Saturday Trades Thursday Update 5/8/2025 – Bubba Trading

Saturday Trades Thursday Update 5/8/2025

Markets Spiking higher, Gold under pressure

Markets were quiet on Wednesday, the FED was a non event. But with all the news overnight, markets are up big. In the meantime gold is getting smashed again this morning helping our gold ratio trad.

The action has been slow, markets are now at the level we wanted to sell. We will use this rally to sell and get short. We will b e looking at ratio spreads

Roll SPY, IWM, and QQQ to Friday

Open Ratio Trade

Sell to Open 6 June MGC Futures
Buy to open 5 May 9th GLD ATM Calls

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(Some of the call strikes could be different from what you are holding. I’m reflecting the rolls made on the open, some of you rolled again. This is a guide)

QQQ – (24.09) (800.00 Credit Collected)
Short 2 May 5th 482 Call
Short 2 May 5th 462 Put
Long 2 June 20th 485 Call
Long 2 June 20th 460 Put

IWM- (21.00) (400.00 Credit Collected)
Short 2 May 5th 197 Call
Short 2 May 5th 191 Put
Long 2 June 20th 199 Call
Long 2 June 20th 189 Put

AAPL – (12.35) (500.00 Credit Collected)
Short 1 May 9th 212.5 Call
Short 1 May 9th 202.5 Put
Long 2 May 16th 212.5 Call
Long 2 May 16th 200 Put

SLV
Long 5 May 16th 29.5 Calls
Short 5 May 16th 29.5 Puts
Long 5 May 16th 27.5 Puts

SPY – (15.42) (1100.00 Credit Collected)
Short 2 May 5th 540 Call
Short 1 May 5th 512 Put
Long 2 May 16th 542 Call
Long 2 May 16th 510 Put

MARA – (11.48) (1200.00 Credit Collected)
Short 1 May 9th 18 Call
Short 1 May 9th 16 Put
Long 2 June 20th 18 Call
Long 1 June 20th 16 Put

By Todd "Bubba" Horwitz|2025-05-08T08:07:53-04:00May 8, 2025|BAD, Sunday Night Options|0 Comments

About the Author: Todd "Bubba" Horwitz

For more than 36 years, Todd “Bubba” Horwitz has enjoyed a successful career in the financial industry. He began his profession in 1980 as was one of the original market makers in the SPX Trading Pit at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. He has traded at all of the major exchanges in Chicago and is currently a member of the CBOT. In addition to his trading, for the past five years he has concentrated on writing, education, and a media career.

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