Rolling (IRA): SPY May 20th 365 Short Put to June 17th 393... for a 3.08 credit.
Comments: Cleaning up the remainder of my short put ladder a bit after closing out or rolling a bunch of stuff in April expiries. With the May 20th 365 only worth .83 (i.e., way greater than 50% max), rolling it out to June. Total credits collected of 23.91 (See Post Below) plus the 3.08 here for a total of 26.99 relative to the June 393 short put price of 3.94 or so, so I've locked in gains of about 23.05 ($2305) so far.
I'll return to selling shorter duration stuff of around 45 days' duration if <16 delta strikes start paying again. Currently, the strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit is at the 420, paying 4.24, and that's at the 19 delta.
Shortput
Rolling (IRA): QQQ May 20th 260 Short Put to May 20th 320... for a 2.88 credit.
Comments: With the 260 at greater than 50% max, rolling up to the <16 delta strike paying 1% of the strike price in credit, rather than extending duration. Total credits collected of 2.60 (See Post Below) plus the 2.88 here for a total of 5.48.
Rolling: QQQ April 22nd 290 Short Put to April 22nd 341... for a 3.95 credit.
Comments: Rolling up the put side to the strike that's approximately one-half the delta of the call side (which is at the 361 strike) to reduce net delta directionality. Total credits collected of 5.85 (See Post Below) plus 3.95 equals 9.80.
Rolling (IRA): SPY April 14th 375 to May 20th 408... for a 3.75 credit.
Comments: Unfortunately, shorter duration isn't paying what I would like to see in SPY, so rolling it out to the monthly <16 delta strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. I've collected a total of 4.00 (See Post Below), plus the 3.75 here for a total of 7.75 with the 408 currently paying 3.91, so I've realized gains of around 3.84 ($384) so far. Still have April 14th, April 22nd, April 29th, May 20th, and June 17th rungs on to play with.
Rolling (IRA): QQQ April 14th 295 Short Put to May 6th 318... for a 2.74 credit.
Comments: With only .36 left in this one, rolling out to the <16 delta strike that's paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. I've collected a total of 4.46 (See Post Below) plus 2.74 for a total of 7.20 relative to a current price for the May 6th 318 of 3.06 or so; 4.14 ($414 of realized gains). Still have April 14th, April 22nd, April 29th, and May 20th rungs on.
Rolling (IRA): IWM April 8th 175 Short Put to May 6th 185... for a 1.69 credit.
Comments: With only .17 left in the April 8th 175, rolling it out to the <16 delta May 6th strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. Total credits collected: 4.08 (See Post Below) plus the credit received here of 1.69, for a total of 5.77 relative to the May 6th 185 short put value of 1.81, so I've realized gains of 3.96 ($396) so far.
Closed (IRA): IWM March 31st 178 Short Put... for a .29 debit.
Comments: I'd ordinarily roll this out to the weekly, but we don't have a May 6th expiry yet. I've already got a rung on in the April 29th expiry, so am just taking profit here. Total credits collected of 2.67. (See Post Below). Closing hour here results in a profit of 2.38 ($238).
Opening (IRA): QQQ April 29th 275 Short Put... for a 2.76 credit.
Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike in the contract nearest 45 days that is paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. Will continue to hit shorter duration in broad market (SPY, IWM, QQQ) as long as it's still paying.
Rolling (IRA): IWM March 25th 178 Short Put to April 29th 170... for a 1.27 credit.
Comments: The March 25th 178's at >50% max, so rolling out to the <16 delta strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. Total credits collected of 4.36 (See Post Below) plus 1.27 or 5.63 relative to what the April 29th 170 is paying (currently 1.96), so I've realized gains of about 3.67 ($367) so far.