... for a .25 credit. Comments: (Late Post). Didn't collect much credit here, but this is the highest strike rung of my short put ladder and would prefer rolling it out of harm's way/to a lower cost basis strike since the market's given me the opportunity here. Total credits collected of 4.79 (See Post Below) plus the .25 here for a total of 5.04.
... for a 1.64 credit. Comments: (Late Post). Delta balancing. Total credits collected of 3.41.
... for a .65 credit. Comments: (Late Post). Rolled up the short put side of my short strangle to delta balance. Total credits collected of 4.73.
... for a 3.06 credit. Comments: Adding some long delta back in after taking profit on shorter duration rungs. Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit.
... for a 1.64 credit. Comments: Adding some long delta back in here after taking profit on some rungs earlier. Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit.
... for a .62 debit. Comments: Taking profit at >50% max. Opened for a 1.54 credit (See Post Below). Closing here for a .62 debit; .92 ($92) profit. Still have the August 19th 175's on.
... for a 1.33 credit. Comments: Opened for a 3.62 credit. (See Post Below). Closing out at >50% max. 2.29 ($229) profit.
... for a .30 debit. Comments: Filled for a 2.72 credit (See Post Below). Out here for .30; 2.42 ($242) profit.
... for a .67 debit. Comments: Opened for 1.65 (See Post Below); closing out here at >50% max for a .98 ($98) profit.
... for a 2.75 credit. Comments: (Late Post). Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in the expiry nearest 45 days and in the exchange-traded fund having the highest 30-day IV.
... for a 7.85 credit. Comments: Delta balancing back to neutral. Total credits collected of 31.46.
... for a .23/contract debit. Comments: Filled for .47/contract (See Post Below), hit 50% max today. .24 ($24) profit/contract.
... for a .30 debit. Comments: Filled for a 3.05 credit (See Post Below); out here for .30. (3.05 - .30)/2 = 1.375 ($137.50) profit.
... for a 3.37 credit. Comments: Adding long delta here to bring the setup back to delta neutral. Total credits collected of 23.61; delta/theta -2.82/50.35.
... for a 2.56 credit. Comments: Back in the saddle again after the long weekend ... . Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in the expiry nearest 45 days in the broad market exchange-traded fund with the highest 30-day to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market.
... for a 1.45 debit. Comments: In for a 3.20 credit (See Post Below). Out for a 1.45 debit. (3.20 - 1.45)/2 = .875 ($87.50) profit. Still have July 29th 2700's, July 29th 2500's, August 5th 2700's, and August 19th 2100's on, so just taking off a smidge of risk here and/or freeing up buying power.
.. for a 2.76 credit. Comments: (Late Post). Wasn't fully satisfied with the delta/theta metrics of this position on Friday, so added another short call in the August monthly, bringing total credits collected to 20.26. The resulting setup's delta/theta is now 4.40/34.15 with 15.13 of extrinsic (as of Friday close). With earnings in 45 days, I'm basically going...
... for a 1.54 credit. Comments: Adding another unit of semiconductors here (IVR/IV 72/47) in weakness/higher IV, targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in the August monthly (the weeklies aren't all that liquid). Still have the August 19th 175's on.