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Market tanked - Weekly summary (Mar 31 - Apr 4)

A crazy week for the markets.

The orangeman went wild with tariffs; the market panicked and dumped liek 10% in a few days.

I also had a terrible week, and dumped most of my trading profits from last month.

Here's the trades from the past week:

Opened: #

Ticker Type Entry Date Expiry Date Sell Strike Buy Strike Premium Open Qty Fee open Net Premium
SPY BPS 2025-03-31 2025-05-16 510 505 0.63 1 1.43 61.57
PFE Covered Call 2025-03-31 2025-04-04 25.5 0 0.16 1 0.86 15.14
SPY BCS 2025-04-02 2025-05-30 569 570 0.54 1 2.16 51.84
KRE BPS (IC) 2025-04-03 2025-04-03 48 47 0.22 1 1.42 20.58
KRE BCS (IC) 2025-04-03 2025-04-03 55 56 0.32 1 1.42 30.58
SPY BCS 2025-04-03 2025-05-30 551 553 1.02 1 2.15 99.85
VXX BCS 2025-04-03 2025-05-30 70 75 0.7 1 2.13 67.87
SPY BCS 2025-04-04 2025-05-16 525 527 1.05 1 1.47 103.53
IWM BCS 2025-04-04 2025-05-16 185 186 0.5 1 1.44 48.56
EEM Short Put 2025-04-04 2025-04-11 38 0 0.2 1 0.81 19.19
SPY BCS 2025-04-04 2025-05-23 525 527 0.99 1 1.47 97.53

Some risky plays with bear call spread on VXX and naked put on EEM.

If the market is just a short term panic, and all this tariff stuff blows over, then I'm a genius. If not, then I'm gonna lose a bunch of money.

Closed / Expired: #

Ticker Type Entry Date Expiry Date Sell Strike Buy Strike Premium Open Qty Fee open Net Premium Close Date Close Cost Close Qty Fee close Profit/Loss
SPY BPS 2025-02-24 2025-04-17 560 555 0.49 1 1.43 47.57 2025-03-31 -2.68 1 1.45 -221.88
SPY BCS 2025-03-19 2025-04-17 569 571 1.11 1 2.16 108.84 2025-04-04 -0.39 1 2.12 67.72
SPY BCS 2025-03-24 2025-05-02 579 580 0.53 1 2.15 50.85 2025-03-31 -0.2 1 2.52 28.33
IWM BCS 2025-03-25 2025-05-16 210 211 0.5 1 1.43 48.57 2025-04-03 -0.2 1 2.12 26.45
QQQ BCS 2025-03-26 2025-05-02 495 496 0.5 1 2.14 47.86 2025-03-31 -0.2 1 2.12 25.74
SPY BCS 2025-03-27 2025-05-09 577 578 0.47 1 1.44 45.56 2025-04-03 -0.2 1 2.13 23.43
SPY BCS 2025-04-02 2025-05-30 569 570 0.54 1 2.16 51.84 2025-04-04 -0.2 1 1.43 30.41

Eating major losses every week on my "45DTE SPY Put Spread" strategy. Wondering if I should pause it for the now until things calm down a bit.

Or, perhaps turn it into a put condor combo or something.

0DTE Trades #

Ticker Type Entry Date Expiry Date Sell Strike Buy Strike Premium Open Qty Fee open Net Premium Exit Date Close Cost Close Qty Fee close Profit/Loss
SPX BCS 2025-03-31 2025-03-31 5615 5670 0.8 1 3.12 76.88 2025-03-31 -1.65 1 3.21 -91.33
SPX BPS 2025-03-31 2025-03-31 5485 5425 0.8 1 3.21 76.79 2025-03-31 0 1 0 76.79
SPX BPS (IC) 2025-03-31 2025-03-31 5530 5525 0.88 1 3.3 84.7 2025-03-31 0 1 0 84.7
SPX BCS (IC) 2025-03-31 2025-03-31 5575 5580 1.07 1 3.3 103.7 2025-03-31 -5 1 0 -396.3
SPX BPS 2025-03-31 2025-03-31 5535 5475 0.85 1 3.21 81.79 2025-03-31 0 1 0 81.79
SPX BCS 2025-03-31 2025-03-31 5605 5610 1.1 1 3.5 106.5 2025-03-31 -5 1 0 -393.5
SPX BCS 2025-04-01 2025-04-01 5610 5615 1.1 1 3.3 106.7 2025-04-01 -5 1 0 -393.3
SPX BPS 2025-04-01 2025-04-01 5610 5580 1.1 1 3.21 106.79 2025-04-01 0 1 0 106.79
SPX BCS 2025-04-02 2025-04-02 5705 5770 1 1 3.21 96.79 2025-04-02 -2 1 3.21 -106.42
SPX BPS (IC) 2025-04-02 2025-04-02 5615 5610 1.02 1 3.3 98.7000000000001 2025-04-02 0 1 0 98.7000000000001
SPX BCS (IC) 2025-04-02 2025-04-02 5675 5680 0.98 1 3.3 94.7 2025-04-02 0 1 0 94.7
SPX BPS 2025-04-02 2025-04-02 5605 5535 1 1 3.21 96.79 2025-04-02 -2.05 1 3.41 -111.62
SPX BCS 2025-04-02 2025-04-02 5700 5745 1 1 3.12 96.88 2025-04-02 0 1 0 96.88
SPX BCS 2025-04-02 2025-04-02 5655 5660 1.05 1 3.5 101.5 2025-04-02 -5 1 0 -398.5
SPX BPS (IC) 2025-04-03 2025-04-03 5405 5400 1.23 1 3.3 119.7 2025-04-03 -0.6 1 3.3 56.4
SPX BCS (IC) 2025-04-03 2025-04-03 5450 5455 1.02 1 3.3 98.7 2025-04-03 -0.5 1 3.3 45.4
SPX BCS 2025-04-04 2025-04-04 5340 5370 1.1 1 3.3 106.7 2025-04-04 -2.35 1 3.3 -131.6
SPX BCS 2025-04-04 2025-04-04 5325 5370 0.95 1 3.21 91.79 2025-04-04 -0.4 1 3.12 48.67
SPX BCS 2025-04-04 2025-04-04 5200 5270 0.95 1 3.21 91.79 2025-04-04 -1.8 1 3.31 -91.52
SPX BPS (IC) 2025-04-04 2025-04-04 5070 5075 0.75 1 3.3 71.7 2025-04-04 -0.92 1 0 -20.3
SPX BCS (IC) 2025-04-04 2025-04-04 5135 5140 1.05 1 3.3 101.7 2025-04-04 0 1 0 101.7

Shiet.

Total Profit / Loss #

NET PROFIT / LOSS = -$1261.67

Notes, Lessons and Thoughts #

Damnnnnnn it.

Some big fat losses this past week.

With the market tanking and going into bear territory, my portfolio/account value has also decreased significantly.

Fortunately, this time I have a decent amount in cash which I can use for some long term purchases.

I will be decrease number of trades next week in order to keep my max losses at 1-2% of account size.