I closed $ANF 20241122 138.0 PUT$  ,ANF: collect premiums in full for this cash secured put when they expired on 22nd Nov. For few days, ANF was trading lower than strike of $138. This however chances to bullish stance in the final days and ANF had been closing stronger.

I closed $SOFI 20241122 9.0 PUT$  ,SoFI: collect premiums in full for these cash secured puts when they expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  SoFI remained bullish for the week and held up well. institution intereat will increase as SoFi continue to make solid performance quarter after quarter. Valuation and multiples will expand and boost SoFI price.

I closed $AAPL 20241122 220.0 PUT$  ,AAPL: collected premiums in full for these cash secured puts when it expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  AAPL drifted higher this week after making recent low of $220. Probably in consolidation mode. Will continue to sell new puts at appropriate levels to gain some premiums in safer manner. 

I closed $MSTR 20241122 600.0 CALL$  ,MSTR: collected premiums in full when these covered calls expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  The long bearish reversal on 21st Nov still is the resistance with high of $543. The $600 mark also bears a temporary resistance with large options calls open at that range providing selling pressure. Happy to just collect and capitalise the high volatility.

I closed $TSLA 20241122 365.0 CALL$  ,TSLA: this is the buy call $365 protection that expired worthless and lose all its value as intended.  collected this bear call premium in full when it expires below $365 on 22nd Nov. TSLA at near term resistant level of $360 and buy back at $365, risking maximum $500 per contract on this trade. Premium collection is $135 so is about 27% reward to risk ratio. Still think TSLA is overbought despite the sell off last week and strongly rebounded on Monday 18th Nov. 

I closed $TSLA 20241122 360.0 CALL$  ,TSLA: collected this bear call premium in full when it expires below $365 on 22nd Nov.  TSLA at near term resistant level of $360 and buy back at $365, risking maximum $500 per contract on this trade. Premium collection is $135 so is about 27% reward to risk ratio.  Still think TSLA is overbought despite the sell off last week and strongly rebounded on Monday 18th Nov. 

I closed $IQ 20241122 3.0 CALL$  ,IQ: collected premiums in full when these covered calls expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  IQ close below $2 on 22nd Nov. Earnings on 21st showed it beats earnings but missing revenue slightly. No bump in share price and remained subdued. 

I closed $NIO 20241122 7.0 CALL$  ,NIO: collected premiums in full when these covered calls expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  NIO had been on bearish run for topping in Sept, the Chinese stimulus rally didn't last and it's in whole lot of pain.  Earnings on 20th Nov were disappointing and didn't meet analysts expectations.  Until we see a path to profitability, NIO will remain a penny stock at risk.

I closed $SMCI 20241122 65.0 CALL$  ,SMCI: collected premiums in full when these covered calls expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  These were sold on better days on SMCI so since it fell off the cliff, there were no questions that these calls will just expire worthless once they expires.  For the stock holdings, SMCI had shown some good resilience this whole week after they announce new auditor engaged to audit the company.  The lifeline won't last until SMCI comes clean once and for all. 

I closed $SOFI 20241122 12.5 CALL$  ,SoFI: collected premiums in full when these covered calls on 22nd Nov. the strike was $12.5 so the shares were sold at $12.50. The remaining upside profit were trimmed as part of the risk which is acceptable. 

I closed $VXX 20241122 60.0 CALL$  ,VXX: collected premiums in full when these covered calls expired worthless on 22nd Nov.  VXX went as high as $49.83 this week but never as high as $60 so pocketed the premiums safely.  Volatility seems to be drifting lower again next week as don't seem to have much news that might affect it. 

I closed $GOOG DIAGONAL 241122/241213 CALL 167.5/CALL 175.0$  ,GOOG: roll out this covered call to continue Collect more premiums. at point of trade, GOOG is trading out of money above $167.5 so very little theta premium left. Since it's close to strike price and few hours of trade remaining, decided to remove the assignment risk by rolling this out by 3 weeks to $175 which is $7.5 higher and also still can collect credit. 

I closed $SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$  ,SoFI: sold these batches of SoFI at $12.5 as part of covered call with strike of $12.50 being exercised at the end of expire on 22nd Nov.  Bought these in around $7+ so the capital gains already secured.  Remained bullish for SoFI for the longer term and I think still have some legs up. 

I opened $BABA 20241220 90.0 CALL$  ,BABA: collect 1% premium on this covered call with strike at $90 which is my recent holding average after the cash secured put with same strike of $90 Got assigned.  Contract expires in 28 days on 20th Dec.  Still have few cash secured put that is in the money now and risk assignment. Will take some assignment and also roll some out to spread out the capital outlay. 

I opened $Wal-Mart(WMT)$  ,WMT: short additional shares of Walmart if it continue its bullish march up. The retail sector is showing great resilience and Walmart issue better outlook along with strings of analysts upgrades.  Walmart current high PE could boost risk to rewards if it corrects back to its historical average. Will continue to add some short positions as it continue to rise until my allocations for the trade is full.

I opened $MSTR 20241129 620.0 CALL$  ,MSTR: collect 2.9% premium on this covered call with strike at $620 which is 42% higher than current market rate.  Contracts expires in 7 days on 29th Nov so it's a short term trade to capitalise on its high IV and far out of the money.  MSTR are still impacted by its large bearish reversal candle with high of $543 formed on 21st Nov and until it's broken, remained the resistance level for the counter.

I opened $NVDA 20241213 129.0 PUT$  ,NVDA: collect 1.55% premium on this cash Secured put with strike at $129 which is 12% lower than current market rate.  Contract expires in 22 days on 13th Dec.  Took the opportunity to sell this fresh put when market opens and NVDA were temporarily under selling pressure. Happy to intuition were right as it floats back up over the remaining trading hours. 

I closed $BABA 20241122 90.0 PUT$  ,BABA: collected premium in full about 1 day ahead of time as the stock got assigned at $90 by the counter party.  So no need to wait until it expires. Happy to collect the premium and won't mind the assignment. Overall a losing trade as the premium collected didn't cover the current paper loss on BABA which closes at $85.58. 

I opened $Alibaba(BABA)$  ,BABA: bought in BABA at $90 when it got assigned in the pre market as part of the cash secured put that is in the money.  With little to no time value left, the counter party had opted to trigger the assignment.  Will turn this to selling calls as part of wheel strategy. 

I opened $SOFI 20241213 16.0 CALL$  ,SoFI: collect 2.9% premium on these covered calls with strike at $16 which is 6% higher than market rate.  Contract expires in 22 days on 13th Dec.  SoFI continue to be bullish and I won't be surprise these stocks got called away. Won't mind as it's above my holding cost.