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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Options trade: ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) credit put spread | 403% ROC
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Options trade: SPY credit put spread | 119% return
Thu. 12/3/2020
sell -1 March 19, 2021 $280 put at $2.05 (prob ITM: 9.26%)
buy +1 March 19, 2021 $248 put at $0.99 (prob ITM: 4.79%)
- net credit: $1.06 x 1 x 100 = $106
- max profit: $106
- "overbought"
- 106 DTE
- margin: $413
Thu. 2/4/2021
buy back the entire spread for $0.20
NET PROFIT: $81.02
return on capital: 19.62% (in 2 months) = 119% (annualized)
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Monday, April 12, 2021
Options trade: Facebook credit put spread | 164% return
Monday, 2/8/2021
sell -2 March 12, 2021 $240 puts at $2.13 (prob ITM 17%)
buy +2 March 12, 2021 $210 puts at $0.37 (prob ITM 4%)
net credit: $1.76 x 2 x 100 = $352 (max profit at expiration)
margin: $2318
31 DTE
FB at $266.38
Monday, 3/1/2021
buy back entire spread for $0.64
NET PROFIT: $218.67
ROC: 164% (annualized)
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Options trade: Electronic Arts (EA) short put | How to sell put options
sell -1 April 16, 2021 $130 put at $3.35
prob ITM 34%
51 DTE
Wednesday, 3/31/2021 (16 DTE)
I bought back the short put at $1.00 to remove the risk of assignment (prob ITM = 23%)
NET PROFIT: $233.67
Friday, March 26, 2021
Options trade: Apple short put | How to sell put options
Monday, 2/22/2021
sell -1 March 26, 2021 $115 put at $1.33
prob ITM: 20.39%
32 DTE
Friday, 3/26/2021 (EXPIRATION)
Apple closed at $121.21
I let my short put expire "worthless"
NET PROFIT: $132.34
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Friday, March 19, 2021
Options trade: Global X NASDAQ Covered Call ETF (QYLD) short put | How to sell put options
Wednesday, 3/3/2021
sell -1 March 19, 2021 $22 put @ $0.30
probability ITM: 55.49% (this is high)
16 DTE
Friday, 3/19/2021 (EXPIRATION)
QYLD closed at $22.45
I let my short put option expire "worthless"
NET PROFIT: $29.34
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Friday, March 12, 2021
Options trade: Biotech Sector ETF (XBI) Credit put spread
Thu. 2/18/2021
sell -2 March 19, 2021 $140 put at $1.44 (prob ITM 17.21%)
buy +2 March 19, 2021 $125 put at $0.35 (prob ITM 5.43%)
net credit: $1.09 x 2 x 100 = $218
margin: $3,000
Fri. 3/12/2021
buy back the entire spread at $1.09
NET LOSS: $5.34 (trading fees)
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Monday, March 8, 2021
Options trade: Palantir (PLTR) short put | How to sell put options
sell -1 March 19, 2021 $23 put at $1.12
23 DTE
prob ITM 34%
I decided to buy back my short put at $1.00 and break even. I did not like the way the stock was behaving. With 10 days remaining, my short put still had a 57% chance of being in-the-money (assignment) at expiration.
NET PROFIT: $10.69
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Options trade: Tesla credit (bull) put spread | 3/19/2021 exp
Thursday, 2/18/2021
sell -2 March 19, 2021 $465 puts at $2.14 (prob ITM 4.34%)
buy +2 March 19, 2021 $396 puts at $1.02 (prob ITM 2.38%)
net credit: $1.12 x 2 x 100 = $224 (max profit)
margin: $2275
Tuesday, 3/2/2021
buy back entire spread for $1.06 (debit)
NET PROFIT: $6.66
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Options trade: Facebook credit (bull) put spread | 164% ROC (annualized)
Monday, 2/8/2021
sell -2 March 12, 2021 $240 puts at $2.13 (prob ITM 16.93%)
buy +2 March 12, 2021 $210 puts at $0.37 (prob ITM 3.66%)
net credit: $1.76 x 2 x 100 = $352 (max profit)
margin: $2318
FB @ $266.38
Monday, 3/1/2021
buy back the entire spread for $0.64 (debit)
NET PROFIT: $218.67 (in 21 days)
ROC: 9.43% (21 days) = 164% (annualized)
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Unusual Options Activity alert! Trader buys 5000 JETS call options . . . so I did the same (sort of)
Friday, 1/15/2021
sell (to open) -1 March 19, 2021 $30 call at $0.24 (probability ITM 7.56%)
buy (to open) +1 March 19, 2021 $25 call at $0.95 (probability ITM 26.54%)
Net debit: $71
$71 = max loss if JETS closes below $25 at expiration
$429 = max profit if JETS closes above $30 at expiration (but the probability of this happening is less than 8%)
Tuesday, 2/9/2021
sell (to close) the entire call spread for a credit of $0.60
NET LOSS: $13.64 😔
I decided to close my trade early and take a small loss. After nearly 30 days, this trade never showed a profit. I wasn't in the mood to keep holding and hoping.
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Monday, February 8, 2021
Options trades: SPY Near-term (30 DTE) short put options vs SPY LEAPS short put options | The results will amaze you!
If you've ever looked closely at a SPY options chain, you probably noticed that there are LOTS of expiration dates. Some options expire within just a few days while other options expire several weeks or several months later.
Some SPY options even have expiration dates that are over one year away. These options are called LEAPS.
Many options traders have asked me if it's "better" to trade options that have near-term expirations or options that have far-term expirations (LEAPS).
In this 4-part series, I compared the performance of a near-term short put versus a LEAPS short put.
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Options trade: Bullish put trade on Walmart | credit put spread
Tue. 12/29/2020
sell (to open) -2 Feb 5, 2021 $135 puts at $1.15 (prob ITM: 20.53%)
buy (to open) +2 Feb 5, 2021 $129 puts at $0.51 (prob ITM: 10.23%)
- Net credit: $0.64 x 2 x 100 = $128
- Max profit: $128
- Margin: $873
- "oversold"
- 37 DTE
Thu. 2/4/2021
buy back just one of the short puts at $0.01
let the other short put and the two long puts expire "worthless"
NET PROFIT: $124.33 (ROC: 14% in 37 days)
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Options trade: bullish put trade on Communications ETF (XLC)
Thu. 1/14/2021
sell (to open) -1 Feb 19, 2021 $62 put at $1.06
- "oversold"
- 36 DTE
- probability ITM: 31.19%
Wed. 2/3/2021
buy back short put at $0.10
- "overbought"
- 16 DTE
NET PROFIT: $94.68
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Options trade: bullish put trade on Biotech ETF (XBI)
- Net credit (max profit): $1.85 x 1 x 100 = $185
- "oversold"
- 38 DTE
Tue. 1/12/2021
buy (to close) the $125 short put at $0.70
let long put expire
NET PROFIT: $113.02 (7 days)
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Options trade: How to sell put options | MGM (MGM)
Thu. 11/19/2020 (11:13:15 am, PT)
sell (to open) -1 Nov 27, 2020 $27.50 put at $1.00 (credit)
Stats:
- probability ITM: 59.43%
- stochastics "overbought"
- 8 days 'til expiration (DTE)
Tue. 11/24/2020 (11:36:39 am, PT)
buy (to close) put at $0.18 (debit)
Stats:
- stochastics "overbought"
- 3 DTE
NET PROFIT: $80.68
SUCCESS!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Options trade: How to sell put options | Consumer Staples ETF (XLP)
Thu. 10/29/2020 (12:51:15 pm, PT)
sell (to open) -1 Dec 4, 2020 $60.50 put at $1.07 (credit)
Stats:
- probability ITM: 34.85%
- "oversold" stochastics
- 36 days 'til expiration (DTE)
Mon. 11/23/2020 (1:04:51 pm, PT)
buy (to close) +1 short put at $0.02 (debit)
Stats:
- 11 DTE
- "overbought" stochastics
NET PROFIT: $104.33
SUCCESS!
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Saturday, November 21, 2020
Options trade: How to sell put options | Coca Cola (KO)
- probability ITM: 41.20%
- stochastics "oversold"
- 23 days 'til expiration (DTE)
Options trade: How to sell put options | Junk Bond ETF (JNK)
- probability ITM: 38%
- "oversold" stochastics
- 23 days 'til expiration (DTE)
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Options trade: How to sell put options | MGM (MGM)
- probability ITM: 66.40%
- MGM at: $26.40
- stochastics "overbought"
- 4 days 'til expiration (DTE)
- MGM at $27.60
- stochastics "overbought"
- 2 DTE