Rolled (IRA): SPY March 18th 374 Short Put to June 345
... for a 2.30 credit.
Comments: As with the short puts I sold in IWM and QQQ in the sell-off, this one also is at greater than 50% max. Here, I rolled it out farther in time to start to fill out longer-dated expiries at intervals, again targeting the short put strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit, after which I'll roll the short put up at 50% max to the strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit, assuming the expiry is still longer than 45 days and that that strike is <16 delta. Naturally, June is quite long-dated (136 days), but the expectation is that it will reach 50% max at around half that period of time (assuming a bunch of things like IV, whether price moves significantly into the strike, etc.).
In any event: Total credits collected of 3.75 (See Post Below) plus 2.30 here for a total of 6.05 relative to a price of 3.55 for the June 345, so I've realized gains of 2.50 ($250), give or take.
Comments: As with the short puts I sold in IWM and QQQ in the sell-off, this one also is at greater than 50% max. Here, I rolled it out farther in time to start to fill out longer-dated expiries at intervals, again targeting the short put strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit, after which I'll roll the short put up at 50% max to the strike paying at least 1% of the strike price in credit, assuming the expiry is still longer than 45 days and that that strike is <16 delta. Naturally, June is quite long-dated (136 days), but the expectation is that it will reach 50% max at around half that period of time (assuming a bunch of things like IV, whether price moves significantly into the strike, etc.).
In any event: Total credits collected of 3.75 (See Post Below) plus 2.30 here for a total of 6.05 relative to a price of 3.55 for the June 345, so I've realized gains of 2.50 ($250), give or take.
