$SPY 20261120 745.0 PUT$ for coins.  Sharing the long put leg of my iron condor setup to collect coins.  The trade is still profitable but it is moving dangerously close to me short strike of $755. Will start to manage some of these positions out to reduce exposure next week. 

$SPCX 20261106 155.0 PUT$ SPCX: take loss.  The stock fell 24% since its recent peak on 6th Oct and it's still remained bearish.  These 2 short put were deep in the money, so I've decided to close them instead of taking assignment given the overall bearish market sentiments.  Will be seeking reentry once I observe some stability or the market turned upwards. 

$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ NVDA: sold off all my NVDA stocks for a small $5 spread loss.  My counterparty for the bull put spread exercised the short put leg of the trade due to the large drop in stock price since peaking on 6th Oct.  As such, I have no choice but to also exercised my long puts to nett off the trade at the designed risk spread to take up max loss on the trade.  Market had turned short term bearish so most of my bullish bias trades were losing money and I'm I've been exiting them in discipline manner. 

$NVDA 20261106 227.5 CALL$ NVDA: take profit.  The short call hit 70% of max premium so decided to close the trade about 1 week before expiry.  NVDA fell sharply alongside Fri sell off so the short call is profitable faster than usual.  Will look for opportunity to go long on the stock at current pricing if observe bullish signals. 

7, 9 and 10 resonates with me. Cheers and happy weekend.

$FCX 20261113 72.0 CALL$ FCX: take profit.  Hit target 70% max premium relative fast so I'm taking the profit.  The only reason why the covered call is profitable fast is because the underlying stock is dropping alongside weak market today.  Guess that's my consolation to collect options premium while my underlying stocks are taking paper losses.

$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ NVDA: taking loss.  Will be the 3rd consecutively bearish week after today's close so most bullish bias trades are losing trades.  This Bull Put Spread on NVDA at $225/$220 was no exception. Closing with 4 consecutive weeks of lower price so will be taking a max loss trade with assignment.  I've also initiated the assigment for my long outs so they will cancel out nicely when market tallies on Sat. 

$IBM 20261120 200.0 PUT$ IBM: take profit.  Hit profit target so am closing this without waiting for another 3 weeks for this contract to expire. 

$MRK 20261113 150.0 CALL$ MRK: sold this covered call at strike $150 which is my holding cost of my stocks.  Earning were good so stock were up today and already trying to test my strike. Therefore this covered call is on paper loss.  Won't mind holding till expiry and for MRK to continue to move higher as it's covered so my risk are fully mitigated. 

$MSFT VERTICAL 261030 CALL 565.0/CALL 570.0$ MSFT: take profit.  Hit my profit target of 70% of max premium collection.  This is a bear call setup at $565/570 betting that MSFT hit its recent high at $551.15 on 13th Oct.  Price remain very resilient throughout the trade and it only hit profit target today when the stock sell off along with general market weakness. Earnings were good as well so am glad that stock didn't turn wildly higher after that. 

$ORCL 20261120 115.0 PUT$ ORCL: take profit.  Hit my 70% profit target of max premium for this short put.  Out of sudden ORCL updated its 2027 forecast higher and that created lots of buying interest.  I'm the beneficiary of this sudden move up and the short put went into profit ahead of its 20th Nov expiry.  Happy to take money off table and play another day. 

$PLTR 20261030 210.0 CALL$ PLTR: take profit.  The short calls reached expected profit of more than 90% so I'm closing it before expiry.  After peaking at $212.94 on 12th Oct, it had retraced lower and consolidating.  was a good opportunity to setup my trade and turn it profitable. Moving on. 

$MRK 20261030 150.0 CALL$ MRK: take profit.  Hit 80% of max premium for this covered call so I'm closing it. Will be selling a new one later.  MRK fell about 7% past 1 week to trade at around $140 now.  Willing to sell at $150 or higher so I'll choose the right strike to optimise my premium collection. 

$USO 20261030 160.0 PUT$ USO: take profit.  This short put hits the 70% max premium profit target so I'm closing it and will sell a fresh put further out to continue collecting more premiums.  Oil price remains elevated, so I'm hanging on while collecting some premiums to offset paper loss on the holdings. 

$VRT 20261127 270.0 CALL$ VRT: selling covered call with 16 DTE, 23 DTE and 30 DTE to space out premium collection and forming a short ladder. Price is up 13% today after better than expected earnings, and up 22% since 22nd Oct although the stock is still almost 40% down from its May 2026 peak. The strike price of $270 is my stock holding average so there is no risk on losing except giving up the upside gains. Happy to offload at $270 if it hits, else, will continue to sell covered calls at intervals to DCA down my holding average. 

$VRT 20261120 270.0 CALL$ VRT: selling covered call with 16 DTE, 23 DTE and 30 DTE to space out premium collection and forming a short ladder. Price is up 13% today after better than expected earnings, and up 22% since 22nd Oct although the stock is still almost 40% down from its May 2026 peak. The strike price of $270 is my stock holding average so there is no risk on losing except giving up the upside gains. Happy to offload at $270 if it hits, else, will continue to sell covered calls at intervals to DCA down my holding average. 

$VRT 20261113 270.0 CALL$ VRT: selling covered call with 16 DTE, 23 DTE and 30 DTE to space out premium collection and forming a short ladder.  Price is up 13% today after better than expected earnings, and up 22% since 22nd Oct although the stock is still almost 40% down from its May 2026 peak.  The strike price of $270 is my stock holding average so there is no risk on losing except giving up the upside gains.  Happy to offload at $270 if it hits, else, will continue to sell covered calls at intervals to DCA down my holding average. 

$DDOG VERTICAL 261030 PUT 250.0/PUT 255.0$ DDOG: take profit.  Hit 70% of max premium collection just right when it's about to expire this Fri.  DDOG is just moderately higher by $5 over a 3 weeks period from my setup 8th Oct trade although the price did fluctuate wilder that that. Earnings on the 4th Nov, so will look into this stock again after that to remove the earning volatility which tends to be a binary events and hurt premium sellers more than potential premiums being collected. 

$MU VERTICAL 261113 PUT 840.0/PUT 850.0$ MU: selling fresh bull put spread on MU at $850/$840 for the risk ratio of 4:1.  MU seems to bottom out on 22nd Oct and is trading higher the past 3 sessions including today. Support around the 150 SMA and hopefully a more mildly bullish market will float this trade to success 

$SPCX 20261030 160.0 PUT$ SPCX: take profit. Close this long put for profit. Happened to caught SPCX at the high on 6th Oct at $172 and it's now trading at $150.  The drop enabled this long put to be profitable and it's time to close since it will expire on 30th Oct and I don't want to give back more to Mr Market than needed since it's trading higher today alongside market positive movements.