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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

SPX credit put spread (options)

Wednesday, 8/15/2018 (Expiration Wednesday)

Trade 1 (9:57:12 am, PT)  ←  SPX trading around 2815

sell -4 August 15, 2018  2795 puts at $0.80  (delta 10)
buy +4 August 15, 2018  2750 puts at $0.05 (cheap wings)

max profit:  $0.75 x 4 x 100 =  $300


Trade 2 (12:30:15 pm, PT)

buy back short puts (2795) at $0.05 (to remove the risk)
let long puts (2750) expire worthless

PROFIT:  $280 (in 2.5 hours)


Note:  SPX closed at 2818.37 at 1:00 pm, PT