I thought I was being responsible buying leaps with a greater than 0.8 Delta. Probably should have picked a company that wasn't up 20% in a week
There are always questions about what role options MMs play when it comes to stock price action especially when nearing options expiration. It is very hard to tease out and MM hedging is complicated. There is also a question of …
Look at this: SpaceX options, day one, pure backwardation, front-month IV north of 100%, curve sloping into next year. Now read the 424B4 - the lockup isn't a December cliff, it's staggered: 20% after Q2 earnings in August, then 7% …
Nerdy AMC read. Spot 2.34. Gamma Flip 1.50. Call Wall 2.5. Put Wall 2.0. As long as we hold above 1.50, dealers are long gamma and AMC behaves like a normal stock — chop, drift, OPEX pin. Lose 1.50 and …
INTC At 91% IV Into FOMC — Dealer Map Or BustLook at this Intel vol chart. HV 82.6, IV 91, IV Rank 88, Pctl 98 — basically every gauge is flashing 'expensive and twitchy.' Stock's red 2.46% on the day …
Just got laid off from Job last week never expected I would get into this situation. Have a 7month Baby. Looking to see if I can start day trade or swing trade to make 2k a month atleast for my …
I’ve been building a covered call backtesting tool to compare how different covered call rules would have performed historically on individual tickers. Instead of only looking at today’s option chain, I wanted to see how different combinations of tenor and …
The naive Fed-day options play is to buy a straddle, or a directional call/put, because the 2pm decision is going to move the market. I backtested that idea across 32 FOMC days (June 2022 to April 2026, SPX 0DTE) and …
META at 592, but I'm watching the IV not the tapeOk so this isn't even the GEX page, this is the Volatility Analysis tab on moomoo for META — IV at 36.18%, HV at 40.29%, IV Rank 42, IV Pctl …
SPCX options are expected this week. I am sitting on the sidelines until I gain a better understanding of how professional traders would play this until the fundamentals catch up. For those expecting multiple compression over the next 6 months, …