How to short the S&P using options? Day & swing puts

Discussion in 'Options' started by KCalhoun, Sep 11, 2021.

  1. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    SPX Ops daytrades. You are asking him for long term guidance. Why??????
     
    #161     Sep 14, 2021
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  2. I think he was one of those reddit/WSB types, so yeah. :) But people letting their trades expire without a clue of the risks of doing so... yeah, that's worth highlighting.
     
    #162     Sep 14, 2021
  3. Overnight

    Overnight

    I keep forgetting that he is basically a binary options trader.

    KISS. Yep.
     
    #163     Sep 14, 2021
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  4. Oh yea, sure, it's easy to give away...generic, theory, foundational, trading information...that will make you a nice, whopping, 5% a year.
    That stuff is a dime-a-dozen across all social media sites...with fake gurus and charlatans pitching their courses for more advanced stuff.

    I don't mean to brag and boist...but the information, experience, wisdom, approach in my head...can truly make you rich. I can give you Real money returns.
    Now why the heck would I give away that kind of power to someone? Because you are a nice guy, and you deserve it....Get in line, for that.
    Everyone will literally suck my d-ck, if I can deliver to them $400,000 a year in trading profits.
     
    #164     Sep 14, 2021
  5. destriero

    destriero

    I'll delete this if needed but I am going to add color to those mentioned. Magic is up a ton in 2021. TBS started with <$200K a couple of years ago and is sitting on a haircut well over a million. He's in his early 20s.
     
    #165     Sep 14, 2021
  6. taowave

    taowave

    New as in managing director of equity derivatives at a major IB and ran a propbook at a 20 billion dollar hedge fund?

    Dude,no disrespect,you are literally clueless when it comes to infant option theory.

    An ITM option "will have a much more pricier, bloated, overall costs."???? Seriously????

    If you are not talking leverage,D1
    is your huckkeberry ,especially intraday..









     
    #166     Sep 14, 2021
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  7. taowave

    taowave

    Spx Op holding period is 8 nanoseconds.Thats about as long as he can hold a cogent thought..I may be off by 5 nanoseconds

     
    #167     Sep 14, 2021
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  8. destriero

    destriero

    There is no advantage to daytrading in vol. I'd argue it's inferior to futures. My guess is that the guy 1) doesn't really trade after a recent blow-out and is railbirding out of boredom or 2), trades a small cash account bc of a 450 FICO.
     
    #168     Sep 14, 2021
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  9. ondafringe

    ondafringe

    LOL... it's always the little things that get you. Thanks for the explanation because I was stumped.
     
    #169     Sep 14, 2021
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  10. Congratulations on your 2% day, destriero.

    I need more than 2.
    We've gone through this already...options can deliver more, can be more explosive, if someone has ideal timing.

    I seek money. I seek volatility and range. And only weekly options can provide that.
    Assuming, the trader can nail those ideal buy and sell spots on the S&P chart daily to capture that one obvious, major, move.

    Doing this day in, day out, everyday....will make a small account blossom into something massive.
    Transform a ripple into a tidal, rogue, wave.
     
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    #170     Sep 14, 2021