... for a 4.80 credit.
Comments: A late post from Friday, since I reached my posting limit scrambling around doing defensive rolls in my margin account, as well as opening up some new positions in my IRA.
Selling the 16 delta, buying the long 50 strikes out from that on "weakness plus" (i.e., weakness plus higher implied volatility). Generally, I'll look to ladder these out at intervals, assuming SPX implied is still there (it finished the week at 31.6% for the 30-day -- nearly twice what it was at the beginning of November) and take profit at 50% max.
Smaller accounts can consider selling spreads in SPY with similar delta metrics (e.g., SPY January 21st 399/404 short put vertical, paying .51).
* -- Short Put Vertical.
Comments: A late post from Friday, since I reached my posting limit scrambling around doing defensive rolls in my margin account, as well as opening up some new positions in my IRA.
Selling the 16 delta, buying the long 50 strikes out from that on "weakness plus" (i.e., weakness plus higher implied volatility). Generally, I'll look to ladder these out at intervals, assuming SPX implied is still there (it finished the week at 31.6% for the 30-day -- nearly twice what it was at the beginning of November) and take profit at 50% max.
Smaller accounts can consider selling spreads in SPY with similar delta metrics (e.g., SPY January 21st 399/404 short put vertical, paying .51).
* -- Short Put Vertical.
