... for a 4.58 debit. Comments: Plain Jane profit-taking. Collected a total of 6.33 in credits. (See Post Below). Closing out here results in a net profit of 1.75 ($175).
... for a 2.87 credit. Comments: Selling premium in the <16 delta strike in the expiry nearest 45 days that is paying 1% of the strike price in credit in the broad market exchange-traded fund that has the highest 30-day IV.
... for a 3.00 credit. Comments: Targeting the strike that is 75% or less than the current price of /ES that routes for around 3.00 in the contract of shortest duration. 3.00 (1.50 max) on 16.71 buying power effect; 9.0% ROC at max; 4.5% at 50% max as a function of buying power effect.
... for a .70 debit. Comments: Filled this puppy in the depths of the dip for 3.05. (See Post Below). Out here for .70; (3.05 - .70)/2 = 1.175 ($117.50) profit. In waiting mode for the next dip to consider putting some more back on ... .
... for a 1.03 debit. Comments: Opened for a 3.55 credit (See Post Below). Closed today for a 1.03 debit; 2.52 ($252) profit.
... for a 2.81 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit in the expiry nearest 45 DTE in the broad market exchange-traded fund with the highest 30-day IV to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market.
... for a .48 debit. Comments: Opened for 2.52 (See Post Below); closing out today for .48. 2.04 ($204) profit.
... for a .78 debit. Comments: Filled for a 2.78 credit (See Post Below); out today for .78. 2.00 ($200) profit.
... for a 1.89 credit. Comments: Selling premium in the exchange-traded fund with the highest IV on the board. As usual, will manage sides on approaching worthless , side test, or a delta/theta ratio of >1.00. 1.89 credit on BPE of 4.26 (on margin); 44.4% ROC as a function of buying power at max; 22.2% at 50% max.
... for a 2.64 credit. Comments: Targeting the <16 delta strike paying 1% of the strike price in credit in the expiry nearest 45 DTE in the broad market exchange-traded fund with the highest 30-day IV to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. Looking to get more maximally deployed over time, so increasing "occurrence frequency."
... for a .50 debit. Comments: Filled for 3.10 (See Post Below). Out here for a .50 debit; (3.10 - .50)/2 = 1.30 ($130) profit.
... for a 2.72 credit. Comments: I can either increase size or increase frequency ... . (There's probably a joke in there somewhere). Going with an increase in frequency, targeting the <16 delta strike in the expiry nearest 45 DTE paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market.
... for a 1.64 credit. Comments: Rolling up the short put aspect of my July 1st IWM short strangle, the short call of which is at the 194 to cut the delta/theta ratio to around 1:1. Total credits collected of 6.33. It's now delta/theta -12.03/14.85.
... for a 2.31 credit. Comments: Part of a longer-dated strategy to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. With the June 17th 370 at greater than 50% max, rolling it out to the <16 delta strike in shortest duration monthly paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. Credits collected of 3.65 (See Post Below), plus the 2.31 here equals 5.96...
... for a .47 debit. Comments: More short put ladder housekeeping ... . Filled for a 2.45 credit (See Post Below); out here for .47, 1.98 ($198) profit.
... for an .82 debit. Comments: Cleaning up a kind of messy short put ladder a bit ... . Filled for a 2.26 credit, (See Post Below), out for .82 here; 1.44 ($144) profit.
... for a 1.80 credit. Comments: With the June 17th 265 at >50% max (finally), rolling it out to <16 delta strike in the expiry nearest 45 days until expiry paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. Collected 3.00 (See Post Below) plus the 1.80 here, for a total of 4.80 in credit.
... for a 1.04 credit. Comments: With the July 1st 154 at greater than 50% max, rolling it out to the <16 delta strike in the expiry nearest 45 days paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit. Total credits collected of 1.64 (See Post Below) plus the 1.04 here, for a total of 2.68.