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Cutting losses based on options or technicals

M
Oct 4, 2026 · 22:24

I've often read to cut your options trades when you've lost some predefined risk tolerance (e.g. 50% of debit/credit). But if you use fundamentals and technicals as the basis to put on the trade, how do you manage if the thesis fails?

I use Schwab and set my options trades to close out (market order) based on the price of the underlying.

Some say option Greeks can cause you to lose more, but a bullish trade selling a bear put spread has lots of positive delta when putting on so going against you from the get puts you in the hole. Why wait until you're out 50%?

Curious what you do.