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Rolled: IWM December 23rd 258 Short Call* to 246... for an .82 credit. Comments: Rolled the short call aspect of my December 23rd short strangle to cut net delta in half. I originally opened this for 3.42 (See Post below) with a take profit target at 1.71, so am revising my take profit to 1.71 plus the credit received for the roll of .82 or 2.53. The net delta of this short strangle (short put + short call) still leans long. * -- Shown here at the 250 strike in order to fit it on the chart without squeezing.
AMEX:IWM
by NaughtyPines
Rolled: ARKK December 17th 135 Short Call to 114... for a 1.27 credit. Comments: This is the short call aspect of a December 17th short strangle. I rolled the call side down on approaching worthless to cut net delta by about half. As a standalone trade, it's short delta, but that is offset by the short put aspect's long delta, so looked at holistically, it's more of a neutral assumption setup when you look at both the short call and short put as a unit. I originally put on the short strangle for 3.04 (See Post Below) and had a price target to take profit when it reached 50% of that or at 1.52. I'm going to keep that profit target the same by entering a good until cancelled order to take profit for 1.52 (my original target) plus what I collected for the roll -- 1.27 -- or 2.79. Put another way, I've collected a total of 3.04 + 1.27 in credits or 4.31 and 4.31 minus 1.52 (my original profit target) equals 2.79.
AMEX:ARKK
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY January 21st 397 to April 14th 360... for a 1.95 credit. Comments: Cleaning up my longer-dated SPY strategy short put ladder a little bit here while I wait to start putting on other positions in 2022 expiries. The January 21st 397 is at greater than 50% max, so rolling it out to the April strike paying at least 1% of the strike value in credit instead of adding units. I've collected a total of 8.17 + 1.95 with rolls so far for a total of 10.12 relative to the April 14th 360 short put value of 3.79, so have realized gains of 6.33 ($633) to date.
AMEX:SPYLong
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (Margin): EWZ December 17th 25 Short Put to January 21st... for a .32/contract credit. Comments: Rolling here at greater than 50% max for a realized gain and a credit while keeping buying power effect essentially the same, since I'm rolling this "as is" (i.e., from the December 25 strike to the January 25 strike). I originally collected .58 in credit/contract (See Post Below), so have collected a total of .90 ($90)/contract with this roll relative to a current short put value of .57, so have locked in .37 ($37) of realized gains so far. 30-day implied is still pretty decent at 41.3%; otherwise, I'd probably just leave it alone running into expiry.
AMEX:EWZLong
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY December 17th 388 to January 422 Short Put... for a 3.60 credit. Comments: Part of a longer-dated strategy. With the December 17th 388 way past 50% max (it's currently valued at .67), rolling it up and out to the January strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. I've collected a total of 15.40 (See Post Below) plus the 3.60 here for a total of 19.00 relative to the January 422 short put value of 4.25, so have realized gains of 14.75 ($1475) so far.
AMEX:SPY
by NaughtyPines
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Rolling (IRA): SPY December 17th 376 Short Put to December 31st361 Short Put ... for a .04 credit. Comments: Another window dressing trade where I want to reduce risk temporarily in this low volatility environment, while locking in realized gains. Here, I've collected 8.59 in credits with rolls (See Post Below) relative to a short put price for the 361 of 1.06, so have realized gains of 7.53 ($753) so far. Will look to take this off on approaching worthless if we don't get a bump in volatility running into expiry.
AMEX:SPY
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY November 19th 409 Short Put to November 26th401 Short Put for a .05 credit. Comments: A little "window dressing" roll to lock in the realized gains of the 409 short put, while simultaneously reducing risk. I've collected 12.36 in credits via rolls with this so far, (See Post Below), relative to a current short put value for the November 26th 401 of .92, so I've locked in 12.36 - .92 or 11.44 ($1144) of gains so far. I'd ordinarily just roll this out for duration, but would prefer a higher implied volatility environment to do that, so will look to take this off on approaching worthless if we don't get a volatility bump between now and expiry.
AMEX:SPYLong
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY November 19th 379 to December 17th 388 SP*... for a 2.21 credit. Comments: Part of a longer-dated strategy to keep maximal buying power deployed, even in "locally" (i.e., <45 days until expiry) low implied volatility environments. Here, the November 17th 379 is at 50% max, so rolling it out to the strike in December paying at least 1% of the strike in credit which is the 388, paying 3.96. Up to this point, I've collected a total of 13.19 (See Post Below) in credits. With this roll, I've collected 13.19 + 2.21 = 15.40 relative to the December 17th 388 short put value of 3.96, so I've realized gains of 11.44 ($1144) so far. * -- Short Put
AMEX:SPY
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY October 15th 391 Short Put to Feb 18th 335... for a 2.29 credit. Comments: Part of a longer-dated strategy intended to keep maximal buying power deployed even when "local" (i.e., <45 days until expiry implied volatility) kind of sucks. With the October 15th 391 worth only 1.13, cleaning up my SPY short put ladder by rolling this out to the February strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit (which happens to be the 335, paying 3.41). Total credits collected of 15.74 + 2.29 = 18.03 versus a short put value of 3.41, so I've realized gains of 18.03 - 3.41 = 14.62 ($1462) so far.
AMEX:SPY
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): ARKK Oct 15th 100 Short Put to Nov 19th 104... for a 1.50/contract credit. Comments: With the 100's at greater than 50% max (they're worth .84 here), rolling out to the November monthly for a realized gain and a credit. The implied isn't as good as it was, but is still >35%; otherwise, I'd just leave it alone or take profit and move on. Relatedly, since the implied isn't fantastically great, keeping my units the same instead of adding, keeping buying power free for a higher volatility environment. Total credits collected of 3.52 (See Post Below) + 1.50 = 5.02 versus a current short put value of 2.38, so I've realized profits of 5.02 - 2.38 = 2.64 ($264)/contract so far.
AMEX:ARKKLong
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY Nov 19th 345 Short Put to Dec 17th 376... for a 2.40 credit. Comments: More cleanup/profit-taking on my SPY longer-dated short put ladder, here, in the November cycle. With the November 19th 345 at >50% max (it's worth 1.37 here), rolling it out to the December strike paying at least 1% of the strike price, which is the 376, paying 3.77. Total credits collected of 6.19 (See Post Below) plus 2.40 or 8.59 versus a current price for the December 376 of 3.77, so I've realized gains of 8.59 - 3.77 or 4.82 ($482) so far.
AMEX:SPY
by NaughtyPines