I do not try to outsmart the market and I really don’t believe that is possible. I simply trade what is in front of me with lots of small winners (85%) and a few small losers. Over time those wins …
Robinhood is well known for participating in payment for order flow. But how does this actually affect options order executions in reality? I typically sell 30 - 45 DTE puts on XSP, and the average bid-ask spread is about 10 …
Something I only recently started paying attention to is how misleading the P&L on a multi leg position can get during a fast move. I had a QQQ debit spread open while trading the same directional move on Moon. The …
bought a USO put for Sept 2027 expiry. i am figuring on Fed Rates and Mid-Terms will help drop the price of Crude. the current oil market is an illusion. we have plenty of Oil but are not refining it …
https://preview.redd.it/cielvjazdvph1.png?width=924&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb34d8a641603dca57ec6bdad6cfa00f14a7cd91 I tried to contain the research to one day, so the dataset is limited. It is quite revealing though how poorly some VRP strategies performed. They won often, then a few large losses took back much of what they …
I’m currently running a double calendar which I opened on Monday of this week, my shorts expire this Friday and my longs expire the next Friday. Price in the underlying has barely moved, IV has inflated proportionately on both my …
I wanted to sense check my thoughts on monthly vs longer-term CSPs, using ASTS as an example. **Sentiment**: I am bullish on ASTS with 900 shares and do not mind owning more. **CSPs**: Only started considering CSPs as a way …
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For those of you writing short vertical spreads. You are writing 20 delta spreads. You have checked all the boxes. Liquidity, volatility, etc. How important is the directional bias, if at all? Since I am counting on volatility for profit, …
Don't forget to close your positions before 2PM ET tomorrow. Or "today", if it's already Wednesday when you read this.