I opened 3 lot(s) $GFS 20250516 40.0 CALL$ ,GFS: collect 0.85% premium on these covered call with strike at $40. Contracts expires in 4 weeks on 16th May. Took opportunity for the 3 days of rising market to sell these covered calls at better premiums. Still far away from my holding average so will incur loss if get called away. among the counters that I will drop if price recovers more.
I opened 10 lot(s) $WOLF 20250523 5.0 CALL$ ,WOLF: collect 5% premium on these covered call with strike at $5. Contracts expires in 5 weeks on 23rd May. Wolf had dropped so much that it's beyond recovery in the short term. Earnings on 30th April so premium is higher, will be happy to get rid of it if it ever rally higher even though will incur capital loss if hit strike.
I opened 45 lot(s) $SOFI 20250523 15.0 CALL$ ,SoFI: collect 1.65% premium on these covered call with strike at $15. Contracts expires in 5 weeks on 23rd May. Price breakout of its 200 days MA and looks to climb higher. it's also decent enough premium to commit more of my holdings as covered calls. Strike is above my holding cost so it's either to cash out of strike is above when expiry, or collect premium and sell fresh ones if expire worthless.
I opened 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250509 61.0 PUT$ ,VXX: collect 2.1% premium on this cash secured put with strike at $61. Contract expires in 3 weeks on 9th May. The VXX had cooled down a fair bit and trades below $70 these past few days. While it's still elevated compared to historical levels, it's still much lower compared to 2 weeks ago. Opportunity to set strike at $60 which is below my short positions to cover back should the volatility continue to cool down. Otherwise I'll hold a bit longer and keep collected premiums.
I opened 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250502 62.0 PUT$ ,VXX: collect 1.15% premium on this cash secured put with strike at $62. Contract expires in 2 weeks on 2nd May. The VXX had cooled down a fair bit and trades below $70 these past few days. While it's still elevated compared to historical levels, it's still much lower compared to 2 weeks ago. Opportunity to set strike at $60 which is below my short positions to cover back should the volatility continue to cool down. Otherwise I'll hold a bit longer and keep collected premiums.
I opened 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250516 60.0 PUT$ ,VXX: collect 2.55% premium on this cash secured put with strike at $60. Contract expires in 4 weeks on 16th May. The VXX had cooled down a fair bit and trades below $70 these past few days. While it's still elevated compared to historical levels, it's still much lower compared to 2 weeks ago. Opportunity to set strike at $60 which is below my short positions to cover back should the volatility continue to cool down. Otherwise I'll hold a bit longer and keep collected premiums.
I opened 1.00324 share(s) $iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF(IJR)$ ,I opened $iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF(IJR)$ ,Take a look at the latest order I posted! IJR: weekly purchase on this ETF. As it stands c, the total is about 15% down so each new purchase if an averaging down.
I opened 1 lot(s) $NVDA 20250509 90.0 PUT$ ,NVDA: collect 1.95% premium on this cash secured put with strike at $90. Contract expires in 3 weeks on 9th May. Price may have come low enough in recent trades to start possible rebound trade. Significant downside still remains if tariffs war persist or if trump set tariffs much higher in the entire semiconductor value chain than what market had priced in. Still, will start nibbling at selected counters at these levels.
I opened 10 lot(s) $SOFI 20250523 15.5 CALL$ ,SoFI: collect 0.75% premium on this covered call with strike at $15.5. Contract expires in 5 weeks on 23rd May. Price drifted up slightly along with market bullishness on Tues but still trade below ifs 200 days MA. Strike selected is far out and also above my holding cost so won't mind even if they get called away. Simple trade to collect premium while waiting for price to recover.