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Opening (IRA): TLT November 17th 94 Short Put... for a .75 credit. Comments: Continuing to build out rungs in 20-year plus maturity paper, targeting the 16 delta strike to emulate an equities/bond mix in my portfolio using short puts, particularly since TLT 30-day is actually greater than that in SPY (15.1% for the former; 13.0% for the latter). As usual, I'm fine with taking assignment of shares at this level and then proceeding to "cover" (i.e., sell call against) if that happens.
NASDAQ:TLTLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): IWM September 15th 146 Short Put... for a 1.46 credit. Comments: Re-establishing a September rung after scratching out a higher strike trade yesterday, targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. The shortest duration trades in which the <16 delta strike is paying around 1% in credit: IWM: August (at the 154 strike, paying 1.58) QQQ: August (at the 296 strike, paying 2.99) SPY: September (at the 367 strike, paying 3.70).
AMEX:IWMLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (Margin): /ES September 29th 2100 Short Put... for a 3.00 credit. Comments: Targeting the strike that is 50% of current price that is paying around 3.00 in credit. 1.50/$150 max (due to the multiplier) on buying power of 9.23/$923; 16.3% ROC as a function of buying power at max; 8.1% at 50% max. A basic bet that we don't see 2100 by the end of September in the S&P 500; alternatively, a bet that my order to close this will hit 50% max before then. Naturally, if we get higher volatility and weakness, I'll look to add in shorter duration/better strikes.
CME_MINI:ES1!Long
by NaughtyPines
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