Options trading : Alphabet (GOOGL) bullish trade

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8/5/2022

sell -1 August 12, 2022 $106 put at $0.05

• prob ITM: 2.72%
• GOOGL = $117
• 7 DTE

8/12/2022 (Expiration)

GOOGL = $121.51

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $5

Options trade : Amazon (AMZN) bullish trade

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8/8/2022

sell -1 August 12, 2022 $126 put at $0.11

• prob ITM: 4%
• 4 DTE

8/12/2022 (Expiration)

AMZN = $143.55

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $11

Options trade : Amazon (AMZN) bullish "earnings play"

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7/28/2022 (11:56 pm, PT)

sell -1 August 5, 2022 $101 put at $0.24

• earnings announcement on 7/28
• prob ITM = 5.40%
• AMZN = $122.32
• "market maker move" = up/down $7.28
• 8 DTE

8/5/2022 (expiration Friday)

AMZN closed at $140.80

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT: $24

NOTE:  If I had bought 100 shares of AMZN stock instead of selling a put option, I would have made a lot more money!  Oh well . . .  😒

Options trade : Alphabet (GOOGL) bullish trade

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7/28/2022

sell -1 August 5, 2022 $103 put at $0.10

• prob ITM: 5%
• GOOGL = $113.56
• 8 DTE

8/5/2022 (expiration Friday)

Alphabet ("Google") closed at $117.47

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $10

Options trade : Campbell Soup (CPB) bullish trade

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6/16/2022

sell -1 July 29, 2022 $43 put at $0.95

• prob ITM = 34%
• CPB = $45.31
• oversold
• 43 DTE

7/29/2022 (Expiration)

CPB closed at $49.35

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $95

Options trade: Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) bullish trade

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7/13/2022

sell -1 July 29, 2022 $66 put at $0.60

• prob ITM = 17.65%
• ADM = $72.80
• earnings on July 26 before market open
• oversold
• 16 DTE

7/29/2022 (Expiration)

ADM closed at $82.77

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $60

Options trade : Apple (AAPL) bullish trade

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5/18/2022

Fig. 1

Why did I place this bullish trade? (Fig. 1 above)

Because AAPL was "oversold" (bottom of slow stochastics) (Fig. 2 below)

Fig. 2

On July 15, 2022 (expiration), AAPL closed at $150.17, so my short put option expired perfectly.

PROFIT:  $104

Options trade : Apple (AAPL) bullish trade

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5/18/2022

sell -1 July 1, 2022 $115 put at $1.12

• prob ITM 12.49%
• AAPL = $141.64 (-7.60)

7/1/2022 (expiration Friday)

AAPL closed at $138.93

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $112

Options trade : Ultra-VIX ETF (UVXY) bullish trade

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6/13/2022

sell -4 July 1, 2022 $12.50 puts at $0.22

• prob ITM 13%
• 14 DTE
• I reused the July 1 $5 long puts ("wings") from my May 19 trade

6/21/2022

buy back $12.50 short puts at $0.09 to remove the risk

let the long puts expire

PROFIT:  $52

Options trade : SPX bullish trade

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8/31/2021

sell -2 Sep 7, 2021  4405 put at $3.46 (prob ITM 9%)

buy +2 Sep 7, 2021  4220 put at $0.91 (prob ITM 2%)

• net credit:  $2.55
• SPX = 4520
• 7 DTE

9/7/2021 (expiration)

buy back 4405 short puts at $0.05 to remove the risk

let the long puts expire

NET PROFIT:  $494.22

SPX settled at 4520.03 (-15.40)

Options trade : SPX bullish trade

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1/26/2021

sell -1 Feb 26, 2021  3435 put at $15.01 (prob ITM 11%)

buy +1 Feb 26, 2021  3325 put at $9.96 (prob ITM 7%)

• net credit:  $5.05
• margin:  $5669
• overbought
• 31 DTE

2/23/2021

buy back entire spread at $0.10

NET PROFIT:  $490.22

Options trade : SPX bearish trade

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1/27/2021

buy +1 Feb 26, 2021  4030 call at $6.39 (prob ITM 7%)

sell -1 Feb 26, 2021  3990 call at $10.94 (prob ITM 11%)

• net credit:  $4.55
• margin:  $3962
• SPX down over 100 points
• 30 DTE

2/25/2021

buy back call spread at $0.10

NET PROFIT:  $440.22

SPX settled at 3811.15 on Feb 26 (expiration)

Options trade : SPX bullish trade

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9/27/2021

sell -2 Oct 1, 2021  4320 puts at $3.80 (prob ITM 9.33%)

buy +2 Oct 1, 2021  4240 puts at $1.80 (prob ITM 4%)

• net credit:  $2.00
• SPX = 4441.98 (-13.50)
• 4 DTE

10/1/2021 (expiration)

buy back the 4320 short puts at $0.05 to remove the risk

let the long puts expire

NET PROFIT:  $384.04

SPX settled a 4357.04 (+49.50)

Options trade : SPY bullish trade

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10/11/2021

sell -2 Nov 10, 2021 $406 puts at $2.13 (prob ITM 16%)

buy +2 Nov 10, 2021 $330 puts at $0.15 (prob ITM 1.18%)

• net credit:  $1.98
• SPY = $436
• 30 DTE
• FOMC press conference at 11 am (PT) on 11/3/2021

11/3/2021 (10:48:35 am, PT)  <--- FOMC at 11 am (PT)

buy back the $406 short puts at $0.08

let the long puts expire

I wanted to close this trade before the FOMC press conference

PROFIT:  $380

Options trade : SPY bullish trade

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10/27/2021

sell -2 Nov 19, 2021 $436 puts at $2.06 (prob ITM 19%)

buy +2 Nov 19, 2021 $377 puts at $0.21 (prob ITM 2%)

• net credit:  $1.85
• overbought
• 22 DTE

11/18/2021

buy back the $436 short puts at $0.02 to remove the risk

PROFIT:  $366

Options trade : SPX bullish trade

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7/16/2021

sell -2 July 23, 2021  4180 puts at $4.93 (prob ITM 10%)

buy +2 July 23, 2021  4135 puts at $3.13 (prob ITM 6%)

• net credit:  $1.80
• SPX = 4330 (-30)
• 7 DTE

7/23/2021 (expiration)

SPX =  4411.79 (+44.31)

all puts expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $360

Options trade : ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) bullish trade

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10/22/2021

buy +2 Nov 26, 2021 $107 puts at $1.49 (prob ITM 23%)

sell -4 Nov 26, 2021 $106 puts at $1.30 (prob ITM 20%)

• net credit:  $1.11 x 2 x 100 =  $222
• overbought
• 35 DTE
• this trade is called "ratio put spread"

11/17/2021

buy back the 2 "naked" puts ($106 strike) at $0.16 to remove the risk

11/24/2021

sell (to close) the embedded debit put spread (2 contracts) at $0.63 for an extra $126

PROFIT:  $316

NOTE:  On 11/26/2021 (expiration), ARKK closed at $107.12

If I had not sold (to close) the debit put spread on 11/24/2021, I would have missed out on the extra $126.

Options trade : SPY bullish trade

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9/16/2021

sell -2 Oct 22, 2021 $408 puts at $2.04 (prob ITM 13%)

buy +2 Oct 22, 2021 $355 puts at $0.51 (prob ITM 3.17%)

• net credit:  $1.53
• SPY = 447.02
• margin:  $4953
• oversold
• 36 DTE

10/21/2021

buy back $408 short puts at $0.01 to remove the risk

let the long puts expire

NET PROFIT:  $301.34

Options trade : SPX bullish trade

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8/24/2021

sell -2 Aug 30, 2021  4380 puts at $3.30 (prob ITM 9%)

buy +2 Aug 30, 2021  4330 puts at $1.95 (prob ITM 5%)

• net credit:  $1.35
• SPX = 4488 (+8.84)
• 6 DTE

8/30/2021 (expiration)

SPX =  4528.79 (+19.42)

all puts expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $270

Options trade : SPX bullish trade

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8/26/2021

sell -1 Sep 1, 2021 4340 put at $4.94 (prob ITM 10.34%)

buy +1 Sep 1, 2021 4225 put at $2.34 (prob ITM 4.31%)

• net credit:  $2.60
• SPX = 4479 (-16.80)
• 6 DTE

9/1/2021 (expiration)

SPX = 4524.09

All puts expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $260