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Trade Setup: -1 AAL May 19 36/41 Short Put Spread @ $1.39 DTE: 57 Max Win: $139 Max Loss: $361 (will manage 2x credit, so $280) Breakeven: $39.61 Trade Management: 50% profit; 2x credit received as max loss; Will roll out if on the dance floor. Green is profit zone and up; Vertical black bar is expiration.

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Trade Setup: - 1 XLK May 19 45/53/53/57 Synthetic Straddle @ 1.97. DTE: 57 Max Win: $197 Max Loss: $603 (theoretically), but will manage at 2x credit, so ~$200. Breakevens: $51.03 & $54.97 Trade Management: 25% profit; WIll risk full loser to upside and only 2x credit received to downside. I often will take off one of the sides when it becomes...

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Trade Setup: -1 XLE Apr 21 65/69.5/69.5/74 Iron Fly @ $2.33 DTE: 30 Max Win: $233 Max Loss: $217 Breakevens: $67.17 & $71.83 Trade Management: 25% profit; Full loser, possibly roll the ITM side out in time if my bias is the same near expiration. Green is profit zone; vertical black bar is expiration.

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Slapping on some premium while we have a little elevated IV. Trade Setup: -1 Apr 20 RUT 1300/1305/1415/1420 Iron Condor @ $1.50 DTE: 29 Max Win: $150 Max Loss: $350 Breakevens: $1303.50 & $1416.50 Trade Management: 50% winner; Full loser, although I will roll the untested side down if I go ITM on one of the sides to reduce risk and collect more...

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Taking advantage of a little IV in the Russell with a Put BWB. Trade Setup: -1 IWM Mar 17 134/136/136/137 Put Butterfly @ 0.18 DTE: 31 Max Win: $118 Max Loss: $82 Breakeven: $134.82 Trade Management: I will look to take 50% off this trade if we come down to $136.00 in the upcoming cycle, so around $59. If the market decides to crash, I am comfortable...

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Playing the high IV here in Ulta. Trade Setup: - 1 ULTA Apr 21 260/275/275/290 Iron Fly @ $10.50 DTE: 42 Max Win: $1050 Max Loss: $450 Breakevens: $264.50 & $285.50 Trade Management: 25% profit in the trade or ~$263. I will take off either side if it comes down to being worthless to have on as risk, closer to expiration. I'm willing to take this...

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Caught a little IV increase in TBT and looking to deploy smaller amounts of capital here. Trade Setup: -1 TBT Apr 21 35/40/40/45 Iron Fly (Synthetic Straddle) @ $2.52 DTE: 51 Max Win: $252 Max Loss: $248 Break evens: 37.48 & 42.52 Trade Management: Profit target is 25% or ~$63. Small % of portfolio is used here so the first management I will do is a...

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Okay, here's a little different play than normal. With IV low across much of the market, I am looking at getting long a few beat up stocks with some synthetics. Trade Setup: +1 RIG Apr 21/ Mar 24 11/13 Diagonal @ $1.50 DTE: Short Call: 11; Long Call: 39 Max Win: If at $13 or above by Mar 24 - $50 Undefined if Short Call expires worthless ...

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Establish some positions in higher IVP. Wasn't the highest on the list, but it is in play and had at least some IV. Trade Setup: - 1 NVDA Apr 21 85/90/120/125 Iron Condor @ $1.11 DTE: 53 Max Win: $111 Max Loss: $389 Breakevens: 88.89 & 121.11 Trade Management: Look to take 50% winner or about $55 out of this. I will likely roll the untested side up...

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Trade Setup: -1 CRM Apr 21 72.5/77.5/85/90 Iron Condor @ $1.63 DTE: 46 Max Win: $163 Max Loss: $337 Breakevens: $75.87 & $86.63 Trade Management: 50% or around $82 for this one. I will roll the untested side of this spread to reduce risk and increase credit received if need be. Full loser if that is the ending case. Green is profit zone; Vertical...

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Little pops around in oil related underlyings. Trade Setup: - 1 OIH Apr 21 26/30/30/34 Iron Fly @ $1.95 DTE: 37 Max Win: $195 Max Loss: $205 Breakevens: $28.05 & $31.95 Trade Management: 25% or about $49-50. Full loser is also comfortable on the trade. Green is profit zone; Vertical black bar is expiration.

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Back to the well in XRT - improving some breakevens on my straddle and adding some more theta. Trade Setup: -2 XRT Apr 21 39/42/45/48 Iron Condor @ $0.96 DTE: 49 Max Win: $192 Max Loss: $408 Breakevens: 41.04 & 45.96 Trade Management: 50% profit or $96. I'll likely roll the untested side if we get movement. Content with taking a full loser as well...

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Getting my # of occurrences in a small account. SPY has been on a tear lately and want to capture a bit of the upside, without any risk to the downside. Trade Setup : -1 SPY Mar 17 236/237/237/239 Call Butterfly @ 0.19 DTE: 29 Max Win: $119 Max Loss: $81 Breakeven: $238.19 Trade Management: Best case scenario, SPY trades around 237 near March...

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Back to the well in the Euro since Vol is pretty low all over the place. This will extend my break evens as well on the entire position. Trade Setup: -1 FXE Mar 17 100/102/102/104 Iron Fly @ 1.32 DTE: 23 Max Win: $132 Max Loss: $68 Breakevens: 101.68 & 103.32 Trade Management: 25% Winner (~$33); Full loser or will roll out ITM/tested side if on...

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The account was leaning a little short delta from the SPY BWB Call Butterfly and today's gap up, so I wanted to add some positive theta and long delta to rebalance. All of these BWBs are essentially synthetic short calls or short puts, except they add just a little more bang for your buck and are little less heavy on the buying power for the little guy. Trade...

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Just looking for some premium around the market on these up days. Found an "okay" IV in FXE. Trade setup: - 1 FXE Mar 17 101/103/103/105 Iron Fly @ 1.37 DTE: 32 Max Win: $137 Max Loss: $63 Trade Management: 25% Winner or ~ $35; Full loser or will roll out ITM/tested side if on the dance floor. Green is profit zone and vertical black line represents expiration.

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Just grabbing some long deltas here for my smaller account. Trade Setup: -1 SPY Apr 21 234/235 Short Put Spread @ $0.29 DTE: 46 Max Win: $29 Max Loss: $71 Breakevens: 234.71 Trade Management: 50% on the trade or full loser, which would entail rolling out. Green is profit zone (tiny, I know); vertical black bar is expiration.

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This position is part of the roll I did in part of my smaller XRT Iron Fly. I closed out that position and established this one because we were winding down to expiration (about 2 weeks left) and I needed to do something with it. Off to a negative start for the year in Retail, but not too worried, nonetheless. Trade Setup: -1 XRT Apr 21 41/42 Short Put Spread...