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Fed Preview - What Options, Bonds and Positioning Are Telling Us
For poor man 0DTE options, is IWM my best bet? 🤔
Would you have closed this IWM spread or let theta work?
Closed IWM $299.00P 08/05/26 for -$51,950.00 loss (-58%)
I model dealer gamma daily. Right now all three big index ETFs are negative-gamma below their flip,
June CPI missed big but I'm not buying the full rally yet
Small caps up 22% in H1 2026, best since 1991. Is the Russell 2000 actually for real this time?
Small caps are having their best year since 1991 and nobody I know is talking about it
How much Short float is too much float short?
Disregard Private Credit Liquidity Tests. Acquire BLACKROCK. Long $BLK
AI is disruptive. Individual companies have never been more volatile. What’s the argument to not just buy indexes?
Warsh's first FOMC presser is Wednesday and nobody seems to be talking about the dot plot risk
Week 5 - Day 5 - One and done option trade. Growing a small account $300 to $60,000
Week 5 - Day 4 - One and done option trade. Growing a small account $300 to $60,000
It’s SO fair! I LOVE you all I LOVE you all!
SPX at 21x P/E with 30-yr at 5.08% — is this a "mania phase" or just a new regime for rates?
What are Benefits and Downsides of a Long/Short Portfolio vs Direct Indexing?
I built the most honest VRP put credit spread backtest I could. 7 years, 5 symbols. Terrible
Broker that let's me set trades based off % of portfolio? i.e. buy as much SPY with100% of portfolio or cash available. Also set a time?
April NFP Preview: 60k Exp. Is a "hot" print the only real threat to this tape?
Built a real-time catalyst scanner - looking for feedback/if anyone interested
Oil and 10Yr at war time highs. Stocks still near ATH. At what point do we acknowledge stocks are being propped for nefarious reasons?
Oil and 10Yr at war time highs. Stocks still near ATH. At what point do we acknowledge stocks are being propped for nefarious reasons?
Oil and 10Yr at war time highs. Stocks still near ATH. At what point do we acknowledge stocks are being propped for nefarious reasons?
Jeez what a roller coaster $5,300 in 5 minutes is crazy fast $IWM
Day 1. IWM $274 0DTE puts paid today. I wish I got in earlier but profit is profit.
SPY's the only short-gamma leg of the index complex right now
SPY Market Recap - Positive Gamma Floor, Iran Bid, VRP Trap
Dealer positioning read: $8.38B GEX at SPY 700, QQQ below flip, vanna -$181B
Why does the market keep pushing toward highs even when the macro backdrop still looks bad?
Selling premium right now but not really loving it
Started trading credit spreads last week! Looking for helpful info & opinions from option sellers !
Welcome input on my AI-powered monthly investment review workflow
Welcome input on my AI-powered monthly investment review workflow
What the hell happened March 9th??!!!! 🤯
You need to understand what is going on geopolitically
This is not a dip buying opportunity
THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS TODAY FROM THE FED , THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK YOUR BETS ON THE STOCK MARKET ?
Gamma Exposure (GEX) and Option Expiry (OpEx) strategies positions/strategies?
SPY and IWM lotto calls looking tempting.. 🤔
The Invisible Buyers: How Passive Capital Flows Into Small-Cap Stocks Like NXXT
Game theory on when VCs will pull the rug from under the AI bubble
How Russell Index Inclusion Can Change the Playing Field for $NХХT
I was digging through the FTSE Russell ESMA Compliance Quarterly Membership Weights document recently and noticed something interesting regarding $NXXT
Somebody knew....IWM put volume exp. today
Reasonable trader turned unemployed degenerate gambler
Quick midweek thoughts on market direction - SPY, QQQ, IWM
Weekly Market Map: SPY 681 Decision Zone, QQQ 600 Line in Sand
where to deploy capital in case there's a correction/crash?
Two Federal Reserve Members Say the Jobs Numbers Are Wrong. Revision Is Tomorrow.
Moving $ Systematic Book from IBKR to Clear Street: Custom Credit & Execution Latency Questions
AI Fear" Resurfaces in Software – Potential Sector Pivot Brewing?
Day 3 of copying my friends trades till I’m rich
Day 1 of 450-10k while copying my friends trade
Anyone land the jackpot at the spx casino today? 1/21
Vanguard and BlackRock Scaling In Slowly
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Bearish IWM for two weeks, buy calls yesterday, get nuked. Really can't make it up
That's why I long AI stocks that leave my index by buying IWM (Russell 2000)! Not even intending to do it. Just needed to balance out my tech/finance positions that I've had for decades and appreciated too much to sell without a major tax whammy.
IWM puts at open was the play.
No? It should have died and been delisted in 2023 but they just propped its dead corpse up with rate cut promises and now that is gone lol. IWM to ZERO
$IWM Red - $SPY up almost 1% - Surely nothing fishy
I'd rather short IWM since it got rejected by the 20 day today and is more effected my interest rates
I think I would end up in jail if I ever meet someone that has anything to do with IWM etf
Yeah exactly all of these earnings are just borrowed money handling around. But I’m just wearing these bols’ hat trying to make a little bit of sense of why the money is buying the big companies. On the other hand, IWM going up is absolutely funny haha
It’s funny IWM goes up with bond shitting blood lmao. Sure QQQ goes up cauz these companies are cash cows but IWM???? 🤣🤣
IWM deserves to be nuked from orbit for this transgression
And IWM is supposed to be the most interest rate sensitive.
I'm a bull, but there's no reason IWM should be pumping this hard given yields increasing intraday. Somebody has some insider information
I'm surprised with how strong IWM is today. Every hike in the 10 year dips IWN but it gets bought up with volume quickly
because the ones raising money are mainly hyperscalers their rates are lower than then 10 year and many bonds have been issued so they are not being affect by day to day change unless they need to issue new debt which would likely be next year. Compared to IWM companies that constantly need to issue to supplement cash flow. It is a different story. SMH components are making $ from the hyperscalers. They have much less need to raise money and investors are willing to open their pockets for them.. You can see MAGS getting outperformed by SMH.
IWM desperate to pump cause I'm a retard ber who sold 14DTE calls last week
lmfao another day another attempt from IWM. Do these regards not understand the cost to borrow is too damn high?
Today’s play was IWM puts at open. Thank you for all your time and energy spent reading this post.
As my 100k + losses on IWM puts will tell you, I am a pro at this. BUT I only lost on that because I bet ON Oil, now i Inverse the inverse, see? SCIENCE
Both IWM and Gold positions can be attributed to the rate hikes and upcoming rate hikes, but in general market is diseased to the point that you cant do proper DD
The IWM puts hurt me the most, my DD was rising energy costs and inflation bets would cause small caps to be unable to maintain profitablity. And then one week the Prezzo said im gonna bomb the shit outta Iran, my positions were still open, then the next day he said nah nvm, and I couldnt recover
I did a bunch of study and trial for myself that has evolved over time. Tried many different ways. The way I do it now is 1. I only do them with SPY and QQQ primarily and IWM, DIA, GLD secondary when charts look stable. 2. 30 to 35 dte for higher premium 3. 15 deltas (I dont think about this much I just do) 4. Once position is taken I enter an exit. My exit was 55% profit (pay back 45% if credit received) 50% to me and 5% to cover commissions Currently since July 1 when I started doing this I am 85% success rate. As soon as I exit the position (depending on chart or if Friday wait for Monday) I re-enter position. Reset prices if you will and keep repeating. For most part I am only in the position for 11 to 12 days before exiting. As for a protection which I had to do with IWM and DIA this last week. I set an alert $5 away from shorts on DIA, IWM, GLD ($10 away from shorts on QQQ and SPY) and if breach I give it 1 day to correct or just exit. I generally lose about $100 to $200 on that position if that happens. Depends on amount risked per condor But upon re positioning I make back. As for strike distance for QQQ and SPY I use $20 from short strikes. IWM, DIA and GLD this I vary for increasing the premium but for most part $15 from short strike. I used to try to hold for entire credit but I found with IBKR if go too late it gets hard to exit and in some cases cannot exit both legs at all so I do this process. I do about 10 trades a month keeping my risk spread out amongst the 5 ETFs (when chart works) IWM and DIA arent great right now.
And it actually moves, same thing with IWM.
Anyone buying IWM here?
I have been mostly wheeling ETFs like SLV, XLK, XRT, SOXQ, DRAM, AIS, IWM, COPJ etc. Some are not as liquid as you want and the premiums might not be the best but I am not exposed to any single stock name and returns have been modestly good. Lately I have been looking to increase my capita andI am thinking of moving to wheeling good quality individual stocks (non speculative) with excellent track record like an the of the MAG7 stocks. Could you please advise what would be the parameters you would look at before selecting the right stocks? Would wheeling the MAG7 stocks be considered a safe strategy?
What a fucking day. I would’ve made nearly 20k this morning between IWM, QQQ and Crdo calls. I sleep in for the first time in a fucking century 😡😡 some of my calls were up but I got mad, insta sold everything and I revenge traded myself to a 5k hole, double down and got a pop to sell for a 40% gain. I threw every cent into VST Oct 16 150c which I was down 25% on and 5 min later there is an announcement for a nuclear plant loan from the feds, instantly whole position 40% up. Holding the rest of the contracts for next week came out with 6k. Fucked
People seldom only hold a small cap fund like AVUV (or only IWM for the Russell 2000). Instead of comparing VTI to AVUV, compare VTI to someone holding AVUV+SPMO. Your "grow out of" idea is covered if in addition holding AVUV for small caps you hold a similar fund for large caps.
$SPY $QQQ $XLF $XLK $XLC $XLY $SMH $IWM see earnings soon. Vix spike to 25 at earning. Cash flow negative for many. AI-ponzi spending. Big corporate debt load, cost more to service at higher rate. Earning suffer, as jobloss spike, consumer spending down
there is more strength in the IWM than the Q's :kek: :kek: :kek:
M situation shaping up on the IWM
# YES SPY QQQ AND IWM UP 1% "FLATTISH" # IF IT WAS DOWN 1% NOBODY WOULD BE SAYING IT WAS FLAT :copium: :copium: :copium:
IWM puts here. no way the russel doesnt pullback with oil still climbing
If NFP doesn't spike yields, I think yesterday was it for the time being for the struggles by the SPX equal weight/Dow/IWM. I'm at the point where I need the relief badly.
Obviously missed the IWM / RUT losing the 50 day. You'll learn!
Just made 800% from IWM 280c thank you 🙏
how the hell is IWM V-ing? SPY should be V-ing instead
I’m looking on my phone so I can’t really tell but seems like the IWM hit the 200d ma and had some forced buying. 280c exp tmrw are 11 cents just saying
You need to learn price action and only take trades that have a Delta higher than theta which will be IWM and SPY most of the times.
Buy IWM , Bessant is going to keep propping it even if it takes a trillion dollars today cuz I bought one put.
Is IWM going to zero? Been drilling in a straight line past month, not even one dead cat bounce
Would have been nice to get puts on IWM when it was at 279
IWM close to the 200 you know what happens after
I love how even IWM likes higher rates.
SPY $755 10-12. Full port these expensive options and you’ll be golden. Exit whenever you want. Over the last couple of months I’ve been watching NEW contracts being opened on SPY going below $730. Numerous contracts at $755 being opened daily for weeks now. QQQ, IWM, etc all have been having puts loading up. Get in it be left behind.
Yields are going up why isn’t IWM going down for FUCK SAKES
rip IWM bulls i hope you all fucking buy calls on $ROPE next time
All because the 2022 and parts of 2021 rules no longer work and they really haven't worked for 4 years now. That 2023 stretch in like July-September (not sure exactly) had IWM struggling, but everyone else wasn't close to new bear lows. The general rule of thumb since the Nasdaq bottomed from its worst bear since the financial crisis (honestly worked then too, but the rate rules did as well), is that the most interesting bad market moments have come with the Dow/everything ex tech doing well while the Nasdaq lags first for some time. It's worked for three times now. This route otoh has NOT worked. Maybe things will finally change here, but I won't count on it until it occurs.
hilarious that IWM is standing up under these 10y yields. Do retards truly believe small caps can survive this lmfao
IWM chart full ‘tard pattern today
IWM is a National Embarrassment….get that shit index outta here.
Sameee I wanted IWM puts but missed it
i require the god emperor to smite IWM from orbit pls thanks
Market is open for 3 minutes my 283$ IWM calls already fried. I got hopeful with PCE and decent premarket
$SPY trading at 50 day moving average $QQQ trading 3% above 50 day moving average $IWM trading 5% below moving average If inflation comes tamer, IWM will moon
I got caught on that with IWM today. I should have taken the $70/contract gain I guess. It went down and floundered until 3:30 where it auto sold for a loss (Fidelity). I meant to to it, but got caught doing other things. Sigh.
More importantly, IWM is pumping! More breadth
Just short IWM literally any time it tries to get up off the mat. Free Money!
Its so nice to see IWM go down and stay down
Dear IWM. Die. Thank you for your matter to this attention.
slept past the alarm and IWM is green now dump ts please
I'm very tempted to "invest" on margin in a 3x IWM etf
I agree. I am pretty well versed in IWM and in a way that I can’t really tell anyone how, I just can tell what’s about to happen with it most days.
Need to stop playing SPY and IWM it’s like a toxic relationship I just keep coming back
I trade IWM momentum. Just scalping off when RSI goes high or low. $879 today, $9,300 the last three months since the PDT rule was taken away and I can actually day trade. I paper traded for about a year hoping the pdt rule would be taken away so I learned IWM pretty well. Small, consistent scalping while minimizing loss (selling immediately if losing more than $100 for me) is the key
Tell me why IWM isn't falling off a cliff rn compared to big tech. Yields should be nuking small cap rn
Fuck this shorting IWM why the fuck is it not down a lot already
IWM down less than tech in a rising rate environment is BATSHIT CRAZY.
Fwiw on the month: RSP -4.3% IWM -4.1% While the S&P and Nasdaq are green and the VIX is tame. It's as I said. There is stuff you can do to play it bearishly, but the games don't really have a shot at starting until it's the Nasdaq lagging, and the Nasdaq continues to not act on the 2022/parts of 2021 rules, it's other stuff that gets weighted down first on rate moves like this.
Can someone let IWM know that it hates higher interest rates the most out of the indexes?
Bought IWM calls, too cheap to pass up
oh wow. IWM Candle briefly green. who would've thought
QQQ and IWM poots PRINTED this morning. Happy trading, regards
Man, maybe IWM puts two weeks out is the way to go. Just let it bake.
IWM and DIA not playing ball....
I am SO EXCITED how I sold my IWM puts at a loss yesterday. They are up 300% now. So cool!!!
IWM $280 pls u fookin regard
I fucking hate IWM with a fucking passion. Should NOT be recovering.
I bought some ITM calls and hoping to lose money on IWM just to make sure that piece of shit doesn’t bounce back
not a TA person, but IWM seems to have support around $0
Do we bounce and chop or drop another .50 on IWM?
My IWM 286p are looking tasty
They’re hiding it 💯 So many people had puts on meta and spy. I posted week ago or whtvr about buying IWM and SPY calls and every comment was bear calling me retarted
maybe IWM gaps up tomorrow?
price action on IWM literally made me check my internet connection few times
I made $52 on an IWM put. Now I can afford a pound of ground horse for dinner!