r/OptionsMillionaire

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Bought yesterday doubled today the direction is right the timing is right all that s left is to wait and count the money.

u/Lorna_Longan — 3 days ago

$HOOD: 110Call position 1,372% return

  1. Asymmetry is the key

This wasn’t a “high probability trade.”

It was a low-probability, high convexity setup.

Most of the time, these options expire worthless

But when they do hit, the returns are not linear they are explosive.

That is the only reason I include options in my strategy

  1. Timing > prediction

I did not “predict HOOD.”

I simply positioned in line with momentum, narrative expansion, and liquidity flow

The edge is not being right

The real edge is being positioned before the move accelerates

  1. Risk is defined before entry, not during the trade

When I entered I fully accepted the possibility of a total loss.

That is the trade off:

100% loss is acceptable

1000%+ gains are the objective

If you become emotionally dependent on outcomes, your risk exposure is too large

  1. Most people misunderstand leverage

Leverage does not create alpha.

It only reveals whether you truly have conviction and correct timing

Final thought

This type of trading cannot be scaled by blindly copying it

It only works when:

You can survive enough “zeros”

You understand when volatility is expanding

You care more about liquidity cycles than personal opinions

Otherwise it is just gambling with extra steps

u/gunnsmoke74 — 3 days ago

New Trader Interested in Options

I've been daytrading stocks for around 6 months to no success, and was curious to know how similar trading options is to trading stocks? I was wondering if regular options traders frequently use indicators like EMA and RSI to enter Calls and Puts, or if options are all about spreads?

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u/WideMine8398 — 3 days ago

Will I lose my shares on this covered call?

Sold a CC on NFLX at the $77 strike that expires today. I collected $68 on the premium. NFLX closed at 77.60 today and I can see that I still have my shares as well as the option still showing. I expected something to happen when after-hours trading closed. Will I lose my shares? When will I see this settle? I’m not sure what’s happening is someone could shed some light

UPDATE:
Thanks everyone. The shares have been called away. I’m not that upset about it. I held them for a very long time and it was time to go. Maybe I’ll try the wheel now.

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u/Coixe — 3 days ago

One step closer to $1m this trade yielded a profit of $69K.

I have been watching SPCX ever since it went public because it is a capital hungry beast I was not able to participate in the IPO I wanted to buy at the open but the bid was too high and it kept rising since the open Anyone familiar with market dynamics knows that chasing highs at this point is a sure way to lose So I added it to my watchlist and kept tracking it for the right entry point On June 22 it had a sharp drop and I really wanted to buy but the overall market environment was poor so I held back I observed it for several consecutive days and it was just consolidating with not much volume I kept watching its options chain which kept declining After a few days of consolidation I saw that the decline was basically over and the three major indexes were also recovering so the opportunity came I originally planned to buy the stock but I noticed that the 167.5C options were very cheap so I decided to go for a smaller capital with bigger potential returns and bought 100 contracts of the 167.5C at 1.33 on June 26 My luck was incredible because right after I bought the price started to rebound and today I sold all of them at 7.45 I didnt get greedy I locked in the profits and converted them into shares When trading options never rush always wait for the right moment to pull the trigger and make it count with one clean shot

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u/Good_Tap6905 — 5 days ago

Sitting on your hands is honestly the hardest part

The chop lately has been driving me insane. Getting faked out on almost every setup because Im trying to force trades when the volume just isnt there. Got chopped to pieces on spy yesterday and it took everything in me not to immediately revenge trade the rest of my account into some zero dte garbage

Had to physically force myself to close my broker app for the rest of the week. Just to scratch the itch i started messing with a trading game instead whenever I get bored at my desk. at least when I make a stupid impulse buy on there because im impatient, it doesnt actually burn a hole in my real portfolio

protecting capital is supposed to be rule number one but man the fomo really makes you do dumb things. just venting I guess. Definitely just staying cash gang and waiting for a real trend before I touch live options again.

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u/m-alacasse — 5 days ago
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From -1.2 to 5k in 30 minutes

got caught up in a spread, they did not exercise one leg, today i was about to have a margin call but like never before market moved in my favor. from a heart attack to fainting ( in a good way) started with 380$ yesterday.

u/Dismal-Stand-9587 — 9 days ago
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💥 🎤 Congratulations to everyone! the rapture of the church will take place,is revealed! church will leave this world very soon. everyone 1) repent your life 2) Give to God your soul 3)ask God to write your name into the book of heaven. Welcome to heaven we will leave this world .

u/Joniel89 — 14 days ago

SPX SPY QQQ 0DTE GEX levels

GEX Evolution 0DTE Levels 6/25/26

$SPX
7450 Call Wall
7390-7400 Gamma Flip
7310-7320 Put wall

7400 key level for 6/26 and 6/30 expiry.
Remember if we do not come close to 7300 and 7200, then that bullish pressure.

$SPY

sloppy structure
740, 744/745 Call wall
736 Gamma flip
730 Put Wall

$QQQ

730, 728, 725, 720 Call walls
717 Put Wall and Gamma Flip

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u/ResponsibleSpray2409 — 11 days ago

Well GTA6 even made me more money

This is literally the most easiest option call trades I have ever done if you aren’t up on the news with the biggest entertainment product in history you’re missing out on money.

u/Illustrious_Scene129 — 14 days ago

How do you actually screen for options selling trades? my 4 filter checklist

been selling premium for a while now and ngl the biggest lesson wasn't strategy, it was filtering. chasing fat premiums on garbage tickers blew up my account more than once lol.

these days i run every candidate through 4 hard checks before i even look at the chain:

  1. liquidity. tight bid ask, decent open interest, real volume. if i can't get filled near mid i skip it.

  2. would i actually be ok owning the stock long term if it gets put to me? if the answer is no i don't sell the put. simple as that.

  3. IV rank. i want it elevated, ideally above 70. anything under 30 honestly not worth the buying power imo.

  4. no earnings or binary events before expiration. been burned too many times on a "safe" CSP into a print.

started on broad ETFs first, stuff like SPY QQQ IWM VOO, before i ever touched single names. pulled the IV rank chart from moomoo community the other day and it's wild how fast the rank flips on names like TSLA NVDA AAPL once vol cools off.

friction matters too. saw a breakdown where like 30% of premium just bleeds to spreads if you trade illiquid stuff. that math humbled me real quick.

anyone running a stricter checklist? what's your IV rank floor before you'll touch a name?

u/One-Travel970 — 12 days ago
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Is it even possible to make money?

Hey guys, I really need some advice. I always hear 99% of people fail trading. I’m new to options trading and I’m trying to figure out which strategy fits my wrist tolerance, and psychology. I started with credit spreads and I did (what I would assume) pretty good or beginners luck.. was making about $6000 to $7000 a month for about three months. Now I have been doing single leg options calls, and puts and it’s been hit or miss. I’m down about $8000 but I’m more comfortable with the risk to rewards on the single legs versus the credit spreads, even though it has a higher win rate.

I am blessed enough to make over $320,000 a year in my current job. And it’s allowed me to build software’s to give me a little bit of an edge in the options market. But I feel like I’m missing something and it’s making me question how realistic this is.

So I say all this to say… really ask for those who have been trading options for years what are you doing to keep you profitable. Is it even possible.. in what systems do you guys have in place?

I hope this makes sense and I would really appreciate any tips, advice, and hard truths.

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u/ButterflyOk2952 — 13 days ago