ATR

ReBoomAutardationism

More like card counting. The ATR, moving averages and support and resistance provide a framework. He has just now learned how to do it.

Delicious_Put_5857

if u wanna know "where should the intraday movement stay within" use the SPX 0d straddle and a 5-10 avg ATR band or something

leaonas

I have a similar portfolio in size, roughly $400k stocks and $200k in CSP in IRAs. I’ve been averaging approx $7k/week trading weeklies. I typically have 40 option positions open / week on 18–20 stocks. I’ve built a platform to track my trades, when to roll, charting, and much more. I’m always interested in how individuals maintaining a portfolio of this size do it. What tools? I developed charting that determines support/resistance lines as well as standard deviation/ATR channel lines. I study the charts for each underlying before choosing my strikes. Seeing a solid floor, I might open a CSP under it, or run a higher delta if the strike is just above a resistance line. While figuring out the system, I had 7 rough weeks in Apr/May when the market took off. I changed my rules and have now avoid the trades that I lost money. Even with the draw down of late, about 6 of my positions are in the red, and I’ve managed about 17%, in 10 months. Factoring out those 7 weeks, I’m estimating about a 30% return.

Worry-Mountain

Yeah chop changes the whole game. When ranges tighten I cut size first and stop hunting for those clean trend days — they just aren't there. What helped was writing a no-trade list: ATR compressed, breakouts that keep failing, I'm forcing it → sit. Credit stuff can survive that tape but only if I'm sizing for the grind, not expecting a runner. Regime first, strategy second.

1andten

**Daily ATR (14-Day):** **\~$0.73 – $0.77** *(With CCL trading around* ***$22.14****, this represents an expected daily price movement/range of roughly* ***3.3% to 3.5%****.)*

AnalAlchemy

The term you’re looking for is “regime filtering,” and it’s one of the institutional backbones of options trading. There’s all kinds of things you can look at, but it’s really a confluence of different metrics that help you break the market down into multi-dimensional states, and then through quantitative research you model how/when those states change from one to another. Research it, and you’ll find all kinds of good stuff. We live in an exciting time because AI has opened the gates to what was generally beyond the reach of the average retail trader a few years ago. For example, one tool/metric you can use for trend recognition is the Hurst exponent. It’s basically a statistical measurement used to classify a time series as trending, mean-reverting, or random walk. Prop desks might use H as a kind of meta-filter in regime filtering (eg “only use trend following systems when H > .55.) For non-quants and the average retail trader, it was a bit out of reach because calculating H involves multi-step matrix operations. Now you can just jump into chat gpt or claude and be like “*Write a Python function using pandas and numpy to calculate the Hurst exponent of a price series using Rescaled Range (R/S) analysis. Ensure it handles a rolling lookback window of 100 periods."* And then you can be like, “hey Claude, can you critique this for me? Do you have any suggestions?” And then Claude goes, “A static lookback window (e.g., always looking at the last 100 bars) is a major flaw in traditional Hurst filters because market cycles compress and expand. You can train a shallow machine learning model (like a Random Forest or XGBoost) to observe market volatility and **dynamically dictate the optimal window size** for the Hurst calculation.” (I straight up pasted that from Claude btw just to illustrate) And then you could be like, “sweet. Thanks Claude. Can you do that for me?” And then Claude is like, “No problem.” Seriously, ditch your 90s/early 2000s out-of-the-box chart “indicators,” jump in with Claude or Chat GPT and do it. Here’s a prompt on the house. Cheers. “Act as an institutional quantitative trading strategist and expert Python developer specializing in systematic derivatives trading. I want to build a Market Regime Filtering Model specifically tailored to qualify or disqualify options trading strategies (such as 0DTE intraday credit spreads, or multi-day long/short volatility positions). The goal of the filter is to classify the S&P 500 (SPX) environment into distinct behavioral "states" so my execution models know whether to trade breakout/trend systems or mean-reversion/premium-decay systems. Please provide a comprehensive blueprint and modular Python code template for this model following these exact requirements: 1. THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Design a script using pandas, numpy, and scipy that ingests historical daily or intraday OHLCV data alongside VIX/market internals data. It must output a definitive "Regime State" for any given time slice. 2. SPECIFIC REGIME DEFINITIONS The model must classify the market into 4 distinct regimes: \- Regime 1: Low Volatility, Bullish Trend (Premium Selling Environment) \- Regime 2: Low Volatility, Mean Reverting / Choppy (Range-Bound Iron Condor Environment) \- Regime 3: High/Expanding Volatility, Directional Trend (Long Premium / Breakout Environment) \- Regime 4: High Volatility, Mean Reverting / Chaotic (Wide-Range Mean Reversion) 3. MATHEMATICAL METRICS TO IMPLEMENT In corporate the following specific institutional metrics into the calculation feature engineering step: \- Volatility Expansion: Fast-to-Slow ATR Ratio (e.g., ATR(9) / ATR(50)). \- Trend Persistence: A rolling Hurst Exponent calculation (or a robust surrogate like rolling ADX + standardized distance from the 200-day SMA). \- Momentum / Rate of Change: A rolling Z-score of VIX to determine if volatility is expanding or compressing relative to its historical baseline. 4. STEP-BY-STEP CODE DELIVERY \- Part 1: Feature Engineering. Write clean, vectorized functions to calculate the metrics above. \- Part 2: Regime Classification Logic. Use a clear conditional rules-based framework (or a simple unsupervised clustering approach like K-Means, explaining why you chose it) to map these features into the 4 regimes. \- Part 3: Strategy Mapping. Include a dictionary mapping or helper function that prints out which options strategy type (e.g., Long Straddle, Short Iron Condor, Credit Spread) is dynamically permitted or blocked based on the current regime. Keep the code clean, modular, and use mock data generation for the input data frame so that the code is instantly runnable out-of-the-box. Avoid basic tutorials; jump straight into the production-ready code framework.

Pitiful-Onion5789

I trade 0 DTEs on the SPX. I use: VOLD TICK 9 / 20 EMA ATR and I look at the 11 SP sectors. I try to exit with 30 to 50% profit selling asymmetrical iron flies.

1ethal

You’re counting on a ~19.5% move in the underlying to achieve that… The 14 day ATR is $1.39…. you’ll need a 5% upward move everyday for the next 4 days… that’s like a 1-in-100 So regarded I might just trail this

LevelUpTools

I look for IV Rank and IV Percentile <= 30. Generally prefer delta .80 to .90 (stock proxy). Look for extrinsic < 20% DTE 365+ (example shown is 455 days). I will often look to STC after 50% of premium is captured, using a fast moving average (10-EMA or 21-EMA) as support to keep me in the trade. My original stop on the trade is based the 1-2 ATR of the underlying symbol. https://preview.redd.it/6vkjat3e2dqh1.png?width=2440&format=png&auto=webp&s=930b9867005d0102af51eb18b9781d54e97fa56c

dagroup

I know ZERO about this company, but I don't get hung up on fundamentals. From strictly a technical perspective I would be selling this stock. There's simply better opportunities. Historically its high was $4700 in 2007. Its low was $1.25 in Oct 2023. Finally some life in Jul 2024 to $5, and hasn't been back there since. Looks to be establishing a trading range. I think it will hit $2 (fib 786) before it goes anywhere near $5 again. Its wkly ATR is 49 cents, so you could trade it on wkly, but you must be nimble and large positions. Probably not the response you were looking for. https://preview.redd.it/av3o0h2lo5ph1.jpeg?width=1458&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b4a89286bbae4d3145b058416912add2aa63783

SetupBell62

One thing that cleaned up my stock alerts: I stopped copying one threshold across a mixed watchlist. Cheap names and expensive names need different units. A fixed percent can be noise on a high-priced ticker while the same percent on a low-priced name becomes spam. Dollar thresholds have the opposite problem. Now I pick the unit per ticker for the regular session and ask whether I would actually act if it fired. Most of the "broken alerts" feeling went away after that, before I blamed the app or the tape. Not investment advice. Curious how others split percent vs dollar (or ATR) on mixed stock lists.

30RITUALS

**But isn't that where the demand zone resides? And isn't that where stocks tend to bounce back**? Not necessarily, but often they will have some overlap. **Keep the MA as the anchor, move the stop off it.** Exactly, that's generally a good rule for most to follow. As for ATR/ADR, note that I'm referring to the ATR/ADR of a stock, not the indicator itself, just to be clear here. **Same logic you used, just positioned outside the noise band rather than inside it.** I hear you, again if it works for you then run with that, no need to overcomplicate things. **For example, if you look below, you can see that** **Use ATR for the offset specifically because of gaps.** Unless you hold into earnings you generally don't need to worry about gaps. Most stocks won't just gap (up or down) and if they do it will be 2-3% at most. If you trail properly, in most cases that wouldn't stop you out. I scan for gaps daily, and they are not nearly as frequent as people think if you exclude biotech junk and shell/spac companies. **Trail on closes only.** Exactly, sometimes it might bite you in the ass but with the law of large numbers working in your favor it is generally a favorable thing to do. That's because 40% of them will create a side called upside-reversal/upside-reclaim which is a pretty high probability setup. That is when price tries to price a previous low/ma but reverses hard on it creating a reversal bar on high volume (the volume is key here). **A wider stop means bigger losses so I have to cut size proportionally on the way down.** That's correct you need to get the timing/entry right. I have specific setups that I hunt for to make sure I can get it with bigger positions at a tight stop to still have favorable RR ratios whilst not risking insane amounts of my account. \--- If you look below there is a simple example for $SNDK. It has an ADR of \~6%. The green line is my 10MA and the blue line is my 20MA. Notice how during a proper stage 2 uptrend you could have trailed it on the 10/20MA close for 3-10x gains? As of now, in my book, if we break that blue line around $1820 again it is an entry. But by then we are also overextended from the 10/20 meaning that normally you should expect a strong pullback. But in this case, if it will go, it should blast right through it. Since it has an ADR of 6%, I would in that case put my stop around $1700 (slightly further than that 6%) and trail it with that principle in mind - targeting previous ATH for a good RR. I would never put my stop around the MAs in that case since it's obviously way too far and more like 2ATR from my entry. Let's say it breaks $1820ish and hold, then that becomes a demand zone where I'd expect more buyers to come in. Notice how in that case, it's nowhere near the MAs. So yes, they often overlap, but not always. https://preview.redd.it/qujtir25zgoh1.png?width=3169&format=png&auto=webp&s=278772e2f9d48b89d9438be3faf4011bbc8d4d7b

Emotional-Breath-838

I'm not following because I sense an inconsistency. You're saying space out the trailing stop loss, which I agree with and then you're saying put it on the MA. But isn't that where the demand zone resides? And isn't that where stocks tend to bounce back? Here's how I think I take what you've shared (thank you!) and put it into practice for myself. AI cleaned up the following so don't get nervous... **Keep the MA as the anchor, move the stop off it.** Trail at `10EMA − 1.5×ATR(14)`, or use a proper Chandelier stop (`highest high since entry − 3×ATR`). Same logic you used, just positioned outside the noise band rather than inside it. **Trail on closes only.** This is probably the single highest-leverage change and it's independent of which volatility measure you use. An intraday touch of the 10 EMA is a nothing event on a momentum name; a *daily close* through it is real information. **Use ATR for the offset specifically because of gaps.** If you're swinging overnight, the gap is the risk you actually eat. ADR is high-to-low only — it structurally ignores the exact risk that kills swing positions. That's a real, defensible reason to prefer it for *spacing*, and it doesn't require you to say ADR is wrong for anything else. Back to me now... A wider stop means bigger losses so I have to cut size proportionally on the way down. Let me know if you rejected ATR and if so, why. Thanks again for sharing what you've learned.

No_Presentation9490

theres so much money to be made from individual stocks with high ATR though

bigrogerenergy

It's difficult to find a hard rule for options because of the volatility. On futures I set it using an ATR percentage, consistency is key.

No_Presentation9490

waiting for a pump is actually good EV you always buy the first shrek candle with a tight stop if its 2x ATR. you don't wait for confirmation.

No_Presentation9490

Btw, do not hold ANY of those stocks overnight you will get chopped to pieces. these are day trading stocks with high ATR. always risk management and no revenge trading and no hoping a losing position will reverse

No_Presentation9490

semis and memory because they have high ATR lol. is what it is

ILikeTheGameThatMuch

SPY ATR way low rn. Bulls n bears just wanna snort some vol

music_is_gud

Convert all of that to a spreadsheet for easier analysis, add position sizing and entry price (the ones you decide on during the weekend or whether before the price actually hits that buy point), your emotional state when you entered/exited the trade. You should create a spreadsheet for the specific strategy you are using. For example, you don't need premium/beta etc if you are doing breakout trading. Instead you can use something like ATR to simplify.

No_Presentation9490

sort stocks by ATR/ADR

TestingThrowaway100

ATR for the past few days is down. consistent gap's up and getting filled.

LastInsurance2912

Bailed on stocks and entered single stock ETF's. Holding 5 2X short funds. Why? The cycles are cleaner price action wise and I need that. Some have ATR's that favor good returns when they move. Of these ASTN and CIFG have great historic patterns when viewed on a Hieken Ashi 4 hour chart. SMCZ moved in my favor today. Holding thru the week at least and only selling if I get bored with one (usually when one stalls).

New-Performance-7047

Rolling a call option and taking profits is a NINJA 🥷 hack! Great job! Consider rolling at every ATR worth of gains for credit, this way if the draw down were to continue you lessen your risk in the trade and reduce your capital tied up in the LEAP.

TastyToad

Astrologists suggest setting stop losses based on ATR or similar indicator. I personally am too ape for that and don't set stop losses at all in my gambling account.

No_Presentation9490

The ATR of this ETF is $0.27 so my risk on my position is $1708 assuming a 3 standard deviation gap down through my stop loss

option_blox

I make a trade before the breakout happends, i scale out when the price is at the 2 ATR band(this is normally where the breakout level is) and let the rest of the trade run until it hits the 3 ATR band or if there is a big switch in price momentum

AntonVOOLA

You got a great entry off the psychological $100 level, and SOXL closed right at the daily 200 EMA without moving more than 1 ATR below it. I think you handled it correctly, especially if you’re not holding 1-DTE calls expiring Monday, but at least 7 DTE with a strike at least $10 above the daily 200 EMA. Let me know how the trade turns out when you close it. Good luck!

Reply_Stunning

Technical state: ^(- 5-minute slope: up; velocity strongly positive; fresh up turn.) ^(- 15-minute slope: up; velocity positive.) ^(- 30-minute slope: marginally up; velocity slightly negative.) ^(- 60-minute: unavailable from the overnight tape.) ^(- 120-minute slope: up; velocity positive.) ^(- ATR ratio: 0.6521.) ^(- ATR velocity: +0.00401.) ^(- ATR acceleration: +0.00759.) Long context: ^(- 5/63/84-session: up.) ^(- 10/21/42-session: down.) ^(- Hard direction: entrenched up.) ^(- Fast direction: down.) ^(- Soft direction: up.) ^(- State: transition\_down.) ^(- Volatility phase: high\_flat.)

No_Presentation9490

I'd never hold shares of this stock overnight. I've made a killing this month just intraday trading this and sandisk because the ATR is so high. It's something to trade, too volatile to invest

SnooComics5459

i mean .. let's face it right .. is it really "possible" the markets misprice stocks by +/-25% ATR daily ? billions upon billions mispriced every day? really? it's more likely something else is going on.

Narrow-Use-9217

Trust ATR Trust ATR Trust ATR

Delicious_Put_5857

we're like 200% of ATR would make sense to chill out here a bit lol

hloodybell

Exactly, you can be right in the direction etc but if you chose the wrong strike, dte, strategy (sell/buy, naked/spreads etc.), you can still lose. Also, most "hope" strategies will not be consistently profitable on lower DTE. That is just how options work. OP talks about 1DTE spx but stats indicate price, not options/profitability. Is there a SL? is there a PT? Is the volatility, implied move and ATR considered? When was the exit planned? This is just a poor quality engagement bait post.

SangerGRBY

Use ATR set a stop price.

No_Presentation9490

Until it doesn't. And the shares are fucking expensive AND have a 200 ATR. You can lose your shirt just like that

asmit10

Letting winners run doesn’t mean not selling them, it means having a trailing stop that is looser than your initial stop when buying the position. Like quallamaggie’s breakout buying. You use LOD or 1ATR stop on entry and if that doesn’t get triggered and it breaks out than you use closed below 10 day or 20 day as stop.

mycostbase

The biggest issue is ATR > $15. Absolute ATR heavily biases the screen toward expensive, highly volatile stocks. A $15 ATR on a $100 stock is radically different from $15 on a $700 stock. I recommend to use ATR as a percentage of price, perhaps with a range such as 2%–5%, depending on the strategy.

zlordbeats

wtf is ATR idiot

Altair82

memory barely breached its ATR and you see it worthless with no upside maybe this isn't the right hobby for you?

shoebucks_moonpie

Using resistances, moving averages, ATR or volume to identify exit is key. I was greedy and would wait for a bounce when I saw rejections. One of the problems for me is that I have a full-time job, so I cannot monitor my positions continuously.

Altair82

MU has an ATR of 8+% If you think 1% movement during low volume 4am trading means anything, good or bad, you belong here. Just take a chill pill until the institutions wake up. Maybe it will drop today, maybe not.

Delicious_Put_5857

3- short ES to ATR low, long SPX calls from bottom tick

908118investing

**Hopium is a hell of a drug, and this is my last word of advice here.** **Go run an AI comparison between Snap and Reddit(since you brought it up)right now and see if your thesis holds even an ounce of water. It doesn’t by the way.** **Better yet, plug your age, financial goals, and portfolio allocation into a model and ask it to deprogram your retail gambler mindset. Ask it how professional swing trading actually works, maybe start with learning how to execute ladder buys and sells based on Average True Range (ATR) instead of just guessing where a bottom is. There are more levels but this is a good place to start.** **Looking at SNAP's chart, this is easily the slowest, most agonizing form of "swing trading" I’ve ever seen. Don't let pride blind you; the market will teach you a lesson one way or another, and it all comes down to how much hopium you are willing to let rot your portfolio.** **Personally, I won't allocate more than a tiny single-digit percentage of a "play money" account to an asset this low-quality. Sure, any broken stock can randomly pop, that’s the nature of the market, but right now SNAP is trading like a glorified penny stock. The risk-to-reward ratio is completely broken. Snap would never make it to** **my****, is this a good stock list? It doesn’t check any of my required requirements. Doesn’t mean someday it won’t.** **The sooner you learn this you will have a leg up and your chances go way up…there is always risk why give the house a larger advantage then you have to.** **Good luck to you I honestly wish you the best in your investing future.** **If you want some good stocks I’ve had very good luck with scalping some of the shares are bought and sold same day. I take what it gives me. I’m never trying to catch the top or the bottom.** **I’m currently Heavy in Ai, semi’s, pick and shovel AI stocks…I have other defense, the mag 7 shares in this account as well, always maintain a cash position that’s there to fund the set traps that are set and ready when the market give it up…My watchlist for my scalper positions sits about 30-40 deep at any given time, look to add and delete each day or two. I change how I invest in them based off** **an** **advanced ATR based rungs on buy and sell ladders…it takes chasing out, seems boring until you see it working with taking all the stress out of it and the removal of the bad human traits. I’m no longer emotionally connected to any stock. If it will pay me..it can be my friend for now until it starts to act flaky I’m out to find new friends that will pay me.** **Few Examples of the AI, semi’s, and pick and shovel stock** **Intc** **Amd** **Amat** **Anet** **Avgo** **Crdo** **Etn** **Klac** **Lrcx** **Meta** **Msft** **Mrvl** **Onto** **Nvda** **Mu** **Fcx** **Slb** **Tsm** **Etc.**

StephenMorphIQ

Externalizing the decision process is useful. I’d separate hard risk constraints from signal confirmations, though. RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger bands, support/resistance, and breakout volume are mostly transformations of the same price and volume history. Agreement among them can make one underlying signal look like six independent votes. Likewise, “3 of 5 models agree” only means something if the models are calibrated out of sample and their errors aren’t strongly correlated. I’d also be careful making “positive EV” and half-Kelly checklist assertions. Kelly sizing is extremely sensitive to the estimated edge. For an options trade, I’d size against scenario loss under spot gaps and volatility changes first, then treat an ATR stop as an execution tool rather than a guaranteed loss boundary. For each item, I’d ask: is this a true constraint, an independent signal, or a risk control, and what evidence shows that adding it improves the process? More gates always produce fewer trades, but not necessarily better ones.

iamjt

These days it's like 3 ATR of stop loss margin. Anything less wouldn't do

SPY_one_zillion

SPY 756 1DTE - 2000% jump 1 ATR move

Delicious_Put_5857

bro ban betting SPY 1D within the ATR lmao

Delicious_Put_5857

dunno necessarily how to define a strategy cuz its variable but 20 SMA rejections, DRAM momentum reversal were notable. but then closing shorts and hopping back in long around ATR lows cuz nothing was overall wrong wrong.

Good_Character_20

For ATM butterflies and condors, gamma scales roughly as 1/sqrt(time). Gamma at 7 DTE is about 3x what it is at 60 DTE. Theta scales the same way but accelerates in your favor as DTE shrinks. The crossover where gamma risk overwhelms theta collection is typically around 21 DTE for ATM structures, which is why Tasty's "manage at 21 DTE" rule got popular. That number isn't magic but it's a reasonable heuristic for ATM defined-risk plays. For monthly expiries, the rotation that fits this math is open at 45-60 DTE, close or roll at 21 DTE. In late June you'd open August (\~55 DTE), then in late July close August around 21 DTE while opening September. That keeps you in the theta-rich middle of the curve and avoids the gamma-explosion zone. 60+ DTE isn't "too high" by gamma math, it's just suboptimal theta collection. 10 DTE isn't "too low" by theta math, it's where one unexpected move wipes a week of credit. The diagnostic that matters more than DTE in isolation is what move size blows up your structure. For a 5-wide iron condor, compute the max loss at current DTE vs at 5 DTE for the same underlying move (say 1 ATR). The ratio is usually 2-3x, which is exactly the marked gamma. If you're not comfortable taking that hit, you're already in the gamma zone regardless of what the calendar says.

iyurek-ai

https://preview.redd.it/qzlpbemj8aah1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=046d82175b733285693f987db6625669d8d5ec64 For tomorrow my plan -on SPY- is to wait for a pullback to the lower ATR band around 735.41, then look for confirmation before entering long with calls; if CDV stays above current levels then entering at 740.01 which is the lower ATR band in the Day, 5 min timeframe.

optimaleverage

The difference between AH/PM and RTH price action was always stark, but since the mag 7 0dtes im that difference is extreme! ATR triples in RTH, at least.

music_is_gud

Gonna sell a lotta CSPs on Monday. On random high ATR garbo stocks.

Necessary_Bear2343

Maybe you should bother checking the ATR once in a while

Ok_Freedom3290

You're not imagining it. 0DTE premiums expand when the market anticipates range-bound volatility or sudden liquidity wicks. I track the Z-score of implied volatility versus historical realized ATR to see if we're statistically overextended. I built a live dashboard to monitor this ([https://alphasignal.digital](https://alphasignal.digital/)) so I don't buy overpriced premium on low-volatility days.

fldijohn

I enter into weekly BPCS using the XSP Index. I open them on Monday after the market opens, and close them on Friday EOD. I usually use a 1-Wide spread between my short and long put, and I determine my short put strike using a 20 Day ATR, and then verify that the price from the 20 Day ATR is in the range of a -20 Delta or less. I also check the VIX, and based on how high I may not trade that week. I also forgo the trade if I can't get a fill around teh mid price. My exit strategy is pretty simple, as soon as I see the price get within 1 or 2 points of my short, I close the spread. This week, I did something a little different to gain more credit: I took a 5-wide spread, so 727 SP and 722 LP. Because things dropped pretty fast today, teh cost between my SP and LP was more money than if I had traded a 1-wide spread. Not too costly a lesson, just $163 this week, but next week if I get a buy signal, I'll keep my spread to 1-wide.

ApathysLastKiss_

Yeah that was just a ballpark. I'd use ATR and set it five percent below that IRL

iamwhiskerbiscuit

The most important thing to me is we broke the 21 EMA on SPY with no attempt to recover. We are most likely headed to the 50 SMA. That's the first support level. I am going to be playing the short side at least until we hit that level. Watch ATR on the min candles. If it drops for at least 20 minutes while we're at support, we'll likely see a relief rally. If ATR continues to climb as we reach support, we are more likely to fall through. Been observing this for months and it works like 85% of the time... Granted, it is far less reliable on trend days.

iamfr33agent

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inwardPersecution

I haven't tested it thoroughly as I got sick of looking at it and went back to stocks. The setups it gives are legit based on the criteria so far, but no where near hands off. It's bias to the last 30 days and clamped to the daily chart. Here's a chunk from just now: `── USD/CHF @ 0.79103 [Daily: RANGING | Weekly: RANGING | RANGING] Bias: BULLISH_BIAS ──` `ⓘ No clear direction on either timeframe` `📐 Recent swing seq: HIGH → LOW → HIGH` `🗓 Weekly (26 bars): MA10=$0.78659 MA21=$0.78419 Price vs MA10: 0.56%` `📍 30d range: $0.77660 - $0.79220` `Position: 92% of range | ATR: 0.00524 (0.66%)` `Last swing high: $0.78880 (2026-05-20)` `Last swing low: $0.77777 (2026-05-11)` `🏗 Struct support: $0.76662 (3 tests)` `🏗 Struct resistance: $0.77876 (3 tests)` `🏗 Other S/R levels: $0.77876(3x), $0.79066(3x), $0.76662(3x), $0.77805(3x)` `📊 Candle: 3_BAR_PUSH` `Fib support: $0.78852, $0.78624, $0.78440, $0.78256, $0.77994` `🎯 Setups (1):` `🔴 RANGE_PLAY SHORT MEDIUM Zone: $0.78696 - $0.79220` `Trigger: Price rejects from range resistance` `Target: $0.77660` `Stop: $0.78400 [struct_res=0.77876]`

theBacillus

You are right ATR will tell you the average moves, if expanding volatility is higher

ChickenMazhou

I thought ATR was backward-looking and thus VIX might be more helpful for trading options. But maybe I’m missing something, or perhaps they can both be used to provide greater insight or detail.

theBacillus

Use ATR

Got_Engineers

Search Kristjan Qullamaggie he’s a famous Swedish trader and his system and setups are all online and documented. Basically momentum breakouts on high beta / high ATR stocks. Framework applies to any kind of asset but his system lets you find the next rocket labs and ASTS sort of things . Listen to the talk with traders interview with Qullamaggie on YouTube he explains his exact setups and how to read Ethel there from like ~4 years ago. Plan A - find stocks - find the winners of the stocks - calculate returns and measure by 1 month, 3 month and 6 month - measure ACF, momentum, volatility, - rank this list. These are the winners of the winners. - spend 1000s of hours learning to spot when stocks go up and why - track the winners and buy when the signals align.

Downtown_Extension_6

Hey, sounds like you're in a great spot — $14k in profit on a diversified portfolio is solid. The "cash on the sidelines" anxiety is real and very common. I built **ProspectAI** (https://prospect-ai.moisesprat.dev) specifically for situations like yours. It's a multi-agent AI pipeline that does in \~2 minutes what would take hours manually:   1. **Scans Reddit + financial forums** to find the stocks retail investors are actually talking about (not just what Wall Street pushes)   2. **Runs 13+ technical indicators** (RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, ATR, etc.) to assess momentum and entry timing   3. **Grades fundamentals** — P/E, margins, FCF, revenue growth — so you're not buying hype   4. **Generates a composite score** (0–100) weighing sentiment, momentum, and fundamentals   5. **Produces a portfolio allocation** with specific entry zones, stop-losses, and take-profit targets   For your situation — $25k in cash, already holding VTI/QQQ/VXUS as your core — ProspectAI would identify *which sectors or individual stocks* are showing strong momentum right now with favorable risk/reward setups, and give you concrete entry prices rather than "just do it" or "wait." It's sector-specific: Technology, Semiconductors, Healthcare, Finance, Energy, Consumer, Industrials, Real Estate, Utilities. You tell it the sector, it does the research, and an adversarial critic agent challenges the recommendations before you see them.     The pipeline runs end-to-end in under 2 minutes and gives you actionable positions with entry/stop/target — not just vibes.

AcademicStandard3701

Because of its higher ATR on the stock now and IV jack with options.

New-Performance-7047

Random guy on the internet here! NINJA HACK Alert!!!‼️ I would consider rolling down to an 80 delta that has more OI. And I would try to keep rolling as long as possible. This could turn into a free trade for you. Each time you roll for a credit that reduces your risk in the trade. Start looking for roll opportunities every 2 ATR and if things look sketchy tighten your trailing stop (assuming you have one). It is going up, can’t say how far it will go so why try? Let it go up until it doesn’t. Then exit the trade. Might be tomorrow, might be next week. ¿Quien sabes? Random Guy out!

Waste-Chest-9715

yeah stop loss is everything with this setup, gonna factor that in what type you using — fixed %, ATR, or candle low? also any take profit or other parameters? can a stock have multiple stocks open at the same time?

RealAvidTrader

0DTE is impossible to give a text response that will truly help you. zero day expiration's are essentially the highest risk, highest reward vehicle in the market For most its throwing darts and gambling, only showcasing wins But like any stock, option, investment vehicle with enough experience and patience you can do very well trading it. Again I say most people are not successful because their brains are not wired for that type of action. Minutes and literal seconds can determine everything, earnings, Fed data, events all impact major indexes and that factors into fair value pricing on the premiums (IV) I can go on for days but unless you are playing with small money, expecting to lose and starting very slow - trading 0DTE will most likely be an emotional roller coaster filled with stress FOMO and losses Best advice start with 1 contract only if you must play it and let it chill. See what happens I don't use any indicators, just ATR to price the options correctly and also experience with fair value, pricing of the premiums (IV). Stick with 1 name for then 6 months and study it everyday, see how it goes

TheMegaSage

[DETAILED MODE] ### PHASE 1: THE TEAR SHEET (LIVE DATA DASHBOARD) * Stock Name: Nokia Corp ADR * Stock Symbol: NOK * Price Action: $15.47 (Live) | +9.02% (Live Daily Change) | $14.45 (Open) | $14.19 (Prev Close). * Historical Price Return: +55.20% (1-Month Return) | +110.51% (Year-to-Date Return). * Options Structural Data: May 29, 2026 (6 DTE Expiry) | $16.00 (Target 1 / Call Wall Strike) | $17.00 (Target 2 / Exhaustion Ceiling) | $15.00 (Local VPOC Floor) | $14.00 (Historical Macro Floor). * Volume & Liquidity: 95,081 Call Vol / 54,954 Put Vol (Live Volume) | Heavy (vs. 30-Day Avg). * Volatility & Risk: $0.26 (Live ATR). * Sector Benchmark: Technology Equipment Sector is +1.29%. * Broad Market Benchmark: SPY is +0.05%. ### PHASE 2: THE FUNDAMENTAL REALITY CHECK (DATA + NARRATIVE) * Valuation (Hard Data): 89.69x P/E Ratio vs. Lower Sector Average (Trading at a steep premium to historical norms). * Profitability (Hard Data): Positive Operating Cash Flow | ~$19.2B Annual Revenue. * Cash Runway: N/A (Self-Sustaining, cash-dividend paying). * Revenue Reliability: Stable hardware revenues, though traditional telecom growth is slowing. * Competitive Moat & Maturity: Telecommunications Infrastructure & Networking | Established global player transitioning into AI data centre networks. * Momentum Exhaustion Flag (The Journey Context): The stock has surged over 55% in the last month and over 10% in the last session alone, placing it in an extended, high-momentum channel that is susceptible to rapid profit-taking. * The Recent News Mandate: The massive volume surge is driven by the launch of Nokia's AI Network Innovation Lab in California and a wave of Wall Street analyst upgrades (e.g., Deutsche Bank, CFRA) highlighting their pivot into AI cloud infrastructure. * The Future State Mandate: Q2 Earnings on July 23, 2026. * Fundamental Synthesis & Conviction Level: Fundamentally sound, legacy tech giant successfully rotating its narrative into the AI supercycle. Viable for a longer-term swing hold, though short-term price action is technically overbought. ### PHASE 3: THE PRESSURE TEST (THE SETUP) * 1. Short Interest Percentage (SI%): < 5.0% (Background Noise). Normal market mechanics. * 2. Cost to Borrow Rate (CTB): < 1.0% (General Collateral). No financial pain. Shares are abundant, and shorts can hold indefinitely. * 3. Days

FigIndividual8074

Price at open/close, IVR, IV percentile, greeks, DTE, underlying ATR, and IV crush after earnings are huge. Also track *why* you entered the trade and your confidence level. The psychology + setup context becomes way more valuable than people expect after 100+ trades.

Tonka-Jahari-Pizza

Ah i see, nice one, What do you use it with? ATR? EMA?

itssampson

Drugsorb ATR is the device, Cytosorbents is the manufacturer

New-Performance-7047

I’ve been swing trading since March since deciding on my trading plan. 0DTE is crazy to me! I trade only call options, at least 30DTE, set stop loss at 2ATR, roll for profit at 1-2 ATR if possible and each 1/2 ATR if possible and will keep rolling up and/or out as long as its paying. I use 10/20/50 MA to identify directional trend and buy on the way up and sell on the way down (asap in both directions). I will sit in an interest bearing fund until my setups occur as long as it takes to not FU my account. That’s the plan, but I got cheeky and tried to put on some trades outside of my plan and reduced my profits from 120% in 3 months to 70% in one week. Stick to the PLAN!

RevolutionaryFly3430

If someone didn’t know any better, you could use a pair of slow moving averages (100 + 200 emas), trade the first cross over of major future indices (/es) just after session open (18:00), use a x1.0 ATR stop loss, and close your position via stop loss or EOD the following NYSE session. Of course, not much dopamine in trading only once a day and only winning ~15% of trades. Do with this information what you will.

-medicalthrowaway-

When in doubt, close it out. No one ever went broke from taking profits and it’s a lot easier to accept ‘I made 10k when it could have been 20k’ than ‘I lost 2k when it could have been 10k’ Closing a portion of the position and letting runners run is an option. A trailing stop or, if your broker doesn’t offer it, add your own stop-markets a certain percentage below the bid price and then modify it if price continues to run You can also use ATR to set trailing stops by multiplying ATR x 1.5 or 2 x current delta of the options contract You mentioned good faith violations, which means you’re not working with enough capital to day trade at the amounts you want to. Don’t full port. Use half of your funds initially, that way you can average down if it corrects and you still have conviction in the direction, or you want to add to your position, or if you need to simply close it out and switch directions. Have a set profit target and a set loss amount you’re willing to tolerate That’s what I mean. Develop a strategy. The strategy is more than picking the position. Entries/exits are arguably the most important part of the strategy. You need to either be saying, “I’m going to close at a 25 or 50% gain and stop out at 10% loss” or “I’m going to close if RSI breaks above 75, price bounces off VWAP, price enters an order block, MACD falls/rises (whatever)” It is trading on vibes unless you go in with a plan And learn to appreciate the advice from people who don’t just pat you on the butt and say, “it’ll be alright” I don’t trust people who won’t be blunt with me. Tough love makes you tougher. And, last but not least, if you reach that 25 or 50% profit target or technical/indicator profit point and let the greed (that we all battle) win, and don’t close, and you start to lose money… close now. Yes price could correct back, but price can also continue in the opposite direction, and I’d rather have slightly less profit than I could have had than no profit or a loss. It’s realizing your greed in real-time and not switching from strategy to vibes. The best time to close your position is when your strategy dictates. The second best is a second later.

AcademicStandard3701

If the stock/etf has volume and a big ATR range I’ll do options. I’ll buy shares if it barely moves but has decent fundamentals like +6 year bag hold.

NeighborhoodDry1821

ATR is $45 so probably not even bad lol

Normal-Ear-5757

Look at 15-minute ATR. It's collapsed. Something really weird is going on.

music_is_gud

It's 21d ATR is about 7%, so you are saying you will buy after about one day of pullback on MU?

Particular_Crew1614

The surgeon has reviewed the request. ​TV doesn’t allow raw API hooks or JPEGs, so I can't live-scrape the Truth Social feed. BUT... I can build a 'Geopolitical Volatility Engine.' ​If a candle violently exceeds 3x the normal ATR (which usually happens when someone threatens to drop a nuke or tweets at 2 AM), I can rig the chart to automatically drop massive ☢️, 🦅, or 💣 emojis right on the exact minute the market panics. It’ll basically be an algorithmic visualizer for global panic. I'm adding it to the Frankenstein build. Cobra will cook it tonight.

CatchAfilM

I want to understand what is that doing that is not working. I was in a trade on APLD was in at $36.50 and my stop order set to $40. In opening market it immediate triggered, then after \~20 minutes into market sentiment shifts and it went up to \~$44. Now at $46.50. The mistake I made was having that order when opening trading week? Should've I edit my $ order to lower? I am using ATR usually. What are your insights?

leaonas

I’ve been trading ASTS for over a year. I love the ATR. The one bear is the failed launch last month. Not much was said about delays and getting more birds up.

Got_Engineers

So I was doing some research and don’t quote me on this but market makers have a bunch of rules. They don’t have to follow such as a designated marketmaker can short any equity without holding that stock themselves. Under the guise of managing risk. So that means market makers can basically do whatever they want whenever they want. If you ever wonder why your favorite high beta high ATR stocks dump 15% overnight, but rally back to neutral by open. It’s because of the market makers.

nightraider210

I personally give volume the most weight on the break candle then any other indicator. A range high taken on weak volume is usually a fakeout. ATR helps for sizing stops if are in a trade. I also keep an ai indicator called one shot algo on the chart that fires entries with stop and take profit already set. This way I can check if its breakout signal lines up with the level that I was watching. Kind of like a second opinion. I have been doing well with my plan

GoldenHulkbuster

Had to talk myself into trimming more DOCN, AMD and INTC after a month of just ripping in a straight line. 18x ATR% extension from the 50-day on a mega cap name is fucking wild.

music_is_gud

Selling at the right time is much more difficult than buying tbh. I, and even expert fund managers, struggle with that too. It's really an art. Re. CANSLIM, I literally learnt that through Bill O Neil's book. It really did change my life and I wish I read that book much earlier. Again, not affiliated with them, also RIP Bill! It changed the way I think about investing/trading. Re. Volatility, you can also trade stocks with lower ATRs. MU for example had a much higher ATR, but there are other stocks that are better in terms of volatility and still provide good opportunities. MRVL is one example.

Turbulent_Cycle_7757

All I know is NVDA put the final nail in the coffin for me of selling credit spreads, and I won on the trade. 3 ATR drop in 4 days and nearly breaking the 20 EMA in a week that the market is setting records has me cured of making pennies in front of the steamroller

Tutrastra

0DTE is a lottery. You can win big on high volatility days (ATR >100 points) but as the volatility VIX goes below 20 is just a loosing game. The longer the expiration the better. Focus on swing trading.

YukiSAC

It’s a stock with ATR over 10%, this kind of swing is really nothing.

itssampson

Prediction: CTSO will announce an FDA submission in the coming weeks/months, and when they do, it will have one of those pre-market liquidity events that this sub loves to chase. Why not position early. Furthermore, I believe approval is likely, since the product in question is already available and in use across the rest of the world. FDA approval of Drugsorb ATR will result in a significant re-rating of the stock.

Agreeable_Royal_636

For breakouts I watch volume on the break candle more than any single indicator. A range high taken on weak volume is usually a fakeout. ATR helps for sizing stops once youre in. Tradingview screener is fine for filtering by % moves and volume, then you eyeball the chart. I also keep an ai indicator called one shot algo on the chart that fires entries with stop and take profit already set, so I can check if its breakout signal lines up with the level i was watching. Works as a second opinion.

bobby992992

i know what you're going to do this week. i've watched it for ten years. https://preview.redd.it/sluic627lkxg1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=31d3a3de51b93c37ddbf076bca50af362daf71c3 [](https://preview.redd.it/fomc-4-mag-7-earnings-in-24-hours-here-is-exactly-how-each-v0-9mqjvoglkkxg1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=c713d6898dd08da0a91792ef085fbb280507e2ec) monday: you buy QQQ puts because it "looks toppy." tuesday: NQ grinds up another 0.4%. you average down on the puts. "this can't keep going." wednesday 1:55pm: you YOLO 0DTE calls 5 minutes before powell speaks because "the dovish pivot is priced in." 2:01pm: powell says one boring word. NQ rips 200 points. your puts go to zero. 2:04pm: NQ reverses 300 points. your calls go to zero too. 2:06pm: somehow you lost money on BOTH sides of the trade. thursday: you post the loss porn. it gets 4k upvotes. friday: you do it again with rent money. every. single. time. \--- let me explain something to the regards in the back. NQ closed friday at 27,440. that is an ALL TIME HIGH. the chart printed higher highs and higher lows for 5 sessions in a row. the trend has been up for 18 months. and a third of you are about to short it because "intel was up 23% in one day, that's unsustainable." brother. the market has been unsustainable since march 2009. you have been wrong for 16 years. you will be wrong this week too. \--- here is the actual setup if you can read past the crayons. new ATH zone: 27,440 to 27,500 1st support: 27,100 to 27,200 breakout retest: 26,900 to 27,000 bull: hold 27,200, clear 27,500, run to 27,800 bear: lose 27,000 before wednesday, dump to 26,800 chop: pin in a 240 point box until powell talks. classic. \--- THIS WEEK YOU FACE tuesday: case-shiller, consumer confidence (nobody cares) wednesday: FOMC 2pm, powell press 2:30, MSFT + GOOGL + META + AMZN all dump earnings after close thursday: GDP, PCE, jobless claims at 8:30, AAPL after close friday: payrolls if we're unlucky four of the five biggest names in the index report Q1 in the same 24 hours as a fed decision. that has happened maybe ten times in your trading life. ATR will double. options vol is going to vaporize whichever side of the iron condor you're sweating. \--- PREDICTIONS 70% chance powell says "well-positioned" five times. NQ pops 100 points then dumps 200. your 0DTE calls expire worthless and your puts also expire worthless because you held them through the bounce. 20% chance one of MSFT GOOGL META AMZN misses on AI capex guidance. NQ futures dump 400 points after-hours. you don't even have a position because you got stopped out earlier in the day on the 1 minute chart. 10% chance everything beats. NQ goes to 27,800. you watch from cash because you blew your account tuesday on 0DTE TSLA puts. \--- this is not financial advice. this is me explaining to you that wednesday at 2pm is not a buying opportunity. it is a kill zone. stop trading 90 minutes before FOMC. stop buying 0DTE calls 5 minutes before powell. stop adding to puts at the literal all time high. your wife's boyfriend already knows this. that's why he's the one driving the new car. \--- positions: cash. like an adult.

leaonas

I’ve been trading ONDS since Nov. I have done all sorts of strategies with it and it’s been the best in my portfolio. I’m up over 120% in 6 months. I am agnostic to getting assigned on the CC’s. I’m usually selling them around 5% OTM + the 2-3% CC premium. I use a combination of CSP, and CC simultaneously to catch the ups and downs. On ONDS and other high beta names like BE, ASTS, RCAT, HUT, and AAOI, I have found rolling is an incredibly lucrative strategy on draw downs and gap ups. I have rolled CSP down $4 to $8 a week for a credit, and with the recent massive gap ups on most of these, I’ve rolled everyone of these up to within 10% of the ATM after 25-100% gaps, for 8-35%. I improved AAOI CC strike prices by as much as $12 for 20 cents on the dollar. The rolling has been a key strategy that I’ve been adapting to. I fend it works best on the stocks with high ATR/IV.

CatchAfilM

Personally I am hedging using stop loss orders. If the stock is up over my technical pattern term I was aiming for, then using stop order using ATR or double ATR.

Coffeewin

Entered SPX CCS 7125/7150, index at +4.5 ATR looking for a mean reversion down to about 7000

Coffeewin

Scaling out of 50% AAPL and MSFT positions. Account is up +47% in two weeks. Indexes are +4.5 ATR, good zone to lighten longs

Normal-Ear-5757

All the institutionals have got out and it's just retailers left and they're all buying the dip and shit.  Like, have you seen the intraday ATR recently? The market's peaked, mark my words.

GerardJessicap

(MBAI) is turning into one of the most active micro‑caps because the MBody AI merger is already moving forward filings done, shareholder approval secured, and the company openly confirming progress. This isn’t a rumor; the transition is underway, and they’ve stated they already work with verified Fortune 500 clients, which signals their tech is the real deal. The last time merger news even hinted at progress, the stock ripped to $4, and now it’s reset around $1.70, leaving a wide runway if momentum returns. The deal shifts Check‑Cap into a full AI automation and robotics‑orchestration company, a massive upgrade from its old medical‑device niche. Micro‑caps tied to AI themes can move fast, and the chart is showing early signs: trading near its 20‑day high, rising RSI around 59, and a tight ATR suggesting a potential volatility expansion. (MBAI) is turning into one of the most active micro‑caps because the MBody AI merger is already moving forward filings done, shareholder approval secured, and the company openly confirming progress. This isn’t a rumor; the transition is underway, and they’ve stated they already work with verified Fortune 500 clients, which signals their tech is the real deal. The last time merger news even hinted at progress, the stock ripped to $4, and now it’s reset around $1.70, leaving a wide runway if momentum returns. The deal shifts Check‑Cap into a full AI automation and robotics‑orchestration company, a massive upgrade from its old medical‑device niche. Micro‑caps tied to AI themes can move fast, and the chart is showing early signs: trading near its 20‑day high, rising RSI around 59, and a tight ATR suggesting a potential volatility expansion.

GerardJessicap

MBAI has become one of the most explosive micro‑caps on the market because the MBody AI merger is already in motion.. filings submitted, shareholder approvals in place, and the company publicly stating they are advancing toward closing. This isn’t speculation… it’s already happening..and they have stated they already have verified F500 customers. The top leading global companies don't just partner with a tiny penny stock without reason..their tech has proven itself. This is the type of catalyst that can trigger a multi‑day momentum wave the moment the final announcement hits. Last time they put out merger teaser news it ran to $4 and now is bottomed out at $1.70 The merger transforms Check‑Cap into MBody AI, a company positioned as a leader in embodied AI enterprise‑grade automation, robotics orchestration, and Fortune 500 deployments. This is a massive pivot from a niche medical device company to a high‑growth AI automation play a sector commanding premium valuations. When micro‑caps shift into AI narratives, they don’t move slowly. Recent trading action shows a textbook pre‑breakout setup: Trading near its 20‑day high on elevated volume RSI \~59, neutral but rising plenty of room to run ATR low, indicating a compressed range ready for expansion