DIA – Dow Industrials ETF (Last:160.64)

We hold twelve December 145 puts, offset in ‘straddle’ fashion by bullish NFLX call spreads we own.  To simplify accounting, and to consolidate the risk, I’ve imputed the cost of the puts to the NFLX position so that we now hold eight December 400-410 calls spreads with an effective cost basis of 0.55. Keep in mind, however, that the DIA puts still have value.  As such, I’ll recommend that you offer them to close, good-till-canceled, for 0.02 less than the market makers. To do this, wait until the options have opened each day to see what bid/asked is being reflected by DaRapacious Dirtballs. At the moment, they are showing a bid of 0.06 and and offer of 0.12 (!).  This means you should be offering the puts for 0.10.  Please notify me in the chat room if your order fills, since it would be nice to have the puts off the sheets even though we are carrying them for zero. _____ UPDATE: Some closing sales @ 0.10 were reported, and so I’ve used the proceeds as an offset against the cost of our NFLX spreads.