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Rolling: QQQ April 22nd 361 Short Call to the 354 Short Call... for a 2.74 credit. Comments: Inverting slightly here with 14 days to go. Total credits collected of 15.64 on a two-wide inversion (the April 22nd 354C/356P). Delta/theta 17.58/40.95, 9.48 of extrinsic. I don't usually hang out in these much past this point, opting instead roll out for duration and then doing adjustments from there on the rolled out setup. Here, my "landing pad" is quite huge at this point (break evens of 340.36 on the put side/369.64 on the call) and would like to get something more than a 1.00 out of this after working the crap out of it. (I've done a total of four adjustments to it; 3 on the put side, one on the call). As usual, I'll either end up regretting closing it out for something smaller or be pleasantly happy with closing it out for something more.
NASDAQ:QQQ
by NaughtyPines
Opened: IWM May 20th 176/229 Short Strangle... for a 1.19 credit. Comments: A bit of an experiment here, selling the 90 day duration 2 x expected move strikes in shorter duration. Using the June 30th expiry (86 days) as the basis for this setup, I looked at the strikes nearest the 16 delta in that duration, and then sold premium in those same strikes in the expiry nearest 45 days. The benefit is a higher probability of profit setup, with the trade-off being less credit received. I'll look to manage it, however, like any other short strangle -- rolling in untested sides, taking profit at 50% max and/or rolling to a delta neutral setup in longer duration for a realized gain and a credit.
AMEX:IWM
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY May 20th 365 Short Put to June 17th 393... for a 3.08 credit. Comments: Cleaning up the remainder of my short put ladder a bit after closing out or rolling a bunch of stuff in April expiries. With the May 20th 365 only worth .83 (i.e., way greater than 50% max), rolling it out to June. Total credits collected of 23.91 (See Post Below) plus the 3.08 here for a total of 26.99 relative to the June 393 short put price of 3.94 or so, so I've locked in gains of about 23.05 ($2305) so far. I'll return to selling shorter duration stuff of around 45 days' duration if <16 delta strikes start paying again. Currently, the strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit is at the 420, paying 4.24, and that's at the 19 delta.
AMEX:SPY
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): SPX May 6th 4110/2 x 4210/4260 BWB*... for a 4.40 credit. Comments: I would like IV to be higher and SPX to be weaker, but can't have everything. Selling the 20's and erecting my longs out from there. 4.40 credit on buying power effect of 45.60; 9.6% ROC at max 4.8% at 50% max. Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, but will also look to manage the two aspects of this setup (a short put vertical credit spread and a long put vertical debit spread) if the opportunity presents itself. * -- Broken Wing Butterfly.
SP:SPXLong
by NaughtyPines