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So this is what I'm seeing on IBKR:

Perhaps this is just anecdotal, but everytime I've bought leaps, if I had just sold that leap short, I would have made money. So I've resorted now to whenever I the itch to buy a leap I just sell it short instead, as long as I have stock to cover it, I'm fine with the lower profit, especially...

I can agree with you on IBKR, that is the one platform where I've had a lot of my stock assignments, even through they were far out in time, but to be fair they were also ITM, but regardless that is not the case on TD and I have yet to get assigned, even if my options go ITM, atleast not yet. So...

Likely I will sell ATM -C and buy a 30 days out ATM +P spread $10 wide financed with the -C hopefully.

If you had sold your longs, you technically sell but don't receive any premiums for the sell. Here you receive a premium and then in turn use the premium to buy some downside protection, worst case, stock moves up and you lose your shares and the +P goes to 0. But you now have a 50% probability...

Why not just do a synthetic short? Get an ATM -call and a +put at the same Strike? That should help cover losses, with volatility so high the put premium is pricey but so is the credit you are getting for the CC.

Tesla lowering prices again

Yeap, I closed out my 2026 leaps, and had a chance to open up some december synthetic shorts ATM -160c/+160p, I'm now in protection mode.

I'm game!

So personally what I've done is just to help me reduce my capital requirements I will sell a CSP with a low, like 5-10 delta +p, essentially making it a spread, sometimes that ends up working out in my favor because as the SP drops, the value of the +p will go up as well, and once I'm...