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Is this strategy viable?
Let say I’m nursing a loss in 100 Disney shares at 160. I sell 1 contract C125 expiry May at $1.35 and buy 2 contract C135 expiry May at 0.55, amounting to $1.10, with a net credit of $0.25. This is with the view that Disney may outperform the broad …
Tesla Name Quietly Removed from $400M Federal Contract
Source: [https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/?utm\_source=reddit.com](https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/?utm_source=reddit.com) The US government just quietly removed Tesla's name from a $400M armored EV contract. One day it was listed as "Armored Tesla," and then, boom, it's "Armored Electric Vehicles." No explanation, just a neat little edit after reports surfaced about Musk's growing influence in the government. The contract …
Locked up cash in selling puts?
Only recently sold my first put option, but was wondering if someone could help me understand: Does selling puts essentially tie up a lot of cash while you're waiting for expiration? E.g. if I sold 1 put on META, that obligates me to buy 100 shares at the strike which …
MGM naked short call ITM, should I roll up and out or cut my loss?
Sold a weekly call for 36 strike. Pre market MGM price is at 37.8. What should I do when market opens? I am still feeling my way around. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I still believe in the thesis that gambling business is a sunset industry. Even though MGM …
Options/VT Leverage
I've posted about this before in other groups to see what others thought. T oday I decided to use ChatGPT to help calculate amounts and percentages of using VT LEAP Calls + Regular VT Shares + GOVT to try and achieve a 1.5-2 leveraged portfolio. I haven't used this idea …
Public.com vs Robinhood for options?
I use fidelity for my Roth and index fund investments but I’m trying to get into some options trading, but the interface on fidelity is a little too complex for me. I was suggested public.com as they have a simple UI but I noticed it’s almost identical to Robinhood, does …
SPX 0 DTE stop losses
Wondering, does anyone used stop orders on 0 DTE SPX? How has your experience been with them getting 'wrongly' triggered? I.e. have you experienced a split second jump in the bid or ask that has triggered the stop when in actual fact the price did not move much?