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Does selling covered calls really limit your upside?
If I’m selling covered calls of a stock I’m happy to own (key part, happy to own more of) and selling OTM calls is my upside really limited? As the stock price approaches the strike price, wouldn’t setting a buy limit order at the same price essentially cancel it out? …
Ruined my life from trading. Taking a hiatus. But I’m not done just yet..
Alright gonna be a kinda long post. Been trading for a little over 5 years. So i have ‘some’ skin in the game. What led me here, is i finally hit an all time loss im finally not okay with. -15k all time. Quick background on me. I’m currently 32 …
Tracking expiries
Do you guys track 3rd Friday primarily for underlying signal or do you track like expiries out to a certain date? Is the signal going to be similar? I basically have to choose between looking at closest 3rd Friday or a cluster of near term expiries as a rule for …
Oil is going to $150+ OXY $55 Jan 15th 2027 Calls
Everyone is underestimating the upcoming oil shock. The situation with Iran will not subside, it will continue to escalate. oil is going much much higher. # The Escalation Trap Robert Pape calls this the "escalation trap." A dominant power hits a weaker one with limited force, wins the battles, but …
Schwab vs Robinhood vs Fidelity
Has anyone used all 3 platforms for options and what do you think is the best? I've heard RH has bad fills especially for mid, but I haven't really thoroughly tested it to see that and was curious if anyone actually thinks Schwab and Fidelity will have better mid fills …
Quick Math Lesson
The market is usually open from 9:30AM to 4PM, (with the exception days that closes early); and that is 6.5 hours, there are 60 minutes in an hour. Hence 390 Rule.
NVIDIA is both a customer and an investor here.
Coherent's the name in the AI trade nobody outside the industry has heard of, but it's basically the connective tissue holding the whole optical layer together. They make optical transceivers, the parts that convert electrical signals into light and back so data can move fast between GPUs and switches inside …
Robinhood restricting options due to being a “professional trader” need help
Since the removal of the pdt rule I’ve been scalping options hard and have been very successful at it. Now Robinhood issued me a warning that if my daily average in a month exceeds 390 trades my account will be restricted from options. I average about 500 a day. I …
Brent moved faster than I expected after the headlines
News about the blockade came through around 2am my time, when traditional markets were already closed. I wasn’t expecting much immediate follow-through, but Brent reacted pretty quickly once the supply risk started getting priced in. I opened the position on Canborsa DEX at 78 and it’s around 89 now, so …