Closed (IRA): EFA October 21st 58 Short Puts... for a .15/contract debit.
Comments: Filled for a .65/contract credit. (See Post Below). Closing out here for a .15/contract debit. .50 ($50) profit per contract.
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Closed: /ES January 20th 1500 Short Put... for a 1.55 debit.
Comments: Filled for a 3.05 credit. (See Post Below). Out here for 1.55. (3.05 - 1.55)/2 = .75 ($75) profit.
Closing (Margin): /ES December 16th 2000 Short Put... for a 1.50 debit.
Comments: Close enough ... . Filled for 2.95, (See Post Below), closing this a smidge shy of 50% max. (2.95 - 1.50)/2 = .725 ($72.50) profit.
Closing (IRA): QQQ November 18th 230 Short Put... for a 1.14 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 2.47 credit. (See Post Below). Out here for 1.14; 1.33 ($133) profit.
Closed (IRA): SPY October 21st 369 Short Put... for a 1.87 debit.
Comments: Sometimes ... you plain ass get lucky. Out at 50% max on zero day. Filled this for a 3.75 credit. (See Post Below). Out here at 50% max, 1.87/$187 profit.
Closing (IRA): QQQ October 21st 268 Short Put... for a .68 debit
Comments: Collected a total of 15.32 ($1532) with rolls and such on this one. (See Post Below). Out on zero day for a .68 debit. Total realized gain of 14.64 ($1464). Still have a couple rungs on, however, that I will let go to assignment -- October 21st 278 and 300, which I will proceed to cover/sell call against on Monday.
Closed (IRA): IWM October 21st 178 Short Put... for an .89 debit.
Comments: By the hair of my chinny chin chin. Filled for a 1.78 credit. (See Post Below). Out on zero day for 50% max. .89 ($89) profit.
Closing (Margin): /ES December 16th 1800 Short Put... for a 1.05 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 3.10 credit. (See Post Below). Out here for a 1.05 debit. (3.10 - 1.05)/2 = 1.025 ($102.50) profit.
Closed (Margin): /ES December 16th 1900 Short Put... for a 1.35 debit.
Comments: Filled this for 3.70. (See Post Below). Out here for a 1.35 debit. (3.70 - 1.35)/2 = 1.175 ($117.50) profit.
Closed (IRA): SPY November 18th 320 Short Put... for a 1.17 debit.
Comments: Opened this as part of a three-rung short put ladder for a 3.20 credit. (See Post Below). Out here for 1.17; 2.03 ($203) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ November 11th 235 Short Put... for a 1.10 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 2.57 credit. (See Post Below). Out today for a smidge more than 50% max. 1.47 ($147) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ November 4th 240 Short Put... for an .83 debit.
Comments: Opened for a 2.51 credit. (See Post Below). Closing here for .83; 1.68 ($168) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ October 28th 250 Short Put... for a .73 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 2.75 credit. (See Post Below). Out here for a .73 debit. 2.02 ($202) profit.
Closed (IRA): EFA November 18th 50 Short Puts... for a .23/contract debit.
Comments: Opened these for .52/contract. (See Post Below). Closed here for a smidge greater than 50% max with 31 days to go. .29 ($29) profit per contract.
Closed (Margin): /ES November 18th 2400 Short Put... for a 1.30 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 3.10 credit. (See Post Below). Out here for 1.30. (3.10 - 1.30)/2 = .90 ($90) profit. Will look to add back in rungs on weakness/higher IV, assuming I can get into strikes lower than what I have on currently.
Closed (Margin): ARKK November 18th 29/50 Short Strangle... for an .83 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 1.33 credit. (See Post Below). Out today for a .50 ($50) profit.
Opened (Margin): IWM 144/154/182/192 Iron Condor... for a 3.34 credit.
Comments: (Late Post). Another "synthetic short strangle" I put on on Friday, with the short legs set up around the 25 delta, the longs out from there to obtain a 50% ROC at max metric. 3.34 credit on buying power effect of 6.66; 50.2% at max; 25.1% at 50% max.
Will primarily look to roll paired legs (short call/long put, short put/long call) to delta balance. For example, the short call finished the day in .52/$52 worth of profit, the long put .43/$43, so I would look to roll the short call and long put down simultaneously to lock in that realized gain and to delta balance.
Opening (Margin): /ES January 20th 1600 Short Put... for a 3.20 credit.
Comments: Adding a rung out in January after taking off higher rungs in November ... . Targeting the <75% of current price strike paying around 3.00. 1.60 max on BPE of 12.42; 12.9% ROC as a function of buying power effect; 6.4% at 50% max. A basic bet that we either (a) don't see 1600 by January opex; or (b) the contract reaches >50% max before then.
Opening (IRA): QQQ December 2nd 225 Short Put... for a 2.37 credit.
Comments: My weekly, broad market exchange-traded fund short put in the symbol with the highest 30-day, targeting the <16 strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market.
Closed (Margin): /ES November 18th 2300 Short Put... for a 1.20 debit.
Comments: Taking off some risk/drying out some powder here for "the next one." Filled this for a 3.30 credit. (See Post Below). Taking it off here for 1.20. (3.30 - 1.20)/2 = 1.05 ($105) profit.
Closed (Margin): /ES November 18th 2200 Short Put... for a 1.05 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 3.10 credit. (See Post Below). Closing here for 1.05. (3.10 - 1.05)/2 = 1.025 ($102.50) profit.
Opening (Margin): SPY November 18th 320/338/388/406 Iron Condor... for a 6.13 credit.
Comments: Putzing a bit with these so-called "synthetic short strangles" ... . Selling the 25's on both sides and erecting long wings out from there. I had to go oddball width with the wings (18.00) to keep the setup symmetrical, since there's only 5-wides on the put side.
6.13 credit on buying power effect of 11.87; 51.6% ROC as a function of buying power effect at max; 25.8% at 50% max. As with my QQQ setup (See Post Below), will look to roll the pairs of sides (long put/short call, long call, short put) for a realized gain and to delta balance.
Rolling (Margin): XOP October 21st Short Straddle to November 18... for a 6.93 credit.
Comments: Rolling this out "as is," betting that this weakens ... eventually. Total credits collected of 17.94. Resulting delta/theta of -46.61/22.04 with break evens of 109.06 on the put side; 144.94 on the call side.
