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Getting stopped out
Here is my scenario. I have either a put or call vertical that expires at the end of the week. I usually put in a stop loss to prevent max loss on my vertical. Without fail the price would either rise and fall to hit my stop loss and then …
MU: $170M+ in vol bought today on an expiry that front-runs nothing. I'm fading it with a condor.
The tape: \~$100M into the $900 straddle (Jun 12), calls and puts same strike, both swept. Another \~$69M into the $950 straddle, same expiry. Near the money chain at 121% IV. MU last \~$935 after a 13.25% drop on 6/5 ($996 to $864 intraday) and a bounce. 121% IV is …
XSP Bull Put Credit Spread Failing Last Two Weeks
I enter into Bull Put Credit Spreads using XSP. Last Friday, my early exit signal fired, and I exited with a $30.26 loss. I entered yesterday, and a few minutes ago, my early exit signal fired, and I exited with a $163.68 loss. These last two weeks have been a …
Premium in SpaceX proxy ETF and Stocks
I saw a post somebody buying options in NASA ETF as a play for SpaceX IPO. I think the whole musk-space thingy is so hyped they going to whack retail crowd that bought calls on every proxy name. But I'm not going to pretend I know how the market going …
SPCX and Effects on Other Space Stonks/Options
With the IPO on Friday, what are people's feelings/opinions on how this would have (any) effects on other space related stocks? Example: LUNR, FLY Is it time to buy calls thinking they would ride SPCX's wave or buy puts because people will be selling them and use the money to …
strategy research
Have a trading idea you want tested? Drop it down below. I’ll pick a few and run a thorough analysis and share as a post. The entire purpose for this is to try and encourage traders to lean more heavily into the research side of trading. It used to be …
Am i the only one who trade ditm leaps call with etf?
Like dram, smh, qqq? In this way I gain higher risk diversification, without needing to invest one correct stock like msft I have bought since Jan and it hasn’t been doing well. Luckily I have invested in those booming etf like dram and smh with ditm leaps call too. holding …
Dummy data cvs
I'm looking for dummy data in CVS for as many brokers as I can get to add to a web tool I'm building for tracking trades, unfortunately each broker seems to have their own CVS setup so mapping is a bit of a pain.
ahead of spcx launch, 4 space related tickers, 400 call contracts, 1 week expiry.
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