#pietrades and #fuzzies MU 2020…

#pietrades and #fuzzies

MU 2020 55/55 calendar rolled out to 15 DTE and down to 53.5 for 0.71 credit. Cost basis now 12.62

WDC assigned on 7 contracts 75 puts at 73.71 cost basis. I am sure the other 3 will assign so sold 10, 8 DTE 69.5 cc at 0.93 dropping cost basis to 72.78.

I can see both of these are reversing already so will end up adjusting.

TQQQ 60 cc rolled out to next week for 0.9 credit. Cost basis now 57.79 batch 1

TQQQ 59 CC rolled to next week for 0.7 credit. Cb now 57.25 batch 2

AMAT 47 cc rolled out next week for 0.41 credit. cb now 49.76 on batch 1

AMAT 47 cc rolled out next week for 0.35 credit. Cb now 46.64 on batch 2. Will let this one call out if ITM next week and this batch repaired from earnings after 5 weeks. However, this is a small account and I think I can do better with a #fuzzy.

Seems like 5 out of my last 8 earnings trades all went bad. Maybe time to reconsider earnings trades, at least as a #pietrade. Probably better to skip that week then re-establish the week after.

Also the triple ETFs have been easier to manage. Not saying lower risk, but easier to manage. The extra premiums allow you to roll easier, move strikes ITM, OTM, or ATM and still take in good credits. The higher premiums create more opportunities.

From an income standpoint #pietrades make the most income but on a percentage basis the #fuzzies are doing better. Also better for smaller accounts.

So what does this mean, see below for the 45-22 DTE ladders for #pietrades. Small accounts will use spreads and #fuzzy, and #supercharger.

Have officially made back 33% of the SVXY losses. 3 accounts have fully recovered but 2 accounts have a long way to go. Having to be more conservative with those accounts as well because they are small/tiny now and another loss would wipe them out so the other reason I am looking at longer duration trades.

AMZN

In my new TT Account
BTO Aug 10 1740/1742.50 1.85 #supercharger

NFLX

BTO Aug 3 350/355 Call 3.95 #supercharger Order in to close 4.70
GOOGL
BTO Aug 3 1242.50/1247.50 Call 4.00 #supercharger Order in to close 4.70

NFLX

STC Aug 3 340/345 #supercharger 4.66 BTO 7/24 3.90

SQ

STC 72.50 Call 3.00 BTO 7/26 2.06 #earnings
2nd Time, will look to re-enter on a pull back

NFLX
STC Jul 27 347.5/350.0 BuCS 2.49 BTO 7/23 2.00 #supercharger

GOOGL and MU

BTO GOOGL 10 AUG 18 1245/1250 BuCS @3.95 GTC order @4.70. Now have Aug 3 and Aug 10 positions. #supercharger

STO MU 3 AUG 18 52 PUT @.60. #pietrade

GOOGL Supercharger

Sold GOOGL Jul27 1240/1250 BuCS (aka supercharger) @ 9.40 for 20% profit. Bot @ 7.79.
GOOGL has been a gravy train in the Bistro today.:-)
#supercharger

GOOGL #Supercharger Opened this morning,…

GOOGL #Supercharger
Opened this morning, closed just now for .30 gain, $300, 4.40. Just wanted to take the present of a nice one day profit before a big tech night.

GOOGL

STC Jul 27 1240/1245 4.73 #Fuzzy BTO 7/24 4.00

#supercharger

GOOGL

STC 27 JUL 1235/1240 BuCS @4.70 with stock @1267.55…BTO 7/24 @4.00….Thanks MamaCash
#supercharger

July 25

My last two earnings trades in LMT and BA are looking fine. They are theta duration trades now.

GOOGL: #supercharger BTO Aug 3 1230 STO Aug 3 1235 for $4.10, target $4.55

GRUB: #StairStep STO Sep 21 100 put @.70 x10, BTO 115/110 put debit spread @1.05 x 2, break even: $98.50. Plan to roll the 100 puts to 105 to collect more premium.

GOOGL supercharger

Now the post-earnings fun begins. When GOOGL rallies 3% or more after earnings, it’s very likely to continue moving up for the next 2 to 4 weeks. Historical patterns. I love them.
Bot GOOGL Jul27 1240/1250 BuCS @ 7.79. GTC order to sell @ 9.40

Adjustment plan: If GOOGL moves below 1250 on a close, I will roll my short call up to transform this trade into a BeCS or add a call credit spread to create a fly. Thanks @smasty160!
#supercharger

$SQ Sold my long Aug…

$SQ Sold my long Aug 3rd Calls at 2.66. I had raised my stop/alert to 2.80 after the bounce last Friday. Maybe too tight on the stop.
$NVDA Closed my #Supercharger @ 6.35 with NVDA @ 243.57 . Hit my alert at 6.50. Entered at 7.50. I may reenter nearer the end of the day. See how things go.

NVDA super-charger

#SuperCharger Following Mama and Mort:
Bought to open $NVDA Aug 17th 230/240 bull call spread for 7.55.

NVDA supercharger

I’ll be trading pre-earnings on NVDA but it’s a little early to put on unhedged calls so starting with a supercharger.
Bot NVDA Aug17 230/240 BuCS @ 7.60. GTC order to close at 9.40.
#supercharger

TSLA, AZO

STC AZO 27 JUL 662.5/667.5 BuCS @4.71..BTO 7/13 @3.99…Thanks to MamaCash and Jeff for the ticker…Not sure I’ll trade this one again as liquidity seems a little thin to me..

STC TSLA 20 JUL 332.5/327.5 BePS @4.70..BTO 7/13 @3.85

#supercharger

AMZN

BTO Jul 27 1750/1752.50 1.89 #supercharger
Earnings 7/26 will exit 1 day before (I Hope).

NFLX

BTO Jul 27 360/362.0 Calls 1.99 #supercharger

GOOGL

STC Jul 27 1155/1157.5 2.25 Bought for 1.90 7/16 2x #supercharger

GOOGL

STC 20 JUL 1170/1175 BuCS @4.70…BTO 7/12 @ 4.00 #supercharger

AZO supercharger closed

#SuperCharger Sold to close $AZO July 20th 660/670 bull call spread for 9.75. This was purchased last Wednesday for 7.39 as an ITM long call spread. Thanks to MamaCash for the idea!

I am looking to do it again, but could use a bit of downward action in the stock. Looking at an ITM spread for August 3rd expiry.

INTC LMT SPX

Pre-ER. Bot INTC Jul27 53c @ .66
Pre-ER. Bot LMT Jul27 330c @ 1.85
Bot SPX Jul20/23 2815 call calendar @ 1.35
Bot SPX Jul20/23 275 put calendar @ 1.40

#earningsrunup
#spxchampagne

#supercharger

GOOGL

BTO Jul 27 1150/1152.50 1.90 #supercharger

GOOGL

STC GOOGL 20 JUL 1140/1145 BuCs @4.70…BTO 7/10 @3.95 #supercharger
Thanks to @hcgdavis and @kathycon this has become my go to strategy for now…:)

AMZN

STC AMZN 20 JUL BuCs 1695/1700 @4.70…BTO 7/10 @3.97 #supercharger

AZO supercharger

BTO Jul20 660/670 BuCS @ 7.61. GTC order to sell at 9.40.
Based on the daily squeeze and a pullback today.
#supercharger

GOOGL, AMZN…

BOT GOOGL 20 JUL 1140/1145 Call Spread @3.95…GTC order in to close @4.70…
BOT AMZN 20 JUL 1695/1700 Call Spread @3.97..GTC order in to close @4.70…
#supercharger

BA NVDA WYNN

Bot BA Jul27 360c @ 2.80 ydy for pre-ER. Sold @ 3.85.
Bot NVDA 240/245c @ 2.35 for supercharger. Sold @ 4.
Bot WYNN Jul27 162.5c @ 3.15 on July 5. Sold @ 6.05.
#earningsrunup
#supercharger

GOOGL

7/9 STC GOOGL 13 Jul 1125/1130 Call spread @4.70…BTO 7/6 @4.00 #supercharger

GOOGL

BTO 13 JUL 1125/1130 calls @4.00…GTC order in to close @4.70 #supercharger

GOOGL

STC Jul 6 1110/1112.5 Calls #supercharger 2.48 cost 2.00 early this week. Also have a few BuPS expiring today.
Have #supercharger Jul6 1165/1167.5 that is going to be a loss, will add trades to fix loss hopefully.

AMZN

STC Jul 6 1675.0/1677.5 #supercharger, with a few BuPS from 6/19 multi trades.
Finally closed this 260.50 Profit. A bit of work. Am trying to make all trades work by adding additional trades to make up any loss before closing it all and starting over again.
There was 5 different trades in this one.

#fuzzy

NFLX

STC 6 JUL 380/385 CALL @4.70. BTO 6/26 @3.83 #supercharger

#fuzzy XBI 87 2019 leap…

#fuzzy

XBI 87 2019 leap and short 95.5 call rolled up to 96.5 and out to July 27 for 0.29 credit. Total risk and cost basis now down to 10.02 in 2 weeks. Initial cost was 10.63.

I think #supercharger and #fuzzy are the best for small accounts. This is only a 2 k account and up $300 in 2 weeks or 11% over that time. Also because of the spread it lowers the volatility.

Sitting on hands until next Thursday, the will roll everything out 2 weeks for vacation.

NFLX call spreads closed

#SuperCharger Thanks to Iceman, this spread saved me from a loss on my first Supercharger… brings me a slight profit overall.

BTC $NFLX July 13th 450/500 call spreads for .20. Sold for 1.90 last week.

GOOGL

BTO Jul 13 1110/1112.50 Call spread 1.64 #supercharger #Bitty

#optionsexpiration #pietrades and #supercharger Mostly…

#optionsexpiration #pietrades and #supercharger

Mostly adjustments and rolling. Only problem with #pietrades is when 1 goes ITM, they all go ITM. A lot of red on paper this week and will take some 2-8 weeks to break even or profit but can be done. The only one I can’t seem to repair at the moment is the SOXL #supercharger. Not because I don’t know how, don’t have enough cash in the account to do it.

SOXL #supercharger for those that have a few dollars left here is what I want to/would do if I had enough cash left. Sell the long 140 calls and roll to Sept. for about 11.20 debit. Then roll the July 145 down to 140 for 2.6 credit. Creates a calendar that can then be adjusted 1 more time and a profit at current levels at expiration if it does not move too much. New breakeven range of 132-150. I have 7 contracts and would add about $770 to the trade but recovers it for a while. Here is the graph. Since I don’t have enough cash I have to use the Aug. expiration which only gives me 1 shot at recovery so personally I am taking a $1470 loss and will roll it into something else. The account is very small, smaller now and need to preserve what’s left to be able to trade again. Likely a #fuzzy as it will be the most efficient over the long term but may ratio to prevent losses on the upside.

2017-12-01-TOS_CHARTS

MU taking assignment tomorrow at 58.44 cost basis and sell CC on Monday. A rebound would be nice 🙂 but momentum has definitely shifted across the market.

FAS taking assignment at cost basis of 64.82 and will CC on Monday.

AMAT 49 CC rolled down to 47 at 22 DTE for 0.71 credit. Cost basis now 50.83 so will take some time to recover this one. Especially since had to roll out 3 weeks.

TQQQ taking assignment at 59.95 and will cc on Monday.

AMAT 49 cc rolled down to 47 22 DTE for 0.75 credit. Cost basis now 47.67 so this one is getting close to scratching.

#pietrades are awesome but when some of your names move 10+ points in a week there will be paper losses until you can work it back to even. On the triples can get about $1-2 a week in ATM premium, but be ready to roll up quickly on a whipsaw. Stocks under 100 take longer because you can only get about 0.5-1 per week on those. Stick with it though and you will eventually turn a profit. On thing OIB teaches it think like an investor (long term) but trade like a trader. Only do #pietrades on names you don’t mind holding for a while and weeks like this show you why. I will be in MU and AMAT for several more weeks.

Hope everyone else is having a good week and expiration. Will update the call sales and adjustments on Monday (hopefully will have time to trade at lunch the office has been crazy busy so may not get the chance).

TSLA

STC TSLA 29 Jun 18 332.5/335 CALL @2.35…BTO 20 Jun @ 1.95 #supercharger

NFLX Supercharger

#SuperCharger I dumped out of NFLX, but kept the call-spread hedge to devalue further. Unless we rally to 450 beforeJuly 13th, this trade will end up being breakeven or slightly profitable due to the hedge.

Sold to Close $NFLX July 6th 380/390 BuCS for 6.00. Bought Tuesday for 7.38.
Keeping NFLX July 13th 450/500 BeCS, sold for 1.90 yesterday, now at .94.

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

#supercharger @hcgdavis Do you still…

#supercharger

@hcgdavis

Do you still have a position in SOXL for July 20th?
I have SOXL Calls +140/-145 @ $4.29
and until today SOXL was playing nice. 🙂

Just trying to figure out the best course of action.

#fuzzy

NFLX

STC NFLX 29 Jun 380/385 CALL @4.70…BTO 19 Jun @ 3.93 #supercharger

#supercharger I have one running…

#supercharger
I have one running in AMZN, Jun 29 1697.5/1707.5 and it is under pressure. How long would you hold out, there are just a few days to go, before you just close out trying to salvage some credit? I had paid 8.28

Didn’t like the action during the last 40 minutes, closed and received 5.87, well within the 2x loss limit.

#fuzzy

NFLX Supercharger, partial hedge

#SuperCharger Trying my first supercharger. Thanks to MamaCash on the input… Also, thanks to Iceman for his trade yesterday on NFLX, which I’ve added to the supercharger… a bear call spread above all-time highs that expires before earnings. Do we need a new name for a SuperCharger with a partial hedge?

Yesterday, Bought $NFLX July 6th 380/390 call spreads for 7.38, GTC order to close at 9.40.
Today, sold NFLX July 13th 450/500 call spreads for 1.90.

NFLX, GOOGL

BTO NFLX 6 JUL 18 380/385 CALL @3.83 and BTO GOOGL 6 JUL 18 1100/1105 CALL @4.00. GTC orders in to close both at 4.70 #supercharger

NFLX trade time?

@kathycon MamaCash — If I was looking at a #supercharger on $NFLX, would buying the July 6th 380/390 bull call spread for 6.75 be the right idea? How do you choose stop levels?

Expired

GOOGL 1132.5/1130 BuPS 27.00 Profit
AMZN 1682.50/1680 BuPS 32.50 Profit
AAPL Jul 20 195/190 BePS cost 2.44 closed for 3.60 TT Trade
. Took profit
TSLA Had 355/357.5 #supercharger cost 1.85 closed yesterday for .47 Loss 143.00
Still had profit for week.

All done on iPhone in hospital

#supercharger still trying and making…

#supercharger
still trying and making experiences. Today experienced a failure. Opened a FDX trade on 6/20 with expiration 6/29 247,5/252.50 with stock price at 252.50, paid 3.11 with the intention to STC at 4.20. I was aware of being tight but looked for a bounce after the earnings. Today I STC for a 1.02 to prevent going over 2x loss. Not sure what went wrong in my selection, please comment

Mama Cash summer kickoff

On pullback, added Fundies in FB, PANW, SSO, TNA, TQQQ, XLY. Jul20/Jul6 3×2, 63/45 dte.
Converted BA and DIA from unbalanced long diagonals to bear call spreads. Charts are broken. Attempting to get back to even.
ILMN Supercharger closed for profit. STC ILMN Jun22 275/280 BuCS @ 4.70 (2). Bot @ 3.91
#fundie
#unbalanceddiagonal
#supercharger

GOOGL

BTO Jun 29 1165/1167.5 Calls 1.96 2x #supercharger

AMZN

STC on the open with GTC order 22 Jun 18 1682.5/1692.5 call spread @9.40 with stock at 1743.22….BTO 14 Jun @ 7.80 with stock @1717.16 #supercharger

AMZN supercharger closed for profit

BTO AMZN Jun22 1682.5/1692.5 BuCS @ 7.83. STC @ 9.40
STO AMZN Jun22 1682.5/1682.5 BuPS @ 2.20. BTC @ .40

For the record, the call side closed first by about two minutes.:-)

#supercharger

NFLX

STC on GTC order 6/22 375/380 call spread @ 4.70 with stock at 401.93… BTO 6/14 @ 3.87 with stock at 392.18..Thankyou @kathycon and @hcgdavis. #supercharger

Expired

NFLX 172.5/170.00 44.00
SPX 2825/2850 Calls cost 62.5 2x Loss
GOOGL 1120/1117.5 1170/1172 IC 55.00
CELG 80/82.50 Calls 29.50
AMZN 1725.00/1727.5 1665/1162.50 IC 49.00
IC’s Legs entered at diff times. AMZN had me worried
NFLX Call side got run over closed for loss 2.00 then added a #supercharger Jun22 375.0/377.5 2.00. should make it back with a couple of them.

BA SupaCha Eject

Defense stocks have taken a huge hit in the last couple days. Rather than trying to save the BA SupaCha box trade, I’m going to eject as Whiz would say. It isn’t cost effective to adjust by selling a call credit spread and buying a put debit spread nor prudent to double down.
#supercharger

AMZN Box SupaCha

BTO Jun22 1682.5/1692.5 (1) @ 7.83. GTC order to sell at 9.40.
STO Jun22 1692.5/1682.5 (1) @ 2.20. GTC order to buy @ .40
#supercharger

That pull back last what, 4-8 hours?

#pietrade rolls

LABU 92.5 puts rolled to next week 93, 96 for varying credits of 1.5, 1.03, 1.00.

AMAT 50.5 CC rolled to next week for 0.5 credit. Cost basis now 49.06.

AMAT 51 CC rolled to next week for 0.46. Cost basis 52.23, this is the batch that went against us on the earnings trade. Another 4-6 weeks to scratch it.

#supercharger SOXL 36 DTE 125/130 vertical was sold last week for 4.65. Will roll or close as the time value decays.
Looking at a BIB #supercharger but want to wait for at least a little pull back.

That’s all for this week, have a good weekend. Sitting on my hands until next Thurs but on vacation and staying around here so if there are opportunities may trade before then. Vacation starts with Imagine Dragons concert on Sat. in Hershey PA!

Have a great week 🙂

#pietrades

NFLX winner announced

When I posted my NFLX supercharger box trade, I was testing to see whether call debit spread or put credit spread would hit profit first. Well, both horses crossed the finish line and the puts won by appx 30 minutes.:-)

Bot NFLX Jun22 352.5/357.5 x2 BuCS @ 3.86. Sold @ 4.70
Sold NFLX Jun22 357.5/352.5 x2 BuPS @ 1.30. Bot back @ .34
The puts not only won the race in terms of time. They also brought in .02 more profit. I’ll be doing more box superchargers and possibly going with more credit spreads than debit spreads.
#supercharger

ADBE

Supercharger closed for target profit in spite of earnings tomorrow. Whew! Bot position in two layers.
Bot ADBE Jun15 237.5/242.5 BuCS x2 @ 3.99. Sold @ 4.70
Bot ADBE Jun15 237.5/242.5 BuCS x2 @ 3.30. Sold @ 4.70

#supercharger

#undie

BA Box #supercharger Opening a…

#supercharger BA Box debit and credit spreads

Opening a BA box supercharger on today’s pullback. Support at 360 based 21 daily ema.
BTO BA Jun22 355/360 call spread @ 3.65. GTC order to sell @ 4.70
STO BA Jun22 360/355 put spread @ 1.15. GTC order to buy back @ .20

#supercharger Morning all. I started…

#supercharger Morning all. I started to put together a document of the various trades strategies being used here to help out my aging brain. Sort of a Cliff Notes of Option Bistro. I thank you in advance for your replies and taking the time from your busy days.
In the #Supercharger strategy it was mentioned that the long call should have minimal time value left. Would such an option, say 21 days to OpEx be around a 90 delta? What would be recommended methods to manage the position when things go south. And lastly is there a preferred timeframe. That looks to be 20 to 45 DTE and is obviously trader specific. Thank you again

#pietrades

#supercharger AMZN Jun15 1660c/1670c debit…

#supercharger
AMZN Jun15 1660c/1670c x2. Bot @ 7.1 and 7.85. Sold @ 9.40. Total profit $405
GOOGL Jun15 1117.5/1122.5c x1. Bot @ 3.59. Sold @ 4.70. Total profit $101
GOOGL Jun15 1120/1125 x2. Bot @ 3.61 and 3.96. Sold @ 4.70. Total Profit $183

NFLX #supercharger Opened Jun22 352.5/357.5c…

NFLX #supercharger Opened Jun22 352.5/357.5c @ 3.86 x2

Supercharger lineup

 

#supercharger

A year ago, I did a couple superchargers on AZO as part of a trading competition. I won the competition which was really cool but then I forgot about them. I didn’t know then that anyone else did them, much less that they had a name. A couple weeks ago @hcgdavis mentioned that he was using superchargers in a small account. When I looked at the setup, I recognized it immediately. After a little research, I decided to make superchargers a staple in my smaller accounts. This setup allows me to trade the high flyers with minimal risk. Last week, several winners closed. No losers yet. Yesterday, BABA, BIDU, and NFLX closed for target profit. I open GTC orders to close these at $2.35 on 2.5 wide spreads, $4.70 on 5w spreads and $9.40 on 10w spreads. Profit varies but it’s typically 20-30%.

Here’s my current lineup of open trades:

ADBE Jun15 237.5c/242.5c @ 3.99×2 and 3.30×2

AMZN Jun15 1660c/1670c @ 7.85×1 and 7.10×1

GOOGL Jun15 1120c/1125c @ 3.96×1 and 3.61×1
GOOGL Jun15 1117.5c/1122.5c @ 3.59×2 (added these on the dip last week)

ISRG Jun15 472.5c/482.5c @7.65×2

ILMN Jun22 275c/280c @ 3.91×2

MSFT Jun22 97.5c/100c @1.91 x2

Thanks for bringing these to my attention, @hcgdavis.

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.

#supercharger

June 6 trades

BA: I’ve got two of these on, a #CoveredBackRatio and an #UnbalancedDiagonal . The CBR had a virtual call assignment today, closing the full position for a net $2964 profit on an 8×4 setup. The UB I put on right before the close yesterday and is up smartly today.

TWTR: Opened a new Unbalanced Diagonal: Aug 37 call x10 @ 5.25, sold Jun 15 40.5 call x8 @.92. I’m really loving these unbalanced diagonals, how you can really bring the long strike up closer to ATM, thus lower risk, and at the same time bring the short call down closer to ATM (collect more $$), but the ratio makes the trade work so well.

SPY added a few more #Saf-T contracts. I’m still waiting for Saf-T shares to get called so I can reset them. I decided I make more profit waiting for full profit and paying the assignment fees, vs front running the assignment myself and giving up a few cents in order to save the fees.

I expect a really slow day from here on. It’s a “theta day” where I just sit back and catch the pennies.

Sue

#fuzzy, #pietrade, #supercharger, #superchargers

#supercharger SOXL is going ex-div…

#supercharger

SOXL is going ex-div on 2018/06/19.
Amount is not known so far.

#vxxgame With the Vol getting…

#vxxgame

With the Vol getting so low, is it a good time to buy some Leap calls in UVXY or VXX?

#fuzzy, #pietrade, #spycraft, #supercharger

Rapid fire trades (not as…

Rapid fire trades (not as fast as an algo but close). 5 accounts in 15 minutes! All expiring this week so added a week.

#pietrades rolled LABU 85 puts up to 92.5 in 3 different accounts for credits of 2, 20.5, 2.25. I expect these may be challenged if we get any pull back.

AMAT rolled 51 cc to next week for 0.30 credit. Cost basis now 52.39. 2-3 more rolls should allow me to keep the original credit.

AMAT 50.5 CC will allow to expire this Friday. Cost 49.56 so a nice winner after 3-4 weeks of rolling puts and calls true #pietrade style.

GM 37.5 CC will close Friday finally. A little loss, cost basis was 37.72 but will just be happy to have the cash to use for other trades. Staying out of this one until the premiums are much better.

Back to sitting on my hands until Friday or Monday depending on what the rest of the week does.

Collected another $3163 in premium from these trades so nice week for trading a few days early, did not expect the market to stay up, will probably pay for a few of these trades later but at least have a cash cushion now 🙂

#supercharger

Some observations as I closed…

Some observations as I closed out another week. Good 3 weeks 🙂 the pull back a few weeks ago really helped.

1. Critical mass on accounts seems to be around 50k. At that point the compounding really starts to kick in and the account becomes self sustaining for positive theta, #pietrades, income trades. Trades that need to be adjusted do not seem to affect the account value as much at these levels as well. Trading 6 different accounts with different values, lowest $3500 so can really see the difference. Each contract adds a lot more cash each week. 5-10 contracts is where the income really starts to compound and pay off. Even 3 contracts is a lot better than 1 unless talking AMZN or PCLN.

2. Some names are just better than others. GM is out as soon as it closes this week. Names with perceived high volatility but don’t really move around a lot and have good premiums (0.5-1% per week minimum) do the best and are easier to adjust.

3. I try to suck all the time value out of an option but once down to 0.2 roll it for better theta decay.

4. defending trades, easier to do it before the option goes way ITM or better yet, roll it before it even gets there. You will loose a little in time value but by rolling earlier you can stay ahead and continually bring in credits. Now if it is sitting right ATM I will wait until the last minute to roll it but if there is any time left, easier to roll early.

5. Taking a slight directional bias really increases returns. Allows to sell puts closer to ATM and also time call sales better.

6. For small accounts the #supercharger seems to work the best. Better ROI than credit spreads, less adjusting, less risk overall (defined) and more cushion for pull backs as you are already deep ITM. However, have to work the spread on entry or the exit is not as profitable. For any of my accounts under 10k I will be doing a lot more of these. 10k and up probably #pietrades with some #fuzzies thrown in. Occasional #spycraft as well but to be honest the #supercharger are doing much better when we have pull backs and more consistent gains.

Sitting on my hands until Fri. Hopefully we have a pull back, at least a little one where no one gets crushed 🙂

#fuzzy

hump day

Usually don’t trade Wed. but apparently my wife signed me up to be a chaperone on a school trip tomorrow so taking advantage of the snap back and rolling a bunch of #pietrades

LABU various accounts roll 84 put to next week 85 for credits of 1.35, 1.38, and 1.30.

AMAT rolled the 51 CC to next week for 0.42 credit. This is the one that dropped after earnings. Cost basis now 52.69 and should be able to scratch in in 3-6 more weeks. For those following stick with it, will make some $ on it in a few more rolls.

The second batch rolled 50.5 cc out a week for 0.37 credit. This one is already ITM with a cost basis of 49.56. My plan is to keep rolling as long as I can bring in more than 0.2 per week. Once it drops below will let it assign and then go back to put sales until assigned and do it over and over, true #pietrade style. This one works unlike GM because you can get about 1% per week out of the options. I traget 0.5% or higher every week for the #pietrades.

SOXL 125/130 vertical debit sitting on hands for 2 more weeks. Bought for 4.65 and should close for 5 credit.

GM 37.5 CC closes next Friday. Cost basis 37.72 and I will gladly take the .24 loss just to get out. Rolling to next week only gives 0.09, hardly worth the effort so once this closes it is off the #pietrade list unless the premiums increase dramatically.

All told picked up $1976 cash for next week including commissions so even rolling a few days early does not hurt 🙂

Hope everyone is having a good week, won’t be able to check in until Friday afternoon but at this point sitting on my hands for another week.

#supercharger

May 30 Extrinsic is my world today

What a day! I have a boatload of premium sold against synthetic stock that expires this week. My whole world right now is scrolling through extrinsic values to catch the right time for rolls or closures.

TSLA: I’ve got a double-sided position here hedged with both puts and calls, rolled both today from June 1 to June 8 collecting $699 on the roll. June 8 275 put/300 call (that 300 might be tight!!).

SHAK: I did a small CoveredBackRatio on this due to it being at all time highs….high begets higher though. I did a debit roll for .28 to capture an additional 1.50 upside. I’ll usually only debit roll once on these. SHAK has already blown the new strike, so I’m watching extrinsic value for the exit point.

TQQQ (pre split): Ditto on above. .29 debit for 1.67 add’l upside.

AMZN: Trying to get a full position exit on this for around $1450 profit. There’s still about $3.00 of extrinsic in my DITM short calls. No rush, but need to keep an eagle eye on it. Update: filled for $1443 profit in one week. Flat AMZN now but will look for a reset.

A few other things with hedges ITM, but enough extrinsic still to wait a bit: CRM, ADBE, RHT, GRUB, TWTR, NVDA.

#pietrade, #supercharger

@hcgdavis Do you use a…

@hcgdavis
Do you use a scan to look for opportunities for your #supercharger strategy, or is it a manual search every time?

#pietrades

Long weekend=extra theta.

#pietrades normally would have rolled/closed these tomorrow but there are only 4 of us in the office tomorrow (usually 14) so I doubt I would have any time to trade. Will be busy!

BTC MAR 139 puts for 1.70. After 2 rolls still made $459 in 2 weeks. Did not like the way the chart was starting to look. With gas/oil prices climbing may be less travel this summer.

This brings me to my next conclusion. It is debatable whether to trade individual tickers on #pietrades for the higher premiums than we get with ETFs vs taking advantage of some of the leveraged ETFs. Personally I am trying to move to ETFs, but the weekly premium dried up. Today might help. SMH still looked good for a week but IBB, XBI and the indexes all dropped their juicy premiums. So anyway, I have been doing this for several months now, I think it may be safer and easier to trade the leveraged products. You do not have single company risk, the premiums are high enough they are easy to roll. Yes in a big market drop they will get crushed but in looking at their histories most would be reverse split instead of liquidate like XIV/SVXY. Thoughts? Anyone see a risk I am missing?

So with that said with the recent splits looks like the list from a few days ago is still accurate but the liquidity is not all the way back on TQQQ and UPRO. I tried to #supercharger them but the market makers were not giving reasonable fills.

GM 37.5 CC expires 6.8. Was going to try to keep it for the dividend now but rolling only gives me .14 credit, not worth it. Hopefully I will be called out early for the dividend so I can use the cash somewhere more productive.

LABU STO 84 put for next week 8 DTE for 1.45
LABU rolled 85 put to next week 84 for 1.05 credit.
LABU rolled 85 put to next week 84 for 1.1 credit

AMAT rolled 51 CC to next week for 0.36 credit. Cost basis now 53.11 and will keep chipping away.
AMAT 50.5 CC rolled to next week for 0.42 credit. Cost basis now 49.93. Will allow assignment or roll again next week depending on premiums.

#spycraft closed the 15 DTE 265/262 pcs fro 0.25. sold for 0.24 so lost .1 and commissions.

#supercharger Found a good use for SOXL and BIB since they don’t have weeklies.
SOXL 22 DTE 125/130 vertical debit spread for 4.65. Should close for 5 credit close to the end. 30 + points ITM and still able to squeeze out 13-14% return for 22 days. That’s 169-182% annualized and easy to mange if it implodes.

Hope everyone has a great long weekend! Thanks to all those who served!!

#fuzzy

Monday #pietrades and a #supercharger…

Monday #pietrades and a #supercharger and a credit spread

Premium dried up but could still find a few trades that would make at least 1% in a week, 10% in a month or more.

1. 4 DTE MU 51 CC for 50.10 based on friday prices, that will change some at the open but it will be around there. That is my disclaimer for all of these, based on Friday prices.

2. MAR 132/129 put credit spread for 0.37 or so for 6.8.18 expiration

3. AAL 42 put for 4 DTE for 0.45 and puts and calls are at parity. Maybe @fuzzballl can save a few gallons of fuel and the price will go back up.

4. SMH 25 DTE #supercharger 90/95 call spread for 4.5

Question for @fuzzballl on #fuzzies. What delta do you usually start with on the LEAPs on the long term fuzzies? You going deep or more like a calendar? I find easier to adjust as a calendar but obviously a deep ITM LEAP is going to behave more like a CC.