Weekly: Whipsaw

I close out three legs during the week for a loss. In all three cases it was near the worse levels and the underlying reversed. The markets settled a bit. I made money, but obviously would have made more had I waited until end of day before honoring the stop stop levels.

The good news, is that I now ever so slightly in the green for the year. I am still lagging buy and hold of SPY, but green is a whole lot better than the draw down levels I saw earlier in the year.

Here are the trades (p=puts, c=calls, number near end is price per contract, sell means sell-to-open, cover means buy-to-close):

Mon Sell SPY AprW1 262 p 75
Sell IWM May 141 p 87
Sell QQQ Apr 158 p 71

Tue Whipsaw. Market opens higher than moves lower. I cover two call legs near the day’s highs, only to see the market reverse lower. After the bull has left the barn, I sell some calls to rebalance my deltas.

Cover QQQ Mar 175 c 129 for a 500% loss
Cover SPY Mar 280 c 140 for a 400% loss

Also near the highs I roll BRKB covered calls:
Cover BRKB Mar 200 c 1230 for profit
Sell BRKB Apr 200 c 1400

After the bull has left the barn I sell some calls. Whack-a-mole, and I am the mole today.
Sell SPY May 295 c 51

Sell QQQ May 190 c 23
Sell BA Apr 390 c 77

Sell NFLX AprW1 375 c 63
Sell VIX Apr 50 c 15

Wed It is Ground Hog day for me in Boeing. Stops are run, I cover one leg for a huge loss, stock rebounds. It reminds me of Charlie Brown, Lucy Van Pelt from the Peanuts. Lucy puts out the football for Charlie to kick and always pulls it away as he runs up.

Cover BA Mar 325 p 565 for 1000% loss
Sell BA Apr 265 p 99

Sell BA AprW1 375 c 61
Sell BA Apr 380 c 113

Fri Sell TSLA MarW5 285 p 143