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BRUN valuation walkthrough, using Nebius as the comp
​ Disclosure: I hold shares & options. Not financial advice, not a professional analyst. Numbers from the Q2'26 earnings call transcript and 8-K filings, plus Nebius's public 6-Ks. What BRUN does: GPU cloud infrastructure provider. Doesn't own data centers, leases capacity from colo partners, deploys NVIDIA GPU servers, rents compute …
Looking for live GEX and historical GEX to backtest
Hi! I'm looking for an application, website, or some type of software where I can see live GEX levels during my trading and possibly overlay them on my TradingView chart. I'm also looking for historical GEX levels in order to backtest a strategy I'm working on. I prefer free software …
Selling Covered Calls on $TE
Wanted to get some opinions on hedging my position in $TE (T1 Energy). I am currently holding a small position in shares at 400 x $5.34 cost basis = $2,136 invested. I think the company has a lot of future potential, but there are some possible headwinds in the way …
Synthetic shares through SPX/XSP?
Was wondering how viable is that for smaller accounts to have more control of shares instead of buying them outright? Given SPX/XSP are index funds with no shares, as they're European style options with no assignment risk and cash settled. Or SPY is a better alternative due to more liquidity, …
The big premium is the market warning you, not paying you
Been writing covered calls about 25 years. Everybody technically knows premium is risk. It's Options 101. But knowing it and actually walking away from a lucrative premium are two very different things, and it took me way too long to close that gap. When you start out, whatever screener or …
My Robinhood 1099 says +$2,699. The trade lost $542. Short SPX legs land in the wrong tax year
Filed my 2025 return this week and it took a Form 8275 disclosure to do it, because my Robinhood 1099 reported a trade backwards: it says +$2,699 on a spread that actually lost $542. I dug all the way to the bottom of why, Robinhood refused to fix it, and …
Anyone still use use MA crossovers as a filter or trigger?
Granted, I lean towards longer options than a lot of you, including LEAPs, but curious if this trend following method has worked for you?
Unusual cheap portfolio hedging today
SPY is around 778 and IV is unusually low today, so I was looking at cheap ways to hedge a portfolio while the market is near ATH. SPY Nov 20 735/625 put spread @ $7.75 ● Long strike only \~5.5% below SPY ● Short strike almost 20% below ● Cost: …
Bidding on options with large spreads
I am starting to trade higher priced stocks via options. Many times, the spread is $3-$5. Anyone else trading these? Do you tend to bid much closer to the bid and wait to get filled? I have found I sometimes get filled then the bid just drops a dollar or …
The emotions is the hard part
I'm net \~$120 in the hole on some trades. My win rate is high, though my drawdown seems to be higher. I'm really just digging in for real with the live account, and keeping risk super low. I had bull call spread running and some news happened. I chose to …