How people are making money doing this is beyond me. The market unrelentingly just moves and moves and moves. Doing a short credit spread or condor is basically saying “I’m betting the market won’t move.” The stock market is equal to a 5 year old kid with…
I've never held index options until expiration so all my knowledge about how settlement works is strictly academic. I'd like to find out from those who have first hand experience what happens if a vertical spread expires partially or fully ITM.…
https://preview.redd.it/eqytp9swv64h1.png?width=885&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed8405f15c9639636bc62ce8545f0f630e573573 Sharing with primarily for the "sell premium for income" family.…
Crypto & Stocks in Bearish Territory: ETF Outflows & Liquidations Signal Consolidation Crypto and equities are trading in a bearish phase driven by liquidation pressures, ETF outflows, and shifting institutional positioning.…
Hi everyone, I'm starting to trade seriously. I used to invest, but I never watched the news. I started looking at Yahoo Finance and Google News, but I get lost in too much news.…
i studied options for three months before starting trading them November last year, and am obviously still learning, with a ~8k margin account, over 100 trades in that time, almost all selling/rolling CSPs for premium trying to avoid assignment, wheeling…
The timing is from a complicated algo which contains fundamental, technical and descriptive as well as ownership components, but the trade formulation might be something this crowd might be interested in.…
My light research shows most brokerages pay for order flow on options these days, excluding Vanguard and IBKR (pro). Are these two brokerages the only ones left to get filled at the best prices or are there alternatives?…
My brother has been working through material for the CFOA (Certified Futures and Options Analyst) and one of the concepts around volatility and delta got me thinking.…
I’ve been trying to create a bull spread strategy with Claude I previously had one created, which I ran for a while until I hit a very huge loss and honestly just put a bad taste in my mouth and I kinda got away from options selling ever since but I have…
Hi folks, This is what I do - IVP on the higher side (50+) - No events like earnings, major macro events etc - Minimal movement (<2% on either side) I sell a strangle in liquid stock options under this criteria 40 mins post market open and close it around…
I would appreciate your help in understanding how brokers price risk near expiration. I have a PM account. This isn't the first time I've faced this problem.…
Here is one more in the cheap calendar "near arbitrage" type trades. Last time I was actually at a net credit, and this time I paid a penny plus commissions to get exposure to $OSUR.…
Sitting on a long call SMH expire 3/19/27 strike $330 delta~0.93 IV=0.55. I have owned it for awhile so it is now very far into profit (>$10k). I am still bullish but I want to make an adjustment to take partial profit.…
Hello, I’ve been day trading for about three years and have been trying to be profitable, I work 2 jobs about 90 hours a week and still trade during my first job.…
95% apparently is due to xAI and Grok. Yes a space co. What is the best options play for this SpaceX IPO? submitted by /u/judechrist4444 [link] [comments]
Since GEX, Delta, and Vanna levels represent mechanism hedging exposure rather than real directional buying or selling, is the idea that on the first touch of a major level like a put wall, call wall, vol trigger, or pivot algos and market makers react…
I am far from a pro, so do get in trouble, writing CC or CSP's on volatile stocks like LUNR, RKLB, IREN, and not watching them closely, as they get redder than Sydney Sweeney's blood when she's in heat....…
As mentioned above I’m looking for steady income with defined risks. However want to know from you guys what things needs to be avoided or a particular way in which things needs to be done! submitted by /u/Viskey_1602 [link] [comments]
