Rolling (IRA): QQQ May 20th 260 Short Put to May 20th 320... for a 2.88 credit.
Comments: With the 260 at greater than 50% max, rolling up to the <16 delta strike paying 1% of the strike price in credit, rather than extending duration. Total credits collected of 2.60 (See Post Below) plus the 2.88 here for a total of 5.48.
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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.
Opening: XBI May 20th 76/105 Short Strangle... for a 2.35 credit.
Comments: And here's my "clean" XBI setup after having scratched out my previous position. High IVR/high IV at 61/41. Selling around the 16 delta on both sides. 2.35 on buying power of 9.05 (on margin); 26.0% ROC as a function of buying power effect; 13.0% at 50% max.
Rolling: SPY April 29th 375 Short Put to April 29th 431... for a 4.09 credit.
Comments: Flattening net delta directionality by rolling the short put to the strike that is one-half the delta of the call (which is at the 454 strike). Total credits collected of 6.96 (See Post Below) plus 4.09 equals 11.05.
Rolling: QQQ April 22nd 290 Short Put to April 22nd 341... for a 3.95 credit.
Comments: Rolling up the put side to the strike that's approximately one-half the delta of the call side (which is at the 361 strike) to reduce net delta directionality. Total credits collected of 5.85 (See Post Below) plus 3.95 equals 9.80.
Rolling: NVDA April 14th 215C/265P to 220C/280P... for a 12.80 credit.
Comments: Chasing my tail a little bit with this one. Total credits collected of 70.48 on a 60 wide inverted, so I can still make money on a finish between my break evens which are now at 290.48 and 209.42, but am basically just looking to scratch it out at this point.
Previously, it was functionally as though I was long stock at 265 covered by a 215 short call. Now, it's though I'm short stock at 220 covered by a 280 put (i.e., covered put).
Rolling (IRA): SPY April 14th 375 to May 20th 408... for a 3.75 credit.
Comments: Unfortunately, shorter duration isn't paying what I would like to see in SPY, so rolling it out to the monthly <16 delta strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. I've collected a total of 4.00 (See Post Below), plus the 3.75 here for a total of 7.75 with the 408 currently paying 3.91, so I've realized gains of around 3.84 ($384) so far. Still have April 14th, April 22nd, April 29th, May 20th, and June 17th rungs on to play with.
Rolling (IRA): QQQ April 14th 295 Short Put to May 6th 318... for a 2.74 credit.
Comments: With only .36 left in this one, rolling out to the <16 delta strike that's paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. I've collected a total of 4.46 (See Post Below) plus 2.74 for a total of 7.20 relative to a current price for the May 6th 318 of 3.06 or so; 4.14 ($414 of realized gains). Still have April 14th, April 22nd, April 29th, and May 20th rungs on.
Rolling (IRA): IWM April 8th 175 Short Put to May 6th 185... for a 1.69 credit.
Comments: With only .17 left in the April 8th 175, rolling it out to the <16 delta May 6th strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. Total credits collected: 4.08 (See Post Below) plus the credit received here of 1.69, for a total of 5.77 relative to the May 6th 185 short put value of 1.81, so I've realized gains of 3.96 ($396) so far.