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SPY early assignment
Hi folks, I’m learning to trade spreads and trying to scale one of my strategies. I’m basically trying different vertical spreads. There are two things I could try to make my strategy work: 1. Go for OTM (sell/buy) calls and OTM (sell/buy) puts 2. Go for OTM (sell/buy) calls and …
Best method to get order filled during high volume trading times?
I keep getting beat by others getting the mid price before me during early hours and the prices going above the previous ask. I don't want to do market orders because that could be a huge unknown gap up. Would maybe setting a Buy Limit at the current Ask price …
Feedback
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 …