GLD Quickie, EWT, ICLR Gone

ICLR tripped the trailing stop near its low today, -5.90%. I was hoping it was about to turn around when I bought it. Guess not.

I sold the other batch of Feb. EWT calls, +1.24%. There was no value in converting to a spread. Too bad the run to $13.65 didn't come a bit sooner ... I could have made a respectable profit rather than just break even (though that's a great outcome sometimes!).

I sold some Feb GLD credit spreads for Friday. So far so good.

EWT and FLT Sold

I'm a bit out of sorts here while I reinstall everything following a computer drive failure. It has been very distracting to say the least.

Some of my Feb. EWT calls sold today as they got back to even, but I think the better play may have been to sell the Feb $13 calls for a $12/$13 bull call (debit) spread. I'll look at doing the spread conversion on the OH account. +2.65%.

The FLT shares sold as it was oscillating at the open and tripped the trailing stop, +17.32%.

FXI

Today I sold March FXI bull put (credit) spreads.

There are no very overbought or oversold alerts on my ETF watchlist. Anything that is close to an alert condition is in an extended trend (usually an up-trend) so I'd be giving them a wide berth anyway.

FLT had a nice day after reporting.

GEOS and More

I closed out the credit spreads for VXX and XRT, -36.4% and -45.2% respectively.

I sold my XRT puts, -51.6%.

I bought shares of GEOS, HMA, and more of PSEC early on. I had to pay up when GEOS gapped up, but it went on to have a great day.

This month is not looking good. Bearish plays on GME and NFLX backfired, bear call spreads on SPY and XRT lost money as did the bull put spreads for VXX. Betting against the market's continued run was a bad bet. The bearish positions were smaller, but they added up. That just leaves the UNG credit spread to close at expiration, and any equity positions that might be stopped out. The equities continue to do well (save REGN), and next month's options are looking good. Fingers crossed!

Less AAPL, More Everything Else

That nice 20 minute rally by AAPL tripped my limit orders and let me close out some dicey positions. The calls that were underwater since the morning after I bought them closed +0.19%. The credit spread only had to hold $440 until Friday, but the way AAPL has been trading that was not a given. Less stress and a quick +14.1% profit.

I went shopping first thing and added URI calls, and shares of AI, ECL, ICLR, MPW, PSEC, TAL, and URI.

Two More Gone

I cut my losses on GME today when I sold my puts, -81.9%. Better late than never I guess.

I sold my NSM calls today, +35.3%.

Nice moves by AAPL and CRZO.

Plan? What Plan?

Okay, so this weekend I'm reviewing my SPY credit spread and despite the fact that it is overdue for a sell-off, the trade is moving toward a loss. So I put in an order to cover, to be reviewed before the open Monday. Did I do that? NO. It closes at the open, just when things were starting to move my way ... and the spread was still in the money. -23.9%. Uggh.

 At least the other credit spreads at risk, VXX and XRT, moved my way. Not counting AAPL of course, which is still seeking a support level.