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GME again
i gotta find Ryan Cohen's phone number so i can ask for a loan to buy calls. he is still messing with my head, buying more shares with his millions $$$$. pumping his lively hood.
Cutting losses based on options or technicals
I've often read to cut your options trades when you've lost some predefined risk tolerance (e.g. 50% of debit/credit). But if you use fundamentals and technicals as the basis to put on the trade, how do you manage if the thesis fails? I use Schwab and set my options trades …
Nike
Nike Q1 FY2027 results came out a couple of days ago, and they are confirming layoffs. Revenues in china plummeted 26%, there overall global revenue dropped 4%. The eps dropped from 1.15 to 1.35 and there 2027 revenue outlook forecasted a high single percentage decline.
Option to reshape P&L smooth, allowing sizable position to produce profit
Nature of option is to precisely value and control risk. For many strategies, smartly using option structures can reshape your P&L (profit and loss) to be smooth, meaning 1) max loss is limited, 2) no steep loss. Of course the P&L reshaping has a cost. But this is the key …
LWLG 5X account by Jan 2029
BLUF: LWLG debit spread 7c/10c Jan 2029 easiest 5x you’ve ever seen. You may or may not have heard of LWLG, but you have heard of data transfer. What’s the bottleneck? Converting data into light. LWLG is the solution. The 400G and beyond switch that all the AI and data …
monthly fully time trader ama
Hey everyone, setting up this month's AMA to catch up with everyone and chat about trading! For this month - I was thinking if you guys have any specific research or trading questions, if you share them ahead of time, I can do a little bit of research on it …
Efficiently Harvesting VRP
I own a diversified portfolio holding equities, fixed income, and liquid alts. I’m looking to add exposure to systematic VRP harvesting. I’m comparing approaches to implement this. I’m considering a strategy of holding short VIX ETFs (like SVIX) when the VIX term structure is in contamgo, and switching to long …
An intuitive way to price an option
Your option comprises of 2 parts: intrinsic and extrinsic values. Intrinsic value is the per-share difference (difference between underlying price and strike price). Extrinsic contains time-value which is confounded by IV, interest rates, dividends and probabilities. The extrinsic value part is what makes pricing say, a LEAPS contract, very tedious. …
Managing iron condors
Curious to hear how others trade iron condors. I sell short dated (7DTE) on SPX usually around 15delta and 25pts wide. I’ve got certain criteria as to when to sell or sit out, have a stop loss and then backtests have shown holding to exp produces best results over long …
Options Questions Safe Haven periodic megathread | October 1 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 …