#ShortStrangles – Whiz just put on a May monthly 172.5/170.0 BuPS. He’s been on a roll so I’m using his short strike for my put side and selling calls up above the clutter.
Sold WYNN MAY 18 2018 172.5/197.5 Strangles @ 3.64
Tag Archives: ShortStrangles
WYNN Earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Don’t trust this market so took this off right at the open.
Bought to Close WYNN APR 27 2018 182.5/205.0 Strangles @ 1.89 (sold for 3.20)
WYNN Earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Haven’t been in this one in awhile….
Sold WYNN APR 27 2018 182.5/205.0 Strangles @ 3.20
ROKU
#ShortStrangles – Rolling short calls down to straddles. Earnings the week after this…
Rolled ROKU MAY 4 2018 37.0 Calls to MAY 4 2018 34.0 Calls @ .55 credit
#shortstrangles EWZ closed May 18,…
#shortstrangles EWZ
closed May 18, 42/47 strangle for .96, sold for 1.78 on April 3.
#earnings #shortstrangles SKX Sold May…
Sold May 18, 37/47 for 1.70
#shortstrangles FXI Sold June 14,…
#shortstrangles FXI
Sold June 14, 44/53 strangle for 1.07, following Beef at TastyTrade on this ticker again, currently at 47.
ROKU
#ShortStrangles – Once again I’ve demonstrated my uncanny ability to trade directionally by selling those 34 puts yesterday. 😦 Added these this morning when it was looking like I was obviously wrong…
Sold ROKU MAY 4 2018 37.0 Calls @ .65
ROKU
#ShortPuts #ShortStrangles – Replacing the NVDA position with this. Short term and hopefully before earnings. Stock coming out of a nice base and beautiful squeeze. Might add calls if it stays strong….
Sold ROKU MAY 4 2018 34.0 Puts @ 1.00
NVDA
#ShortStrangles – Book ’em and get ready for earnings in a few weeks…
Bought to Close NVDA APR 27 2018 195.0/250.0 Strangles @ .81 (sold for 5.88)
AAOI
#ShortStrangles #SyntheticStock – Adjusting to protect myself against some sort of a crazy buyout. Short next week’s 27/31 Bear Call Spreads. Stock has rallied so booking the gains on the long 31’s and buying more calls out and up. Pocketing the difference and maybe using that to finance the 27 roll.
Sold to Close AAOI APR 20 2018 31.0 Calls @ .70
Bought AAOI JUN 15 2018 50.0 Calls @ .35
#shortstrangles EWZ TastyTrade idea, sold…
#shortstrangles EWZ
TastyTrade idea, sold May 18, 42/47 strangle for 1.78
NVDA
#ShortStrangles – Rolling the call side down to near all time highs for additional credit…
Rolled NVDA APR 27 2018 265.0 Calls to APR 27 2018 250.0 Calls @ 1.73 credit
TSLA
#ShortStrangles – Even though it’s only a one lot strangle, I’m going to play it cautiously. Closing the short put and will continue to sell calls or call spreads to get back to even as long is the stock is below about 300. Could be setting myself up for a whip saw but there’s no telling how low it can go. Once a little bit of good news comes out I may start selling the put side again.
Bought to Close TSLA APR 27 2018 312.5 Put @ 54.90
Sold against next week’s 300 call. Total premium received so far of 22.65.
NVDA
#ShortStrangles – Been looking to get back in this thing. Self driving technology put on hold temporarily is the rumor. Selling strangles 30 days out and before earnings. Puts below the 200ma and calls well above all time highs.
Sold NVDA APR 27 2018 195.0/265.0 Strangles @ 4.15
TSLA
#ShortStrangles – Fun little single contract position I’ve been playing with….rolling every week to inverted or straddle or strangle or whatever is needed.
Currently sitting at this week’s 332.50/305.00 Inverted @ 17.40 total premium
Weekly premium is through the roof so taking a more traditional approach. Rolling the put side out and down to what I hope is just prior to earnings. Letting this week’s short call side hopefully expire and then continuing the weekly call sales against the short put.
Rolled TSLA MAR 29 2018 322.5 Put to APR 27 2018 312.5 Put @ .40 debit
AAOI
#ShortStrangles #SyntheticStock – Still a dog and I’m still selling. Getting to the point now where a massive whipsaw is a concern (or a big buyout similar to GMCR back in the day). Letting the leash out a little and selling spreads. Still bringing in the min needed to cover the synthetic side of the repair. It’s a little less than I need for the short strange side but those can always be rolled indefinitely. Also letting this week’s short calls expire…
Sold AAOI APR 20 2018 27.0/31.0 Bear Call Spreads @ .65
#shortstrangles Converting some #pietrades to…
Converting some #pietrades to strangles on the weakness. Went for a run, when I left looked like the market was firming, came back to chaos and panic. It was only an hour run!
Anyway STO ANDV 22 DTE 108 call at 0.5 for 95/108 strangle and put side cost basis 94.19
STO UTX 29 DTE 134 call at 0.48 for 125/134 strangle with put side cost basis at 124.03
STO NSC 22 DTE 143 call at 0.85 for 131/143 strangle with put side cost basis at 129.1
If they rebound will buy stock, otherwise it basically doubled theta rate and should be able to roll or close early for some profit.
MU
MU financial report is tomorrow 3/22/2018 after closing of the market. This one usually bullish and does not move much after financial report.
FDX earnings
#Earnings Selling $FDX March 23rd 240/270 #ShortStrangles. Legging in… so far filled on some 270 calls at .50. Order in for 240 puts at 1.20. This strangle leans bullish based on historical performance on earnings.
Biggest UP move: 11.8%, Biggest DOWN move: -4.5%, Average move: 3.8%. My strikes are about +6.7% and -5.1% OTM.
DECK
#ShortStrangles – Sold last week on the dip to the 50ma…slightly bigger position so happy to take the 78 cents.
Bought to Close DECK APR 20 2018 75.0/105.0 Strangles @ .52 (sold for 1.30)
ANET
#ShortStrangles – Originally sold after the big earnings drop…
Bought to Close ANET JUN 15 2018 175.0/400.0 Strangle @ 2.20 (sold for 6.00)
TSLA
#ShortStrangles – It’s a day of taking a little risk off in the tickers that were helped by the pullback. Sold these at different times squeezing the strikes in a little so the wider ones were more profitable…
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 15 2018 170.0/510.0 Strangle @ 2.04 (sold for 6.01)
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 15 2018 180.0/500.0 Strangle @ 2.45 (sold for 4.60)
Bought to Close TSLA JUN 15 2018 190.0/470.0 Strangle @ 3.17 (sold for 3.49)
Options Expiration 3/16/18
#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #ShortStrangles #SPXcampaign #VXXGame #LongCalls #IronButterfly
— Expiring w/max profit —
$DG 84 puts
$OLED 140 calls
$TIF 109 calls
— Expiring w/max loss —
$SPX 2840/2860 long call spreads, purchased for 1.00 avg price.
$UVXY 91 long calls… purchased for 0.158 avg price… served me well as hedges against short calls
$SQ long 60 calls, bought for 0.964, avg price
— #Assignment —
$SQ 50 long calls, bought for 0.858, avg price. Taking stock (200 shares, cost basis 50.86) and adding it to #CoveredCallCampaign
$AVGO 255 long put – I exited one 265 short put for 9.10. Then, volatility at the close denied my fill on closing more, PLUS, we dropped below my long strike. So, this likely means one spread expired ITM, so a 10.00 debit (against 7.60 sale), but I will likely be assigned short shares based on the ITM long 255 put. Because I feel this may bounce on Monday, I’m buying shares after hours so the assignment will cancel out my position and I’ll be flat. This would amount to about a 2.50 loss overall on the trade.
#shortstrangles Sold VXX $39 call…
#shortstrangles FXI They are selling…
#shortstrangles FXI
They are selling strangles on FXI at Tastytrade so I followed an April 20, 51/47 for 1.28, FXI is a China large cap ETF
AAOI
#ShortStrangles #SyntheticStock – Still a dog and I’m still selling.
Bought to Close AAOI MAR 16 2018 30.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for .60)
Sold AAOI MAR 23 2018 29.0 Calls @ .35
exiting DG
#Earnings BTC (1) $DG March 16th 94 call for .50. Sold 84/94 #ShortStrangles for 1.60 yesterday. Scaling out of the threatened side.
TIF earnings
#Earnings Sold to Open $TIF March 16th 96.5/109 #ShortStrangles for 1.05. Biggest UP move: 10.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.7%, Average move: 3.9%. Mt strikes are +6.3% and -5.9% OTM. Slightly bullish lean. Other than the two biggest moves, TIF has not been a big mover on earnings.
DG earnings
#Earnings Sold to Open $DG March 16th 84/94 #ShortStrangles for 1.60. Biggest UP move: 10.7%, Biggest DOWN move: -17.6%, Average move: 5.6%. My strikes are +/-5.6% OTM.
Here are the last 12 earnings; you can see other than one big up move and one big down, it’s not a big mover.
Dec. 7, 2017 BO 2.77%
Aug. 31, 2017 BO -5.43%
June 1, 2017 BO 6.54%
March 16, 2017 BO 0.53%
Dec. 1, 2016 BO -4.96%
Aug. 25, 2016 BO -17.62%
May 26, 2016 BO 4.61%
March 10, 2016 BO 10.66%
Dec. 3, 2015 BO 4.23%
Aug. 27, 2015 BO -3.18%
June 2, 2015 BO 2.98%
March 12, 2015 BO 3.96%
OLED roll
#Earnings #ShortStrangles Rolling these to avoid early assignment:
Closed $OLED March 16th 135/140 strangles for 9.00 (closed only puts, will let calls expire). Sold for 12.85 on Feb 23rd.
Sold to Open OLED April 20th 130/140 strangles for 11.80. I got 5 points wider with a 2.80 credit.
Original trade: sold 130 puts for 2.18. Closed for 10.40.
Total credit in trade: 7.43
#shortstrangles MU From Tastytrade April…
From Tastytrade April 20, 50/75 strangle for 1.98, MU is at 60.
DECK
#ShortStrangles – Caught a downgrade and sold off a little. Selling strangles at the 200 ma and above all time highs and only 39 days out. I’d go synthetic at 75. These are also well before next earnings…
Sold DECK APR 20 2018 75.0/105.0 Strangles @ 1.30
ADSK
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Well here we go. Let the rolling begin. I had many weekly hedges that were set to expire but with the strong market today nearly all of them will be rolls now. This one is a roll of the call side of a blown out to the upside earnings strangle.
Rolled ADSK MAR 9 2018 130.0 Calls to MAR 29 2018 142.0/138.0 Inverted Strangles @ 1.92 credit.
Position now is Mar 29th 142/138 inverted @ 4.25
Options Expiration 3/2/18
— Expiring w/max profit —
$AZO 790 calls
$SPLK 84/112 #ShortStrangles
SPX Campaign / Long SVXY…
SPX Campaign / Long SVXY Calls / Short Puts AMZN / AZO Earnings Strangle / Close Early SQ Calls /
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 3/2 2700/2725 BUPS at 3.00 Thank you @jeffcp66
$SPX STO 3/9 2775/2800 BUPS at 17.00 Thank you @jeffcp66
#longcalls
$SVXY BTO 1/17/2020 16 calls at 5.30 Thank you @fuzzballl
#shortputs
$AMZN STO 3/16 1420/1440 BUPS at 2.85
#shortstrangles (Earnings)
$AZO STO 3/2 660/790 at 6.40 Thank you @jeffcp66
Closed Early (partial position due to earnings tomorrow)
$SQ STC 3/16 40 call at 6.85 BTO at 2.80
$SQ STC 3/16 46 call at 3.00 BTO 11/15 at 5.50 (Should have closed them all)
TSLA
#ShortStrangles – Keep rolling into new strangles every week or two until this thing comes back to reality…rolling the put up a little for now for nice credit.
Rolled TSLA MAR 9 2018 315.0 Put to MAR 9 2018 342.5 Put @ 3.40 credit
Position is now Mar 9th 342.5/355.0 Strangle @ 11.65
OLED
#ShortStrangles – Rolled puts out and down after earnings. Selling calls against those now…
Sold OLED MAR 16 2018 140.0 Calls @ 2.10
Position is now 143/140 inverted @ 6.55
Options Expiration 2/23/18
#OptionsExpiration #SPXcampaign #Earnings #ShortStrangles
— Expiring w/Max Profit —
$SPX 2690/2665 put spreads, sold for 5.45 on Feb 15th
$STMP 150/230 strangles, sold Wednesday for 2.30
— Expiring w/full loss —
$SPX 2425/2400 LONG put spreads, bought for 3.00 and 1.50 on Feb 9 and 12.
OLED earnings repair
#Earnings #ShortPuts #ShortStrangles #StrangleRoll
Yesterday, sold $OLED Feb 23rd 140 puts for 2.15 and 2.25. In what was clearly an error by the trading Gods, the stock went down rather than up. So I’m rolling into a tight strangle because I know exactly where this stock will be on March 16th.
BTC OLED Feb 23rd 140 puts for 10.40.
STO OLEN March 16th 135/140 strangles for 12.85
AAOI
#ShortStrangles – Back to the old grind on this long running repair trade. Getting partials trickling in one at a time….
Sold AAOI MAR 16 2018 30.0 Calls @ .60
ROKU
#ShortStrangles – Decent premium in these….170 percent return on margin (over 400 percent annualized) and even higher if I’m out sooner than expiration.
Sold ROKU JUL 20 2018 25.0/80.0 Strangles @ 2.62
AAOI
#ShortStrangles – These were in the money until the earnings flop…LOL On the bright side, with all the long puts I’m holding I’ll make more at zero. 🙂
Bought to Close AAOI FEB 23 2018 33.0 Calls @ .05 (sold for 1.10)
STMP earnings
#Earnings Got put the stock last quarter so was going to skip it, but then saw @fuzzballl‘s trade and couldn’t resist. Going 10-pts lower than he did.
Sold $STMP Feb 23rd 150/230 #ShortStrangles for 2.30.
Biggest UP move: 38.1%, Biggest DOWN move: -22.6%, Average move: 17.1%. My strikes are +23.0% and -19.8% OTM.
SPX Campaign / WYNN Strangle /Closed Early NFLX
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 3/23 2500/2525 BUPS at 1.60 Thank you @jeffcp66
#shortstrangles
$WYNN STO 2/23 160/170 strangle at 1.60 Thank you @honkhonk81
#coveredcalls
$ETE STO 2/23 17 call at .30
$DVN STO 3/2 35 call at .81
Closed Early
$NFLX BTC 3/16 230/240 BUPS @ .40 STO 2/5 for 2.15
$NFLX BTC 3/16 220/235 BUPS @ .40 STO 2/13 for 2.06
closing SHOP
#Earnings BTC $SHOP Feb 16th 117/149 #ShortStrangles for .10. Sold yesterday for 1.85.
TSLA
#ShortStrangles – Currently short June 170/510 and 180/500 strangles. These are decaying nicely so squeezing one more in. Plan is to close before next earnings unless they are looking REALLY safe.
Sold TSLA JUN 15 2018 190.0/470.0 Strangle @ 3.49
Was also looking at Sep 155/520 (highest and lowest strikes)
SHOP whew
#Earnings #ShortStrangles Lucky we got a pullback on earnings… the steady tick higher had me sweating the 149 calls, but they and the 117 puts look much better now.
SHOP earnings
#Earnings Classic earnings strangle just outside historic moves.
Sold $SHOP Feb 16th 117/149 #ShortStrangles for 1.85. Biggest UP move: 11.6%, Biggest DOWN move: -9.0%, Average move: 7.2%. My strikes are +/- 12% OTM
TSLA trade closed
#Earnings Closed $TSLA Feb 9th 310 puts for .55. In #ShortStrangles for 3.15, out for .65.
TSLA call closed
#Earnings Closed $TSLA Feb 9th 372.5 call for .10. Order in to close put for the same. #ShortStrangles sold yesterday for 3.15. I would normally let these expire but not in the volatile market.
TSLA earnings
Sold $TSLA Feb 9th 310/372.5 strangles for 3.15. Biggest UP move: 11.2%, Biggest DOWN move: -8.9%, Average move: 5.4%. My strikes are -9.9% and +8.3% OTM.
Options Expiration 2/2/18
#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #IronButterly #ShortStrangles #SPXcampaign #CallButterfly
— Expired w/max profit —
$AAPL 177.5 call
$AMZN 1325/1660 strangle
$AMZN 1300/1675 strangle
$EA 110 puts
$FB 175 put
— Expired w/full loss —
$SPX long 2865/2885 call spreads (sad; this closed over 9.00 last Friday… but zero today)
$MCD 177.5/180/182.5 call butterflys
$AMD 12.5/13/13.5 iron butterfly (I lost $10)
— #Assignment —
$AAPL 175 puts, taking stock
$BABA 200 puts, taking stock
$VRTX 167.5 put, taking stock (I closed one put for .60, but forgot to close the other before the bell)
WYNN ISRG
#ShortPuts #ShortStrangles – Closed a couple naked positions today even though they were holding up ok. Out of both at even just for risk management…
UVXY
#ShortStrangles – Clearing out some long term shorts that have pretty much quit moving (at least until the next split). Going to use spreads but re-position in closer for now.
Bought to Close UVXY JAN 18 2019 5.0/15.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 2.39 (sold for 4.75)
Bought to Close UVXY JAN 18 2019 10.0 Call/25.0 Bear Call Spreads @ 2.10 (sold for 4.90)
AMZN strangle added
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
Adding a wider, safer strangle that will cover my max loss on the iron butterfly.
Sold $AMZN Feb 2nd 1300/1675 strangle for 4.25.
AMZN earnings
#Earnings Sold $AMZN Feb 2nd 1325/1660 #ShortStrangles for 8.00. I think that’s the highest premium I’ve ever seen for a strangle OUTSIDE the maximum moves of the past 12 quarters.
Biggest UP move: 14.1%, Biggest DOWN move: -7.6%, Average move: 7.2%.
My strikes are +14.5% and -8.6% OTM.
WYNN
#ShortStrangles – Going in again after booking yesterday. Re-centering below the 200ma and near all time highs…
Sold WYNN MAR 9 2018 140.0/195.0 Strangles @ 2.38
WYNN
#ShortStrangles – Nice gain in 24 hours…I’ll book it.
Bought to Close WYNN FEB 16 2018 140.0/180.0 Strangles @ 2.29 (sold yesterday for 3.95)
NFLX
#ShortStrangles – Let’s see if the gap holds…
Sold NFLX FEB 16 2018 260.0/340.0 Strangles @ 3.30
WYNN
#ShortStrangles – IV still hanging in there. I’ll take a starter to see where it goes…
Sold WYNN FEB 16 2018 140.0/180.0 Strangles @ 3.95
Options Expiration 1/26/18
Expiring: $ISRG Jan 26th 410/490 #ShortStrangles, sold yesterday for 3.00.
Fourth week of the year, fourth week higher for $SPX. Run with the bulls.
AAOI
#ShortStrangles – Still chugging along in the repair trade. For the first time in months I’m actually having to roll up and out. Earnings not until Feb 21.
Rolled Jan 26 34.5 calls to Feb 9th 35.5 calls @ .37 credit
KMB closed
Closed $KMB Jan 26th 120 calls for 1.80. Closed the 111 puts for .05 on Tuesday.
Sold the strangles for 1.05 on Monday.
I may look at another strangle to make back the loss, since premium look decent.
Bailed on AVGO
#ShortStrangles Closed $AVGO Feb 16th 250/290 strangles for 7.40. Sold legs separately for a total of 9.35, so profit of 1.95. Not rolling, I’ll just take profit and wait for earnings in late Feb.
AVGO
Nice bounce of 250 area so far. I hold #ShortStrangles Feb 16th 250/290
NFLX earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
Closed one of my $NFLX Jan 26th 250 calls for 5.05. Letting the other one ride. Sold strangles yesterday for about 3.00.
NFLX
#Earnings #ShortStrangles – Up 44 percent of max already. Let it ride? 🙂
NFLX earnings
#Earnings Sold $NFLX Jan 26th 250 calls for 1.35 and 1.50. Coupled with a 200 put sold on Friday for 1.78. I’ll add another put sometime today for a total of 2 #ShortStrangles.
NFLX 5-day moves over last 12 quarters: Biggest UP move: 27.8%, Biggest DOWN move: -13.1%, Average move: 12.6%. My strikes are 11.1% OTM.
KMB earnings
#Earnings #ShortStrangles
Sold $KMB 111/120 strangles for 1.05. Biggest UP move: 5.4%, Biggest DOWN move: -6.2%, Average move: 2.7%. These strikes are 3.9% OTM
AAOI
#ShortStrangles – Still slogging away on this. Considering tripling the size and rolling it into #SyntheticStock . Might get me out of it sooner..
Bought to Close AAOI JAN 19 2018 37.5 Calls @ .05 (sold for .90)
Sold AAOI JAN 26 2018 34.5 Calls @ .70
AA earnings
#Earnings #shortstrangles
Sold $AA Jan 19th 53.5/59 strangles for 1.00. Biggest UP move: 9.5%, Biggest DOWN move: -11.4%, Average move: 4.8%. Expected move is 2.98. So this strangle is a bit aggressive, being inside its expected and historical moves. But I also noted that many of the post-earnings moves could be faded on the first day, and that the moves have been smaller in recent quarters. In any case, totally manageable at the stock price of 56.20.
SWKS
This was a busted #ShortStrangles that I turned into a #CoveredCalls position. After selling for quite a few weeks I’m using this bounce to book it for a .10 loss. Happy to be out and freeing up some room for earnings season.
Sold to Close SWKS Covered Stock @ 99.23 (bought for 99.33)
ISRG
#ShortStrangles #CoveredCalls – There was a method to my madness…LOL Turning inverted strangle into a covered stock position.
Current position is 435/415 Inverted Strangle @ 19.35 credit.
Rolling the 415 call out a week to 420 for a small .35 debit and taking the stock at a 416 basis. Should work nicely with earnings the following week and bigly premium available.
AVGO
#ShortStrangles – Clearing out another strangle. Looking at a possible #Fuzzy on this one if it drops a little more.
Bought to Close AVGO FEB 2 2018 250.0/290.0 Strangle @ 3.15 (sold for 5.00)
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