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" I'm all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter ..." Tom Waits follow  @ virtu_trading DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/31/2019 10:30:01 SOLD -1 SBUX 100 21 JUN 19 80 CALL @.25 -0.02 -1 25

Rare Earth Elements sounds beautiful to me. follow  @ virtu_trading DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/31/2019 10:28:34 SOLD -1 REMX 100 21 JUN 19 14 PUT @.30 -0.02 -1 30

When people feel bad a cigarette is the only friend. G Depression is coming, isn't it? DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/30/2019 14:42:27 SOLD -1 PM 100 19 JUL 19 65 PUT @.32 -0.02 -1 32 Follow  @ virtu_trading

The smartphone industry is gonna die. Rotary dial thing will be back. Trump will call Xi using it. Enjoy the trade: DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/29/2019 15:35:50 SOLD -1 VXX 100 19 JUL 19 50 CALL @.54 -0.02 -1 54

Gig economy keeps giging. We want the money. DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/24/2019 1:00:00 Cash balance at the start of business day 24.05 CST 5/24/2019 12:03:41 SOLD -1 UBER 100 21 JUN 19 35.5 PUT @.60 -0.02 -1 60

$48.91 win. This trade was started as a    vertical spread , continued and ended as a strangle . DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/9/2019 15:52:46 SOLD -1 VERTICAL LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 47.5/42.5 PUT @.90 -0.03 -2 90 5/13/2019 13:13:07 SOLD -1 LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 42.5 PUT @2.25 -0.02 -1 225 5/13/2019 13:19:56 SOLD -1 LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 57.5 CALL @1.00 -0.02 -1 100 5/17/2019 9:54:02 BOT +1 STRANGLE LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 57.5/47.5 CALL/PUT @3.60 -0.02 -2 -360 TOTAL ($0.09) ($6.00) $55.00

The loss is $28 USD. DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 4/8/2019 12:37:24 SOLD -4 SLV 100 17 MAY 19 14 PUT @.13 -0.03 -4 52 5/14/2019 12:26:27 BOT +4 SLV 100 17 MAY 19 14 PUT @.18 -0.02 -4 -72

I made LYFT vertical spread into strangle. The total credit is $4.10. DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/9/2019 15:52:46 SOLD -1 VERTICAL LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 47.5/42.5 PUT @.90 -0.03 -2 90 5/13/2019 13:13:07 SOLD -1 LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 42.5 PUT @2.25 -0.02 -1 225 5/13/2019 13:19:56 SOLD -1 LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 57.5 CALL @1.00 -0.02 -1 100

China just paid me $57.97 USD. That was  MAGA & MCSA, Make America Great Again & Make China Small Again trade. The trade entry was posted here . DATE TIME TYPE REF # DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/7/2019 12:08:19 TRD 8.94E+08 SOLD -1 VXX 100 21 JUN 19 30 CALL @3.05 -0.02 -1 305 5/10/2019 14:02:06 TRD 8.96E+08 BOT +1 VXX 100 21 JUN 19 30 CALL @2.45 -0.01 -1 -245

Sold LYFT Credit PUT vertical spread. LYFT is another pillar of the gig economy. One can drive people around Miami for about 10 cents per mile of expected profit while enjoying his/her/its freedom. What could be wrong anyway. It is solid $10 per day and a lot of freedom except if an accident happens? I am all in. DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/9/2019 15:52:46 SOLD -1 VERTICAL LYFT 100 21 JUN 19 47.5/42.5 PUT @.90 -0.03 -2 90

China trade is never getting old. Trump's administration keeps running an idiot circus. Let's try to profit from it. DATE TIME TYPE REF # DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 5/7/2019 12:08:19 TRD 8.94E+08 SOLD -1 VXX 100 21 JUN 19 30 CALL @3.05 -0.02 -1 305

$20 win DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 4/23/2019 14:45:35 SOLD -1 BA 100 21 JUN 19 450 CALL @.43 -0.02 -1 43 5/3/2019 14:02:35 BOT +1 BA 100 21 JUN 19 450 CALL @.20 -0.01 -1 -20

DATE TIME DESCRIPTION Misc Fees Commissions & Fees AMOUNT 4/9/2019 11:13:09 SOLD -1 VERTICAL TSLA 100 17 MAY 19 360/380 CALL @.57 -0.03 -2 57 4/9/2019 11:13:17 SOLD -1 VERTICAL TSLA 100 17 MAY 19 220/200 PUT @2.08 -0.03 -2 208 4/18/2019 10:56:16 SOLD -1 CRON 100 17 MAY 19 12 PUT @.22 -0.02 -1 22 4/25/2019 10:15:29 BOT +1 IRON CONDOR TSLA 100 17 MAY 19 360/380/220/200 CALL/PUT @1.67 -0.06 -4 -167 4/30/2019 9:53:15 SOLD -1 VERTICAL GOOGL 100 21 JUN 19 1300/1340 CALL @3.60 -0.03 -2 360 5/1/2019 12:33:00 BOT +1 VERTICAL GOOGL 100 21 JUN 19 1300/1340 CALL @1.55 -0.03 -2 -155 5/1/2019 12:33:00 BOT +1 CRON 100 17 MAY 19 12 PUT @.04 -0.01 -4 TOTAL ($0.21) ($13.00) $321.00