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Friday check-in

What you decided on Monday, checked against where the stock actually went — and what, if anything, to do about it before the close.

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Open positions
7
Need a decision
1
Open P/L
$1,865
Expiring within 7d
7

Every recommendation comes from a fixed rule set. The prose explains it; it never changes it.

Capital deployed
$171,571
$155,850 of it is short-put cash you would need on assignment.
Needed to show what share of your capital is deployed.

Positions

most urgent first
SOFIShort 4× put $16.50exp 2026-09-11 · 0d leftin the money
Cash-secured put · opened at $0.96 · spot $15.55 · mark $0.95
Prepare for assignment
Open P/L
$4
Of max profit
1%
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
-5.8%
WheelHolding 300 shares assigned at $17.00; after $654 of premium your cost is $14.82.
  • In the money by 5.8% with 0 days left, and only $0.00 of time value remains. Assignment is the likely outcome — decide now whether you want the shares or want to roll.
What you wrote on entry

bullish, low conviction, 30-day horizon, happy to own the shares — "Small starter position. Deposit growth is real but the multiple is doing a lot of work."

NVDALong 2× call $180.00exp 2026-09-18 · 0d leftin the money
Long call · opened at $6.01 · spot $180.67 · mark $0.67
Roll out
Open P/L
-$1,068
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
0.4%
Roll finder
Rolling a long option is a new debit trade; use the ideas on the ticker page instead.
  • 0 days left. If the thesis needs more time, roll out before decay accelerates rather than after.
What you wrote on entry

volatile, high conviction, 14-day horizon, no assignment wanted — "Datacenter guidance is a coin flip and IV is not pricing the full range. Want convexity, not premium."

PLTRLong 3× put $72.00exp 2026-09-18 · 0d leftin the money
Long put · opened at $5.95 · spot $71.79 · mark $0.21
Roll out
Open P/L
-$1,722
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
-0.3%
Roll finder
Rolling a long option is a new debit trade; use the ideas on the ticker page instead.
  • 0 days left. If the thesis needs more time, roll out before decay accelerates rather than after.
What you wrote on entry

bearish, medium conviction, 30-day horizon, no assignment wanted — "Priced for a decade of perfection. Not shorting the stock, but I want defined-risk downside exposure."

XOMShort 3× put $107.50exp 2026-10-02 · 0d leftout of the money
Cash-secured put · opened at $3.17 · spot $115.38 · mark $0.00
Roll out
Open P/L
$951
Of max profit
100%
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
7.3%
Roll finderbuyback at $0.00
  1. 1
    Buy back the 2026-10-02 $107.50 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $107.50 put+$570 net
    +8ddelta 0.24prob. OTM 76%liquidity 78
    collects $1.90 net · same strike · 8 days, short
  2. 2
    Buy back the 2026-10-02 $107.50 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $105.00 put+$393 net
    +8ddelta 0.18prob. OTM 82%liquidity 74
    collects $1.31 net · lowers the strike $2.50 (2.2%) · 8 days, short
  3. 3
    Buy back the 2026-10-02 $107.50 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $102.50 put+$264 net
    +8ddelta 0.13prob. OTM 87%liquidity 76
    collects $0.88 net · lowers the strike $5.00 (4.3%) · 8 days, short
  • 0 days left with 100.0% captured. Rolling to the next cycle keeps theta working at a better delta.
What you wrote on entry

neutral, medium conviction, 45-day horizon, happy to own the shares — "Range-bound with crude. Collecting premium on both sides while I wait."

MSFTShort 2× put $375.00exp 2026-10-09 · 0d leftout of the money
Cash-secured put · opened at $7.11 · spot $436.97 · mark $0.00
Roll out
Open P/L
$1,422
Of max profit
100%
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
16.5%
Roll finderbuyback at $0.00
  1. 1
    Buy back the 2026-10-09 $375.00 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $375.00 put+$566 net
    +8ddelta 0.10prob. OTM 90%liquidity 72
    collects $2.83 net · same strike · 8 days, short
  2. 2
    Buy back the 2026-10-09 $375.00 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $370.00 put+$460 net
    +8ddelta 0.09prob. OTM 92%liquidity 67
    collects $2.30 net · lowers the strike $5.00 (1.1%) · 8 days, short
  3. 3
    Buy back the 2026-10-09 $375.00 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $365.00 put+$370 net
    +8ddelta 0.07prob. OTM 93%liquidity 65
    collects $1.85 net · lowers the strike $10.00 (2.3%) · 8 days, short
  • 0 days left with 100.0% captured. Rolling to the next cycle keeps theta working at a better delta.
What you wrote on entry

bullish, high conviction, 45-day horizon, happy to own the shares — "Azure re-accelerating and the buyback is a floor. Core holding; I will sell puts under it forever."

AAPLShort 2× put $210.00exp 2026-10-16 · 0d leftout of the money
Cash-secured put · opened at $10.19 · spot $233.72 · mark $0.00
Roll out
Open P/L
$2,038
Of max profit
100%
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
11.3%
Roll finderbuyback at $0.00
  1. 1
    Buy back the 2026-10-16 $210.00 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $210.00 put+$444 net
    +8ddelta 0.15prob. OTM 85%liquidity 77
    collects $2.22 net · same strike · 8 days, short
  2. 2
    Buy back the 2026-10-16 $210.00 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $205.00 put+$296 net
    +8ddelta 0.11prob. OTM 89%liquidity 70
    collects $1.48 net · lowers the strike $5.00 (2.1%) · 8 days, short
  3. 3
    Buy back the 2026-10-16 $210.00 put, sell the 2026-11-13 $200.00 put+$190 net
    +8ddelta 0.08prob. OTM 92%liquidity 69
    collects $0.95 net · lowers the strike $10.00 (4.3%) · 8 days, short
  • 0 days left with 100.0% captured. Rolling to the next cycle keeps theta working at a better delta.
What you wrote on entry

bullish, medium conviction, 30-day horizon, happy to own the shares — "Services margin keeps expanding and the hardware cycle looks like a trough. Happy to own it 8% lower."

KOShort 2× call $70.00exp 2026-10-23 · 0d leftout of the money
Covered call · opened at $1.20 · spot $63.67 · mark $0.00
Roll out
Open P/L
$240
Of max profit
100%
Time value left
$0.00
Moneyness
-9.0%
Roll finderbuyback at $0.00
  1. 1
    Buy back the 2026-10-23 $70.00 call, sell the 2026-11-13 $70.00 call+$114 net
    +8ddelta 0.18prob. OTM 82%liquidity 77
    collects $0.57 net · same strike · 8 days, short
  2. 2
    Buy back the 2026-10-23 $70.00 call, sell the 2026-11-13 $71.00 call+$86 net
    +8ddelta 0.14prob. OTM 86%liquidity 78
    collects $0.43 net · raises the strike $1.00 (1.6%) · 8 days, short
  3. 3
    Buy back the 2026-10-23 $70.00 call, sell the 2026-11-13 $72.00 call+$66 net
    +8ddelta 0.11prob. OTM 89%liquidity 70
    collects $0.33 net · raises the strike $2.00 (3.1%) · 8 days, short
  • 0 days left with 100.0% captured. Rolling to the next cycle keeps theta working at a better delta.
What you wrote on entry

neutral, high conviction, 45-day horizon, happy to own the shares — "Boring on purpose. Low IV, reliable dividend, I want the shares if it dips."