r/options

Hey everyone. I recently switched from trading stocks to SPY options exclusively. At first I found a lot of success with nearly consistent 10%+ daily returns, however that changed a few weeks ago when I fell into a drawdown. Now I'm down over 90%

This is just a strategy I’ve used lately and it’s pretty sweet that it works so often. I work night shift so 7:30 when the market opens for me in like 10pm for regular people. My shift starts in the early afternoon shortly after markets close. So w

Hey guys I thought it would be a good idea to go to a trading seminar today. I was wrong it was all basic shit that I already knew. There was a security guard there that was astonished at the most basics of investing lol. I really didn’t gain any val

Seeing quality tossed with out the trash. Stodgy old banks like this always prove to be safe havens. Don’t usually trade it but this is oversold by any metric so just picked up calls. (Monthly) I can weather any risk if the market turns. Thoughts f

Hello r/options, I was interested in looking into getting into options for 2 stocks I'm long on, but I'm not sure if its worth it. I've practiced a lot on a trading simulator and have had more losing trades but a bigger net profit. The stocks I care

I am having a hard time understanding the concept that "Everything is priced in." I am relatively new to options, by the way, so I understand that I have a rudimentary view of the markets. However, I thought today was a perfect example which serv

Fairly new to options. Made like $10k on Cloudflare & Coinbase earlier this year, then bet all $10k on Oxy. I usually buy 3-month+ call options, but I accidentally bought into a < 1-month contract and held on to it. It expires tomorrow (03/03/2023

**TL;DR** - Shorting options in a Reg T margin account takes initial margin requirements from margin (option) buying power, **not from your cash balance**. You also **do not need a margin loan** to fund the collateral for a cash-secured short option,

Last time a former president died, the market was closed (12/5/2018 for Bush Senior). &#x200B; What happened to the options expiring that day?

The Fed is in a quandary. Inflation isn't dropping as they would want to, and at the same time the US economy seems to keep pushing forward. Some investors believe that JPow's dovishness may turn back to hawkish mode. Last week, the AI battle betwee

## Market View **Last Week – SPY exits tight February range to the downside.** SPY fell about 2.7% last week, a larger move than options were pricing (1.5%). Treasury yields spiked as inflation worries renewed. The 2-year yield closed Friday at 4.8

I had been using 100 shares of Amazon stock as a vehicle for covered calls, but decided yesterday that the tiny stream of revenue just isn't lucrative enough to hold up all that cash is collateral. So I sold it off for a small profit yesterday from m

Do you ever scalp 1DTE - 5DTE SPY options? In positions of hundreds of contracts at a time?

**Update**: Up 19.6% in 4 days. Decided to trade less than 20 times a day to reduce exposure to risk (typically 7 trades a day, 1DTE, 3 cent scalps). When I have an unrealized loss and it crosses both amount and time thresholds, I immediately clos

I won't say that options trading doesn't work. I just don't think I have the resources to make it work the way I want. Even if I did, I think of options as an approach that fits better with a bear market than a bull market or even a flat one. I'm d

I have lost thousands trading my real money and got on a paper trading account (webull) to still stay active but not lose out. Ironically with the fake money I’m doing great. It’s making me want to get back into it with the real $$ but I’m hesitant s