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Are there things Tastytrade should collect throughout a trade so you could review it later (IVR)?
I'm adding more data about trades at opening and daily to my query and analysis tool so I can get better insights from my trading history. Thoughts on what I should be collecting? I'm thinking the IVR and greeks, bid/ask at opening, daily close and closing. Anything else?
Looked at my 0DTE results vs longer-dated trades and the data was crazy
2 years trading options, mostly SPX and AAPL. last 6 months i got really into 0DTE because the gamma is fun and the cycles are fast. account hasn't moved much though so i finally pulled the data and split it by DTE. 0DTE: 187 trades, 41% win rate, -$4,200 1-7 …
Trading Calendar spreads
I’ve been trading calendars 1 or 2 at a time with about 3-4k total in starting account value and have had crazy success. I’m not planning any entries, just picking an equity and trying it out. I’ve only had one losing trade and it was because of a mistake in …
ORCL and AMD move based on options flow
Saw some interesting options flow activity, and curious what the experts in this type of analysis think. My eyes show that AMD and ORCL are showing lots of eager activity towards the downside but how do you interpret the heavy put buying at the ASK/ heavy Call selling at the …
Selling CSPX Options By Proxy
I have CSPX shares and I want to sell options on it. But it appears the volume is low. So it's difficult to get ordered filled. And if I wanted to close my option, it may be difficult to do so as well. Then someone suggested sell using other proxies. …
Markets Rolling Over Update
A couple of weeks ago, I released a report claiming that I thought the markets would likely top out around May 8th. If you missed that report, you can see it by [clicking here](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1t3jz9f/time_to_make_some_bearish_bets/). Clearly, markets moved higher again last week, but are we at a top now, or should …
Seeking Post Mortem Analysis advice
What metrics does everyone use to gauge success or failure? I've just been looking at 10 day and 30 day Profit & Loss spreadsheets and tracking Number of Trades, $Risk vs $Profit, Number of Assignments vs expires. TIA
Tax on spx options
Hi, Schwab took enormous tax on my option spx spread while I am not a US person. Why is that and what to do?
Is it worth it
I am into buying momentum stocks making decent returns, but started learning options but it takes too much effort for me to too little.. same energy invested in buying stocks would have better returns. Anyone felt the same?
Qqq deep in the money covered call
’ve rolled the call multiple times. Qqq expires June 15. Right now my call is 610 strike on QQQ. Lost quite a bit of upside. The value of my option is -30k. Last was 1.84 I’ve held qqq underlying for over a year with a 44k gain of I get …