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  1. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    +$1164 SOLD -12 DIAGONAL SPY 100 19 FEB 21/12 FEB 21 384/381 PUT @.97 Profit update: Current balance as of market close: $488,208.90 Profit:...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Feb 12, 2021 in forum: Journals

  2. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    +$816 SOLD -12 SPY 100 (Weeklys) 12 FEB 21 381 PUT @.68
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Feb 8, 2021 in forum: Journals

  3. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Yep, looks like my 385 calls are being assigned this weekend. I won't have available funds for selling puts until Monday after assignment....
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Feb 5, 2021 in forum: Journals

  4. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Currently long 1200 SPY shares @ 377 from last week's short put expiring ITM. Made up most of my unrealized losses on the shares with today's...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Feb 1, 2021 in forum: Journals

  5. Who will lend me a few billion $ for this arbitrage?

    Can you explain the 15% contango arbitrage a little more? If I'm understanding right, you would be shorting the front month futures. When its time...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 31, 2021 in forum: Crypto Assets

  6. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Weekly is the plan unless we see a more substantial pullback, then I may need to go further out in time.
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 31, 2021 in forum: Journals

  7. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    I got my first assignment with the market pullback this past week. Currently long 1200 SPY shares at 377. I'm down $8k on my current shares not...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 31, 2021 in forum: Journals

  8. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    +$2076 SOLD -12 DIAGONAL SPY 100 (Weeklys) 29 JAN 21/22 JAN 21 377/373 PUT @1.73
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 22, 2021 in forum: Journals

  9. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    If you get assigned why not do the same thing on the upside as well? If you're assigned shares do the 1:2 ratio spread by buying a 40 delta call...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 15, 2021 in forum: Journals

  10. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Much appreciated. Wishing you the best of luck as well! So if I'm understanding you correctly, you're taking the premium from the cash secured...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 15, 2021 in forum: Journals

  11. Schwab order execution...

    It means if you are trading too big or too illiquid of products, they can reroute your orders directly to the market makers/liquidity providers so...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 9, 2021 in forum: Order Execution

  12. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    +$1272 SOLD -12 DIAGONAL SPY 100 15 JAN 21/8 JAN 21 371/368 PUT @1.06
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Jan 8, 2021 in forum: Journals

  13. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Worst case scenario, I'll be sitting on the sidelines for a very long time. Hope it doesn't happen either but if it does, I'm okay with it. Merry...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 31, 2020 in forum: Journals

  14. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Then I wait it out for the market to recover... exactly the same as before I retired and I was invested in my 401k. Rolled forward another week:...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 24, 2020 in forum: Journals

  15. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    This is what I’ve been trying to figure out... that sweet spot where I get put shares yet still have room for appreciation. I’ve been tempted just...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 21, 2020 in forum: Journals

  16. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    That would be completely counterproductive. The point of this strategy is I want to get assigned shares. It’s the triple income strategy. I earn...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 20, 2020 in forum: Journals

  17. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    I've been trading this strategy 1 month so far and have an overall profit of $7242 as of today's close, which equates to 1.6% growth. So far I am...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 18, 2020 in forum: Journals

  18. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    +$2184 SOLD -12 DIAGONAL SPY 100 (Weeklys) 24 DEC 20/18 DEC 20 365/360 PUT @1.82
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 18, 2020 in forum: Journals

  19. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    Glad we're finally seeing a small amount of volatility in this market. Moved the puts to 360 and out another week for nice credit of $3142. I was...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 11, 2020 in forum: Journals

  20. Retired, 450k fun money, lets see what happens - SPY Options

    So far the market has been boring and uneventful. I rolled my puts forward another week and to the 353 strike. Still on the sidelines waiting for...
    Post by: Wise Old Man, Dec 4, 2020 in forum: Journals
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