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.
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Closed: SPY April 29th 436/454 Short Strangle... for a 9.75 debit.
Comments: Collected a total of 11.84 in credits with this; closing out here results in a realized gain of 2.09 ($209).
Here is the blow by blow (See Posts Below):
Opened the April 29th 375/454 for a 6.96 credit (delta neutral).
Rolled the 375 up to the 431 for a 4.09 credit (cut net delta).
Rolled the 431 to the 436 for a .79 credit (cut net delta).
Rolled: QQQ April 22nd 348 Short Put to 356... for a 1.95 credit.
Comments: Rolled up the untested side of my April 22nd short strangle, the short call aspect of which is at the 361 strike. Total credits collected of 12.90 relative to a setup value of 12.55, so probably could have also closed it out for a small winner here. Delta/theta of -14.66/39.23 with 343.10/373.90 break evens.