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made some bad choices this week, inexperienced, need advice.
Sell ODTE puts on SPY then sell Monthly Calls?
At what point does owning SPY + QQQ + a growth ETF stop being diversification and start being the same bet in different wrappers?
I trade for a living - why I’m still bullish into CPI and the levels I’m trading on SPY, QQQ, oil and DRAM
Built a free dealer-gamma (GEX) map for SPX/SPY/QQQ — tell me where the methodology is wrong.
DD - The case for SPY 130,000 by 2048
Option Loss No Internet +30k to -$20k
UPDATE #7 (The End. For now at least.): I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
From Olive Presses to Power Laws: A 2,600-Year History of the Call Option
gonna full port SPY 8/14 $800C with 40k monday at open AMA
For anyone wondering exactly how much QQQ and VOO/SPY actually overlap, here is the math.
Do you think HTZ will help me recover the $23k loss from SPY ODTE?
Do you think HTZ will help me recover the $23k loss from SPY ODTE?
UPDATE #7 (The End. For now at least.): I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
The Nasdaq 100's valuation premium over the S&P 500 is near a 9-year low. Is tech actually expensive anymore?
I Trade for a Living - Why I’m Buying Dips After the Forced Buying is Over and More DD on Gold and Liquidity
SPY predictive dashboard with ChatGPT contd. not financial advice just for fun
While I Profited a Couple Hundred….this is the worst loss I’ve ever experienced
YOLO: SPY 7900 by Friday. I’m all in on 7850 Calls,
I Trade for a Living - What Comes After the Rally & the “Hidden QE”
SPY at $774 in overnight trading
Experiment: 1 month, SPY ODTE closest to $X (up to 100), buy at specific time T_buy and sell at T_close constantly fixed over the time. Can alternate between put or a call. What are your suggestions for X, T_buy and T_close?
Question: How do passive index funds like VTI, VOO, SPY, ETC., work?
SPY at ATH ($773) with 40 minutes to go
Racking up 100% trading options day after day adds up to big money
I Trade for a Living - Here’s My Setup for Semis, SPY and QQQ
Made $200 Off PUTS on SPY’s Most Bullish Day
SPY at unsustainable levels. Could go a hair higher. The maco situation does not support a forever run.
Deconstructing 0DTE Option Losses: Traders Freeze During Intraday Volatility Surges
Why the actual fuck is SPY pushing ATHs this week?
UPDATE #6: I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
UPDATE #6: I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
Why $TT is going to 10x your degenerate portfolio: The Great Heat Wave Shortage of 2026 DD
delta hedging and your returns - community research pt8
There’s no way these ppl at simpler trading make money
Gamma setup into next week — SPY’s pinned in deep positive gamma, $AMD $PLTR Earnings
SPY closed the week in the deepest positive gamma I've seen in a while (IV ~9%)
UPDATE #5: I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
UPDATE #5: I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
UPDATE #5: I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
UPDATE #5: I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
SPCX: from "new space age" to a measuring stick for the AI bubble
Just when your puts expire worthless the market tanks
SPY hitting us with the middle finger EOD
$326 -> $78 -> $16,619 in less than 96 trading hours (over 213x from low point)
1DTE option held overnight SPX went up .75% but I still LOST money
Solid week: Up over 3,000% on SPY/SPC 0DTE calls and puts, cashing out
Update: Now $502 -> $5,741 in 6 trading days + looking like I'll double if the market opens where it's at
Generational lock in. 15k-6000-45k-700-15k-2.5k(now) next week 100k
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So is 770 the new baseline for the SPY?
motherfucker puts on the SPY go up
Puts on SPY are hedges against positions on individual equities. They aren't directional plays, especially with the VIX this low.
105M $SPY puts bought on top of yesterdays puts. Market doesn't go down, VIX is over-shorted. PPI should come in hotter after looking at the breakdown of the CPI. Today was exit liquidity for the big boys It won't end up well. I give this market up to Friday to give up
This really motivates me for tomorrows 0TDE SPY calls
The bullish scenario tomorrow for SPY is -4% Bearish scenario is -15%
\*SPY There, fixed it for ya
I took one for the team and paid the $100k for Truth Social API access. It’s gives you the SPY chart 24 hours into the future. This is tomorrows action: https://preview.redd.it/3omczmxsk1jh1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2867993f22e1ea3ccb27f9e77d3ca243b03620b
Jim Cramer is bearish. SPY 820 EOW
SPY having bug bull flag, killing options on both the sides.
They really want SPY 850 don't they
SPY and especially QQQ, look at Korea right now, this is what you should be fucking doing.
So... SPY theta fuckery for the next 3 months?
no he will pause in Sept, I am 100% sure, what exp and strike price? I have 9/30 SPY 700 Puts
SPY 650 acually and then we reverse
There will be no breaks on this leg down SPY 600 EOY
I'm just waiting to see what SPY does on first contact with aliens.
yes I'm scaling into SPY Puts, anyone not hedging here is a fool
Entered long on the inverse Michael Burry fund. Ticker SPY.
SPY 7000 Oct Puts, EZ money
I would start buying Oct SPY PUTS!
6 of 8 mega top bearish metrics are in. 2 more to go until it gets 98% historically accurate to see a massive 📉 $SPY $QQQ … close, but not quite there yet.
It's a second day of SPY put accumulation, while VIX is making the lowest low of 2026. The next two days are going to be brutal for bulls.
The leverage you are seeing is real on entry, but the beta weighted delta is flattering it more than you think. A 5 wide ATM debit spread only carries that 3.14 delta instantaneously at the money. As price moves toward either strike the delta collapses toward zero because the short leg catches up, so that SPY equivalent notional is a snapshot, not a stable exposure you actually hold to expiration. So the 10 to 1 is leverage on notional, not on expected return. Your value is capped at 250 and you are paying theta the whole time to rent that delta, and it decays fastest while price sits near the middle of the spread. If you want an honest efficiency number for sizing, reward to risk times the probability of the spread finishing where you need it tells you far more than beta weighted delta over buying power. The BP figure makes every ATM vertical look like a rocket because it ignores the capped payoff and the decay you are financing to get there.
SPY 765 tomorrow for your thesis
SPY went from 728 to 775 in less than 2 weeks
I’m expecting another week of SPY being flat
Having FOMO for not buying any SPY or QQQ puts today 😔
Take a look at the SPY option chain if you are wondering whats happening with the VIX. Massive put wall at $770 for the 8/14 strikes means we ain’t going lower 770 this week. And a comparable massive call wall at $775. Then you have a fucking huge call wall at $780 where all the degenerates in here are buying calls. All of this means market makers arent paying your $770 puts or your $775 calls this week. The true direction will reveal itself Monday. Most likely higher. Wait until Friday near the close to place your degenerate options bets for next week.
I was promised SPY 700 or 800
That’s what I’m doing lately. I get mad at SPY and QQQ Gaines, and bad against them every day😆
Nasty stuff on SPY. Last Wednesday and Thursday created the current range that SPY can't break out of. 767 - 776. Just a big nothing burgah for the past four trading days
Everything up double digits, SPY up 0.26% It's times like these when I question my choices
Should have just brought more HTZ. Fucken porting meme stocks like SPY 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I dunno, I'm gonna take the opposite point of view of a lot of people here. I'm not sure that it makes sense on SPY in particular, but I think you absolutely could find a name that you would be happy owning (on margin or cash) and write a naked or cash-secured put. I mean, why not? Hopefully you have some conviction behind your choice and a positive outlook on the name. I do not think a 20 delta put makes sense. Personally, I would roll the dice with an ATM put, and if I am not assigned shares, keep selling the ATM put until I'm assigned or my thesis on the stock is changed (due to proce/outlook/whatever... this part is actually very important). On assignment, turn around and sell the 30 DTE (or whatever) call. I think this can work on stocks with pretty fat premiums/high implied volatility. Yes, there is a risk that you could be carrying the stock for a significant period of time below (perhaps significantly) your cost basis, and of course that's far from ideal, but you believe in it, right?? If that is acceptable, and the premium will allow you to grind away at the cost basis, it is doable. This is the wheel, after all. There are pros and cons.
Pro tip: if you have a particularly successful month, forcefully tie up all your money in SPY/QQQ shares for a week or two until the euphoria wears off so you don't give it all back trying to double up on a huge gain
SPY is the only thing I learned to trade...
SPY CEO pulled the emergency stop lever Theta til' all hope is lost
**BanBet Lost** — /u/LarryStink (1W - 1L, 50%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▼ | $728.68 → $700.00 | -3.9% | 2w | Lost |
SPY is currently on pace for the LOWEST monthly volume since May 2002
Next couple of days, SPY profit taking will probably drop 10 or more points 👉 to 760ish
| Ticker | Target | Entry | Current | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▲ | $780.10 (above) | $772.38 | $772.60 | +1.0% | 23h 41m | | **Record** | 1W - 5L | 17% | - | - | - |
105M $SPY puts bought on top of yesterdays puts. Market doesn't go down, VIX is over-shorted. they are eating big off premiums😂😂
!banbet SPY +20% 2d I have become ber, the destroyer of ports
Liquidate and throw it all on 0dte SPY calls
SPY red AH, we are in a ber market now
**BanBet Created** ▲ | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** | $788.41 (above) | $772.95 | +2.0% | 23h 60m |
**BanBet Created** ▼ | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** | $765.33 (below) | $773.06 | -1.0% | Aug 14, 8:17 PM |
Sentiment seems good, we might actually rally. SPY found its new bottom and doesn't want to go below 770 unless 🍑 says something crazy again
This is a jinx attempt I’m bullish on SPY
**BanBet Created** ▲ | **Record:** 1W - 5L | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** | $780.10 (above) | $772.38 | +1.0% | 23h 60m |
| Ticker | Target | Entry | Current | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▼ | $750.00 (below) | $772.80 | $772.25 | -2.9% | Aug 18, 3:09 PM | | **Record** | 0W - 3L | 0% | - | - | - |
Well SPY and QQQ fuck around all day probably
SPY calls day 4 tomorrow! I’m gonna lose more money or am I gonna make back the last 3 days?
are there options on NBIS, im bored of SPY its not scratching the itch
Of course SPY touches 773 again AFTER HOURS
Got my first option. SPY $775 call exp 8/20. Chat, am I cooked? 😭
Wellp, RIP to my 10 SPY CALLS @778 by Friday. Lol
They are, per the prompt. The account balance was low and I wasn’t putting two and two together. Pretty sure RH doesn’t allow naked option shorts. I am just used to SPY and QQQ.
SPY dump in last 10 mins on a daily basis genuinely the most cringeworthy experience
Dude we went up like 5-6% last week on SPY days like this happen, part of the game.
QQQs and SPY gonna continue to 🚀
Mag7 down so much and SPY is up lol
Get your SPY poots here, get your SPY poots while they are still cheap
I'll get a SPY call at close, I feel it'll do same movement tomorrow moring lol
Lmao 20m volume on SPY on a CPI day, and SPY been fucking with 773 for like past 4 hours. What a scam market
there’s the daily random dump from SPY I was looking for
Lol, good luck with that. Watch SPY dump going inot the weekend.
EOD SPY 773 opening tomorrow 774-780 💰🦅 bought 20 contracts 779,780,781,782 for tomorrow already boys 🔥
All I want is a $3 move on SPY just to feel something, I don't even care at this point which way
SPY closes at 773/774 I’m golden already bought 20 contracts for tomorrow 779,780,781,782 let’s get this money 💰🦅 BUY CALLS
No it should be SPY dog fucker
The bubble pop starts tomorrow with SPY -10%
Petition to rename SPY to S&P FLAT FUCK
**BanBet Lost** — /u/A190O (0W - 1L, 0%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▼ | $772.83 → $750.00 | -3.0% | 5d | Lost |
If SPY breaks that 773 range, we hit 780 by Friday
Wow SPY can you be lamer
#SPY been stuck at exactly 0.31% for the last 4 hours. Haven't even moved 0.01% LMAO🤌
Bought straight calls on SPY 779,780,781,782 for tomorrow 20 contracts in total pray for me boys let’s get it booming 🦅🔥 who’s in with me???
Manipulation on SPY is blatant
Could’ve had new ATHs today but instead we got praise be to allah and theta. I swear they always have the perfect combo to fuck everyone. Let’s not kid ourselves it was decent holding and momentum today looking like it wanted to break out until praise be to Allah dropped SPY by $4 in 1 minute
# If you look real close, you can see SPY showing a middle finger to everyone
#SPY hasn't moved an inch in the last 4 hours. LMAO🤌
SPY dumpers are the worst, genuinely.
Where did all the volume go from SPY?
**BanBet Lost** — /u/i-like-water-stuff (0W - 1L, 0%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▼ | $770.31 → $758.00 | -1.6% | 1d | Lost |
**BanBet Lost** — /u/toobaditsme101 (0W - 1L, 0%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▲ | $770.20 → $775.00 | +0.6% | 1d | Lost |
**BanBet Lost** — /u/BushReagan84 (0W - 1L, 0%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▼ | $770.20 → $765.00 | -0.7% | 1d | Lost |
| Ticker | Target | Entry | Current | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SPY** ▲ | $800.00 (above) | $773.06 | $773.34 | +3.5% | Aug 13, 9:45 PM |
SPY is feeling left out of the pump smmfh
I'm interested in pursuing a covered call strategy based on SPY as the underlying rather than any individual stock. Eventually I'm interested in generating income from my portfolio this way. What resources should I be looking at that give me just a bit more detail than the real basics on this strategy? I know what calls and puts are, I know what strike prices and expiration dates are, I understand the basic profit theory and downside risks of a covered call strategy. On top of that, I'd like to know: (1) how much do I need to set this up and start trying it? Presumably at least 100 shares of SPY plus trading fees. (2) what expiration dates "should" I consider, or maybe, what is the impact of choosing long-dated options rather than short-dated options? (3) Similarly, how far OTM should my calls be, or how should I think through making that decision? And (4) what is a reasonable amount of pre-tax profit to expect from implementing this strategy, and how do the answers to (2) and (3) impact that? I feel like answers to that kind of thing must be out there, but there is just so MUCH to sort through. Thanks for any suggestions and guidance.