Stock / Symbol: SPDR S&P500 ETF / SPY Option Strategy: calendar put spread Trade entry date / price: Aug 26 / $200.20 Price at this post: $200.92 Reasoning: Just didn’t get the market pullback I was anticipating. Closing out here for a small gain on the trade. Current Greeks are: -33 delta, 9 theta, and […]
Stock / Symbol: IPATH S&P 500 VIX SHORT TERM / VXX Option Strategy: vertical call spread Trade entry date / price: Aug 27 / $27.85 Price at trade close: $27.67 Reasoning: We did see volatility briefly rise, only to right right back down. Just going to cut losses here. The current greeks are: 50 delta, […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR S&P500 ETF / SPY Option Strategy: [private_monthly]calendar put spread[/private_monthly] Trade entry date / price: Aug 26 / $200.20 Price at this post: $198.98 Adjustment: Going to roll the short puts to next week’s, Sep14 expiring puts. We’ve captured some nice premium on the puts we sold and now have another week […]
Stock / Symbol: PowerShares QQQ / QQQ Option Strategy: Double Calendar Trade Entry date / price: Aug 26 / $99.33 Price at trade post: $99.37 Reasoning: 2.5 weeks gone by, yet we’re at the same darn price. In hindsight, would have been a fabulous iron condor. Going to close this one out here at a […]
Stock / Symbol: IPATH S&P 500 VIX SHORT TERM / VXX Option Strategy: [private_monthly]vertical call spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $27.85 Reasoning: If we do see increased volatility in the market, this trade on VXX will do nicely. The greeks going into this trade are: 34.2 delta, 0.4 theta, and 0.5 vega. Trade Details: [private_monthly] […]
Stock / Symbol: PowerShares QQQ / QQQ Option Strategy: [private_monthly]Double Calendar[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $99.33 Reasoning: Again, looking to capitalize on the very low volatility, I’m going with a [private_monthly]double calendar[/private_monthly] on QQQ to play it. Going with the SepWk2 expiration for the short options. This trade’s greeks are: -1.1 Delta, 0 Theta, and 62 Vega. Trade […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR S&P500 ETF / SPY Option Strategy: [private_monthly]put calendar spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $200.20 Reasoning: Looking to take advantage of the low volatility, I’m putting on a [private_monthly]put calendar[/private_monthly] on SPY. The greeks going into this trade are: -29.4 delta, -0.1 theta, and 31.7 vega. Using weeklies on the short puts, […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: bull put spread; Trade entry date / price: Aug 12 / $1141.93 Price at trade exit: $1155.28 Reasoning: Our bull put spread on RUT is already up over 7% after just a few days. No sense in waiting another 30 days or so for the last […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bull put spread[/private_monthly]; Price at trade post: $1141.93 Reasoning: With 38 days till September expiration, I’m putting on a [private_monthly]bull put spread[/private_monthly] on RUT. We have an expected deviation of[private_monthly] +/- 69 points between now and Sep expiration. I’m going to be a little more conservative […]
Stock / Symbol: Tesla Motors / TSLA Option Strategy: double calendar Price at trade entry: $225.75 Price at trade exit: $233.00 Remaining Position: long 1 TSLA AugWk2 245 call short -1 TSLA AugWk1 245 call Reasoning: With Theta negative (at -11), going to close out the remaining call calendar portion of this trade. Closing Trade […]