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Spy after hour analysis
$SPY after hours — $656.34 sitting right in the middle of a dangerous zone honestly. call wall at $661 is acting as a ceiling ($11.88M), we couldn't close above it and that's meaningful. the real magnet on the upside is $665-666 where you've got another wall stacked up. downside is …
Options Scalping
Im done with Robinhood. Yes it was great to learn and grow but its time to move on. My style is similar to Matt Diamond. It looks like he uses or has used Think or Swim desktop then Lightspeed? Maybe Lightspeed but the 25K minimum one? Im looking for quick …
Losing traders obsess over returns - winning traders obsess over risk.
https://preview.redd.it/vedhxzzb0mtg1.png?width=1912&format=png&auto=webp&s=985935da49d6f8a53999982022bd26cdf5fc4ac3 I created an entire dashboard that runs a probabilistic monte-carlo simulation on my backtested trading [strategy](https://www.quantglide.com/), and estimates the exact distribution of drawdowns. Even though the headline maxDD on the backtest was 3% at 30% capital at risk, the simulations show that a drawdown of 5-10% is actually quite …
I bought a $70 C 4/17 for OXY. Its not going well
yeah im new here and got a little lucky last year in the forever green market. Now trying to actually read and learn about investing and personal finance in general Apparently, war doesnt mean oil go up forever. should i sell sometime this week and save my last $100? im …
Butterfly won’t close even 10–15 credits below displayed price, TOS support blames exchange
I’m trading butterflies on very liquid stocks (MSTR,MSFT,ARM) with tight spreads, and I’m running into a problem when trying to close them. Today I tried to exit a few butterflies. TOS was showing a certain credit value, and I was willing to close the spread for **10-15 credits less** than …
Options Questions Safe Haven periodic megathread | April 6 2026
We *call* this the weekly Safe Haven thread, but it might stay up for more than a week. For the options questions you wanted to ask, but were afraid to. **There are no stupid questions.** **Fire away.** This project succeeds via thoughtful sharing of knowledge. **You, too, are invited …
QQQ analysis 4/6
**$QQQ Pre-Market** Already trading below the GEX flip at 586.75. Flip is $587 — dealers are net short below it. Levels I'm watching: * $590 = strong call wall resistance ($18.44M) — needs to reclaim this to flip bullish * $587 = GEX flip line. Rejection here confirms the move …
spy analysis 4/6
**$SPY Pre-Market Analysis** Price hit 658.20 pre-market and got sold hard. That's the GEX flip zone — below it dealers go net short and moves accelerate. Currently sitting at 656.32 right on the line. Key levels watching: * $658 is now resistance. Second rejection = confirmation * $650 put wall …
0DTE on IWM/SPY
Hey guys, I've been a trader for roughly 4 months trading 0DTE options on IWM primarly, but sometimes on SPY. I have a small account, at around $1,700 inital investment. I'm at the dilemma where i've lost \~$500 on the account, with my balance sitting at roughly $1,200. I just …
Lumentum ($LITE) valuation breakdown
# Lumentum (LITE): Great Business, Stock Too Far Ahead Lumentum is no longer just an optical components company serving legacy networking markets. The business is increasingly being repriced as a critical supplier to the AI infrastructure buildout, especially where speed, bandwidth, power efficiency, and optical connectivity start to become bottlenecks. …