u/imusuallydrunkatnine

What gives? Thought these always had to be “on cycle”.

This morning it sounded like something out of Europe. Sounds cool.

I always sell spreads, never long. Vix is collapsing so that’s going to be hard the next few weeks. Anyone for some tips?

No one to celebrate the wins with, no one to help you through the pain of a loss. At work you have a team around you to rely on and talk to. You celebrate the wins together and form relationships.

With day trading no one cares about how much money you made - in fact most people resent how “easy” it is.

Anyone else feel like this?

IKBR has it. I like qt because I’m used to the interface but I really don’t want to hold exposure until 9:30 am if I really don’t have to.

Any plan for cboe hours? Sunday 8:15 pm to Friday 5:00 pm.

Also would love futures at some point.

My wife and I are Swiss born abroad. We’ve visited Switzerland many times but it was always vacations filled with mountain excursions and family holidays.

We want to see what living in Switzerland would actually be like. We’re thinking to spend 3–4 weeks in Switzerland next year, and instead of trying to see every mountain, lake, and tourist attraction, we want to experience what everyday life actually feels like.
Our idea is to rent an Airbnb and simply… live.

Wake up, grab breakfast from the local bakery, grocery shop at Migros or Coop, cook dinner most nights, go for evening walks, take the train into town,, and just experience the rhythm of Swiss life. We want the boring parts—the 9–5 routine, the quiet evenings, the weekends at the local market. That’s the experience we’re after.

At the same time we don’t want to be completely bored. Any ideas for volunteer opportunities or ways to keep ourselves busy in a non fun way?

I’ve been digging through SPX daily data looking for a potential edge, and I found something that challenged one of my assumptions.

The common thinking is that after a nasty red day, the market is “due” for a bounce. I wanted to see if the data actually supports that.

Here’s what I found:
2025
157 green opens, 105 red opens
35 opened worse than -0.50%
42 days opened red and also closed red
20 of those 42 (47.6%) were followed by a green day

2024
161 green opens, 98 red opens
22 opened worse than -0.50%
44 opened red and closed red
22 of 44 (50.0%) were followed by a green day

2023
133 green opens, 128 red opens
35 opened worse than -0.50%
48 opened red and closed red
25 of 48 (52.1%) were followed by a green day

2022 (bear market)
121 green opens, 141 red opens
71 opened worse than -0.50%
71 opened red and closed red
26 of 71 (36.6%) were followed by a green day
Combined (2022–2025)
472 lower opens
205 days that opened red and closed red
93 of those 205 days were followed by a green session

That’s a 45.4% next-day bounce rate.

Looking to take a sabbatical to reexamine what I want to do in life. I don’t have enough savings to quit my job now and look for another one. I really can’t stand my work now and I feel like I’m neglecting family life.

Work in uhnw wealth management front office for a bulge bracket.

I primarily sell SPX put credit spreads between 3:50-4:15 p.m. ET, then I close the position right after the market opens the next morning (usually between 9:30-9:34 a.m.), regardless of whether I’m up or down. I usually do 10-15 10 wide put credit spreads, around 1.3% otm.

The main reason is honestly psychological. I can’t mentally handle sitting in front of the screen from 9:30 to 4:00 every day watching every tick. I second guess every decision when markets are open. This approach lets me place the trade, walk away, sleep on it, and then exit first thing in the morning.

So far, I’ve found that overnight theta decay and mostly a favorable overnight move often gives me a decent profit by the open. If the trade moves against me, I roll it out.

I only do this with SPX put credit spreads because I know I have the flexibility to roll if needed, and over the long run I trust that broad market pullbacks eventually recover.

I know this probably isn’t a conventional approach, but it’s what has worked best for both my psychology and consistency.

Does anyone else trade almost exclusively overnight like this? Any pitfalls I’m overlooking?

Team’s had a great run, made it past a knockout round for the first time since 1938 and have a good chance against Colombia.

Let’s get a bit more excited here? Barely seen a post about the team.

Team’s had a great run, made it past a knockout round for the first time since 1938 and have a good chance against Colombia.

Let’s get a bit more excited here? Barely seen a post about the team.

Don’t want to miss the anthems!

Water breaks are fine. Maybe unnecessary when the temp is below 25c but whatever.

The commercial breaks are extremely annoying and is completely ruining the experience. We’re all used to 45 minutes straight of pure football, something we’ve all enjoyed since we were young. Showing ads is completely optional and they’re only doing it to get more revenue.

Is anyone else down to email / call TSN? We’re paying for this service and we shouldn’t have it ruined by their greed.