I closed 1.0 unit(s) $GILD CALENDAR 250509/250425 PUT 105.0/PUT 105.0$  ,GILD: trade management. Collect 1.35% premium on this cash secured put that was rolled from its expiring 25th April $105 strike to 9th May which is 2 weeks later.  As it stands on 25th April, the day of contract expiry, GILD trades below $105 which risk shares being assigned when hold to expiry.  While I could take in the shares, I've decided to roll the puts as the premiums are still great at 1.35% for 2 weeks and also without risking my upfront capital to buy in the shares. 

I closed 1.0 unit(s) $GOOGL DIAGONAL 250509/250425 CALL 165.0/CALL 160.0$  ,GOOGL: trade risk management. With the current covered call with strike at $160 expiring on 25th Apr, decided to roll out the trade further by 2 weeks to 9th May and also increased strike to $165.  As it stands, if nothing is done, then the shares will be called away since market is above $160 on Fri 25th Apr.  therefore decided to perform this trade to buy some additional time whole also collecting some additional premiums without sacrificing the shares to capture the up side. 

I closed 1 lot(s) $GOOGL 20250425 140.0 PUT$  ,GOOGL: collect full premium on this cash secured puts when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $140.  stock seemed to form bottom on 7th Apr and had been bullish the past week alongside the market when the tariffs war narrative were lowered so the market was cheering it on.  Being practical and collect whatever premium that Mr. Market it able to give amidst a volatile trading month and be glad that these trades turned up well. 

I closed 5 lot(s) $IQ 20250425 3.0 CALL$  ,Take a look at the latest order I posted！

I closed 1 lot(s) $GDX 20250425 53.0 CALL$  ,GDX: collect full premium on this sold calls when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $53. Most sold calls were Sold between $52 to $56 during the spike on Gold prices without $3500 per Oz. As it was a key resistance, decided to short gold positions through GDX since the ETF track the miners and it reduced uncertainty of individual company performance and only focused on gold price relation to these miners.  Right these trades were profitable as prices had cooled down to around $48.81 with gold at around $3300.

I closed 1 lot(s) $GDX 20250425 54.0 CALL$  ,GDX: collect full premium on this sold calls when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $54.  Most sold calls were Sold between $52 to $56 during the spike on Gold prices without $3500 per Oz.  As it was a key resistance, decided to short gold positions through GDX since the ETF track the miners and it reduced uncertainty of individual company performance and only focused on gold price relation to these miners. 

I closed 5 lot(s) $SOFI 20250425 15.0 CALL$  ,SOFI: collect full premium on this covered calls when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $15.  Sofi broke out of its 200 days MA bearish momentum on 23rd Apr and continue its movement upwards. These helped to reduce my long positions paper loss with within around 10% based on ever age long positions at $14.53 and current market price of $12.88 based on 25th Apr Fri close. 

I closed 10 lot(s) $SOFI 20250425 8.0 PUT$  ,SOFI: collect full premium on this cash secured puts when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $8. Sofi broke out of its 200 days MA bearish momentum on 23rd Apr and continue its movement upwards. These helped all sold puts to be comfortably expired worthless and collecting premium.

I closed 10 lot(s) $SOFI 20250425 10.0 PUT$  ,SOFI:  collect full premium on this cash secured puts when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $10. Sofi broke out of its 200 days MA bearish momentum on 23rd Apr and continue its movement upwards.  These helped all sold puts to be comfortably expired worthless and collecting premium.

I closed 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250425 60.0 PUT$  ,VXX: collect full premium on this cash secured puts when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $60. As it stands, I hold a decent large amount of short on VXX while betting on volatility to continue to cool down as long as Mr Trump don't further escalated the tariffs war. These short puts were sold in an attempt to cover them back as lower cost than my holding average, which meant if exercised, I will close out my shorts, with profits on both capital gains and also collection of the options premiums from the sold puts. If not exercised and expire worthless, it meant I have gained the premiums and also another chance to sell fresh puts to gain additional premiums. 

I closed 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250425 41.0 PUT$  ,VXX: collect full premium on this cash secured puts when it expired worthless on 25th Apr with strike at $41.  As it stands, I hold a decent large amount of short on VXX while betting on volatility to continue to cool down as long as Mr Trump don't further escalated the tariffs war. These short puts were sold in an attempt to cover them back as lower cost than my holding average, which meant if exercised, I will close out my shorts, with profits on both capital gains and also collection of the options premiums from the sold puts.  If not exercised and expire worthless, it meant I have gained the premiums and also another chance to sell fresh puts to gain additional premi

I opened 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250509 60.0 PUT$  ,VXX: collect 2.05% premium on this cash secured put with strike at $60.  Contract expires in 2 weeks on 9th May.  As it stands, I hold a decent large amount of short on VXX while betting on volatility to continue to cool down as long as Mr Trump don't further escalated the tariffs war.  These short puts were sold in an attempt to cover them back as lower cost than my holding average, which meant if exercised, I will close out my shorts, with profits on both capital gains and also collection of the options premiums from the sold puts. 

I closed 1.0 unit(s) $VXX CALENDAR 250425/250502 CALL 65.0/CALL 65.0$  ,VXX: collected 2.9% premium when I rolled the expiring on 25th April short call of $65 strike further by 1 week to 2nd May same strike at $65. As it stands, I had decided to take up assignment for another short call at strike at $60 and market was trading at slightly above $65. These short call positions were sold during the spike of volatility that's started this cycle on 3rd April after Trump launched the Liberation Day which imposed tariffs to the rest of the world on all exports into US. As it stands, my average short holdings are $62.50 which is only 2% away from current market price. Should VXX continue to fa

I closed 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250425 80.0 CALL$  ,VXX: collected full premium for this short call when it expired worthless on 25th April.  The strike of $85 were sold at the height of volatility spike so the premium is good.  These short positions were sold during the spike of volatility that's started this cycle on 3rd April after Trump launched the Liberation Day which imposed tariffs to the rest of the world on all exports into US. As it stands, my average short holdings are $62.50 which is only 2% away from current market price. Should VXX continue to fall and cool further, then I'll be profitable on the shorts for the shares, while also already profitable with all the premiums I had been collecting these past fe

I closed 1 lot(s) $VXX 20250425 60.0 CALL$  ,VXX:  Collected Premiums in full for this short call when it expired in the money with strike at $60. market trades at $63.34 so it's about 6% in the red at the moment.  As the result of this short call expired in the money, sold additional shares on VXX at $60 as part of my short positions during the spike of volatility that's started this cycle on 3rd April after Trump launched the Liberation Day which imposed tariffs to the rest of the world on all exports into US. While I could have times it better and sell at higher strike as the tariffs war progressed further, some of these calls were sold at the earlier stage and longer time frame to extract more premium. As it

I opened 100.0 share(s) $iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN(VXX)$  ,I opened $iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN(VXX)$ ,Take a look at the latest order I posted！I opened $iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN(VXX)$ ,Take a look at the latest order I posted！ VXX: sold additional shares on VXX at $60 as part of my short positions during the spike of volatility that's started this cycle on 3rd April after Trump launched the Liberation Day which imposed tariffs to the rest of the world on all exports into US.  While I could have times it better and sell at higher strike as the tariffs war progressed further, some of these calls were sold at the earlier stage and longer time frame to extra

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.