Friday, April 20, 2018

Weekly: up then down

I am up for the week. The declines on Thursday and Friday, made it feel like a sour week. I takes some more losses. I profit in a small way from NFLX earnings.

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 Rally back on track after Syria attacks. It gets a little too hot and I close two legs for losses. Despite the losses, I am up a decent amount for the day. Astrology fans, Mercury is back to direct (was retrograde). For believers, the retrograde period brings higher chances of miscommunication, mechanical and electrical problems.

Cover COST Apr 195 c 188 for loss
Cover ULTA Apr 230 c 265 for loss


Sell IWM May 144 p 56

Sell JPM May 95 p 20
Sell QQQ Jun 140 p 86


Sell SPY MayW1 253 p 57
Sell AAPL May 155 p 68


Sell COST May 175 p 57
Sell SPY MayW2 252 p 70


Sell COST May 210 c 30
Sell ULTA May 255 c 80


Sell NFLX strangle: Sell NFLX Apr 250 p 45
Sell NFLX Apr 370 c 48

Tue Rally continues. I am up 0.63% today. Nice gain for one day, but lags SPY which is up +1.07%, and QQQ +2.16%. I do tend to lag during trending up moves.
Sell SPY MayW1 256 p
Sell QQQ MayW2 152 p 52


Sell SPY May 252 p 74
Sell UNH May 210 p 43 earnings


Sell SPY Apr 263 p 16
Sell ULTA May 205 p 75


I take some risk off by closing some sold calls for a profit.
Cover SPY May 280 c 70 for tiny profit
Cover NFLX Apr 370 c 17 for profit


Cover AMZN May 1700 c 570 for profit
Cover QQQ Apr 169 c 18 for profit


Wed A quiet day. I roll some positions, close some others.
All these are closed for profit:
Cover SPY Apr 252 p 04


Cover QQQ May 145 p 30
Cover AAPL May 150 p 29


Cover AMZN Apr 1600 c 66
Cover IWM May 141 p 23


Sell SPY May 254 p 74
Sell QQQ May 152 p 61


Sell AAPL AprW4 170 p 29
Sell IWM May 148 p 47

Thu Amazon up after publishing Prime subscriber numbers. Apple down on news.

Sell AAPL AprW4 182.5 c 16
Sell AMZN May 1250 p 335


Cover QQQ May 150 p 59 for profit
Cover SPY May 247 p 64 for profit


Fri Apple continues to decline. I close one leg for a big loss.
Cover AAPL AprW4 170 p 262 for loss
Cover SPY MayW1 253 p 51 for profit


Cover SPY May 250 p 84 for profit
Sell AAPL May 185 c 68

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