#shortputs TastyTrade
Short puts are sold here very often. Here is a 7 minute market measure on managing at 25%/50%/21 days and expiration with doing something at 21 days being the winner. Doesn’t help with the 4 days to expiration puts on DUST though.
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/daily_recaps/2018-09-12/episodes/short-put-management-performance-09-12-2018
Google Supercharger / CMG TSLA Closed Early / IQ HAL Rolled
#supercharger
Maiden Voyage – shoals abound
$GOOGL STO 9/28 1155/1165 BUCS at 7.20 Thank you @jeffcp66
#shortputs
$CMG BTC 9/28 440/460 BUPS at .50 STO at 3.30 Thank you @ramie77
$TSLA BTC 240/250 BUPS at .55 STO at 1.60 Kudos to @ramie77
$IQ BTC 9/21 35 put and STO 10/19 35 put at .30 additional credit
$HAL BTC 9/21 40 put and STO 10/19 35 put at .26 additional credit
SOXL
#ShortPuts #IRA – Adding one more slightly more aggressively.
Sold SOXL Nov 16 2018 100.0 Put @ 3.50
Already short the Nov 90 strike @ 5.10 from awhile back…
DG JNJ SOXL
#ShortPuts #IRA – Freeing up some cash and selling first Feb position.
Bought to Close DG Jan 18 2019 75.0 Put @ .25 (sold for 2.26)
Bought to Close JNJ Nov 16 2018 115.0 Put @ .22 (sold for 3.05)
Bought to Close JNJ Dec 21 2018 110.0 Put @ .24 (sold for 2.37)
Sold SOXL Feb 15 2019 75.0 Put @ 3.50
STX
#ShortPuts #IRA – Adding one…great divvy down here.
Sold STX Dec 21 2018 45.0 Put @ 2.34
Not selling any puts in WDC yet but considering adding a long term LEAPS position.
Roku Closed Puts / AMZN Short Puts /SPX Campaign / DBX CC / SPLK Long Calls
#shortputs
$ROKU BTC 9/14 61 puts at .05 STO 9/5 at 1.21 on $AMZN news sending $ROKU down. Should have bought stock.
$AMZN STO 10/19 1800/1850 BUPS at 7.52
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 9/24 2760/2780/2960/2940 at 1.70 Thank you @jdietz1954
#shortcalls
$DBX STO 9/14 28 calls at .25 Will keep covering until the shares disappear!
#longcalls
$SPLK BTO 10/19 125/135 BUCS at 4.22
#shortputs NKTR sold Oct. 19,…
#shortputs NKTR
sold Oct. 19, 60 put for 2.45.
#shortputs EWZ Sold Oct. 19,…
#shortputs EWZ
Sold Oct. 19, 29 put for 1.29.
WTW Short Call / SPOT Short Puts / EXAS Rolling Again / MCD Long Call
#shortcalls
$WTW STO 9/21 74 call at $1 (covered – left over from earnings trade – if called away a breakeven)
#shortputs
$SPOT STO 10/19 170/175 BUPS at 1.90
Rolling
$EXAS BTC 10/19 60 put and STO 10/19 70 put for added 1.40 credit. Now banked 4.60 Thank you @ramie77 for original STO 1/2019 35 puts
#longcalls
$MCD BTO 10/19 165/170 BUCS at 2.05
#fallingknife #shortputs JD Sold Dec….
#fallingknife #shortputs JD
Sold Dec. 21, 24 put for 1.27.
AMZN Roll / Closed Early AMZN CMG BUPS
#shortcalls
$AMZN BTC 9/7 2035 call and STO 9/21 2025 call at additional 11.40 These are against long 9/21 calls
#shortputs
$AMZN BTC 9/7 1930/1940 BUPS at .80. STO at 1.30 on 8/29
$CMG BTC 9/21 420/430 BUPS at .30. STO at 1.55 on 8/3 Thank you @ramie77
ERX #Shortputs Rolled my Sept…
ERX #Shortputs Rolled my Sept 7th 35 Put out a week to Sept 14th 35 P for 0.15 credit.
Sold #shortcalls Sold NUGT Sept 14th 13 calls @ .16.
Fed up with TWTR and sold my stock. Took the loss and moving on.
#shortputs FB From Tradewise sell…
#shortputs FB
From Tradewise sell Oct. 5, 155/157.50 for .62 each
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – In my little Tastyworks account I’ve been playing with. Selling below the 200ma again…
Sold TQQQ JAN 18 2019 50.0 Put @ 3.26
Sold TQQQ JAN 18 2019 45.0 Put @ 2.34
WYNN
#ShortPuts – Nice morning in the desert. Admiring my new property. Could be owning a small piece of this at Jan expiration. LOL!
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – In a small account replacing the ones I closed 5 days ago. Glad I didn’t wait for the last nickel or these sales would not have been possible…. 🙂
Sold TQQQ JAN 18 2019 55.0 Put @ 4.10
Sold TQQQ JAN 18 2019 50.0 Put @ 3.00
Sold TQQQ JAN 18 2019 45.0 Put @ 2.15
#shortputs STO EWZ Jan18’19 28…
#shortputs
STO EWZ Jan18’19 28 PUT 2.10
TNDM Puts
#shortputs
$TNDM STO 9/21 44 puts at 2.20 Thank you @honkhonk81 for inspiration
AAXN SFIX Puts Closed Early
#shortputs
$AAXN BTC 9/21 65 put at 1.30 STO at 6.00 on 8/9
$SFIX BTC 9/21 30 put at .10 STO at 2.25 on 8/10
#shortputs SCCO Sold Nov. 16,…
#shortputs SCCO #rolling WDC
SCCO Sold Nov. 16, 40 put for .85
WDC rolled Sept. 75 put to October for .46.
TQQQ
#ShortPuts – Got most of it. Freeing up cash in a small account.
Bought to Close TQQQ SEP 21 2018 48.33 Put @ 10 (sold for 1.15)
Bought to Close TQQQ SEP 21 2018 55.0 Put @ .15 (sold for 2.35)
Bought to Close TQQQ SEP 21 2018 60.0 Put @ .35 (sold for 3.90)
#Shortputs Sold ERX Sept 07th…
#Shortputs Sold ERX Sept 07th 35 Puts @ .40 with ERX @ 36.17 Sold ROKU Sept 07th 57 Puts @ .58 with ROKU @ 60.25
CRM
#ShortPuts #IRA – Shorter term and slightly more aggressive. 9.3% annualized. 8 percent is usually my goal on the put sales…
Sold CRM NOV 16 2018 140.0 Put @ 2.65
ROKU Puts / AMZN PUTS / Close AMZN Early / Roll MTN Calls
#shortputs
$ROKU STO 9/7 58 puts at 1.20
$AMZN STO 8/31 1940/1960 BUPS at 1.60
$AMZN STO 9/7 1930/1940 BUPS at 1.30
$AMZN STO 9/21 1880/1900 BUPS at 2.70
Close Early
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1720/1730 BUPS at .10 STO at 2.75 on 7/27
#shortcalls
$MTN BTC 9/21 290 call and STO 300 call at 5.50 debit This is covered
AMZN Closed Early
#shortputs
Closed the rest
$AMZN BTC 9/7 1780/1800 BUPS at .30 STO at 2.70. Sold the other batch yesterday at .50
SOXL
#ShortPuts #IRA – Yesterday…
Bought to Close SOXL NOV 16 2018 65.0 Put @ .40 (sold for 3.20)
ERX #shortputs Bought to close…
ERX #shortputs Bought to close my Aug 31st 37 Puts @ .80 off a GTC order. These were rolled out 8/10 for 2.19
AMZN HA Closed Early / Roll NFLX
#shortputs
Closed Part Early
$AMZN BTC 9/21 1780/1800 BUPS at 81% max profit
Closed ALL
$HA BTC 10/19 32 put at .10 STO 6/13 at 1.15 Thank you @ramie77
#longcalls
Closed part early
$AMZN STC 9/21 1800 call at 131.40. BTO at 66.52 on 8/2
#coveredcalls rolled
$NFLX BTC 9/7 345 calls and STO 9/21 365 calls at additional 1.67 debit
#shortputs #closing ESPR August 22,…
#shortputs #closing ESPR
August 22, followed honkhonk81 into ESPR, sold Sept. 21, 40 put for 1.77, bought today for .51.
Unrelated but need TSLA above 320
#shortputs #pietrade OIH Sold Sept….
#shortputs #pietrade OIH
Sold Sept. 21, 25 put for .54, ATM
#shortputs #earnings related GPS Tradewise…
#shortputs #earnings related GPS
Tradewise has a covered call recommendation on the Gap, buy 100 shares and sell a Sept., 32 call. I sold a Sept. 32 put for 3.17, GPS is at 28.80, down 3.50, 11%, $900 margin instead of $2900 for the buy/write.
NVDA Closed Early / Short Calls WSM / Long Calls ANET
#shortputs
$NVDA BTC 9/21 225/230 BUPS at .15 STO at 1.48 on 7/31
#longputs
$WSM STO 9/21 67.50/62.50 BECS at 3.42 Don’t think earnings price spike will last. What do I know?
#longcalls
$ANET BTO 9/21 270/300 BUCS at 11.60 Lucked out. They are being added to S&P 500
BABA
#ShortPuts #IRA – I’ll take a shot…
Sold BABA DEC 21 2018 150.0 Put @ 3.45
Rolling Backwards and UP – Oh What Fun
#shortputs
$EXAS BTC 1/2019 35 puts and STO 10/19 60 puts at additional 2.30 credit.
Stock shot up today on Pfizer collaboration. Their earnings should be after option expires. If I dare wait for anything to expire anymore.
Close GOOGL BECS Early / GOOGL Puts
#shortcalls
Closed Early
$GOOGL BTC 9/21 1320/1300 BECS at 1.50 STO on 8/10 @ 4.50
#shortputs
$GOOGL STO 9/21 1200/1210 BUPS at 3.55
#shortputs ESPR Followed honkhonk and…
#shortputs ESPR
Followed honkhonk and geewhiz’ trade yesterday into this but sold a Sept. 21, 40 put for 1.77-thanks
#shortputs #fallingknife #closing HBI August…
#shortputs #fallingknife #closing HBI
August 1, followed Iceman in selling a couple January, 16 puts @ .65, closed today for .35, didn’t lose my shorts on this one.
#shortputs #closing TRTN January 19,…
#shortputs #closing TRTN
January 19, I sold a Feb. 16, 35 put after TRTN dropped to 40, February 16 it was below 28, rolled to March, then to October. Today it’s hovering around 39, bought the put today for 82, making 4.50 after the rolls. Still have an Oct. 40 put that originated in Nov. of 2017 that is profitable but no trading in it today.
Expiration / Assigned / Roll / Closed Early / Trades
#optionsexpiration
$NFLX 340/345 BUPS Total Loss
$FB 160/170 BUPS Expired worthless as opposed to total loss
$FB 155/165 BUPS Expired worthless
$SPLK 115 Call Covered
$TRTN 35 call Covered Stock taken away Basis 31
$DBX 32.5 call Covered
$AAXN 65 call Covered
$TNDM 28 put Thank you @honkhonk81
#assignment
$M 8/17 40 puts Earnings trade gone awry. Perhaps profitable by Black Friday? Basis 38.95
$WTW 8/17 89 puts Earnings trade result. Will be waiting for the fat going back into account. Basis 85.20
#shortputs
Rolled
$MZOR 8/17 70 puts rolled to 9/21 at even Getting dizzy from rolling this one
Closed Early
$NFLX 8/17 315/325 BUPS at 2.10 STO at 1.75
$SPX BTC 8/24 2760/2785 BUPS at 1.00 STO at 2.70 on 8/10 Thank you @jeffcp66
Trade
$GOOGL STO 9/21 1180/1190 BUPS at 2.81
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Thanks for all the thought provoking discussions.
#shortputs #closing LH July 25,…
July 25, sold Nov. 160 put for 2.40, was a couple days early on this former #fallingknife, bought today for 1.10.
#shortputs TUR Sold Nov. 16,…
#shortputs TUR
Sold Nov. 16, 19 put for 1.55
NVDA
#ShortPuts #IRA – Been looking for a chance to get involved in this one again…
Sold NVDA DEC 21 2018 210.0 Put @ 5.80
AMZN Long Calls / AMZN GOOGL Short Puts / TNDM Short Puts
#longcalls
Close Early
$AMZN STC 8/17 1820 calls at 95.50 BTO at 68.08 on 7/26 Have one left with a stop on it
#shortputs
$AMZN STO 9/7 1780/1800 BUPS at 2.70
$GOOGL STO 9/21 1190/1210 BUPS at 4.50
Closed Early
$TNDM BTC 8/17 30 put at .40 STO on 8/1 at 3.00 Thank you @honkhonk81
#shortputs C sold Sept. 21,…
#shortputs C
sold Sept. 21, 67.50 for .79.
FB Short Puts Close Early / Covered Call ALRM AAXN/ AMZN Calls Closed
#shortputs
Closed Early
$FB BTC 8/17/155/165 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.80 on 7/26
#coveredcalls
$ALRM STO 8/17 52.5 calls at .25
$AAXN STO 8/17 65 calls at .40
Looking to empty my positions while making dinner money.
#longcalls
$AMZN STC 8/17 1820 calls at 97 BTO at 68. Still have a few left. I probably should have closed them all.
LITE BUPS Closed Early / AAXN Short Calls Closed Early
#shortputs
Closed Early
$LITE BTC 8/17 50/55 BUPS at .30 STO 7/16 at 1.25
#shortcalls
Closed Early
$AAXN BTC 8/17 80 calls at .05. STO at 2.25 on 7/23
SPX Campaign / Rolled MZOR puts
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 8/24 2760/2785 at 2.70
#shortputs
$MZOR BTC 8/17 70 puts and STO 9/21 70 puts at an additional .04 credit. Yes Four Cents. But I get 4 weeks.
NVDA
#ShortPuts #IRA – Freeing up some more room in an #IRA. Earnings on this one next week so maybe get a chance to sell it again.
Bought to Close NVDA JAN 18 2019 150.0 Put @ .67 (sold for 4.40)
#shortputs This morning rolled my…
#shortputs
This morning rolled my Aug 10th 37 Puts out to Aug 31st for .90 credit.
#coveredcalls
Sold TWTR 34 Calls at .15 Slowly chipping away at the basis.
#ironcondor TSLA Sold Sept. 21…
#ironcondor TSLA #shortputs #rolling AAOI
TSLA Sold Sept. 21 235/245/420/430 for 1.27
AAOI Rolled Aug. 17, 40 put sold yesterday to September 18 for 1.76.
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