Closed (IRA): IWM September 16th 157 Short Put... for a .76 debit.
Comments: In for a 1.66 credit (See Post Below); out here at >50% max; .90 ($90) profit.
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Closed (IRA): SPY September 16th 356 Short Put... for a 1.77 debit.
Comments: Opened this for a 3.65 credit. (See Post Below). Closing out here at >50% max. 1.88 ($188) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ September 2nd 270 Short Put... for a 1.30 debit.
Comments: Opened this for a mere week ago for a 2.82 credit. (See Post Below). Closing out here at >50% max; 1.52 ($152) profit.
Closed (Margin): XBI August 19th 78/86 Short Strangle... for a 3.81 debit.
Comments: Taking a small loser here, since I seem to have been fiddling with it forever. Total credits collected of 3.41. (See Post Below). .40 ($40) realized loss.
Rolled (Margin): BITO August 19th 12C/17P to September 16th... for a .79 credit.
Comments: Not much I can do with this here besides roll out as is, reduce cost basis further. Total credits collected of 4.38 on a five-wide inverted.
Closed (Margin): /ES September 16th 2250 Short Put... for a .55 debit.
Comments: Opened this one for 3.00 (See Post Below). Out here for .55. (3.00 - .55)/2 = 1.225 ($122.50) profit with 50 days to go. Sadly, this was my last rung, but will re-up if we get weakness, higher IV.
Closed (IRA): QQQ September 16th 256 Short Put... for a 1.25 debit.
Comments: Opened this two days ago for a 2.62 credit. (See Post Below). Out today at >50% max for 1.25; 1.37 ($137) profit. Will naturally re-up when we get some red ... .
Closed (Margin): /ES August 31st 2550 Short Put... for a .60 debit.
Comments: Opened for a 3.10 credit (See Post Below); out here for .60. (3.10 - 60)/2 = 1.25 ($125) profit.
Closed (Margin): /ES August 26th 2600 Short Put... for a .50 debit.
Comments: Filled for 3.10 (See Post Below); out here for .50. (3.10 - .50)/2 = 1.30 ($130) profit. Still have August 31st 2550's and September 16th 2250's on ... . Will re-up on weakness/higher IV.
Closed (Margin): /ES August 26th 2700 Short Put... for a .65 debit.
Comments: In for a 3.05 credit (See Post Below); out here for a .65 debit. (3.05 - .65)/2 = 1.20 ($120) profit.
Closed (IRA): IWM September 16th 140 Short Put... for a .39 debit.
Comments: Opened this for 1.68. (See Post Below). Out today at greater than 50% max. 1.29 ($129) profit.
Opened (IRA): QQQ September 16th 256 Short Put... for a 2.62 credit.
Comments: Adding long delta on weakness/higher IV. Targeting the <16 delta strike in the shortest duration contract paying around 1% of the strike price in credit.
Closed (IRA): SPY September 16th 332 Short Put... for a 1.29 debit.
Comments: Filled this for a 3.40 credit (See Post Below). Took it off today at >50% max with 53 days to go. 2.11 ($211) profit.
Opened (IRA): QQQ September 16th 262 Short Put... for a 2.66 credit.
Comments: Targeting the <16 strike in the shortest duration paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market.
Opened (Margin): NVDA August 19th 185 Short Call... for a 3.88 credit.
Comments: Delta balanced back to neutral. Total credits collected of 63.63 with a resulting delta/theta of 2/136.
Opened (Margin): SMH Sept 16th 192/260 Short Strangle... for a 4.97 credit.
Comments: Starting to add in some fresh September monthly setups in >50% IVR/>35% 30-day IV exchange-traded funds. Here, SMH is at 50.1/38.7.
4.97 credit on buying power effect of 22.74; 21.7% ROC at max as a function of buying power effect; 10.8% at 50% max. -.11/13.16 delta theta.
Opened (Margin): QQQ Sept 2nd 270/330 Short Strangle... for a 4.70 credit.
Comments: Selling 16 delta premium in the Q's in the weekly nearest 45 DTE. 4.70 credit on buying power effect of 32.45; 14.5% ROC at max; 7.2% at 50% max. Delta/theta .32/16.13.
Closed (Margin): XLE August 19th 60/77 Short Strangle... for a 1.39 credit.
Comments: Collected a total of 2.49 in credit with this puppy with minimal fuss/muss. (See Posts Below). Closed today with 28 days to go for a 1.10 ($110) profit, which was basically 50% max of the original setup.
Opened (IRA): SPY September 16th 356 Short Put... for a 3.65 credit.
Comments: Targeting the <16 strike in the shortest duration that is paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in this weakness and comparatively higher IV.
And just this morning I was thinking, "Ugh, I'm going to have to go out to October with SPY to get paid."
Opened (IRA): QQQ September 2nd 270 Short Put... for a 2.82 credit.
Comments: Targeting the <16 strike in the shortest duration that is paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in this weakness and comparatively higher IV.
As with the IWM short put I put on, this is more of a trade to add back in shorter duration long delta that I stripped off than a "this is a perfect spot to sell a put" sort of trade. I'll look to add at intervals, weakness, and in higher IV, and am fine with taking assignment of shares/selling call against if the market forces me to do that.
Opened (IRA): IWM September 16th 157 Short Put... for a 1.66 credit.
Comments: Targeting the <16 strike in the shortest duration that is paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in this weakness and comparatively higher IV.
This is more of a trade to add back in shorter duration long delta that I stripped off -- since I still have a high short delta IWM long put diagonal on -- than a "this is a perfect spot to sell a put" sort of trade.
Closing (IRA): SPY September 16th 324 Short Put... for a 1.05 debit.
Comments: >50% max take profit. Opened this for a 3.35 credit on weakness/higher IV. (See Post Below). Closing it out here results in a 2.30 ($230) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ September 16th 235 Short Put... for an .82 debit.
Comments: Opened this on weakness/high IV for a 2.74 credit. (See Post Below). Taking profit here at >50% max; 1.92 ($192) profit.
