... for a 2.17 credit. Comments: An additive delta adjustment to the current SMH IC I have on. (See Post Below). With the original setup's short call aspect converging on -25 delta and the short put converging on +10, selling a skewed IC with the oppositionally delta'd short call/short put (i.e., at the +25 short put and the -10 delta short call) to bring back...
... for a 1.82 credit. Comments: Adding a short put on weakness here to my covered call, which I'm sticking in with to grab the monthly divvy. I'm okay with being assigned additional shares, since the break even of the June 24 is below the cost basis of what I currently have on. Otherwise, I'm perfectly fine with doing my usual take profit at 50% of...
... for a .98 credit. Comments: Targeting the strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit, adding to my position at intervals, assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I currently have on.
Comments: Getting in at strikes better than what I currently have on in July and August. July 19th 83: Filled for an .85 credit August 16th 83: Filled for a 1.11 credit I'm fine with potentially getting assigned with shares at 83, since they're way below the cost basis of the covered calls I currently have on. I knew this might end up being a very, very long...
... for a 2.23 credit. Comments: A small engagement trade in the semiconductor ETF (31.5% 30-Day IV). Going somewhat wide here with the deltas, with the short option legs camped out at 16 delta on both sides. I generally like to collect one-third the width of the wings in credit for these, but am going a little more long-dated than usual, so want to give it...
... for a 3.52 credit. Comments: Adding a rung out in Q4 here with QQQ IVR at 81.0, targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. Will generally look to manage shorter duration rungs as I come to them ... .
... for a 2.49 credit. Comments: Adding to my TQQQ position on weakness ... . This is a bit longer-dated than I like to go with shorter duration premium selling, which I like to keep in that 45 DTE wheelhouse, but May has now only 35 days in it, and I like to stick to monthlies in all but the most options liquid underlyings. Will generally look to take profit...
... for a 4.64 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. Was starting to get somewhat worried that we would never have decent IV again. This ain't great, but I'll take it ... . Will generally look to take profit at 50% max.
... for a 4.95 credit. Comments: A Q3 starter position ... . Targeting the shortest duration <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. July isn't paying, so going out to August. Will look to add rungs in shorter duration, assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I've got on...
... for a 4.00 credit. Comments: Starting to round out my Q3 rungs here on weakness and higher IV, targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market.
... for a 2.33 credit. Comments: Targeting the shortest duration <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. (This is actually at the 18 delta, but it was either the 190 or the 185 where I wanted to pitch my tent from a delta standpoint). Starting to slowly deploy third quarter rungs...
Comments: Going ahead and rounding out Q3 rungs here with IVR at 82.7. September 20th 160: filled for a 1.99 credit October 18th 150: filled for a 1.61 credit Will look to manage shorter duration rungs as I come to them ... .
... for a .98 credit. Comments: Adding to my TLT position on weakness here, targeting the strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. I already have rungs on in April/May/June, so am adding a smidge out in July. With QQQ and SPY knocking on ATH's, holding off on my usual broad market plays to await weakness and/or higher IV.
... for a 4.34 credit. Comments: Adding a rung out in Sept at the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging Into the Q's. I already have rungs on in June, July, and August ... . Will naturally back-track into shorter duration if I can get in at strikes better than what I currently have on.
... for a 4.30 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the Q's. Adding at a strike better than what I currently have on in August ... .
... for a 1.78 credit. Comments: Starting to round out my Q3 rungs here on weakness and higher IV, targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. Already have June and July rungs on, so going out to August here.
Comments: Added at strikes better than what I currently have on in weakness, targeting the <16 delta strikes in the respective expiries paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the small cap ETF. June 21st 182: Filled for 1.89 July 19th 180: Filled for 2.22 I also briefly looked at QQQ and SPY, but couldn't get in at...
Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strikes paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the small caps ETF. Adding here on weakness, better strikes than what I currently have on in those expires. Filled the June 21st for a 1.75 credit; the July 21st 170 for 1.76.