Rolled (IRA): IWM May 6th 185 Short Put to May 27th 183... for a 1.05 credit.
Comments: 50% max roll to the <16 delta strike in the expiry nearest 45 days that is paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. Total credits collected of 5.77 (See Post below) plus the 1.05 here for a total of 6.82 versus the 1.86 or so the 183 was paying, so I've realized gains of 4.96 ($496) so far.
The May 27th 16 delta is just barely paying 1%; otherwise, I probably would have done a "window dressing roll" from the 185 to the May 27th 175 for a small credit to milk the remaining extrinsic out of the option while reducing risk (since it's farther out-of-the-money) and buying power effect (since it would've been a lower strike).
Shortput
Opened: /ES May 27th 3200 Short Put... for a 3.00 credit.
Comments: Rerunning the far out-of-the-money short put in /ES. 3.00 credit/1.50 max on buying power of 23.98. 6.3% ROC at max as a function of buying power effect; 3.1% at 50% max. As previously noted, it routes for a 3.00 credit, but its max is only half of that or 1.50 ($150). Will look to take profit at 50% max.
Closed: /ES May 20th 2850 Short Put... for a 1.00 debit.
Comments: Filled for a 2.00 credit (See Post Below); out here at 50% max. Ordinarily, this would be a 1.00 ($100) winner, but the way /ES works is that your max is half of the credit received -- in this case, one half of 2.00 is 1.00 ($100), so 50% max is .50 or $50.
Rolling (IRA): SPY June 17th 345 Short Put to June 30th 383... for a 2.46 credit.
Comments: The last little bit of SPY short put ladder cleanup here.
You know the drill ... . >50% max, roll out to the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. Credits collected of 6.05 (See Post Below) plus the 2.46 here for a total of 8.51 relative to the current price for the June 30th 383 of 3.86, so I've locked in gains of 4.65 ($465) so far.
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.
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.