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Soo , Russell .. what’s up man ? 🫨
Mother switched brokerage and gave me her mature rira in May... Tax free loss here we go!
Major Technical Levels on SPY QQQ IWM for 2024
Need advice about index option and option on future.
Someone close to me made an interesting bet against ES NQ IWM TSLA, the semiconductors, but is long on PSNY, China, oil, cereals, wheat pall
Everything I'm watching in premarket 27/12, Including my analysis on DXY, IWM and more.
Is it worth it to sell your now ITM options to buy OTM options?
So are we buying meme stocks again or what?
Expected Moves this Week - GDP, a low VIX, IWM and earnings from Nike, FedEx and Micron
Expected Moves this Week: SPX/SPY, QQQ, IWM, Broadcom, Docusign and more.
Are SPY and IWM the only stock with multiple expirations during a one week period?
My plan of trading until the end of the year SPY
24% profit, Day 1 of 30 - $1k to $1M challenge
Join me on my journey ... $1,000 to $1,000,000 ... I'll be documenting here. (Trade 1/30)
Join me on my journey ... $1,000 to $1,000,000 ... I'll be documenting here. (Trade 0/30)
Is this stupid?- Selling put on IWM getting assigned and then selling covered call?.
Pretty wild stats on market positioning - crash coming in the new year?
5K Daily Gain on AMD, IWM, META, PLTR, and QQQ
Shorts Once Again Concentrated in Hated Index/Sector
Funds were waiting for earnings to justify EOY rally. Taking bullish hedges.
Mid-Month Technical Analysis Review of SPY QQQ IWM
SPY 418p -- Evaluating value after experiencing loss.
Small Caps are now at a five year low, in nominal terms
Trade Journal & Technical Review of September + Look Ahead for October
Technical Analysis Snapshot so far of September 2023
Expected Moves this week, Oracle, Adobe, SPY, QQQ, IWM and more.
The Month Review: Technical Snapshots & Trade Journal for August 2023
The Month Review: Technical Snapshots & Trade Journal for August 2023
A mid-Month Review: Technical Snapshots & Trade Journal so far for August 2023
Butterflies & Iron Condors: Assignment Risk vs. Duration & Stock Selection
small cap/med cap stock that pay a consistent/decent dividends
Thoughts on IWM and $TNA - will small caps follow large caps?
Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning July 17th, 2023
General Market Overview / Indexes Action (11th July)
Weekly Recap - Week ended Jun 9 2023 - Market rotation might be happening
Two Videos, Larry Williams: Inflation Peak Means big bull move and Carter Worth: Rotation Big to Small Cap
Market Recap - 6/7/23 - Bargain hunting
IWM Calls Grand Slam! 1717 9/15, 210 strike calls! Closed out at 1.05 and 1.10 (1.075 average), purchase price .25. Net proceeds $181,227.
Had to take it.. 256% in 4 days $IWM.. or should I have held?
We are just 8 SP500 points from official new Bull Market, Sentiment Indicators indicate we will go 10% higher.
Market Recap - 5/20/23 - everything is over bought
Wednesday morning brief from a Certified Market Technician 5/24 9:05am
Morning Brief from a Certified Market Technician 5/23/23 9:05 am EST
Market data subscriptions on Interactive Brokers
My top pair trade idea for this month: Russell 2000 vs Nasdaq using Options
Market Recap - 5/17/23 - the worst is behind us, maybe
Market Recap - 5/15/23 - everything is high risk if you're a pussy
Week Ended May 12 - Recap and thoughts for next week - tread carefully
Market Recap - 5/1/23 - 700 million dollars per AI
Key fib levels you want to watch for SPY,QQQ ,DIA, IWM
Tactical call option trade, small cap (IWM) 9/15 EXP 210 strike calls 687 contracts, 27 cents entry🔥
Tactical call option trade, small cap (IWM) 9/15 EXP 210 strike calls 687 contracts, 27 cents entry.
Russell 2000 index composition
Market Recap - 5/2/23 - a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
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Lmfao, big ass balls play IWM calls after a day like today but I’m hating. I bought puts hopping for a quick drop back to 255 support then sell
IWM knows something
The Russel/IWM just went like 4 hours without a red candle. Doing this a long long time. I’ve never seen that… small caps up what? 5% YTD already? Yea. I don’t think so. Can’t wait till they rug this shit. Rate cuts are needing an end & now it’s going gang busters? Will flop like it always does.
Bought 3 different positions at 3:59pm. IWM 255p, CVX 160c and SPY 693c. Fml lmfao
The last four hours of IWM's price action belong in an algorithmic trading textbook.
I also predict a little IWM dip tomorrow. That thing flew today.
Puts on IWM look much more lucrative than SPY. That chart is retarded
IWM just a fucking staircase all day lmao
If you would've spent $80 on IWM 0DE calls at 1pm, you would've made about $8k if you held to expiration.
God I hate seeing IWM green. No open positions just pure hate
Imagine selling your IWM calls yesterday and getting WDC puts
i remember saying IWM and RSP will outperform SPY and QQQ, to which a certain boltard called me a retard.
Yeah, I have marginal positions in SNDK and WDC and they have gone parabolic. I think Micron (own) has a better valuation and earnings growth profile though. The main driver for SNDK and WDC is the need to process increasing quantities of video data. Producing and processing vast quantities of such data will be needed for robots that have the capabilities of a child. I think the growth of robotics will be slower and maybe even in the next semiconductor cycle due to both the amount of RAM or APU RAM required to even run a somewhat intelligent full Deepseek LLM that is text-based (you can run that on a .5 tb $ 11k Mac Studio). Human-level robotics will require full multi-modal, or much lower latency communication between the edge robot and the cloud. And cloud-controlled robots make me uncomfortable as a scifi fan. The need for storage space to fully enable robotics and self-driving is clear. However, right now, robotics is constrained by physical memory and latency, so the robotics timeline isn't clear to me. The fact that these assets have gone up so much means that the algos will now place them in the same basket as high-risk assets like quantum and cryt0treasuries. They will get hammered in each and every everything-down high-correlation day. I'm almost always biased bullish, but everything has been very correlated recently. This increases rapid drawdown risk. I've been buying some slightly OTM but broad bear-spreads on SPY, IGV (software), and IWM that expire 4-6 months out. I don't typically hold to expiry. If the go to zero and stay zero for the next half year because the market doesn't test the new fed, trade talks go great with China, and the American consumer suffers just enough to blunt inflation, then great. That means the rest of my portfolio is healthy. But, to me, high correlation means you hedge, especially if you hold uber-high-volatility positions.
Dang - IWM done did me dirty. You’d think I’d learn to wait until 10:30 to enter into anything…alas, here we are in the red…again
i’d say analyze the charts come morning time and find some cheap IWM options to YOLO but i doubt that you can read candlesticks. Wendy’s it is
IWM plz hit 255 and rip back to 257 tomorrow 🫡
I just shorted IWM, now it can go higher more
How the fuck is IWM still floating up? Is it cuz I bought puts on it? Amazing.
Defined-Risk Index Options Strategy – Looking for Feedback I’m looking for constructive feedback on a rules-based options framework I’ve been refining. This is focused on consistency and risk control, not max leverage or lottery trades. Tickers SPY IWM QQQ (tracked for context, not currently in a position) Index ETFs only — no single-stock or earnings risk. Core Strategy Defined-risk vertical credit spreads Bull Put Spreads (PCS) Bear Call Spreads (CCS) Goal: sell premium outside expected moves, not predict direction Entry Rules 35–45 DTE (target ~40) Monthly or liquid weeklies Strikes placed outside daily & weekly expected moves EMs calculated manually from options chains Exit Rules Take 50–70% max profit Hard exit by ~14 DTE No holding to expiration No rolling for income Risk & Capital Management All trades are defined risk Position sizing capped Buying power intentionally left unused No naked options No stacking same-direction exposure during elevated risk Hedging (Used Sparingly) Smaller than core positions Further OTM Temporary only Removed once risk passes May use shorter DTE than income trades Context Tracked (Not Triggers) Daily & weekly EMs Volatility regime (IV vs HV) Major macro levels (ATH-based pullback/correction levels) CPI, FOMC, OpEx Looking for Feedback On Does 35–45 DTE → exit by 14 DTE make sense to you? Rolling vs taking profits early on defined-risk spreads Hedge sizing relative to core exposure Anything you think is overkill or missing Appreciate any thoughtful input 👍
Anyone who moved from SPY and Qs to RSP and IWM are too big brained for this sub
I built my own from the ground up. I use IBKR and Databento as my only outside vendors. Everything besides that; code, logic, modules, back testing, execution is my work. I’m only running paper now but I’m at 83.6% success rate on scalping IWM AND SPY 0DTE. I’m integrating ML into it this week for strategy development. I have over 600TB of data patiently waiting to be replayed over and over again. Once a strategy is selected it’s sent out for verification, if it meets specs then and only then is it allowed a chance on the paper to prove itself. I’m aiming for 97% accuracy before going full prod.
I think we can all agree that the VIX will rise from its grave, at least for a hot minute tomorrow. Maybe let me offload these IWM puts..
I’m holding QQQ and IWM calls and it’s telling me I’m most likely fuk lol
My IWM puts are cooked! I bet we see 2%+ across the indices.
Nice little rip on IWM. Bought calls too early and sold them too early but 70% is still a decent win
2026 will be the year of the small-caps. IWM looking goooood
guh should've held my IWM calls instead of selling them to get SPY calls lol
My win rate is currently 141/145. I just caught a 365 % return today trading $IWM. I try to do video breakdowns of most my trade. I’ll try to drop a link for you. Very technical. Very consistent. You can learn a lot. [132% trade breakdown](https://youtu.be/0BUU7_lc8FQ?si=OUBJyvvYwK4spml8)
Put diagonal spreads and rolling the short leg against the long leg works for me. I trade IWM for this. I close the trade when my short leg profit is 3x the loss of the long leg.
Well if you called it for the 10th and a little beyond, then you nailed it. Is your method something more substantive than astrology? Maybe a Ouija board? You'll want to choose which side of the expected dip you want to play. Maybe both. So you're either placing bearish bets before the market goes down, or bullish ones when you think it's bottomed and about to come back. [OptionStrat.com](http://OptionStrat.com) is a great place to model option trades. You'll want to use SPY and/or QQQ, maybe IWM too. Click the "Build" tab at the top, then left side, Novice -> Basic: play around with Long Call and Long Put first. Change DTE and Delta and see what you'd get. And under Intermediate, look at Credit Spreads and Debit Spreads. Those 4 things should let you do what you want to do without too much fuss, and they're fairly intuitive. But if you're comfortable with options you could look at some of the other strategies there. And I'm really kind of curious about your method, so if it's more than astrology or supernatural, would you DM me what it is? Be good. Mike
Surprised to finally see IWM mentioned around here. Cheap contracts that can pay well
$IWM rsi is sold off like a mf, expecting a bounce Friday or Monday
IWM got walked down pretty much all day from open, just ugly PA all around 🤢
I went long IWM. 148.58 is a fair price I think. It hasn’t gone parabolic like most others.
IWM I hate you with every fiber of my body. Go below $249 and stay there you POS
I'm holding a mixed bag of SPY calls and IWM puts. Probably a totally regarded strategy.
Just bought IWM puts at the bottom. Am I doing this right?
$IWM puts and $QQQ puts
IWM is like an ex I keep running back to
I want to full port IWM calls so bad here but also feel like it could crash to 240 by EOW 🥲
Believe it or not, IWM CALLS
Ditch Doge 100%. It would be smart to have your initial 50k in SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM to limit risk on your initial investment, and if your spec stocks do real well, take some of those gains and keep funneling them into index shares. Indexes will never have “a bad quarter” the same way a single stock always has potential for, or potential manipulation. I like MU as spec play for next 2-3yr.
Since my downvoted post above from 9 months ago: TSLA 264 -> 475 (80%) PLTR 85 -> 190 (123%) SMH 200 -> 365 (82%) NVDA 110 -> 190 (72%) IWM 198 -> 250 (26%) ARKK 48 -> 79 (65%) SLV 30 -> 79 (163%) SIL 39 -> 90 (131%) For an average return of 93%. I do this professionally, but retail traders hate listening.
I’m thinking bout sellinh silver and buying IWM
around 40% in ETFs. Vood, QQQ, IWM, etc. 10% in bond funds and money markets and only a very small amount in actual bonds. 50% in self picked stocks. Actual bonds really do pay horribly. Things like O and junk bond funds pay better while acting like bonds to limit drawdown.
Is IWM in a bull market fellas?
Was gonna yolo IWM calls but did the sensible thing and bought URTY instead. This is why I’ll never retire early
Alright I've got my plan for end of day I'm thinking SPY CALLS QQQ CALLS IWM CALLS DIA CALLS
IWM calls and puts have been making me so much money bruhhhh All done for the day. Time for some fish tacos babyyyyyy
BOOM ANOTHER $500 on IWM puts this time GANGGGG
God give me a 10 min red candle on IWM is all I ask
Quick IWM calls scalp from the bottom 50 cons .26->.37
you can do it IWM 252 babyyyyy
IWM I am simply asking for one god candle up to 252
More $QQQ and $IWM puts
IWM is not good for my mental health and somehow I keep trading it. I wish everything is green but that ETF. I need to seek some professional help
It would be cool if IWM would fucking do something. God Damnit.
Picked up some 0DTE IWM 252 puts. Let's see if they drop it back below 252.
I only sell options on quality stocks like Amzn, coin, nvda, Tesla. Stocks that will be there and always come back. For smaller accounts I use SOFI, tsll, Mara. Usually weekly strikes because you make more premium in the long run selling shorter strikes. Also with the leveraged stocks like Mara and tsll I prefer to be more aggressive and sell at the money that way I’m in and out quicker running the wheel and less likely to get stuck in a bad price if there comes a pull back. Must be careful with leveraged stocks cuz they are designed to go to 0. In a few months I’ll have enough money to start using the qqq index and sell daily covered calls and cash secured puts. That’s gonna be wild. I’ve done daily covered calls with IWM and can generate about $40 a day. But moved my money over to COIN while I believe it’s at a good price.
I saw IWM was dumping, so I considered puts. Then I decided to inverse myself and bought a couple of calls. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
IWM drilling. No position. Considering puts.
This artificial lid on IWM all fucking day is sending me…..what a crock of shit.
I thought you were different, IWM. I really did.
Seems like the IWM play is to just play the opposite after a big day up or down.
Not entirely sure why IWM and growth stocks just got obliterated
What a glorious day . IWM is red as fuck . I dont even have puts but its just something about seeing it red that makes my day
Tom fat cuck Lee is the fuckin worst. A permabull that qualifies every single sentence with “but we could see volatility.” Comes back on the following week to explain the volatility and then makes another wrong call. Last year his big call was IWM would pump due to lower rates. This year it’s ETH and BTC will 2-3X by year end. The guy is a useless scammer. He’s making $50M+ from BMNR thanks to his marketing of it.
IWM options are the same if not cheaper than QQQ
Have not traded IWM. To pricy for me. XSP, SPY and QQQ. I pick one of those Mondsys and Wed. Friday up in the air. I may credit spreads on something trending. Only if the premiums are there. Right now I’m have luck with credit spreads and debit butterfly’s. With a limit order. This market is hard to judge with no clear trend line. Plus low volume does not help at all.
Goog shares or IWM shares for the next 3mos
This bull run on IWM is nuts. Wtf.
My IWM 0DTE is goneeeeeeeee...lost $11.5K today!
IWM out performing SPY today was not on my bingo card.
IWM is absolutely ripping today wtf lmao
Someone here told me not to fuck with small caps after a rate cut and I didn't listen and still went short. I have been right again and again, both on SPY and QQ, but not IWM
So, IWM is the place to be yeah? So much room to run
ready for IWM +10% rally in January
# IWM outperformance is not a meme
TNA cause small caps. I have money behind it. But that wouldn't be fair cause it's 3x leveraged. So I guess IWM.
Are you still a member of SPX Gamma? Is it helpful for someone looking to trade SPY/QQQ/IWM options?
IWM and DOW closed in the middle. Honestly it’s a toss up going into next week
Healthcare without health insurance, tech, high dividend consumer staples. If the economy continues to grow, IWM. Im 10 years from retirement so im all in tech, ad media, and fintech.
Maybe I took too much Tylenol…but does anyone else see the giant cup and handle forming on IWM 5 years chart. Might buy some 320c for August
Short IWM. Just loaded up some January $264-8 verticals since it was cheap 😂
YES!!! Finally a common sense answer :-). We are in a bear market, but nobody is paying attention… today is the 6th day in a row that we closed lower than we opened, and in the past 7 days the SPY has lost 20 points, QQQ lost 22 points, IWM lost 15 points. We have absolutely no catalysts to reverse the course short term. Be ready for the same shit we have seen the past week, just wider swings.
I actually agree when you say people become anxious insurance agents. Most retail sellers definitely underestimate gamma risk and get lulled into a false sense of security by the theta drip. My point about managing the interaction wasn't really about micromanaging Greeks on a minute-by-minute basis, but exactly what you touched on: knowing when a correction or a major sector shift is about to turn that boring insurance play into a fire. For someone who doesn't just want to park it in SPY/IWM and forget it, how do you personally draw the line between being a passive yield-enhancer and just being blind to tail risk?"
IWM should’ve benefited most from this reading, instead it’s gaining the least. Makes sense.