Notes: A "Wheel of Fortune" short put. Run to expiry, either keep the premium or be assigned stock with a cost basis of 16.82, after which you proceed to cover.
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Selling the 19C against for .49; scratch at 1.67; cost basis of 16.33 if assigned on the 18 shorties.
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Rolling the skinny March 18/19 short strangle to the April 17th inverted 17C/18P for a .39 credit; scratch at 2.06.
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Pulling the approaching worthless 17C off for .02, with a resulting scratch point of 2.04 and a cost basis of 15.96 if shares assigned via the 18 short put, so selling the May 16's against for .26 in preparation for assignment/covering. Cost basis in the resulting shares will be 15.70.
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Price finished below the short put strike, so will be assigned shares with a cost basis of 15.70 and currently covered by the May 16's.
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Late Post: Rolled the May 16's to June on this strength for a .50/contract credit, resulting in a cost basis of 15.20/share, .80 ($80) max profit if called away at 16. Will look at strike improvement toward expiry and/or roll "as is" for additional credit cost/basis reduction.
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Rolled "as is" with 24 DTE to August for a .98/contract credit; cost basis of 14.22. Went with August over July due to August IV being 66.3% vs. July's 55.3%. Will look to take this off running into expiry at or near max, assuming it stays above $16.
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With only .25 or so between here and max and with 59 days to go, taking profit here at 15.69; 1.47 ($147) profit.