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Last week I was fortunate enough to make $150 in options. After paper trading for a few weeks I decided to take two trades and it worked out in my favor. People who trade options this question is for you. I saw the gains I can make and it temps …
My friend’s wild money-making method (worked for me!)
**Hey everyone!** I wanted to share a pretty solid way to make some cash So, my buddy’s cousin told me about this decent money-making method. Honestly, at first, I thought he was messing with me, but when he showed me his balance and we withdrew almost $8,500, I was shocked. …
Predicting put option price at opening?
I’m not familiar with the nuances of option trading so I had a question hopefully that’s easy to answer. I have Carvana put options with a strike price of $242.50 expiring February 28th. I’m trying to figure out how to predict what the contract price would be at a 255 …
PSA E*Trade/Morgan Stanley 1099-B Section 1256 Option Income - Filing Taxes
So once again my 1099-B lists my TQQQ option trades as Section 1256 (CSPs, covered calls) all short term trades and only 2 trades were affected by MTM (one in 2023 and one in 2024). This isn't the PSA though some of you may be surprised by your options being …
Which Options Worth Watching?
What are some newly trending options (not regular joe TSLA, NVDA etc) that can potentially move crazy like $SMCI, $HIMS for example.... Haven't traded options in like 3 years so I need to update my list.
Scanner
I’m looking to find a scanner that looks for insiders that are last minute, ie friends of insiders. I want to do 1-2 week options. What would be the best way to build the scanner tailored to these people. What would I look for?
PLTR Put
Bought 2/28/25 $102 put at $2.67. Is this a good trade with the current drop. New to options.
Selling naked calls.... Risky?
This topic has been brought up so many times here but I had to bring it up again... So many times I hear how risky they are, which i do agree, they are. But what I dont understand is that if one wants to short a particular stock what is …
SMCI Covered Call exp 1/15/27 $60 strike
After seeing SMCI jump past my strike, is it possible to manually request my cover call to be exercised earlier. It's on Merrill Edge brokerage. I'm fine selling the stock at $60. Or does it have to be really deep ITM for it to be exercised early? My expiration is …
I Backtested TradingView’s Top Indicators – here are BEST and WORST performers
Again, I spent a lot of time backtesting top indicators on TradingView because I have no life. I judged results based on **Profit Factor, Kelly Criterion, and Win Ratio**. \*you can see my previous post with other top indicators [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1ilz2y0/i_backtested_tradingviews_top_indicators_here_are/) * Indicators: MA, ATR (cross), ADX, PSAR * Types of …