Month: June 2021

Just got filled on a trade at the close. I previously owned 400 Shares of MOMO and have been selling Calls in “The Grasshopper Field.” I haven’t been assigned so I just sold another 4 contract Call. I sold 4 MOMO 7/9/21 $15.50 Call for a premium of 35¢ for $140. I went out to […]

Bought 100 Shares of 3D Systems (DDD) at $35 and sold 1 contract of the DDD6/25/21 $36 Calls. I received a premium of $1.75 for a return of 5%. Buy 100 Shares DDD @ $35.00 Sell to Open 1 DDD 6/25/21 $36.00 C @ $1.75 (+$175) Did you read my post on DDD yesterday? If […]

On 6/14 I bought 200 shares of 3D Systems (DDD) at $29.50 and sold 2 contracts of the $29.50 Calls. I was not assigned because the stock dropped back on the horrendous Friday 6/18 we had. As I write the stock is at $28.55, up 60¢ and the market is fully recovered from last Friday. […]

Last week I bought 200 shares of Palantir (PLTR) at $25 and sold 2 $25.50 Calls. I was not assigned. I was just filled on another 2 contract Call. I sold 2 PLTR 6/25/21 $25.50 Calls for a premium of 50¢ for $100.    Sell to Open 2 PLTR 6/25/21 $25.50  @ 50¢ (+$100) This […]

Last week I bought 200 shares of U.S. Steel (X) at $23.82 and sold a 2 contract $24 Call. I was not assigned. X is up today and I was just filled on another $24 Call. I sold 2 X 6/25/21 $24 Call for a premium of 75¢ for $150.   Sell to Open 2 […]

I’m happy with this week in spite of the horrible Friday session. Had a very nice Grasshopper week along with a great overall week. Read more…

I Just bought another 200 shares of U.S. Steel at $23.82 and sold a 1 day Call for a 2% premium. I own 400 shares of X. All the steel stocks are down big today. I’m not a big fan of averaging down with the buying of more shares of a falling stock. But after […]

Sold a Grasshopper 2 contract Call with Skillz (SKLZ) against previously owned stock. And sold a 1 contract long LEAPS I owned with Nvidia (NVDA). I bought 200 shares of SKLX on 6/7 and sold a Call. I was not assigned. Today I sold another Call. The stock dropped a little so I went out […]

I made 2 option trades with shares previously owned. I bought 200 shares of Palantir (PLTR) yesterday but couldn’t get a Call sold with the premium I wanted. Today I settled on a 55¢ premium. This is a return of 2.2%.   Palantir 6/14/21 – Buy 200 PLTR @ $25.00 6/15/21 – Sell to Open […]

Made a 2 contract In-the-Money Covered Call trade with Contextlogic (WISH).   Buy 200 Shares WISH @ $11.46 Sell to Open 2 WISH 6/18/21 $11.00 C @ $1.50 (+$300)   This is another stock with monthly options. WISH was on the option’s Unusual Activity list so I decided to make a trade. I did an […]