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Last seen: Nov 15, 2022
Wild day! Sold the 3650 Put on the Wednesday close for $2.65 @ 1:11 Eastern
Make sure your selling for any Tax Loss Harvesting on your CEF shares.
@earlyretirementnowcom for the hedge would you buy a Put that is OOM, say 4200 with 2025 expiration? That costs around 57k to protect 470k below a 10...
Well nice little VIX pop this morning.
I'm always surprised how much the muni ETFs drive my performance. Seems to balance out over time, but lots of ups and downs.
@mpaziran yeah!!!! Sold some for Thursday and Friday late in the day. Strange feeling when year has been good (low loss %), so want to push more an...
@nobatmanjokes certainly have been selling lower delta and wait until first put goes moderately well before selling a second put. Feel something is ...
@earlyretirementnowcom yes, rough one. I sold the Wednesday 4340 on Monday 10 minutes before close for $1.30. The added a 4180 on Tuesday 40 minute...
Sold 4440 Put twice today..at the open for $1.40 and at the close for $1.05.
Why are there 4 weeklies this week? I don't recall a unique end of month option (besides the quarterly) before.
I've been spoiled with pretty good VIX this last year, but hate selling 2-days when less than 1.75%. Normally sell two SPX, and normally wait on the ...
@e-trader my SPX puts at TDAmeritrade require 55-57k margin , so that tracks with your 25-30k comment above on /ESp puts.
One hour before close, sold the 4350 Put on SPX for $1.35 with index at 4436 at around 5.5 delta. Good week with higher VIX and extra Friday AM clos...
Monday - I sold the Wednesday Puts at 4390 and 4400 near the close for 1.20 and 1.30. Tuesday - I sold the Friday(AM) Put at 4300 near close for 1.6...
@nobatmanjokes yep, I do a very similar thing. Need to build the skills to pull down some of the data automatically. Reallizing today's $150 on S...