... for a 2.70 credit. Comments: Recentering risk ... . Total credits collected of 8.86.
... for a 1.50 debit. Comments: Filled for a 3.00 credit (See Post Below). Out on Friday at 50% max. (3.00 - 1.50)/2 = .75 ($75) profit. Although still quite far out of the money, this was the highest rung of my /ES short put ladder, so wanted to dry the powder out for a potential dip going forward. Still have rungs on in the July 29th expiry (2850, 2700,...
... for a 1.12 debit. Comments: On occasion, Fridays can be a mad scramble. Yesterday was one of those, so I didn't get an opportunity to post all of in profit long delta trades I took off to dry out powder for "the next one." Opened for 4.00 even (See Post Below); out on Friday's bull fest for 1.12 -- 2.88 ($288) profit.
... for a .92 debit. Comments: Collected a total of 4.80. (See Post Below). Closed out late in Friday's session for a total realized gain of 3.88 ($388).
... for a .46 debit. Comments: Opened for a 1.91 credit (See Post Below); out during Friday's session for .46. 1.45 ($145) profit.
... for a 1.79 credit. Comments: I'm fairly certain my June 24th 321 QQQ short put isn't going to finish out of the money with 10 days to go and that I will be assigned shares with a cost basis of 321 minus whatever I've collected in credits so far. For purposes of what will become a covered call, however, I'm using the short put strike as my starting cost...
... for a .53 debit. Comments: In for a 1.49 credit(See Post Below); out at >50% max here on movement plus volatility contraction. .96 ($96) profit.
... for a 2.93 credit. Comments: Rolling down and out to the August monthly, as the August 5th contract didn't seem all that liquid. Total credits collected of 6.50 (See Post Below) plus the 2.93 here for a total of 9.43. I'll generally keep on doing this (down and out) with any of my monied rungs until I can't get decent (a relative term) strike improvement,...
... for a 9.88 debit. Comments: As with my IWM trade, paying a debit to uninvert this setup, free up buying power, and turn it into a higher POP (Probability of Profit) setup. I had collected a total of 11.65 in credits up to this point, so I'm still net credit by 1.77 after doing this, but with a smaller buying power footprint and with "delta/theta happy"...
... for a .10 debit. Comments: Opened for a 1.64 credit (See Post Below). Closing here for .10; 1.54 ($154) profit.
... for a 6.04 debit. Comments: Rolling out and paying a debit here that is smaller than total credits collected to reduce buying power effect. Up to this point, I'd collected a total of 8.39 in credits, so I'm still net credit on the setup by 2.35, but it's currently marking at 4.57 or so, so I'm down 2.22 on the position at this point. The setup, however,...
... for an .89 credit. Comments: Just rolling "as is" here about half way through the cycle to reduce cost basis further. Total credits collected of 2.46 on a 1-wide inverted (i.e., I can invert a smidge further to a two-wide if I don't get a bounce).
... for a 1.25 debit. Comments: In for 3.35 (See Post Below); out here for 1.25 with 36 days to go. (3.35 - 1.25)/2 = 1.05 ($105) profit. Still have some July 15th, July 29th, and August 19th on.
... for a 1.68 debit. Comments: Plane Jane profit-taking, long delta subtractive trade. In for 3.45 (See Post Below), out here for 1.68. 1.77 ($177) profit.
... for a .90 debit. Comments: Plane Jane profit-taking/long delta subtractive trade. In for a 2.37 credit (See Post Below); out here for .90. 1.47 ($147) profit.
... for a 1.13 debit. Comments: Plain Jane profit-taking. In for a 2.54 credit (See Post Below); out here for 1.13. 1.41 ($141) profit.
... for a 3.66 credit. Comments: (Late Post). With only .36 worth of extrinsic left in the June 30th 383 (and a scant 9 days to go), rolling it down and out here to the strike that's paying me about 1% of the strike price to roll. Total credits collected of 8.51 (See Post Below) plus the 3.66 here, for a total of 12.17. This is longer-dated than most like to...
... for a 1.35 credit. Comments: Rolling down the untested side of my July 22nd short strangle, the short put leg of which is at the 167.5. Total credits collected of 8.39. End of day delta/theta 7.48/19.31.