#RedditOptions

For those using GEX to trade SPY options with longer-dated expirations: how do you test whether additional filters actually improve trade selection?…

Hi, Wanted to check how everybody's portfolio behaved on this week "stress test". Mine went down intraday 1.6% and ended up -0.9% on Thursday compared with -4.4% for SPY Week ended with small gain 0.57% Pretty uneventful week, overall.…

Hi guys, I have been trading stocks, FX, futures here and there for since for about 7 years now. Never touched options. Recently, I decided to experiment with options and I am quite surprised with such little knowledge I have about options, I can have…

Why is there so much volume OTM on calls? like 50k volume on 8% otm strikes. Most puts don’t have more than 2k volume submitted by /u/Boring-Cut-8218 [link] [comments]

Hello everyone, I’ve been trying to sell a 200-point wide SPX box spread ($20k notional) on IBKR for the April 16, 2027 expiration (~160 DTE), but haven’t been able to get a fill yet.…

Disclosure: This was simulated trading, not a live-money trade. On September 17, I opened a SPY 764/754 bear put spread expiring October 16. At expiration, the 754 put expired and the 764 put was exercised, resulting in the sale of 100 SPY shares at $764.…

Does your bot mainly base its signals on underlying price movements, the VIX term structure, fundamental/macro analysis or something else? submitted by /u/Neat_Lynx801 [link] [comments]

Hey guys, I am just getting into Options. I was studying liquidity inducement theorem and trading futures on it. I used to think that liquidity is fuel for the market.…

I’ve been getting more into building my own trading tools to improve my workflow, and I’m curious to hear from people who’ve gone down a similar path.…

Hey all, I have been trading options for a few days now. I initially started by taking advantage of the strong rally in Indian markets, mostly buying far OTM call options.…

if i understand correctly iv gets higher when a stock is getting trendy and getting traded in higher value than usual trade for this stock? and also it gets higher the longer the option is and iv crush is when interest in the stock starts to vanish and…

I sold a CC on ETHA before the 3 for 1 reverse split in October. My original strike price was $31. I had 100 shares before the split and now have 33 shares.…

Hi there! I have built an analytics tool for myself to help with options selling evaluation, because I wanted a faster way to find good wheel trades, for both cash-secured puts and covered calls, ranked by annualized yield without digging through option…

TOS can only display vertical spreads of 1 to 4 strikes in width. It cannot display vertical spreads of user specified width. Are there any platforms that I can use to display vertical spreads of any width?

Down 9% just because of the sell off, numbers continue to be solid…unless I’m missing something?? submitted by /u/Jasonunlimited [link] [comments]

Fidelity has blessed us customers of nearly 2 years of being guinea pigs on a new software call Active Trader +. It is supposedly the be all and end all and works with Macs (all twelve in existence).…

Hi all, I’m learning to trade options. I’ve traded small before but never committed to one or two strategies, so I’ve been testing a few. The usual ones Covered calls: They cap my upside too much.…

So this is my RH I’m only down 1500 bucks over the last 3 months BUT I put to the side a total of 3k to start trading with. I’m loading up tomorrow 1k but I realized there is some discipline missing.…

I have, on and off, attempted to trade options at various times over the years, with limited success at best. I have received many emails from Schaeffer's Investment Research touting their gaudy returns on options trading.…

Hey guys! Does anyone here have solid experience trading gold options and a really deep understanding of how they work? I’ve got a few important questions, so if you know your stuff, I’d really appreciate a DM! 💬 Thanks guys!…