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missing QQQ strike prices for Feb 18? Only showing increments of 5 between 520 and 550
Strike prices between 520 and 550 are only showing increments of 5 on Feb 18. What gives?
PANW vs COIN
Ok traders, I’m wondering which play will pay the most PANW or COIN? Puts or calls? Who wants to be the one to pick the biggest money maker, either direction Which one will move the most?
Retrieve some value from sunk stock
Would like to ask if there is any good that I can get out from a bad situation. Purchased a bunch of DOCS, FIGS, PTON and LCID stock Three years ago and I’m at 90% loss on all. Maybe 10% of my portfolio. My mistake, I kept holding on hoping …
Is this strategy viable?
Let say I’m nursing a loss in 100 Disney shares at 160. I sell 1 contract C125 expiry May at $1.35 and buy 2 contract C135 expiry May at 0.55, amounting to $1.10, with a net credit of $0.25. This is with the view that Disney may outperform the broad …
Tesla Name Quietly Removed from $400M Federal Contract
Source: [https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/?utm\_source=reddit.com](https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/?utm_source=reddit.com) The US government just quietly removed Tesla's name from a $400M armored EV contract. One day it was listed as "Armored Tesla," and then, boom, it's "Armored Electric Vehicles." No explanation, just a neat little edit after reports surfaced about Musk's growing influence in the government. The contract …
Locked up cash in selling puts?
Only recently sold my first put option, but was wondering if someone could help me understand: Does selling puts essentially tie up a lot of cash while you're waiting for expiration? E.g. if I sold 1 put on META, that obligates me to buy 100 shares at the strike which …
MGM naked short call ITM, should I roll up and out or cut my loss?
Sold a weekly call for 36 strike. Pre market MGM price is at 37.8. What should I do when market opens? I am still feeling my way around. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I still believe in the thesis that gambling business is a sunset industry. Even though MGM …
Options/VT Leverage
I've posted about this before in other groups to see what others thought. T oday I decided to use ChatGPT to help calculate amounts and percentages of using VT LEAP Calls + Regular VT Shares + GOVT to try and achieve a 1.5-2 leveraged portfolio. I haven't used this idea …
Public.com vs Robinhood for options?
I use fidelity for my Roth and index fund investments but I’m trying to get into some options trading, but the interface on fidelity is a little too complex for me. I was suggested public.com as they have a simple UI but I noticed it’s almost identical to Robinhood, does …
SPX 0 DTE stop losses
Wondering, does anyone used stop orders on 0 DTE SPX? How has your experience been with them getting 'wrongly' triggered? I.e. have you experienced a split second jump in the bid or ask that has triggered the stop when in actual fact the price did not move much?