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...
... for a 27.54 debit. Comments: High IVR/IV at 97.9/81.9% and a monthly dividend to take advantage of. However, the monthly dividend has varied widely -- with the last two distributions paying .36 (February 8th) and .73 (March 8th) with an annual dividend of 8.72 (.73 average monthly) (31.7% annualized as a function of current price). I'm primarily looking to...
... 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 4.50 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the S&P 500 ETF. Here, adding a strike better than what I currently have on in the August expiry. Will generally look to take profit at 50% max.
Gold prices clung to the $2,300 mark during the North American trading session on Thursday amid optimistic market sentiment, falling U.S. Treasury yields, and a weaker U.S. dollar. The 4-hour chart reveals that this pair is currently trending below the 34 and 89 EMA, despite a modest rise to $2,323. Technical indicators have rebounded from initial lows but remain...
Dear friends! Overall, GBPUSD may continue its medium-term uptrend supported by the sharp decline in the US Dollar after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. On H4, the pair is in consolidation at high levels with strong support around the 1.2518 breakout level. The resistance zone at 1.2570 continues to hold the price, but amid accumulation and...
Hello all dear traders! On the news impact : EUR/USD continued to rise on Thursday as the prevailing positive sentiment in the markets brought support to risk-sensitive currencies such as the Euro. This improved risk appetite can be attributed to dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday. It is currently trading at 1.0717, but...
If you haven`t sold DDOG before the previous earnings: Then analyzing the options chain and the chart patterns of DDOG Datadog prior to the earnings report this week, I would consider purchasing the 125usd strike price Puts with an expiration date of 2024-6-21, for a premium of approximately $9.10. If these options prove to be profitable prior to the earnings...
I bought puts there expire a month from now strike 190. That's a mayor resistance zone I think is going to 180 right there 10 dollars drop. My SL 195.
... 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.
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.
... for a 1.87 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike in the shortest duration that pays around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. The ROC %-age isn't tremendously sexy here, so primarily doing this to keep theta on and burning while I work shorter duration, higher IV underlyings (e.g., SMH, XBI,...
... for a 1.90 credit. Comments: Selling a put here, since the resulting cost basis if assigned shares would be lower than the cost basis of the position I've currently got on now. The full position is now a June 21st 82/88 covered strangle (i.e., short put, stock, short call). Will look to take profit at 50% max. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even/Cost...
... for a 4.34 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into S&P 500 ETF, adding at a strike better than what I currently have on. As with my other broad market, will look to generally take profit at 50% max or -- if assigned -- sell call against at the strike price my short...
... for a 3.90 credit. Comments: Starting to tip-toe into Q3 (July/August/September) contracts in broad market (IWM, SPY, QQQ). Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. As usual, will look to sell in shorter duration on weakness, assuming I can get in at strikes...
... for a 4.09 credit. Comments: Finally, a bit of weakness ... . Targeting the shortest duration <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging in without actually being in stock.
Hi everybody! Happy to discuss with you the current situation of Bitcoin. Currently, Bitcoin is showing signs of a medium-term bearish trend, based on the descending triangle pattern and the 34.89 EMA showing signs of reversal (signaling a potential downtrend on the H12 chart). . Accordingly, the false breakout of this pattern is pointing towards a clear bias for...
... for a 1.09 credit. Comments: Looked at all my options here for the rolling of the short call aspect of my covered calls -- rolling down, rolling down and out, rolling out as is, rolling to shorter duration and down ... . Going with rolling down in the same expiry for a 1.09 credit. Resulting cost basis: 89.11. It still remains a bet that the Fed will cut...