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Rolling (IRA): SPY August 20th 250 Short Put to August 20th 300... for a 1.69/contract credit. Notes: Some more take profit rolling. Here, the August 20th 250 is approaching 50% max, so rolling it up to the strike paying at least 1% of the strike price, which is the 300 in the expiry (currently paying 3.01 at the mid). Realized gain of 1.30 or so ($130)/contract with total credits collected of 4.29/contract. On a more practical bent, I want to get everything rolled up, assess available buying power, and make a determination about whether I should hand sit for a bit here or deploy more.
AMEX:SPYLong
by NaughtyPines
Rolling (IRA): SPY Dec 17th 175 Short Put to Dec 17th 240... for a 1.52/contract credit. Notes: With the December 17th 175 nearly at 50% max, rolling it up for a realized gain of around .90 ($90) to the strike paying around 1% of the strike price (the 240 is paying around 2.45 at the mid). Total credits collected of 1.81 (See Post Below) plus 1.52 or 3.33/contract. ROC at max now at 1.38% as a function of notional risk. When I put this on at the end of last year, I fully expected to have to wait until about half way through the cycle (which would have been around some time in June) to get to 50% max, but we've had a combination of up grind plus a bit of volatility contraction that gave me an assist in reaching ~50% max earlier. Naturally, rolling up increases buying power effect, so you can naturally consider whether you should roll out instead (e.g., from the December 175 to the January 230 for instance, where the 230's paying 2.37), so that the resulting change in buying power effect is less.
AMEX:SPYLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): AAPL April 16th 107.5 Short Put... for a 1.99 credit. Notes: With a 30-day implied of 42.8%, expiry-specific at 41.8%, and earnings in the rear view, adding some Dow component high implied underlyings to my wheelhouse. I already have some BA in my portfolio, which has the highest 30-day of Dow components that have already announced earnings, and pretty much have all the high implied exchange-traded-fund bases covered. ROC 1.89% at max as a function of notional risk. I went with the 19-delta 107.5 in lieu of the 105 (15 delta) or the nonstandard 106.25. A little more aggressive than I usually go, but wanted to get at least 1.5% ROC at max out of it.
NASDAQ:AAPL
by NaughtyPines