Posts
Margin on Robinhood
I got off the phone with someone from support and they were saying if the long maintenance ratio is 25% I would get 4x that in margin. Is that accurate?
NDX Historical Option Data
Hello, I'm looking for a data provider for NDX tick level historical option data. Any recommandations?
Shorting Gamma W/O Leverage?
Do you guys know of any clever ways to short gamma without having to sell options?
Non-US Resident – Anyone Using Firstrade for Day Trading?
Hi everyone, I mainly trade 0DTE options on the U.S. market and currently use MooMoo and IBKR. However, commissions and platform fees have become a major issue for me. I usually trade 1–5 contracts per order, and the total cost (commissions, platform fees, exchange fees, and other charges) comes to …
Options spreads and buying power in a cash account.
If I have a cash account with $10K (just an easy example amount) and I daytrade options spreads (e.g. verticals), how does each such trade affect the buying power? For example, buy XYZ vertical for $100, then sell the same vertical for $110. Both transactions are not settled until tomorrow …
Crypto liquidity pools and options
Does anyone do both liquidity pools and options? Either to hedge or as a strategy? Question is, how is your experience comparing them?
"ADJ" Text Next to Options Date?
I was looking at the weekly options on MSTY on Fidelity and saw two different options expiring on the same day with the only difference being **ADJ** written next to one of them. The bids and asks of this one for a lot of the strike prices are extremely high …
Delta Hedging or Dynamic Hedging
​ Hey Option Writers, Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about traders—especially in Gujarat/Rajasthan(in India)—using manual Delta Hedging strategies in options trading. The approach seems to involve: \- Shorting Call and Put options with the same delta (e.g., 0.25 delta call and 0.25 delta put). \- Alternatively, selling calls and …
Trade in NBIS, short call
[Trade idea in NBIS collecting premium from an expensive call sale](https://preview.redd.it/lej951vvhuah1.png?width=432&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c496500fd2e1dd284054fe0c3427998118eb5d1) I got deltas positive again with the market softening so was looking to reduce it. NBIS calls looked very expensive, decided to sell 290 call in August. Below is agent's reasoning. I kinda agree with it. There is a …
Tips for Theta?
So far this week, I’ve been right about the direction of every trade I placed. The problem is that when I place the trade, the market decides to consolidate. For at least an hour. Leaving my options to decrease overtime. By the time it hits my take profit, I’ve barely …