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Data and platforms
What platforms/websites do you guys use or recommend for tracking options data and insights?
Option Rules
since the market is closed today, please review the Rules for Trading Options Booklet. the number one rule is knowing how many cups of coffee to consume before trading. this applies to other beverages. Limit your Caffeine intake. or you might trade your inheritance. if you have any questions about …
Crypto option trading?
I am currently fresh out of college working as an equity option trader. I believe having some knowledge about options, but don’t know much about crypto trading. I am seeking advices here for consistant income strategy, what do you usually trade? What indicators do you use? And of course, you …
$TRMB puts — the margin expansion story is more accounting artifact than actual operating leverage
Been watching Trimble for a while and the bull case has always been "software mix shift drives margin expansion." That is true in aggregate, but the granular numbers tell a messier story. The gross margin and EBITDA jumps everyone points to were materially front-loaded by January term-license renewals. That is …
Do markets like this make you more patient with premium or more willing to pay for it?
Gold moved 1.8% on a single Truth Social post yesterday. Reversed partially when Iran denied it. Then NFP today on top of that. From an options perspective — do markets like this make you more patient with premium or more willing to pay for it? My instinct is that the …
sites for converting options price to underlying price?
Wondering if anybody knows if any websites exist for converting options prices into the price of the underlying and the vice versa as well. For example, if I buy a spy option for a dollar, I would use this site to determine what spy would be at when the option …
APLD options flow is one-directional right now. Breaking down the best contracts
APLD is sitting right on its Put Wall at $24.50, which is the dealer gamma support floor. Price is basically pinned to it. Meanwhile the call side is heavily skewed. P/C volume ratio is 0.34, P/C OI is 0.41, and every single unusual activity contract in the chain right now …
Has anyone found a real directional edge using open interest and options volume?
I’m trying to figure out whether open interest and options volume can be used in a genuinely repeatable way to forecast short-term stock direction. My working assumption is that there should be some signal in the options market beyond simple sentiment narratives. For example: • put/call OI imbalance • day-over-day …
Does increasing NAV by buying more stock actually improve Margin Health/Excess Liquidity?
I'm currently trading on Interactive Brokers and trying to better understand the relationship between Net Liquidation Value and Maintenance Margin. If I have a high margin utilization (Maintenance Margin is close to NAV), does buying more "stable" blue-chip stocks actually help my account health because it increases my total assets, …
Software for options charts
I’m wondering about software that charts option prices in a similar way that share prices are charted. Sorry that this is a beginner question, the links in the subreddit for beginner questions appear to be broken. I’m just having trouble visualizing option prices and want to know what people use.