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r/Stocks Daily Discussion & Options Trading Thursday - May 21, 2026

This is the daily discussion, so anything stocks related is fine, but the theme for today is on stock options, but if options aren't your thing then just ignore the theme.

Some helpful day to day links, including news:


Required info to start understanding options:

  • Call option Investopedia video basically a call option allows you to buy 100 shares of a stock at a certain price (strike price), but without the obligation to buy
  • Put option Investopedia video a put option allows you to sell 100 shares of a stock at a certain price (strike price), but without the obligation to sell
  • Writing options switches the obligation to you and you'll be forced to buy someone else's shares (writing puts) or sell your shares (writing calls)

See the following word cloud and click through for the wiki:

Call option - Put option - Exercising an option - Strike price - ITM - OTM - ATM - Long options - Short options - Combo - Debit - Credit or Premium - Covered call - Naked - Debit call spread - Credit call spread - Strangle - Iron condor - Vertical debit spreads - Iron Fly

If you have a basic question, for example "what is delta," then google "investopedia delta" and click the investopedia article on it; do this for everything until you have a more in depth question or just want to share what you learned.

See our past daily discussions here. Also links for: Technicals Tuesday, Options Trading Thursday, and Fundamentals Friday.

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u/AutoModerator — 10 hours ago
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What's the most valuable item youve ever found metal detecting?

I've been metal detecting for a few months now and I found my first piece of jewelry the other day. It was a silver ring.

The other day when I was metal detecting, someone came up to me to see what I was doing. He said that he was also into metal detecting and told me he's been doing it for over 10 years. We talked about stuff we had found and I asked him what he would do with anything of value. He said every once in a while he would go to a precious metals buyer and cash in his loot. His last cash in earned him $1500.

What's your biggest cash in or what was the most valuable single item you ever found?

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u/Then_Marionberry_259 — 10 hours ago
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Hardware store haul

Bought some spring cleaning supplies with Goldbacks last week! The lady at the counter was unfamiliar with them at first but understood what they were about after I left lol.

u/BedAccording5717 — 13 hours ago
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Realistic Value/Premium?

This is my 5G gold cod bar, I don't plan on selling it anytime soon and this isn't an ad for it. Realistically what is a fair asking price if I did? I know Apmex has them for like $1,200 but it's Apmex.

u/Ahab6 — 10 hours ago
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Found at a thrift

In a $5 bag, still can't believe it and had other coins aswell! Some silver coins

u/Tekkai- — 8 hours ago
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Panda madness. Hype or the next libertad?

Libertads with their low montages and beautiful have always commanded more premiums than other sovereigns like eagles and maples. I've noticed a trend of people stacking up 2010+ pandas. Do you guys think these will continue to rise in premium or are people falling for a hype train?

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u/GoblinSarge — 11 hours ago
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BTC -- 33 Weeks

Bitcoin / U.S. Dollar

Measuring from the all time high to May 24^(th) Pentecost/Feast of Weeks/Shavuot.

This is a 50-day count from Resurrection Sunday April 5^(th) and is a highly possible day of the Rapture.

With Biblical knowledge, we can unpack the chart to reveal the story.

The money knows before the event. Biblically, we know that Judas was paid to betray Jesus.

Luke 22:3-6 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

u/Then_Marionberry_259 — 13 hours ago
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My first business-trip to the scrapyard

Today I went to the scrapyard the first time as a business with a lot a granulated copper, some milberry (bare bright for the us folks) and a bunch of number 2 as well as some other small crap

I was surprised when they payed me full 38% copper cable price for 2 tubs of data wire (basically worthless crap)

u/PyroRider — 9 hours ago
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How exactly does increasing Capital Gains Tax on shares help "intergenerational equity" when younger generations will bear far more of the high taxes than older generations, who already made most of their lifetime gains and have the CGT discount nicely grandfathered in on a silver platter for them?

I've read a few times "because older generations own most of the shares" but that's a useless argument because the very reason they own most of the shares is because they had such a long time under generous tax rules.

Seems very much to me like pulling up the ladder after you've climbed. "I benefited from low capital gains tax on shares for decades and made a lot of money. Now that I'm close to cashing out, it's time to increase the capital gains tax which will be paid by the younger generations for the next 40+ years (but my gains are all grandfathered in so that's nice). For equity, of course!"

For example, a 70 year old with $5mil in assets. "Oh well, I've already made my money. I'll be cashing out soon anyway, and the changes are all grandfathered in anyway. This new tax increase is no big deal for me"

Compared to e.g. a 25 year old with $5,000 in assets. "I put away a bit of my wages into ETFs. This tax increase significantly burdens me on my ability to build wealth and enjoy social mobility in the coming years".

See the difference?

I am not debating whether the changes are good or bad. I am just focussing on this obviously false claim that it helps with intergenerational equity.

(and for the record, I'm supportive of the changes to negative gearing and the CGT discount on housing)

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u/AsparagusNew3765 — 17 hours ago
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CSE: NRED | OTCQB: NREDF - UBS Just Raised Copper Price Forecasts Again As Supply Constraints Keep Tightening

Another major copper headline dropped today and honestly it keeps reinforcing the same bigger macro theme.

UBS just raised its copper-price forecasts again, specifically pointing to ongoing supply constraints despite mixed short-term market signals.

That matters because the copper market keeps getting pulled in two directions at once:

Short term:

• economic uncertainty

• China demand concerns

• market volatility

Long term:

• AI infrastructure expansion

• electrification

• transformer shortages

• grid upgrades

• robotics demand

• strategic-minerals policy shifts

• structural supply deficits

And increasingly the long-term story seems to be winning.

Over the last few weeks alone we’ve already seen:

• copper prices near record highs around $6.69/lb

• hedge funds increasing bullish copper positioning

• governments discussing critical-mineral stockpiles

• AI infrastructure forecasts pushing copper-demand estimates higher

• humanoid robotics emerging as another possible copper-demand layer

That broader setup honestly makes future copper supply increasingly valuable.

Which brings me back to:

• CSE: NRED

• OTCQB: NREDF

NovaRed Mining is still early-stage obviously, but the Wilmac story has become much more technically advanced over the past few months.

Recent work now includes:

• copper-in-soil support reportedly up to 1,125 ppm Cu

• North Lamont highs up to 379 ppm Cu

• western cluster averaging roughly 209 ppm copper

• historical 3DIP/AMT interpretation

• two interpreted intrusive centres

• upward pipe-like porphyry features

• deeper conductivity anomalies

The project itself is also district-scale:

• around 16,078 hectares

• roughly 160 square kilometers

• around 39.7k acres

• roughly 30k football fields

• about 2.7x Manhattan

And importantly:

Wilmac sits roughly 10 km west of Hudbay Minerals Inc.’s Copper Mountain Mine inside BC’s Quesnel porphyry belt.

The AI side through MetalCore also feels increasingly relevant because exploration itself is moving toward:

• AI-assisted targeting

• integrated geophysical analysis

• probabilistic geological modeling

• data-driven exploration workflows

NovaRed recently reported:

• 249 onboarding applicants shortly after MetalCore launch

The interesting part for me is that multiple narratives now appear to be converging simultaneously:

• stronger copper-price outlooks

• tighter future supply expectations

• AI infrastructure demand

• strategic critical-minerals policy

• AI-enabled exploration

Still speculative obviously. No resource estimate and no producing mine.

But if large institutions like UBS continue raising copper-price expectations because supply growth cannot keep pace with future demand, then district-scale copper exploration projects in stable jurisdictions probably become increasingly important over time.

NFA

u/Then_Marionberry_259 — 11 hours ago
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1989 d gold dime

I’m wondering what’s going on why this is sticking to a magnet there’s no bezel or anything like that it’s gold plated so that’s not magnetic . Any help please

u/No_Present870 — 8 hours ago
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Russia sold 22T of gold this year

Partly explains the fall in the price of gold.

https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2026-04-21/russia-has-already-sold-22-tonnes-gold-year-amid-declining-ruble-rising

(Kitco News) – The Bank of Russia has sold 21.8 tonnes of gold since the start of 2026 to help finance the country’s budget deficit, which had grown to $61.2 billion by the end of March, according to Russian and Ukrainian reports.

Russia’s gold reserves declined to 2,304.76 tonnes as of April 1, 2026, including a decrease of 6.22 tonnes in March alone, the Central Bank reported on Monday.

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u/FusionStarFire — 11 hours ago
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Today was a good day

Spent a few hours stripping with before and after pictures. Final weight is just the wire I picked up yesterday not including a bit of copper pipe and brass

u/Spoon75 — 9 hours ago