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Options Questions Safe Haven periodic megathread | June 29 2026
We *call* this the weekly Safe Haven thread, but it might stay up for more than a week. For the options questions you wanted to ask, but were afraid to. **There are no stupid questions.** **Fire away.** This project succeeds via thoughtful sharing of knowledge. **You, too, are invited …
Options and Wash Sale
I had a first ever wash sale last Friday and I am not sure what to do about it. It was a leg of a spread. I first lost $30 on that leg and then made $10 back. I haven't traded this leg or this UL after or before this …
Long Calls MU
whats the smartest play, my view is it is gonna go up hardcore during next 12 months with high vola. what strategy? 12 month dte ITM? or 12 months OTM
I’ve noticed a huge change in market behavior and patterns since PDT ended.
I trade exclusively 0dte spreads and condors and I’ve noticed huge market behavior changes this month- Way less predictable, way less hard trend days, way more whipsaws and indecisive moves, more false breakouts and downtrends. Really uglier and more inconsistent price action across the board. Anyone else?
If the AI sector is currently under pressure in the market, are there any alternative investment sec
With the tech sector currently dominated by artificial intelligence, storage, and data, if it were to peak, are there other sectors that could take over as the leading growth sectors? (This is a post about investing in the future please let your imaginations run wild so we can all take …
Where to find expected move in TWS?
I cannot find it Is there any good external tool for that?
Thinking about grabbing a SOFI leap, am I missing something here
Saw SOFI got hammered this week and my first thought was man this feels like a gift. Looking at the Jan 2027 calls with a 22 strike and theyre not even that expensive considering the time you get. Like two and a half years for this thing to run back …
Are SPX call diagonals/calendars worth it? IV crush
I am just wondering, for puts it makes sense since these strategies are vega positive and when market goes down IV goes up for puts, but what about the call side? Does SPX calls IV go up if SPX goes up? I would say calls IV go down and diagonals …
Etrade Option Assignment
It is odd that I didnt get a notification regarding assignment? My sold put also expired ITM friday. Today is Saturday 1130 AM. I still see the option in my account, but is zeroed out. And I see that the cash that was used as collateral has been freed up …
Options after market close
So I have been trading options for about 5 years now and ran into an issue I’ve never had before. I had GME 22strike CC that expired Friday. At the close it was 21.76 but by 8pm it ran up to 22.16 putting my option in the money. If it …