#spxcampaign
Morning all. Stopped out of my 4 spread legs as designed about 10 minutes after the open.
Sept 21st 2780/2760 BuPS @ 0.30. Originally sold for 1.25 on 9/05
Sept 21st 2940/2960 BeCS @ 1.80. Originally sold for 0.80 on 9/12.
Sept 24th 2780/2760 BuPS @ 0.30. Originally sold for 1.00 on 9/11
Sept 24th 2940/2960 BeCS @ 1.75. Originally sold for 0.70 on 9/11
Overall my test of 3 IC including the Sept 14th spreads have netted 49.40 of profit using Dan Sheridan’s method with my usual 2 contracts per side. I like Sheridan’s method of setting hard stops using OCO. When I set alerts it leaves me antsy and prone to making irrational moves. I may reload these later today.
Now its time to sit back and wait for Florence. Have a great day.
Tag Archives: SPXcampaign
#spxcampaign Stopped out of my…
#spxcampaign Stopped out of my Sept 14th 2930/2950 BeCS @ .10 (Profit target). Originally sold 9/7 for .40.
#spxcampaign Sold Sept 21st 2940/2960…
#spxcampaign Sold Sept 21st 2940/2960 @ 0.80 when SPX was at 2887.41. Profit limit @ .20 Mark and stop loss @ 1.80 Mark. This is paired with the Sept 21st BuPS
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
#spxcampaign BTC my Sept 14th…
#spxcampaign BTC my Sept 14th 2800/2780 BuPS @ .20 off a GTC order. Originally entered 9/05 @ 1.05
#spxcampaign Legged into a Sept…
#spxcampaign Legged into a Sept 24th Iron Condor 2940/2960/2760/2780 for 1.70. OCO stops: Put side .30 limit, 2.40 Mark stop. OCO stops on the Call side .20 limit, 1.70 Mark stop. Following Dan Sheridan’s method here.
#spxcampaign Sold Sept 14th 2930/2950…
#spxcampaign Sold Sept 14th 2930/2950 Calls for .40 to pair with my Sept 14th BuPS. Stops .10 and 1.00
#spxcampaign Sold to open Sept…
#spxcampaign Sold to open Sept 21st 2760/2780 BuPS @ 1.25 when SPX was at 2874. Stops @ .30 and 2.95
#spxcampaign Sold to open Sept…
#spxcampaign Sold to open Sept 14th 2800/2780 BuPS @ .70 when SPX was at 2888.
Rolling ALRM and NFLX / SPX Redux
#shortcalls
$ALRM BTC 9/21 55 call and STO 10/19 57.50 call at .30 debit.
$NFLX BTC 9/21 365 call and STO 9/28 370 call at .50 debit.
Both are covered
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 9/14 2810/2835 BUPS at 1.80
#spxcampaign Sold to open Sept…
#spxcampaign Sold to open Sept 21 Weekly 2800/2780 BuPS @ 1.35. GTC closing order at .50. Alert at 2.90 Mark.
I have a BeCS to make the IC waiting 2990/3010 @ .65. I may drop it to .60 soon
Filled at .65 about 5 mins after the close
SPX condor
#SPXcampaign Jumping back in after a month-long break.
Sold $SPX Sept 14th (Friday PM expiration) 2810/2835/2955/2980 condors for 3.80.
SPX stopped
#SPXcampaign Stopped $SPX Aug 31st 2860/2885 call spreads for 9.50. Sold for 6.70 on Tuesday. Too much strength to leave it over the weekend. Will wait for a new, better entry.
#spxcampaign Morning all Bought to…
#spxcampaign Morning all Bought to close my Aug 17th 2760/2780 BuPS @ .20. A bit of a hairy ride yesterday but I didn’t panic out. Yay! I closed this out today as I’m taking some time off. My daughter flies in tonight from a science conference. She presented her research on birds as part of her grad school requirements. I’ll be back in a week or two. Need to see my brother and put up a violin display piece I made for our mothers violin. It has been a long project and challenged my craftmanship. I have a few TWTR, NUGT and MU calls that will expire tomorrow. I may roll them out to the end of Aug later today. Everything else is long term. So in my best Arnold voice: “I’ll be back.” Have a great couple of weeks. And thanks for all the teaching that goes on here. You guys are the best.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign. Back in the game again! Sold $SPX Aug 31st 2860/2885 call spreads for 6.70. I was waiting for an Upside or Downside warning before throwing on my first spread in weeks.
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.
#spxcampaign Sold to open Aug…
#spxcampaign Sold to open Aug 17th 2760/2780 BuPS for 1.00 when SPX was at 2839.99. Im doing a 1 week trade as I will be taking a week off after the 17th.
Expiration / Close SPX Campaign Early / Short Puts FB
#optionsexpiration #spxcampaign
$SPX 7/25 2725/2750 BUPS
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 8/3 2885/2860 BECS at 4.15 STO on 7/24 at 1.85. With GDP expected tomorrow at 4% I decided to close.
#shortputs
$FB STO 8/17 160/170 BUPS at 2.45 Thank you @ramie77
$FB STO 8/17 155/165 BUPS at 1.70
SPX Campaign
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 8/3 2885/2860 BECS at 1.85
SPX Campaign Closed Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 7/25 2855/2830 BECS at .40 STO on 7/16 at 2.25 Thank you @jeffcp66
$SPX BTC 8/3 2575/2625 BUPS at .40 STO on 6/29 at 5.00 Thank you @hcgdavis
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Closed $SPX July 25th 2750/2725 put spreads for .20. Sold for 4.50 on July 11th.
Options Expiration 7/20/18
#OptionsExpiration #Earnings #ContangoETFs
— Expiring w/max profit —
$COF 93.5 puts, sold yesterday for 1.40
$GUSH 48 call, sold for 1.05 last month
$ISRG 520/525 call spread, sold yesterday for 2.75 (wish I’d waited on both!)
$NFLX 475 call, sold Monday for 1.00
$SNA 145 puts, sold Wednesday
— Assignments —
$MU 54 and 54.5 #CoveredCalls #PieTrades Originally assigned via 55 puts, after a few weeks of call sales, exiting with cost basis around 51.
$SNA 170 calls, going short the stock. No weekly options on this so I think it will be quicker to get out on a dip next week.
SPX roll
#SPXcampaign Can’t shake these SPX spreads before I leave. Doubling size and rolling to the same expiration on this one:
Stopped $SPX July 27th 2825/2850 call spreads for 6.50
Sold July 27th 2750/2775/2860/2885 #CondorRoll for 3.40, double position size.
SPX Campaign / Long SPOT / Closed BA Early
#spxcampaign$SPX STO 7/25 2855/2830 BECS at 2.25 Thank you @jeffcp66
#longcalls
$SPOT BTO 7/27 190/200 BUCS at 2.80 Thank you @kathycon Run SPOT Run!
Closed Early
#shortputs
$BA BTC 7/20 325/335 BUPS at .30 STO at 1.40 Thank you @ramie77 Closed half my position
Expiration and Trades
#optionsexpiration
$ROKU Stock taken away at 47.50 Basis 42.60
$TQQQ 60 puts
$AMZN 1600/1620 BUPS
$SPX 2625/2650 BUPS Thank you @jeffcp66
#bitty
$WYNN 167.50/172.50 Lost Max
Catching up on posting
#shortputs
$GOOGL STO 7/23 1105/1115 BUPS at .95
$AVGO STO 8/17 195/210 BUPS at 4.85
$ IQ STO 8/17 35 put at 5.00
$IQ STO 7/20 30 put at .62
$TNDM BTC 7/20 17.5 calls at .10 STO at 1.40
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 7/25 2725/2750 BUPS at 2.25 Thank you @jeffcp66
#longcalls
$IQ BTO 8/17 35 calls at 3.60
Closed Early
$TSLA BTC 7/20 270/280 BUPS at 80% of max profit Thank you @ramie77
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign Closed $SPX July 20th 2685/2660 put spreads for .25. Sold in a #CondorRoll last week. The call side was stopped earlier this week. Rolled half of that into a put spread on Tuesday, and now the second half into this:
#Rolling. Sold $SPX July 25th 2830/2855 call spreads for 4.35.
So I’m presuming we will stall or pullback from here. We’ll see if I’m wrong next week!
SPX roll
#SPXcampaign Monday I closed $SPX July 20th 2810/2835 call spreads for 4.20, which was the call side of a #CondorRoll from the week before. Much of the reason I have mostly paused selling spreads is that the call side has never been more difficult to manage that it has this year.
Today I rolled half of it into puts: Sold SPX July 25th 2750/2725 put spreads for 4.50.
SPX calls stopped
#SPXcampaign Stopped $SPX July 13th 2765/2790 call spreads for 8.55. Sold Monday for 3.65.
Since I have a total of one other position in SPX, I have the margin to roll this not a double sized spread. I’m looking at a July 20th condor for 4.30 or more.
SPX calls closed, calls sold
#SPXcampaign Closed on GTC order: $SPX July 19th 2835/2860 call spreads for .25. Sold for 1.90 on June 22nd.
Sold $SPX July 13th 2765/2790 call spreads for 3.65.
I remain short-term bearish as tariffs start kicking in this week, and VIX above 14.00. However, as always, I’m ready if I’m wrong. Also only playing short-term spreads to avoid complications when my Japan trip starts.
SPX calls closed
#SPXcampaign Closed on GTC order: $SPX July 6th 2775/2800 call spreads for .25. Sold last week for 3.00.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Selling this under my normal strategy as it is set to expire at the start of my trip. Depending on the number of positions I have, I plan to sell some spreads through the vacation, keeping it manageable.
Sold $SPX July 27th 2825/2850 call spreads for 1.85
SPX Campaign Closed Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 7/20 2860/2835 BECS at 75% of max profit Thank you @jeffcp66
Moving a lot to cash
I’m starting to take a lot of trades off and putting fewer new ones on. I am doing this for these reasons:
1. The #SPXcampaign has not been working well in 2018. It was my core strategy starting in January 2015 and worked well through 2016. In 2017, I got crushed a little too much on the upside, and now this year’s whipsaw has been too difficult. I’m going flat in $SPX. Currently I only have a couple of OTM call spreads which I’ll be closing a bit cheaper. I will look to start fresh in the coming weeks or months after I assess the strategy.
2. I have been long a few tech stocks and selling calls. I was also rolling into strangles when calls got breached. In the last week the puts have been getting hit. So I’m keeping the stock for now but have closed most puts. I will sell covered calls if we move higher, or stop myself out if we move much lower or go into more serious correction.
3. I’m not feeling positive about the market. Of course, me typing this paragraph will likely mean today is the bottom! But the market action, the tariff fears, and other reasons for 2018 volatility do not seem to be abating. Plus record low unemployment is often what precedes a recession, and the nation’s debt and deficits are flying to new highs. I by no means am certain of a crash, and I wouldn’t be including this in my decision if it weren’t for #4.
4. My family is spending a month in Japan from late July to late August (my wife is from there, so we’ll be visiting family and touring). The NYSE opens at 10:30pm Tokyo time… I intend to keep trading lightly, but do not want to be going through volatility with lots of positions and having to stay up all night.
I hope to reset my mind, catch up on bookkeeping (both trading and household), and build out this website a bit more.
So, to summarize: I am closing out SPX, TQQQ
I’m keeping stock in AAPL, BABA, SQ, and FB, all with stops set in not too much lower than current prices. BABA is a bit underwater but the other three are nicely in profit.
I have stock also in these which are currently struggling: #PieTrades in MU and AMAT, and broken earnings trade in OLED. I’ll let these sit, sell calls, and dump them if they can’t recover soon.
The only #VXXGame trades I have are long puts in $VXX, a trade that would have worked every year for the past 9 (except maybe 2011), but is NOT working in 2018. Also long $SVXY stock and short a small amount of $VXX stock. I have way OTM long calls on UVXY and VXX, so I’m prepared to sell volatility should it get expensive.
Still short some puts in RH, YY, and GUSH, which I’ll allow to decay.
Long LEAP calls in PYPL and SQ which were cheap, so no reason to close. I will sell calls against these.
And that’s it! Let me know any questions you have about positions you were following.
SPX Campaign / Rolled SPLK / T Puts / NFLX Long Calls / AMZN Supercharger
#spxcampaign
#SPX STO 7/9 2600/2625 BUPS at 1.60
#SPX STO 7/13 2625/2650 BUPS at 3.00
#shortcalls
Rolled
$SPLK BTC 8/17 125 calls and STO 8/17 115 calls for 1.00 added credit
#shortputs
$T STO 1/2019 30 put at 1.55 Thank you @fuzzballl
#supercharger
$AMZN STO 7/13 1600/1620 BUPS at 2.80
#longcalls
$NFLX BTO 7/6 380/390 BUCS at 7.30 Thank you @jeffcp66 and @kathycon
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold $SPX July 6th 2775/2800 call spreads for 3.00.
Travelin’ and tradin’
Yesterday… Woke up in my stepson’s college apartment in Eugene… we had to clean the place, donate or giveaway bunch of beat-up furniture, then drive home to Portland. So of course, the market decided to take a dump!
Stopped out of 3 $SPX put spreads, stayed in two others and sold 1 new one. #SPXcampaign
Stopped out of several puts from #CoveredCallCampaigns, and rolled a few of them out and down.
All in all, was not a day I could focus so pretty haphazard. We got another Warning, but often a secondary warning, especially only one, can signal a bottom. If we don’t get any more over next couple days, we’ll likely be rallying… we’ll have to get back to 2800 someday.
SPX Campaign
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 7/20 2860/2835 BECS at 2.00 Following the maestro @jeffcp66
Closed Better Late Than Never
$SPX BTC 6/22 2725/2750 BUPS at .98 STO at 2.35 on 6/15
$SPX BTC 6/22 2755/2780 BUPS at 14.35 STO at 6.20 on 6/11
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold $SPX July 19th 2835/2860 call spreads (monthlys) for 1.90.
TRTN TNDM BA Puts / SPLK Roll / IQ Calls SPX Campaign
#shortputs
$TRTN STO 7/20 35 puts at 2.10 Replacing the June expired puts. You go @thomberg1201
$TNDM STO 7/20 17.50 puts at 1.40
$BA STO 7/20 325/335 BUPS at 1.40 Thank you @ramie77
#Shortcalls
$SPLK BTC 8/17 120 calls and STO 8/17 125 calls for 1.50 debit but could gain $5 if called. Rolled several times. Basis at 105.90. Stock at 116.74
#longcalls
$IQ STO 40/45 BUCS at 2.10 Thank you @ramie77
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 7/20 2600/2625 BUPS at 1.60 Thank you @jeffcp66
SPX puts stopped
#SPXcampaign. BTC $SPX July 13th 2685/2660 put spreads for 2.75. Got up near 4.00 at the lows but got out on the bounce. Would have preferred rolling lower but now I will wait and roll into a condor, or maybe if we dump again tomorrow morning. Sold for 1.60 last Wednesday.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign. Sold $SPX July 19th (monthlys) 2625/2600 for 1.70.
SPX Campaign Closed Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 6/22 2595/2620 BUPS at .10 STO at 2.60 on 5/29 Have one tranche left that hopefully will expire
$SPX BTC 6/22 2550/2575 BUPS at .05 STO at 1.35 on 5/26 Thank you @jeffcp66
Final trade & expirations
#Earnings #Rolling I have not managed $OLED well at all since getting slammed on earnings. I’m actually not too far in the hole so sticking with 1-lots:
BTC $OLED June 15th 115 put for 21.75. Sold for 19.00 last month.
STO July 6th 100 put for 7.60
STO July 20th 110 put for 16.80.
#OptionsExpiration
Only one winning expiration:
$GUSH 45 call, sold for 1.05 in April, #ContangoETFs
These expired as losses:
$SPX long June 15th 2825/2850 call spreads, bought for .75, avg price, #SPXCampaign
$VXX long 30 puts, bought for 1.17, avg price
$VXX long 25 put, bought for .21
$AMBA long 50 call, bought for 3.90, #LongCalls
Also, hedges expiring (partially replaced with #VXXGame trades yesterday):
$UVXY 60 calls, bought for .69, avg price
SPX calls closed
#SPXCampaign Closed $SPX June 18th 2800 calls for .75. I was going to sit on this one longer, but this rally is looking interesting… seems perhaps the China retaliation isn’t as bad as investors might have thought. Still holding long 2825 calls in case I can get a dime or more for them.
Spread sold yesterday for 2.05.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Closed $SPX June 29th 2610/2585 put spreads for .40. Sold for 1.55 on June 1st. Closed this early to take pressure off my short put side in case this gets ugly. Got a couple ITM/ATM spreads now that I will roll at end of day if necessary.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Doesn’t seem we will be pushing much higher this week…
Sold $SPX June 18th 2800/2825 call spreads for 2.05. These expire Monday.
SPX trade
#SPXcampaign Closed $SPX June 15th 2775/2750 put spreads for 2.05. Sold last week for 7.20.
Since this was bumping against 7.oo at the close last night, I tracked it this morning and got out on the up move. With one day until expiration this one can crush me quickly.
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign
Closed on GTC order: $SPX June 15th 2720/2695 put spreads for .25. Sold in a #CondorRoll for 6.70 on June 5th… call side was previously stopped.
Sold $SPX July 13th 2685/2660 put spreads for 1.60.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Closed $SPX June 29th 2575/2550 put spreads for .30. Sold for 1.70 on May 31st.
SPX Campaign / Rolled MTN Again
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 6/22 2755/2780 BUPS at 6.20 Thank you @jeffcp66 Long live the SPX Campaign
#rolling
$MTN BTC 6/15 250 call and STO 7/20 270 call for 15.40 credit. Will gain 20 if called on 7/20. Uneasy feeling.
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign As I posted on Friday I am scaling back on this strategy, at least until I can clear the decks and regroup.
I’ve decided to sell half my normal amounts for the time being. I will however, add extra longs when we get an Upside Warning.
Today my stop levels were breached on my remaining call spreads… although I did add a new one this morning. Last week I stopped several calls and added a couple ATM put spreads, which are helping recoup a chunk of change.
Sold $SPX July 13th 2870/2895 call spreads for 1.65
Closed on GTC order: $SPX June 15th 2700/2675 put spreads for .40. Sold for 5.25 on May 24th.
Looking to close call spreads on any pullback, will post below.
SPX Campaign Closed Early My Last BECS – Look Out Below
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 6/29 2840/2815 BECS at 5.20 STO at 1.60
SPX Campaign Close Early / BIDU Short Puts Closed Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX STC 6/15 2800/2825 BUCS at 2.80 BTO 5/24 at 1.01. Closed half of the position. Thank you @jeffcp66
#shortputs
$BIDU BTC 6/15 220/230 BUPS at .02 STO at 2.25
#spxcampaign After getting smoked yesterday…
After getting smoked yesterday with my June 06 2760/2770 I reentered June 08 2780/2790 @1.50 selected because 2780 was at 3rd Bollinger Band, an unlikely target to attain.
Today I added at 2.50, and also 2785/2795 for 1.80 when prices were rising about 2775. Missed the top 2779.44 but happily it peaked and is falling now. I am watching for support at today’s pivot line: 2764.
SPX
#SPXcampaign I’m getting pretty torn up on the call side, in triage. I can say I am reconsidering my entire approach. After a couple of good years of SPX spread trading, it simply has not been working for the last 10 months. The Upside Warning works great, but it usually comes too late, and the Downside is too unreliable and prone to head fakes.
My goal was always to build a strategy that can follow rules and roll when necessary. But the market has revealed its ability to whipsaw like no time since the 2008 crash. #SPXcampaign is not sustainable, or at least, selling call spreads is not sustainable.
I have already been working with LEAP and Covered Call strategies, so I’m at a point I need to reassess whether to continue SPX trading, or change it dramatically and make it a smaller part of my portfolio.
I’m not posting my SPX trades today, but I can answer any specific questions you have about trades you’re in. Mainly, I have about 6 call spreads that all passed their stop levels between yesterday afternoon’s surge higher and today’s open. I am selling some put spreads, but not enough (yet) to make up the losses. I will be still watching for the Upside Warning and getting more aggressive, but mostly with shorter term spreads as I can’t trust it to last.
SPX Campaign Closed Early / UVXY Spread Closed Early
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 6/15 2675/2700 BUPS at 1.50 STO at 5.70 Thank you @jeffcp66
#longputs
$UVXY STC 6/15 16/10 BECS at 5.25 BTO at 3.15 Thank you @ramie77
SPX long calls sold
#SPXcampaign I built this one up to a triple-sized position, back when we thought maybe an Upside Warning was coming. Now they’re close to expiration with less chance. Taking off 1/3 now at about breakeven.
Sold $SPX June 15th 2825/2850 call spreads for .70. Acquired in May for .743, avg price. A double position still remains.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Closed on GTC order: $SPX June 14th 2590/2565 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.65 on May 17th.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold after the closing bell yesterday: $SPX July 6th 2830/2855 call spreads for 1.65.
Today I’m just letting time decay do its thing. I may sell something if we reach significant highs or lows.
SPX Campaign Stopped Out / Closed Early YY BIDU TQQQ / Rolled SQ
#spxcampaign
$SPX BTC 6/22 2800/2775 BECS at 6.25 STO at 2.50
#longcalls
$YY STC 6/8 116 calls at 9.10 BTO at 4.78 Have a few left. Not sure I will hold over earnings
#shortputs
$BIDU BTC 6/15 240/250 BUPS at 1.00 STO at 3.30 (70% of max profit)
$TQQQ BTC 9/21 26.67 put at .20 STO in April at 2.27 Thank you @ramie77
#rolling
$SQ BTC 6/15 58.5 put and STO 6/15 60.50 put for extra .60 credit and gained $2 if called
Afternoon all
#shortputs Sold ROKU 37 Puts @ .45 when ROKU was at 38.05 this morning.
#bullputspreads
AMZN Sold to open June 15th 1580/1600 @ 1.04 when AMZN was at 1683.
Closed the June 8th 1585 / 1650 @ .20 Opened it yesterday @ .45
#LEAPS Sold my ERX 2020 36 Call @ 10.96 for a small gain. I have struggled to manage this effectively and decided to take it off. Especially after Jeff’s reminder of pricing on 3X ETFs.
#spxcampaign Closed my June 15th 2565/ 2585 BuPS for .25. Originally sold for 1.15.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX July 6th 2625/2600 puts for 1.60
SPX stop and roll
#SPXcampaign Today’s high was, of course, just above my ATM stop level for this one.
Stopped: $SPX June 8th 2750/2775 call spreads for 8.55. Sold last week for 3.25.
#CondorRoll: Sold $SPX June 15th 2695/2720/2785/2810 condors for 6.70, 1.33x position size.
SPX calls stopped
#SPXcampaign Stopped $SPX June 22nd 2800/2825 call spreads for 3.85. Sold for 1.80 last Wednesday.
I’m using a 4.00 stop on standard campaign call spreads, which this breached right after the open, so I got out on the pullback. I’ll consider how to roll tomorrow.
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 29th 2610/2585 put spreads for 1.55.
Stopped SPX June 15th 2735/2760 call spreads for 11.45. Sold as a #ReverseRoll for 4.40 on Tuesday.
Looking to roll into a condor.
Expiration Early But Grandchildren Call
#spxcampaign
$SPX 2465/2490 BUPS
$SPX 2425/2450 BUPS Thank you @jeffcp66 for both
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold to Open $SPX June 29th 2815/2840 call spreads for 1.60.
Also, closed on GTC order: June 8th 2600/2575 put spreads for .20. Sold for 1.60 on May 11th.
SPX puts closed
#SPXcampaign Don’t want to leave this risk out there with VIX moving higher.
Closed $SPX June 1st 2675/2650 put spreads for .70. Sold for 4.40 on May 10th as a #ReverseRoll.
SPX puts sold
#SPXcampaign Sold $SPX June 29th 2575/2550 put spreads for 1.70.
Classic whipsaw
All things considered, I handled it as best as I can expect, in that I protected myself by closing some bullish spreads, but didn’t panic close positions, leaving a couple ATM/ITM put spreads in place. Now I’m stuck with some underwater call spreads but won’t panic close them… tough part is we are officially under Downside Warning again, which means we could easily collapse in the coming weeks. Below is a chart showing the warnings on the SPX chart… after the 2nd warning, we still had some wild swings. But since then we’ve been squeezing into a tight range. Anyone’s guess, but this third warning could be a head-fake.
SPX calls sold
#SPXcampaign Sold $SPX June 8th 2750/2775 for 3.25, as a #ReverseRoll
Sold $SPX June 29th 2800/2825 call spreads for 1.80.
SPX roll sold
#SPXcampaign Sold $SPX June 22nd 2610/2585 put spreads for 2.30, with 1.33x-position size. Not much lower on the strikes than the spread this replaces, but it’ll do.
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign These two also got stopped yesterday, orders filling on the end of the day bounce. The May 31st one kinda sucked, since it is much cheaper this morning, but it was too close to expiration to risk a further drop. I am mapping out rolls for everything today… some in calls, some in puts, some in condors.
Stopped: $SPX May 31st 2675/2650 put spreads for 6.50. Sold in a #CondorRoll for 6.70.
Stopped: $SPX Jun 14th 2610/2585 put spreads for 2.90. Sold for 1.65 on May 14th.
AMZN Long Calls / SPX Campaign / SQ Rolling
#longcalls
$AMZN BTO 7/20 1600/1630 BUCS at 16.35
#spxcampaign
$SPX STO 6/8 2625/2650 BUPS at 2.80
$SPX STO 6/22 2800/2775 BUPS at 2.50
$SPX STO 6/22 2595/2620 BUPS at 2.60
$SPX STO 6/15 2675/2700 BUPS at 7.60
$SPX STO 6/22 2550/2575 BUPS at 1.35 Thank you @jeffcp66 for all.
#rolling
$SQ BTC 6/15 50 put and STO 6/15 55 put for .98 added credit
SPX trades
#SPXcampaign STOPPED: $SPX June 22nd 2620/2595 put spreads for 4.10. Sold for 1.70 on Thursday.
Closed on GTC order: SPX June 14th 2810/2835 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.80 on May 15th.
I will probably be stopping a couple more put spreads before the close, especially if no rally develops soon.
Options Bistro 