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Opening (IRA): IWM July 19th 190 Short Put... for a 2.33 credit. Comments: Targeting the shortest duration <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. (This is actually at the 18 delta, but it was either the 190 or the 185 where I wanted to pitch my tent from a delta standpoint). Starting to slowly deploy third quarter rungs here in broad market (IWM, QQQ, SPY) while I piddle around with shorter duration higher IV sector ETF stuff.
AMEX:IWMLong
by NaughtyPines
Opened (IRA): IWM June/July 182/180 Short PutsComments: Added at strikes better than what I currently have on in weakness, targeting the <16 delta strikes in the respective expiries paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the small cap ETF. June 21st 182: Filled for 1.89 July 19th 180: Filled for 2.22 I also briefly looked at QQQ and SPY, but couldn't get in at strikes better than what I currently have on, so am leaving those positions alone for now.
AMEX:IWMLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): XBI June 21st 82 Short Put... for a 1.90 credit. Comments: Selling a put here, since the resulting cost basis if assigned shares would be lower than the cost basis of the position I've currently got on now. The full position is now a June 21st 82/88 covered strangle (i.e., short put, stock, short call). Will look to take profit at 50% max. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even/Cost Basis in Shares if Assigned: 80.10 ROC at Max as a Function of Buying Power Effect: 2.37% ROC at 50% Max as a Function of Buying Power Effect: 1.19% Delta/Theta: 23.36/2.42
AMEX:XBILong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): BITO April 19th 26 Short Put... for a 1.23 credit. Comments: Adding to my covered call position (See Post Below) on weakness, converting the covered call into a covered strangle (i.e., short put + stock + short call). I went with April, since May appeared to be shit illiquid at where I'd want to pitch my tent. I'm fine with being assigned additional stock here at the 26 strike, since my cost basis in my shares is currently 27.54, with the cost basis in any shares assigned via the 26 at 24.77, although my preference would be just to take profit on the covered call aspect at 50% max and the short put at 50% max and move on. Naturally, if I also manage to grab the April dividend, that would be additionally bueno. As a standalone trade: Break Even/Buying Power Effect/Cost Basis in Any Assigned Shares: 24.77 Max Profit: 1.23 ($123) ROC at Max: 4.97% ROC at 50% Max: 2.48%
AMEX:BITOLong
by NaughtyPines