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VRRM - calls
This stock dropped from the $13–14 range to $4 after news came out that their biggest client, Avis, which accounted for 10% of their sales revenue, had terminated its contract. Overexaggerated drop for sure. Now news just came out that they've managed to get Avis back - on less favorable …
Bought 60k worth of QQQ LEAPS and 20k worth of DRAM LEAPS
Hello again, Reddit. About a year ago, I made a [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/1jt2lqd/bought_30k_worth_of_qqq_leaps/?share_id=3ZkFub2rPLhcYMYx3g2FM&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1) saying I had bought QQQ LEAPS. Most people laughed. Fast forward to today: it's been a pretty good year. Not just because of those LEAPS. I also made a significant amount of money capturing the variance risk premium in …
Very excited to start my journey in covered calls
Hello everyone. Hope all is well. So I come to you all as an absolute newbie. I have my 401k with a brokerage account and I want to build for my retirement so I can leave early. I’m 48 years old, and my goal is to retire at 62. I …
SPX Settlement
Does anyone know if the TradeStation 14.95 assignment fee applies to SPX positions that expire ITM? I presume cash settled indexes wouldn’t as there is no assignment, but everywhere I look suggests otherwise.
Gexx
Traders are u gex level in ur trading and how u use it and thanks in advance
Single stock futures
CME laughing single stock futures. Supposedly this isn't the first time. I wonder what that is going to do with option volumes, etc.
OPTIONS FLOW FOR SWING
I am a ES swing trader who uses tpo charts and volume profiles mostly for my technical analysis, and I hold for 1-7 days on average. Often using limit orders for execution, would it really help me to add in options flow or will it just add noise? I don’t …
Weekly credit put diagonal on ES and NQ as a partial hedge
Every hedge has a cost: cash, part of the potential upside, or additional position-management risk. Recently, I have been using weekly credit put diagonals on ES and NQ futures options. I usually open the position on Thursday or Friday. I sell a put expiring the following Friday and buy a …
Selling 8/7 785 CC for WDC
So I bought 100+ shares at 787. I can't get out bc I don't wanna sell in red. So now I'm thinking selling covered call on these. Based on the ridiculous sentiments of the market since June, I don't see how it will go back up to 785 in 2 …
earnings season update
whats up everyone - we're kicking off another earnings season and it's one of the primary market effects i target. there are four broad ideas i implement through an earnings cycle: long vol into ER, short vol through ER, play the immediate directional response, and target post earnings announcement drift. …