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Advice for splitting money between short term options and long term holdings
Been trading options for 1.5 years now. And made some significant money. I do want to set aside some money to play it safe and just invest that for the long term while also trading options too. Right now I have it as 80% is shares I own and is …
ATHs and Exit Strategies on Calls
I had success in the bear market playing off of support/resistance zones marked out based on prior day and pre-market highs/lows. Now adapting and playing calls. With SPY moving up and beyond those, how are others who play off of support/resistance basing their exit strategies? Or did you swap strategies …
Everyone selling covered calls thinks they're in the premium business. 12,638 contracts disagree
my dad got me into covered calls in my early 20s. he's a pessimist and proud of it. his whole philosophy is, sell a call on a boring stock, collect the premium upfront, something always goes wrong so at least u got paid first. the premium was the fuzzy warm …
The Options seller substack, any opinions?
What do you think about this channel https://substack.com/@theoptionsseller? Have you ever tried the service? It posts exceptional results. thanks
An idea for NVIDIA...
So we probably all know that Nvidia is not really valued dearly especially for the growth rates and I don't think that in the next few days, weeks or months something will change fundamentally. And as someone who also has Nvidia in the portfolio and also highly weighted that, the …
Hi, Me again. The guy who buys QQQ puts literally seconds before the ETF jumps up...with sad pics.
Context: Two weeks ago, I think I did the same thing, but that was within an hour of the ceasefire being announced that made QQQ jump up. This week, while it was going down, I thought I would buy some close at the money puts for $645 while the stock …
Buying call options leading up to NVDA earnings date
Hey everyone. I wanted some opinions surrounding a strategy I’m sure many here have done or attempted. My plan was to purchase call options for June 18th for an OTM strike price and sell a few days before the earnings call. The goal of this is obviously to avoid much …
Someone has been farming SPX 0DTE options with fake geopolitical headlines all week - receipts here.
\*\*THE THEORY\*\* President Trump keeps posting that his blockade is costing a certain oil-rich nation $500M per day. But what if they said "hold my tea" and found the cheat code in America's own stock market? \*Trump's actual Truth Social posts (April 22, 2026):\* \*"\[They\] don't want the Strait of …
Best Covered Call Strategy for Cyclical Stocks?
I’m looking for some input from people who actively run covered call strategies because I THINK that is my best strategy during sideways/bearish market. Background on my strategy: Professionally, I’ve spent \~15 years in the transportation industry in senior finance roles, so I’m pretty familiar with how these cycles actually …
TT options backtester accurate about buy and hold?
Is the TT backtester accurate about buy and hold? I'm unclear about why the buy and hold comparison on the backtester is always saying it is the higher profit strategy? How are they calculating this? Not sure if I should believe it. Any insights or advice? Thanks.