I opened $NVDA 20241213 129.0 PUT$ ,NVDA: collect 1.55% premium on this cash Secured put with strike at $129 which is 12% lower than current market rate. Contract expires in 22 days on 13th Dec. Took the opportunity to sell this fresh put when market opens and NVDA were temporarily under selling pressure. Happy to intuition were right as it floats back up over the remaining trading hours.
I closed $BABA 20241122 90.0 PUT$ ,BABA: collected premium in full about 1 day ahead of time as the stock got assigned at $90 by the counter party. So no need to wait until it expires. Happy to collect the premium and won't mind the assignment. Overall a losing trade as the premium collected didn't cover the current paper loss on BABA which closes at $85.58.
I opened $Alibaba(BABA)$ ,BABA: bought in BABA at $90 when it got assigned in the pre market as part of the cash secured put that is in the money. With little to no time value left, the counter party had opted to trigger the assignment. Will turn this to selling calls as part of wheel strategy.
I opened $SOFI 20241213 16.0 CALL$ ,SoFI: collect 2.9% premium on these covered calls with strike at $16 which is 6% higher than market rate. Contract expires in 22 days on 13th Dec. SoFI continue to be bullish and I won't be surprise these stocks got called away. Won't mind as it's above my holding cost.
I opened $MicroStrategy(MSTR)$ ,MSTR: short MSTR in the pre market as it continue its march breaking $500 without much resistance overnight. The bullish news of MSTR raising new bonds worth $2.6 billion to continue buying Bitcoin bouyed the market. This then soured after market opens when Citron Research revealed a short position on MSTR and currently MSTR is 2-3% lower reacting to the news. Think MSTR will ride this over and continue to be bullish. Just that short term might create an overhang amidst all the only bullish news surrounding MSTR for past few weeks.
I opened $MSTR 20241129 600.0 CALL$ ,MSTR: collect 3% premium from this naked call with strike at $600 which is about 46% higher than current price. Contract also expires in 8 days on 29th Nov. given the short nature of my trades, and with Citron Research short dampening the mood. Short duration trade to capitalise on the volatility to collect premium.
I opened $MicroStrategy(MSTR)$ ,MSTR: short MSTR in the pre market as it continue its march breaking $500 without much resistance overnight. The bullish news of MSTR raising new bonds worth $2.6 billion to continue buying Bitcoin bouyed the market. This then soured after market opens when Citron Research revealed a short position on MSTR and currently MSTR is 2-3% lower reacting to the news. Think MSTR will ride this over and continue to be bullish. Just that short term might create an overhang amidst all the only bullish news surrounding MSTR for past few weeks.
I opened $GFS 20250117 50.0 CALL$ ,GFS: collect 1% premium on these covered calls with strike at $50 which is 20% higher than current market price. Contract expires in 58 days on 17th Jan. My stock holding is under water so better to collect some premium while waiting.
I opened $iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF(IJR)$ ,I opened $iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF(IJR)$ ,Take a look at the latest order I posted! IJR: weekly IJR dollar cost averaging. These were setup to buy in a fixed dollar amount every Wed and happy to setup and forget as long as have enough cash to make the payment.
I opened $MicroStrategy(MSTR)$ ,MSTR: short some additional MSTR stock as it march towards $500 and BTC nearing $100k. Improve short average and at the same time understand the risk is really high on this highly bullish crypto sentiments. Look for some profit taking along the way.