... for a 1.17 debit. Comments: Mixing and matching profitable put wing with profitable call wing from iron condors put on at different times (See Posts Below) to de-risk running into NVDA earnings on 5/22. (NVDA is around 21% of SMH holdings). The resulting setup is a July 19th 205/215/255/265 on which I've collected a net 3.23 in credits; delta/theta...
... for a 2.17 credit. Comments: An additive delta adjustment to the current SMH IC I have on. (See Post Below). With the original setup's short call aspect converging on -25 delta and the short put converging on +10, selling a skewed IC with the oppositionally delta'd short call/short put (i.e., at the +25 short put and the -10 delta short call) to bring back...
... for a 2.23 credit. Comments: A small engagement trade in the semiconductor ETF (31.5% 30-Day IV). Going somewhat wide here with the deltas, with the short option legs camped out at 16 delta on both sides. I generally like to collect one-third the width of the wings in credit for these, but am going a little more long-dated than usual, so want to give it...
This is over earnings. The 90/95 bear call spread is above the 100 sma on the monthly. The 60/55 bull put spread is below the 100/200 sma on the daily and 100sma on the weekly Simply expecting NOT a huge gap on earnings and allow the IV to fizzle out on this one. Since we are getting $1.00+ on a $5 margin, this is 20% ROR :) Going for 1.02 of credit :-)
... for a 2.07 credit. Comments: 30-day IV at 27.8%. (Higher would be better, but you can't have everything). Collecting 1/3rd of the width of the wings in credit. 2.07 credit on BPE of 3.93; 52.7% ROC at max; 26.3% at 50% max. As usual, will generally look to take profit at 50% max; adjust sides on side test. This is probably my last trade in the March...
... for a 3.45 credit. Comments: Earnings play with the announcement today after close. 3.45 credit on buying power of 6.55; 52.6% ROC at max; 26.3% at 50% max. I'm basically looking for two things here: (1) IV contraction post-earnings; and (2) price to stay within the expected move, which the options market is pricing in to be about +/- 43 handles from...
... for a 3.52 credit. Comments: Somewhat of a "revenge trade" here after exiting my earnings trade for a small loser. 3.52 credit on BPE of 6.48; 54.3% ROC at max; 27.2% at 50% max. Generally, will look to take profit at 50% max/adjust untested side on side test.
... for a 1.68 credit. Comments: ETF IV > 35% with 30-day IV at 37.9%. Collecting 1/3rd the width of the wings of a 5-wide; 1.68 credit on BPE of 3.32; 50.6% ROC at max; 25.3% at 50% max. It was kind of a toss-up between doing this as an iron fly or as an iron condor due to the size of the underlying, so compromised, going in somewhat aggressively with the...
... for a 3.33 credit. Comments: High IVR/IV (104.5/60.1) earnings announcement play. 3.33 credit on buying power effect of 6.67; 49.9% ROC at max; 25.0% at 50% max. Delta/theta 2.68/4.65. So, far TSLA earnings was a small loser; the jury's still out on NFLX (but it's underwater) ... . Third time's the charm?
... for a 3.55 credit. Comments: Earnings announcement volatility contraction play. I ordinarily put these on right before earnings, but will probably space it out, so am putting it on today. Earnings will be announced on Wednesday, 1/24, after market close. Here, selling the 25 delta short option strikes and buying longs 10 strikes out from the shorts,...
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With VIX ripping on today's bank FUD the IV Rank and IV Percentile of SPY is the highest in a year's worth of trading days. This sets up opportunities for premium selling that have not existed for a very long time. Rules: SELL the 20 Delta Strikes at 45 DTE or greater in monthly expirations. BUY wings at 10 Delta Strikes same DTE That ended up being: SELL...
IV Rank on META is relatively low currently based on historical averages and the previous earning reports have been negative. Looking to create an Iron Condor one standard deviation away from price to collect premium on the time decay as there may be some sideways trending movement
Undecided whether to be long or short this market? The weekly Bollinger Bands indicated that we are smack dab in the middle of a range-bound stock market. Inflation based on today's CPI indicated that the rate of inflation change is slowing. Talk is now on when will the Fed pivot? Probably more fireworks tomorrow when the Fed takes action and "speaks". The...
... for a 3.34 credit. Comments: (Late Post). Another "synthetic short strangle" I put on on Friday, with the short legs set up around the 25 delta, the longs out from there to obtain a 50% ROC at max metric. 3.34 credit on buying power effect of 6.66; 50.2% at max; 25.1% at 50% max. Will primarily look to roll paired legs (short call/long put, short put/long...
... for a 6.13 credit. Comments: Putzing a bit with these so-called "synthetic short strangles" ... . Selling the 25's on both sides and erecting long wings out from there. I had to go oddball width with the wings (18.00) to keep the setup symmetrical, since there's only 5-wides on the put side. 6.13 credit on buying power effect of 11.87; 51.6% ROC as a...
... for a 6.31 credit. Comments: Moving out to November, which is still a bit long-dated ... . Selling the 23's on both sides for my short legs, erecting longs 20 strikes out from there. 6.31 on BPE of 13.74; 45.9% ROC at max; 23.0% at 50% max. Here, I'm looking to manage just the short strangle aspect of the setup to delta balance if necessary, leaving the...
Nasdaq Weekly Forecast Analysis 3-7 Oct 2022 We can see that currently the volatility is around 4.84% for this week, decrising from the 5.06% from the last week. Currently there is around 23.6% that the asset is going to close either above or below the channel: TOP 11600 BOT 10470 The current volatility percentile is around 89th, placing us in a very risking and...