Rolling: IWM August 5th 158/187.5 to August 19th 158/192... for a .46 credit.
Comments: Locking in some realized gain and recentering risk/balancing delta. Total credits collected of 2.81. Delta/theta 2.69/10.46.
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Opened (IRA): IWM August 5th 154 Short Put... for a 1.56 credit.
Comments: Adding back in some long delta here in IWM, targeting the <16 strike in the expiry nearest 45 days paying around 1% of the strike price in credit.
Opening: QQQ August 19th 250/331 Short Strangle... for a 5.05 credit.
Comments: 5.05 ($505) credit on buying power of 29.26 ($2926); 17.3% ROC as a function of buying power effect; 8.6% at 50% max. Currently the highest IVR/IV broad market ETF on the board at 71/35. Went a little wider here than usual (13 delta both sides) to accommodate more whip. Delta/theta .45/14.52.
Rolled: NVDA July 15th 170/175 to August 19th 165/190... for a 2.70 credit.
Comments: Recentering risk ... . Total credits collected of 8.86.
Closed: /ES July 15th 2960 Short Put... for a 1.50 debit.
Comments: Filled for a 3.00 credit (See Post Below). Out on Friday at 50% max. (3.00 - 1.50)/2 = .75 ($75) profit. Although still quite far out of the money, this was the highest rung of my /ES short put ladder, so wanted to dry the powder out for a potential dip going forward. Still have rungs on in the July 29th expiry (2850, 2700, 2500), as well in the August monthly (2100), so I was okay with taking off a little bit of risk here.
Closed (IRA): SPY July 29th 330 Short Put... for a 1.12 debit.
Comments: On occasion, Fridays can be a mad scramble. Yesterday was one of those, so I didn't get an opportunity to post all of in profit long delta trades I took off to dry out powder for "the next one." Opened for 4.00 even (See Post Below); out on Friday's bull fest for 1.12 -- 2.88 ($288) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ July 8th 267 Short Put... for a .92 debit.
Comments: Collected a total of 4.80. (See Post Below). Closed out late in Friday's session for a total realized gain of 3.88 ($388).
Closed: IWM July 29th 145 Short Put... for a .46 debit.
Comments: Opened for a 1.91 credit (See Post Below); out during Friday's session for .46. 1.45 ($145) profit.
Closed (IRA): IWM July 29th 140 Short Put... for a .53 debit.
Comments: In for a 1.49 credit(See Post Below); out at >50% max here on movement plus volatility contraction. .96 ($96) profit.
Rolling (IRA): QQQ July 1st 301 to August 19th 292... for a 2.93 credit.
Comments: Rolling down and out to the August monthly, as the August 5th contract didn't seem all that liquid. Total credits collected of 6.50 (See Post Below) plus the 2.93 here for a total of 9.43.
I'll generally keep on doing this (down and out) with any of my monied rungs until I can't get decent (a relative term) strike improvement, along with a decent credit, at which point I'll just take assignment and proceed to sell call against. (See, e.g., my QQQ June 24th 321 short put, which I couldn't strike improve to my satisfaction without going out hugely long-dated).
Rolling: XBI July 15th 65C/75P to August 70/86... for a 9.88 debit.
Comments: As with my IWM trade, paying a debit to uninvert this setup, free up buying power, and turn it into a higher POP (Probability of Profit) setup. I had collected a total of 11.65 in credits up to this point, so I'm still net credit by 1.77 after doing this, but with a smaller buying power footprint and with "delta/theta happy" metrics at -2.66/8.70. Like the IWM trade, however, it's under water: it's currently marking at 5.42. I had a brief opportunity to take it off for a .70 loss, but it decided to move too much ... .
Closed (IRA): IWM July 1st 154 Short Put... for a .10 debit.
Comments: Opened for a 1.64 credit (See Post Below). Closing here for .10; 1.54 ($154) profit.
Rolling: IWM July 22nd 167.5/172 to August 5th 158/187.5... for a 6.04 debit.
Comments: Rolling out and paying a debit here that is smaller than total credits collected to reduce buying power effect. Up to this point, I'd collected a total of 8.39 in credits, so I'm still net credit on the setup by 2.35, but it's currently marking at 4.57 or so, so I'm down 2.22 on the position at this point. The setup, however, is now "delta/theta happy" at -4.03/12.39 and isn't being such a buying power pig.
Rolling: BITO July 15th 16C/17P to August... for an .89 credit.
Comments: Just rolling "as is" here about half way through the cycle to reduce cost basis further. Total credits collected of 2.46 on a 1-wide inverted (i.e., I can invert a smidge further to a two-wide if I don't get a bounce).
Closing: /ES July 29th 2300 Short Put... for a 1.25 debit.
Comments: In for 3.35 (See Post Below); out here for 1.25 with 36 days to go. (3.35 - 1.25)/2 = 1.05 ($105) profit. Still have some July 15th, July 29th, and August 19th on.
Closed (IRA): SPY July 29th 325 Short Put... for a 1.68 debit.
Comments: Plane Jane profit-taking, long delta subtractive trade. In for 3.45 (See Post Below), out here for 1.68. 1.77 ($177) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ July 29th 225 Short Put... for a .90 debit.
Comments: Plane Jane profit-taking/long delta subtractive trade. In for a 2.37 credit (See Post Below); out here for .90. 1.47 ($147) profit.
Closed (IRA): QQQ July 29th 230 Short Put... for a 1.13 debit.
Comments: Plain Jane profit-taking. In for a 2.54 credit (See Post Below); out here for 1.13. 1.41 ($141) profit.
Rolled (IRA): SPY June 30th 383 to September 16th 365... for a 3.66 credit.
Comments: (Late Post). With only .36 worth of extrinsic left in the June 30th 383 (and a scant 9 days to go), rolling it down and out here to the strike that's paying me about 1% of the strike price to roll. Total credits collected of 8.51 (See Post Below) plus the 3.66 here, for a total of 12.17.
This is longer-dated than most like to go, but I'm generally fine with that in the retirement account, particularly since the roll reduces buying power effect, risk of assignment, delta, and cost basis. I still may naturally have to take assignment of shares, but it will be at 365 (minus credits received) instead of at 383 (minus credits received).
Rolled: IWM July 22nd 176 Short Call to 172... for a 1.35 credit.
Comments: Rolling down the untested side of my July 22nd short strangle, the short put leg of which is at the 167.5. Total credits collected of 8.39. End of day delta/theta 7.48/19.31.
Opening: /ES August 19th 2100 Short Put... for a 3.50 credit.
Comments: A small, low risk engagement trade while I wait on trades ... . Targeting the strike that is at least 25% below where /ES is currently trading and that routes for around 3.00. 1.75 max* on buying power of around 20.58, 8.58% ROC at max.
* -- It's only 1.75 max because /ES -- unlike SPY -- has a 50x multiplier (instead of a 100x multiplier) so if your options table, for example, says that the trade is going to route for a 10.00 credit, it actually only ends up routing for half of that or 5.00.
Closed: ARKK July 15th 32/50 Short Strangle... for a 1.32 debit.
Comments: In for 1.54 (See Post Below), out here for 1.32. .22 ($22) winner ahead of the long holiday weekend.
Opening: EWZ August 19th 23 Short Put... for a .47/contract credit.
Comments: Selling some 15 delta premium in the Brazil exchange-traded fund (IVR/IV 83/54) on weakness. .47 on buying power effect of 2.31 (on margin). 20.3% ROC at max; 10.2% ROC at 50% max.
