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IB for greater than 0DTE?
Has anybody run any stats on using initial balance for anything other than 0DTE? For instance, if you place a trade based on some IB “rules of thumb”, and the trade goes against you, then is there a way to use the IB from the current day as an indication …
I’ve back tested every single imaginable 0dte strategy, in short. No consistent edge exists.
I’ve tried long, short, spreads, nakeds and everything on betweeen. I did find a strategy that is the tiniest bit profitable, I’m talking super small. Like trading the same strategy with one contract every single day would net you maybe $50.00 per month on average (no I’m not joking). So …
DTE vs Gamma Risk
For people here who sell butterflies and/or condors (iron or otherwise), at what dte will you close or not open a new position due to too high of a gamma risk? I'd like to stick to monthly expiries for liquidity (as I don't really trade indices), but am trying to …
SPY outperforming SPX by 40%
SPY seems to be outperforming the SPX index. At the time of writing, SPY is up 1.6% while SPX is only up 1.1% Anyone know why? If they are supposed to have a near 1:1 correlation, can you buy SPX futures while writing SPY calls?
Selling CC on retirement SPY
I have 200 shares of SPY in my ROTH IRA and for awhile now have been selling covered calls as a yield pickup strategy I keep an extremely conservative delta of \~.02 with 10-14 days to expiry. The goal is to never get assigned, but I have experienced I can …
Options Questions Safe Haven periodic megathread | June 29 2026
We *call* this the weekly Safe Haven thread, but it might stay up for more than a week. For the options questions you wanted to ask, but were afraid to. **There are no stupid questions.** **Fire away.** This project succeeds via thoughtful sharing of knowledge. **You, too, are invited …
Options and Wash Sale
I had a first ever wash sale last Friday and I am not sure what to do about it. It was a leg of a spread. I first lost $30 on that leg and then made $10 back. I haven't traded this leg or this UL after or before this …
Long Calls MU
whats the smartest play, my view is it is gonna go up hardcore during next 12 months with high vola. what strategy? 12 month dte ITM? or 12 months OTM
I’ve noticed a huge change in market behavior and patterns since PDT ended.
I trade exclusively 0dte spreads and condors and I’ve noticed huge market behavior changes this month- Way less predictable, way less hard trend days, way more whipsaws and indecisive moves, more false breakouts and downtrends. Really uglier and more inconsistent price action across the board. Anyone else?
If the AI sector is currently under pressure in the market, are there any alternative investment sec
With the tech sector currently dominated by artificial intelligence, storage, and data, if it were to peak, are there other sectors that could take over as the leading growth sectors? (This is a post about investing in the future please let your imaginations run wild so we can all take …