DailyPlay – Closing Trades (MET, CVX) Trade Adjustment (ARKK) – June 1, 2022

Taking Profits

• $MET 89.84% Gain: Buy to Close 12 June 3, 2022 $69/$72 Call Verticals @ $0.13 Debit. DailyPlay Portfolio: By buying 12 Contracts we will pay $156.
• $CVX 155.43% Gain: Sell to Close 2 June 3, 2022 $160/$170 Call Verticals @ $9.17 Credit. On May 17, we closed 4 contracts of this position for $7.43 credit. This results in an average close price of $8.01 credit.  DailyPlay Portfolio: By selling 2 Contracts we will receive $1,834.

Adjustment Trade

$ARKK Trade Adjustment – 70.59% Unrealized Gain. Roll June 10, $39/$37 Short Put Verticals to June 24, $41/$39 Short Put Verticals to collect more premium:

• Buy to close June 10, $39/$37 Short Put Verticals @ $0.30 Debit (originally opened at $1.02 credit = $0.72 profit)
• Sell to open June 24, $41/$39 Short Put Verticals @ $0.60 Credit
• This results in an increased premium for the ARKK Short Put Vertical Trade to $1.32 ($0.60 + $0.72)

Investment Rationale

We have two open trades that expire on Friday, both of which are large gains. Let’s look to close them out to avoid dealing with any expiration issues.

The first is our short MET June 3rd $69/$72 call spread. We’re up about 90% on the trade, and with the stock having closed at $67.39 on Tuesday, let’s not take the chance that we get exercised on the $69 strike should the stock see a 2% gain over the next few days. So, let’s unwind that spread today. It closed yesterday at $0.15 mid-price (and we’re short from $1.28).

The other is a long CVX June 3rd $160/$170 spread. We paid $3.59 for it and yesterday it closed at $9.20 mid. We had previously taken off half for a large gain, and today we’ll take off the balance. 

Lastly, we’re going to roll up our short ARKK June 10th $39/$37 put spread, by taking that off today (we’re short at $1.02 and yesterday it closed at $0.30 mid), and roll that up to a short June 24th $41/$39 put spread (collecting $0.60 based on yesterday’s mid-closing price.)

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