I can’t decide between the wheel and credit spreads for steady income. The wheel needs a lot more capital, but if a trade goes against me I can just start selling covered calls and slowly work my way back. Credit …
I posted about my [MSFT earnings IV crush trade from April here](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1wndmdy/my_earnings_iv_crush_story_on_msft_and_sharing/). This is the AMD analysis, my 2nd major earnings trade. Implied volatility (IV) rises before earnings and drops after. Selling just before the event and capturing that drop …
I was looking at the chain for the CSP, why are the yield elevated for this week, I looked into the news and nothing is coming up. Also, they just got upgraded. |Symbol|Last Price $|Price Paid $|Change $|Change %|Day's Gain …
I want to calculate an effective yield for an SPX box Spread such that it can be directly comparable to the yield that shows up on Bloomberg for a US Treasury with similar maturity. What would be the best formula …
Hello fellow 0dte op warriors, I curious to know how many times per day and per week does your setup give you a trading opportunity on the SPY in general ?
Hello, I have a couple hundred shares of ASST and I have sold some long-term covered calls. I would like to roll out to higher strikes when needed but I think the highest strike is $40. Seems like everything else …
Hey everyone -- I'm back with a Q3 trading results update. Below are my prior two quarterly posts: \- Q1 - [https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1sa3zrk/q1\_2026\_trading\_review/](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1sa3zrk/q1_2026_trading_review/) \- Q2 - [https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1uk91p9/q2\_2026\_trading\_review/](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1uk91p9/q2_2026_trading_review/) Q3 was a bit of a slog on the 0DTE front. I ended the …
I have been doing side-by-side testing of 1-contract covered-call rolls at several brokers. The options were approximately **30 DTE**. I submitted essentially identical **2-leg complex limit orders** at approximately the same time and adjusted the net price in $0.01 increments. …
Weve all seen it, pulled up an option with low volume and open interest, and even though the contract has data going back 6 months theres only 4 sales on the chart. Are there any calculators out there that use …