... for a 1.23 credit. Comments: Adding to my covered call position (See Post Below) on weakness, converting the covered call into a covered strangle (i.e., short put + stock + short call). I went with April, since May appeared to be shit illiquid at where I'd want to pitch my tent. I'm fine with being assigned additional stock here at the 26 strike, since my...
... 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.
Bought a one lot of shares and sold an in-the-money -75 delta call to emulate a 25 delta short put to take advantage of call IV skew and to have built-in pro via the short call. Metrics: Break Even/Cost Basis in Shares: 52.71 Max Profit: 2.29 ($229) ROC %-age at Max: 4.34% ROC %-age at 50% Max: 2.17% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at...
Looking to get a fill on a monied covered call in KWEB (IVR/IV 12/33.2) while I wait around for some (or any) vol to show itself in the broader market. That IVR isn't great, but I'm going small so that I can potentially add at more favorable strikes/share cost bases should an opportunity present itself. It's pre-market, so bid/ask is somewhat wide on both the...
... for a 1.54 credit. Comments: Adding a short put component to my TQQQ covered call (See Post Below) here on weakness. Metrics: Break Even/Buying Power Effect/Resulting Cost Basis In Stock: 50.46 Max Profit: 1.53/$153 ROC at Max: 3.03% ROC at 50% Max: 1.52% Will generally look to take profit on the covered call component at 50% max and the short put...
... for a 50.93 debit. Comments: Selling the -75 delta strike against a one lot to emulate a 25 delta short put with built-in defense via the short call. The call IV skew that I was looking to take advantage of before has evaporated somewhat, with the same strike short put paying about the same (1.94) as the max profit potential of this setup. Since I'm...
... for a 26.21 debit. Comments: 42.2 IV/32.8% 30-day IV. Before I went to take a nap, added a "rung" on weakness here to my position, buying a one lot and selling a -75 call against. I already have a February monied on (See Post Below), so went out to March for this setup. The call IV at the 27 strike: 37.32%. The put side at the same strike: 29.49% with...
... for a 27.54 debit. Comments: High IVR/IV at 97.9/81.9% and a monthly dividend to take advantage of. However, the monthly dividend has varied widely -- with the last two distributions paying .36 (February 8th) and .73 (March 8th) with an annual dividend of 8.72 (.73 average monthly) (31.7% annualized as a function of current price). I'm primarily looking to...
... for a 1.74 credit. Comments: Adding a rung at strikes better than what I currently have on. Will generally look to take profit at 50% max or take assignment of shares should that occur and proceed to sell call against. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even/Cost Basis in Shares (If Assigned): 22.26 Max Profit: 1.74 ($174) ROC %-age at Max: 7.82% ROC %-age...
... for a 192.24 debit. Comments: Opened this in late Friday's session as it floated to the top of my IV screener with IVR/IV at 106/39. Sold the -75 delta call against 100 delta of long stock, with a resulting cost basis of 192.24/share. This is to emulate a 25 delta short put and to take advantage of call side IV skew while having "built-in" position defense...
... for a 60.31 debit. Comments: For lack of something better to do, looking to grab the March dividend here, which should be in the vicinity of .60/share. The top 5, options liquid dividend-yielding ETF's are: EWZ (10.90%) (paid twice a year in June and December); EFA (5.27%) (paid twice a year in June and December); XLE (3.78%) (paid in March, June,...
... for a 1.08 credit. Comments: Laddering out on weakness, targeting the strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit at or below the cost basis of the shares I've currently got.
... for a 85.43 debit. Comments: Looking to attempt to grab the March dividend, which has been averaging around .80 over the past four distributions. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even/Cost Basis in Shares: 85.43 Max Profit: 2.57 ($257) ROC at Max (ex. dividend): 3.01% ROC at Max (w/dividend): 3.94% (assuming an .80 distribution) ROC at 50% Max (ex....
... for a .98 credit. Comments: Laddering out at intervals at strikes between 85 and 82, assuming they're paying. This is naturally longer-dated than most will want to go, but is part of a TLT position made up of covered calls (stock + short call) and short puts, so that I'm getting paid for (a) short call premium; (b) dividends; and (c) short put premium over...
... for a 4.95 credit. Comments: A Q3 starter position ... . Targeting the shortest duration <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. July isn't paying, so going out to August. Will look to add rungs in shorter duration, assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I've got on...
... for a 1.82 credit. Comments: Targeting the shortest duration <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. There is no July contract yet, but June is still paying at <16 delta ... .
... for a 3.90 credit. Comments: Starting to tip-toe into Q3 (July/August/September) contracts in broad market (IWM, SPY, QQQ). Targeting the <16 delta strike paying around 1% of the strike price in credit to emulate dollar cost averaging into the broad market. As usual, will look to sell in shorter duration on weakness, assuming I can get in at strikes...
... for a 22.83 debit. Comments: Selling the -75 call against a one lot here out in June where I have covered calls at the 29, 27, and now 24 strikes. 1.17 max on BPE of 22.83; 5.12% ROC at max; 2.56% at 50% max. Going monied CC here in lieu of an equivalently delta'd short put to take advantage of call side IV skew (39.6% on the call side; 29.18% on the put...