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i am about to make the most regarded gamble in my trading history
if sls hit 14, i am gonna sell my position and would sell bb if it hit 9.5, and put both in 13$ nok calls the will expire 26 AUG, nok's earnings are basically guaranteed to be positive, and it might be a big jump, have been following it for …
"Right on direction, still got wrecked"
Bought 0DTE SPY calls this morning, market ripped 0.4% like I called it. Calls still down 60% — theta and IV crush ate everything before direction mattered. Down to rent money. Being "right" means nothing on 0DTE apparently. Anyone else learn this the hard way this week?
My soxs calls are now worthless after the split
What happened, volume is zero, soxs going up, my calls for November are going down????
Excel tracking vs App or software
I’ve been option trading for about 2 years. I currently use excel and when making a trade I enter date, option type, underlying stock, expiration date, premium or cost, delta, number of contracts. Then when I exit, I enter close date, exit price. If I roll or an assignment occurs, …
Looking for feedback on direction neutral LEAPS collar strategy
The general idea is an advanced collar composed of: 1. Buy a deep itm LEAPS call (replacing outright owning 100 shares) 2. Sell a call option 3. Buy a put option For example: SMCI is trading around **$24.61**. * Buy $13C @ **13.23** * Sell $26C @ **5.90** * Buy …
SPCX - what a pig! And practical question, for delta reduction, any fat calls left anywhere?
My 130 put I sold for 8.7 down $5 and it went to 125 overnight Ugh Is anybody selling any fat calls for this expiration? I had some in BE and NBIS and they worked obviously great. SKHY are really fat but couldn't generate trades yet, some missing IV data …
My setup to select stocks for CSPs and spreads
Recently I used Claude to help me setup filters to find stocks to do CSPs and Credit Spreads on. Here’s what we do: PART 1 - SCREENING FILTERS Run these filters before opening any chart. They eliminate structurally inadequate stocks at the source No Earnings Within 30 Days Earnings Date …
Anybody have a super good track record at earnings call options?
Follow accounts, discords etc, that are focused solely on 1DTE earnings based options?
Earnings IV Crush Analysis [Did not trade this]
I've decided to publicly note some trades I am making this year. Specially IV crush around earnings. If anyone needs glossary or how it works, let me know. There have been better teachers than me who have explained it well! # Research (20 days before earning): Ideally I research these …