Rolling (Margin): XOP October 21st 160 Short Call to the 127... for a 4.33 credit.
Comments: Rolling to short straddle at the 127. Total credits collected of 11.01 versus the setup currently marking at 16.13. Resulting delta/theta of 22.28/23.54 with a cost basis of 115.99 if assigned on the 125 put.
Defensiverolling
Rolling: SMH October 21st 210 Short Call to 190... for a 7.14 credit.
Comments: Inverting my short strangle here ... . Total credits collected of 22.93 on a 15 wide inverted that is currently marking at 26.83 (ugh). Resulting delta/theta of 20.11/26.27 with a cost basis of 182.07 if assigned on the 205 short put.
Rolled (Margin): SMH October 21st 235 Short Call to 225... for a 2.20 credit.
Comments: Rolling down the untested side of my short strangle, the short put leg of which is at the 205. Total credits collected of 11.87 with a resulting delta/theta of 12.67/21.50. Unfortunately, there are only five wides available in the October monthly at the moment, so it's hard to be surgical with adjustments.
Rolling: IWM July 1st 158 Short Put to July 1st 173... for a 1.64 credit.
Comments: Rolling up the short put aspect of my July 1st IWM short strangle, the short call of which is at the 194 to cut the delta/theta ratio to around 1:1. Total credits collected of 6.33.
It's now delta/theta -12.03/14.85.
Rolled: NVDA June 17th 200 Short Call to the 170 Short Call... for a 9.21 credit.
Comments: Late post that I was unable to get to yesterday ... . Doing a defensive roll ahead of earnings to reduce directionality in the event it continues on its path downward. I also took off the June 17th 225 short call, which I added in to reduce net delta and reduce cost basis further for an .82 debit, but didn't want to leave it on in the event price rips up, as it could complicate the setup and/or rolling. Total credits collected of 95.25 on a 105-wide inverted.
Functionally, I'm long stock at 275, but with a current cost basis of the strike price (275) - total credits collected (95.25) or 179.75, so the short call is currently below my cost basis, which I'm okay with at least temporarily. Post earnings, I'll look to roll out the inverted as a unit, reducing cost basis further (although this trade is getting quite long in the tooth).
I've indicated that it's long, not because that is my sentiment as to where the stock goes from here, but because delta/theta is 42.95/34.32.
Rolling: XBI June 17th 79 Call to 71... for a 1.72 credit.
Comments: Inverting here. Total credits collected of 7.33 on a 5-wide inversion (71C/76P). The best outcome for this would be a finish between 71 and 76, but the most I can hope to make on it would be the total credits collected of 7.33 minus the width of the inversion (5.00) or 2.33.