... for a 1.25 credit. Comments: Rolling out the short call aspect of my XBI covered call at ~50% max to the June expiry for a 1.25 credit. Cost basis now 85.94 (See Post Below) minus 1.25 or 84.69.
... 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...
... for a .55 credit. Comments: With the June 86 at greater than 50% max, rolled it down and out to the November 15th 83 for a .55 credit (where I currently don't have a "rung" on). I collected .93 for the June 86; with the .55 here, I've collected a total of 1.18. Primarily looking to reduce a smidge of risk in this position, since my highest strike is at the 86.
... for a .42 credit. Comments: Down ... and out. Originally collected .95 (See Post Below); with the .42 here, 1.37 total.
... for a .97 credit. Comments: Alas, this could not be meaningfully strike improved, so just rolling it out as is. The deeper the in-the-money it is, the farther out in time you have to go to get paid something decent ... . Collected .79 originally (See Post Below) plus the .97 here for a total of 1.76.
... for an .85 credit. Comments: Another that can't be meaningfully strike improved without paying a debit ... . Collected .75 originally (See Post Below). With the .85 here, 1.60 total. And that ... ends the November contract housekeeping portion of our show. Unfortunately, I'll probably have to do some more of this in the December contract (ugh).
... for a .33 credit. Comments: Rolling down and out ... . Originally collected .89 for the 94 (See Post Below). With the credit received for the roll, I've collected a total of 1.22.
... for a .42 credit. Comments: Received an .88 credit for the 88 (See Post Below); rolling it down and out for a .42 credit. Total credits collected of 1.30. If I'm going to get assigned, lower is naturally better, even if it's only a strike ... .
... for a .65 credit. Comments: Down a smidge and out. .76 collected originally. (See Post Below). With the .65 collected for the roll, 1.41 total.
... for a .65 credit. Comments: Originally opened this for .77 (See Post Below); rolling down and out for a .65 credit. Total credits collected of 1.42. I may still get assigned, but at a slightly better price than were I to just have left it alone.
... for a .32 credit. Comments: Rolling down and out where it makes sense; out "as is" where it doesn't. Collected .83 originally (See Post Below). With the .32 here, 1.15 total. I'm generally looking to try to avoid taking on shares above my current cost basis for the shares I've been assigned already and/or to take on shares at the best possible price that...
... 168 for a .43 credit. Comments: I originally collected 1.74 for the 170 (See Post Below). Rolling it to at the money for a .43 credit; 2.17 total collected. This was my last straggler in the November expiry ... .
... for a 1.71 credit. Comments: Another "trouble maker" that I'm kicking the can on. Total credits received of 1.79 (See Post Below) plus the 1.71 here for a total of 3.50.
... for a 1.71 credit. Comments: Kicking this can down the road so that I can be out of April. Total credits collected of 2.45 (See Post Below) plus the 1.71 here for a total of 4.16.
... for an .83 credit. Comments: More mopex housekeeping that I did toward the close. Strikes at <16 delta in April are no longer paying, so rolling this out to April for a realized gain and an .83 credit. Total credits collected of 3.80 (See Post Below) plus the .83 credit here for a total of 4.63.
... for a .88 credit. Comments: Rolling up for a realized gain to the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. Total credits collected of 2.62 (See Post Below) plus the .88 here for 3.50 ($350). I usually like to do this at 50% max, so this is more in the nature of housekeeping/taking profit where I can.
... for a 2.65 credit. Comments: My most at-risk QQQ short put ... . Rolling it down and out to the quarterly. Collected 2.69 (See Post Below) plus the 2.65 here for a total of 5.34.
... for a 1.62 credit. Comments: My most at risk short put strike in the small caps ETF ... . Rolling it down and out to the quarterly. Collected 1.75 (See Post Below) plus the 1.62 here for a total of 3.37.