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New paper: an AI options trader made 18.3% in 6 months, until researchers let it read the news
Hi, I saw this on arXiv this week (lead author at Carnegie Mellon) and figured this sub would have opinions. They trained a 27B model to trade options on SPY and 9 big names like NVDA, TSLA and PLTR, the AI only picks the type of trade, like a long …
$5-Wide Spreads?
I trade on moomoo and I do not try to outsmart the market, 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 have added up. One of the …
Testing some Tasty Trade analyst suggestions
Hi Guys, So disclamer, I am relatively new to options selling, I have done some directional option buying but wanted to learn more about selling/spreads etc. The resouces on Tasty trade are really good in this regard. Anyways, I was looking at some of the analyst trades posted in there …
Fractional options coming in 2026?
Saw [this tweet](https://x.com/omenapp/status/2108675502563041293) and looks like a new startup is making fractional options a thing again. I read the whole paper and it seems like the team is made up of ex-tradfi people using blockchain for the sake of 24/7 trading, which will be non-custodial. They directly admit that onchain …
ADD + TICK + OBV: a 3-gauge scalping check
I made this short animation to explain a simple filter for 1-minute and 5-minute scalps. The idea is that you only trade when three gauges agree, and each gauge has one job. The three gauges 1. $ADD on the 5-minute: picks the side $ADD is the number of NYSE stocks …
Early retirement has me rethinking options trading
I'm 43. I Inherited wealth and retired in my thirties. I Learned options for mental stimulation, built my own method, done well Losing my wife two years ago changed my outlook on time. Financially secure, so profit is no longer the point. I love the mental work of options, but …
Prompt-Feedback erwünscht
Find stocks for the wheel strategy (cash-secured puts, then covered calls if assigned) meeting: price ≤ $100; IV Rank 30–70; uptrend with price > 200 MA, 100 EMA > 200 MA, 50 MA > 100 MA, but short-term oversold (RSI < 30–40); rising earnings and revenue, Debt/Equity < 1, strong …
Book recommendation
Recommend a good book for newbies.
Anyone else trade SPX broken-wing butterflies? Here’s the structure I use
I mostly trade income trades on SPX because it removes a few headaches (I moved out from SPY): it’s cash-settled, so there’s no early assignment surprises. The structure I use, which is called SPX Best (by myoptionsedge), combines a broken wing butterfly with a vertical spread. The butterfly (with one …
wealthsimple contracts showing odd math?
Anybody else notice the break evens are not matching with strike + premium? Single leg calls, on multiple tickers, are showing break evens that are much higher than they should be. Anyone else noticing this? \*Edit: The responses I received from you folks were bang on. Once the markets opened, …