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Last seen: May 18, 2022
Sold many 6 May 4000 puts. Hopefully they will survive today after yesterday's melt down (4%+).
@earlyretirementnowcom Oof - that was a wild ride. Can't believe the market tanked so much in the last 15 minutes. I barely made it out with short str...
@jsand I do more spreads than puts. I'll throw in the occasional 2-3 delta put. But my bread and butter is 2-3 delta spreads 100 pt wide.
I have shifted to 2-3 delta for several months now. It's not as profitable but I also do spreads (100 pt wide) to increase profits at the risk of more...
@earlyretirementnowcom Yes. Were you okay yesterday? I had sold a handful of 4300/4200 put spreads. I chickened out when it tanked to 4315 and p...
@earlyretirementnowcom I've researched a bit into this and apparently you buy 1 /vx futures per 2 naked spx and let it run to expiration. Haven't done...
I didn't put on any 8/27 trades. Powell is speaking on Friday and any talk of tapering will increase VIX.
Done with great pleasure. Thank you bigern!
Looks like VIX remains high for today (6/18/2021 Friday). Does anyone have any insight into the pullback today?
@earlyretirementnowcomAwesome, thanks for sharing. I don't know if expiration counts as a trade, but if you do 1k+ per year, you definitely have enoug...
@earlyretirementnowcomYeah, TTS through entity also offers health insurance and retirement plan contributions - not sure if these are things you're in...
@earlyretirementnowcomCan you explain how that works? According to Green Tax, individuals that go through entities must obtain TTS before they can enj...