Good week - Weekly summary (Sep 15 - Sep 19)
Another good week.
Two in a row now. Seems like my trading results are very streaky.
Relatively slow week for me, because I didn't trade FOMC on Wednesday, and was super busy on Tuesday.
Then, on Friday, I got assigned 100 shares of SPY, so my account didn't have enough liquidity to make all my usual trades.
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 | BCS | 2025-09-19 | 2025-10-31 | 665 | 667 | 1.16 | 1 | 2.1 | 113.9 |
| VIX | Long Call | 2025-09-19 | 2026-01-20 | 0 | 60 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 58.7 |
| COST | BPS | 2025-09-19 | 2025-12-19 | 830 | 820 | 1.09 | 1 | 2.11 | 106.89 |
Was very occupied at the beginning of the week, so didn't get around to manually making much longer term trades.
I keep thinking there will be a major pullback, so bought another long VIX. Market is crazy bullish, and keeps breaking new highs though, so not sure when this run will end.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWM | BPS (IC) | 2025-07-30 | 2025-09-19 | 199 | 194 | 0.32 | 1 | 1.41 | 30.59 | 2025-09-17 | -0.02 | 1 | 1.41 | 27.18 |
| IWM | BCS (IC) | 2025-07-30 | 2025-09-19 | 245 | 250 | 0.45 | 1 | 1.41 | 43.59 | 2025-09-17 | -0.28 | 1 | 1.4 | 14.19 |
| IWM | BPS (IC) | 2025-08-06 | 2025-09-19 | 195 | 190 | 0.31 | 1 | 1.4 | 29.6 | 2025-09-19 | -0.01 | 1 | 0.86 | 27.74 |
| IWM | BCS (IC) | 2025-08-06 | 2025-09-19 | 242 | 247 | 0.33 | 1 | 1.4 | 31.6 | 2025-09-19 | -0.93 | 1 | 1.04 | -62.44 |
| XLF | Covered Call | 2025-08-15 | 2025-09-19 | 55 | 0 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.57 | 17.43 | 2025-09-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17.43 |
| TLT | BPS (IC) | 2025-08-15 | 2025-09-19 | 83 | 78 | 0.23 | 1 | 2.1 | 20.9 | 2025-09-18 | -0.01 | 1 | 1.41 | 18.49 |
| TLT | BCS (IC) | 2025-08-15 | 2025-09-19 | 90 | 95 | 0.23 | 1 | 2.1 | 20.9 | 2025-09-18 | -0.09 | 1 | 1.4 | 10.5 |
| IBIT | Short Put | 2025-08-21 | 2025-09-19 | 50 | 0 | 0.27 | 1 | 0.57 | 26.43 | 2025-09-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26.43 |
| SPY | BPS | 2025-08-25 | 2025-10-17 | 610 | 605 | 0.49 | 1 | 2.11 | 46.89 | 2025-09-18 | -0.2 | 1 | 3.08 | 23.81 |
- Closed Net Profits/Loss: $103.33
My weekly/monthly iron condor strategy (IWM, TLT) -- which I haven't written up yet -- continues to perform decently.
Got a bit lucky with IWM slight pullback on Friday, otherwise could've been a much bigger loss.
0DTE + 1DTE 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 | BPS (IF) | 2025-09-12 | 2025-09-15 | 6595 | 6585 | 4.55 | 1 | 3.49 | 451.51 | 2025-09-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 451.51 |
| SPX | BCS (IF) | 2025-09-12 | 2025-09-15 | 6595 | 6600 | 2.25 | 1 | 3.29 | 221.71 | 2025-09-15 | -5 | 1 | 0 | -278.29 |
| SPX | BPS (IC) | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-15 | 6595 | 6590 | 0.8 | 1 | 3.28 | 76.72 | 2025-09-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76.72 |
| SPX | BCS (IC) | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-15 | 6620 | 6625 | 1.4 | 1 | 3.28 | 136.72 | 2025-09-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136.72 |
| SPX | BPS | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-15 | 6565 | 6490 | 0.95 | 1 | 3.4 | 91.6 | 2025-09-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91.6 |
| SPX | BPS | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-15 | 6605 | 6600 | 0.7 | 1 | 3.29 | 66.71 | 2025-09-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66.71 |
| SPX | BPS | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-15 | 6595 | 6520 | 1.1 | 1 | 3.2 | 106.8 | 2025-09-15 | -2.25 | 1 | 3.2 | -121.4 |
| SPX | BCS | 2025-09-16 | 2025-09-16 | 6625 | 6700 | 1.15 | 1 | 3.2 | 111.8 | 2025-09-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111.8 |
| SPX | BPS | 2025-09-16 | 2025-09-16 | 6625 | 6630 | 0.3 | 1 | 3.11 | 26.89 | 2025-09-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26.89 |
| SPX | BPS (IC) | 2025-09-16 | 2025-09-16 | 6590 | 6585 | 1.08 | 1 | 3.28 | 104.72 | 2025-09-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104.72 |
| SPX | BCS (IC) | 2025-09-16 | 2025-09-16 | 6615 | 6620 | 0.72 | 1 | 3.28 | 68.72 | 2025-09-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68.72 |
| SPX | BPS | 2025-09-16 | 2025-09-16 | 6600 | 6596 | 0.95 | 1 | 3.29 | 91.71 | 2025-09-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91.71 |
| SPX | BPS | 2025-09-18 | 2025-09-18 | 6610 | 6535 | 1.05 | 1 | 3.2 | 101.8 | 2025-09-18 | -2.1 | 1 | 3.2 | -111.4 |
| SPX | BCS | 2025-09-18 | 2025-09-18 | 6650 | 6700 | 0.9 | 1 | 3.11 | 86.89 | 2025-09-18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86.89 |
| SPX | BPS (IC) | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 | 6650 | 6645 | 0.38 | 1 | 3.19 | 34.81 | 2025-09-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34.81 |
| SPX | BCS (IC) | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 | 6665 | 6670 | 0.87 | 1 | 3.1 | 83.9 | 2025-09-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83.9 |
- 0DTE/1DTE Closed Net Profits/Loss: $921.61
Another good week for 0DTE/1DTE.
Not many trades (16) compared to usual.
Skipped Wednesday because of FOMC.
Lots of orders on Friday didn't fill due to liquidity issues -- got assigned on short side of SPY credit spread, so had to manually exercise long side. Problem is that it takes a day for the option exercise to go through, so I had no liquidity in the meantime.
Maybe it was for the best.
Total Profit / Loss #
- 0DTE/1DTE trades = $921.61
- Other trades = $103.33
NET PROFIT / LOSS = $1024.94
Notes, Lessons and Thoughts #
Second $1k week in a row.
Climbing out of the drawdown I was in.
Hopefully, can finish the month off strong.
Hope is not a strategy though. ahaha
Market just keeps cranking. I wonder how much I would be up if I just dumped everything into SPY or QQQ.
Best not to think about these things.