NaughtyPines

NaughtyPines

... for a 68.05 debit. Comments: Starter position in the first weekly in April ... . Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 68.05 Max Profit: 1.95 ROC at Max: 2.87% 50% Max: .98 ROC at 50% Max: 1.44% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I currently have on, and/or roll out short...

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... for a 29.98 debit. Comments: Starting a run at April (56 DTE) at strikes better than what I currently have on. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 29.98/share Max Profit: 1.02 ROC at Max: 3.40% 50% Max: .51 ROC at 50% Max: 1.70% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals assuming I can get in at strike prices better than what I...

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... for 22.48 debit. Comments: Starting my run at April, adding at strikes better than what I currently have on. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 22.48 Max Profit: 1.52 ROC at Max: 6.76% 50% Max: .76 ROC at 50% Max: 3.38% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I currently have...

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... for a 67.07 debit Comments: Not finished with March yet ... . Taking less risk here than I would ordinarily do to give me more room to be wrong, selling the -84 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 67.07 debit Max Profit:...

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... for a 18.91 debit. Comments: I wanted to take advantage of this little bit of weakness here, but at less risk than what I ordinarily take, giving me more "room to be wrong." Here, selling the -84 delta calls against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short calls. Additionally, it's at strikes...

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... for a 47.32 debit. Comments: Adding to my positions at strikes/break evens better than what I currently have on, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 47.32 Max Profit: 1.68 ROC at Max: 3.55% 50% Max: .84 ROC...

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... for a 215.96 debit. Comments: High IV + weakness. Selling the -85 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Going lower net delta due to the shorter duration (35 DTE). Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 215.96/share Max Profit: 4.04 ROC at Max: 1.87% 50% Max:...

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... for a 49.83 debit. Comments: Back into IBIT, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 49.83/share Max Profit: 2.17 ROC at Max: 4.35% 50% Max: 1.09 ROC at 50% Max: 2.18% Will generally look to take profit at 50%...

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... for a 36.06 debit. Comments: On second thought ... . Maybe I'm not done with March yet. Here, selling the 84 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 2x expected move 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. This is less risk than what I ordinarily take, but still has the >2.0% ROC at max I like to see out of...

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... for a 35.08 debit. Comments: Selling the -75 delta call against shares on weakness to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 35.08 Max Profit: .92 ROC at Max: 2.62% 50% Max: .46 ROC at 50% Max: 1.31% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at...

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... for a 15.04 debit. Comments: Fading this natural gas move here with a long put diagonal, buying the back month -90 delta put and selling the front month 25. The 35 long put is shown at the 21 strike due to the 35 being off the chart. Metrics: Max Profit: 1.96 Buying Power Effect: 15.04 ROC at Max: 13.03% Break Even: 19.96 relative to 19.68 spot Will...

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... for a 21.09 debit. Comments: Adding at strikes better than what I currently have on, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 21.09/share Max Profit: 1.91 ROC at Max: 9.06% 50% Max: .86 ROC at 50% Max: 4.03% Will...

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... for a 1.25 credit. Comments: I don't do these very often, but decided to putz with one here. The setup consists of two parts -- a long put vertical (the -315P/320P) and a short put vertical (the 305P/-315P), one of which is wider than the other. I wrapped it around the 30 delta/expected move strike at the 315 and erected wings out from there. Although the...

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... for a 34.04 debit. Comments: Adding at strikes better than what I currently have on, selling the -84 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Going lower net delta here as a personal choice, since I've already made goal for February, so don't see the need to take on my...

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... for a 74.50 debit. Comments: Taking what amounts to a modest directional shot with a break even below the 52-week lows, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 74.50 Max Profit: 1.50 ROC at Max: 2.01% 50% Max:...

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... for an 83.52 debit. Comments: One of the only red things on my ETF board ... . Selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Just trying to squeeze in a little more into March while the monthly options contract is in that 35 to 56 DTE window. The ROC %-age...

NaughtyPines

... for a 43.91 debit. Comments: Adding, but at lower delta and at strikes better than what I currently have on, selling the -84 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 43.91 Max Profit: 1.09 ROC at Max: 2.48% 50% Max: .55 ROC at...

NaughtyPines

... for a 151.04 debit. Comments: Selling the -84 call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 16 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. (In all honesty, this is just an attempt to keep my theta/net liquidity ratio above .05, which is kind of the minimum of where I like to have it). Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even:...