3 Rule Trading

Real-money QQQ & SPY options trades, posted live as they happen, losers included. Rules-based. Daily recap after the close. Not financial advice.

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Welcome to 3 Rule Trading. I post every real-money QQQ and SPY options trade here as it happens, losers included: a morning drive in QQQ and a buy-the-dip in SPY/QQQ. Real fills, daily recap after the close. Education only. Not financial advice. Options can lose 100%.

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Your biggest struggle right now?

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Week ending Oct 23: 2 trades, 0 wins, account -10.4% for the week, -9.7% since the start. Every real-money trade posted live, losers included. Alerts on Telegram.

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Daily recap Fri Oct 23: no trades closed today. October -9.7%. Real money, every trade, losers included.

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🚨 Trade Alert 🚨

BUY $UPRO shares @ 144.23 (overnight: sells at the next open)

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🚨 Trade Alert 🚨

BUY $TQQQ shares @ 66.35 (overnight: sells at the next open)

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@ravisain The trade after a loss gets the same size and the same rules. Rules written before the trade are the best protection against tilt.

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@Topstep Most blown accounts come from size, not bad picks. A fine strategy at 3x the size can still hit a 60% drawdown.

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@dontbsallti @breakoutprop Our rule: one trade's total loss is a small slice of the account. Options can go to zero, so we size as if every one might.

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@VolatilityVIX Timing SVXY with the VIX curve did worse than holding it, and both had 45-60% drops. Short vol pays until it really doesn't.

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Every strategy we test - passed or failed - with its numbers: our Strategy page, linked in the bio. We publish the failures too.

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Strategy lab: the Red Dog Reversal (buy back above yesterday's low).

10 years, 41 stocks, 9 versions: all lost after costs. t -5 on unseen years. ❌

Not financial advice.

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A losing trade is not a mistake.

Breaking your rules is a mistake.

Judge the process, not one result.

Not financial advice.

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Morning check ✅

$QQQ moved +0.05% in its first 5 minutes. Our bar is 0.20%.

No trade today. Sitting out is a position too.

Not financial advice.

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🚨 Trade Alert 🚨

SELL $UPRO shares @ 144.07 (-1.51% overnight)

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🚨 Trade Alert 🚨

SELL $TQQQ shares @ 65.54 (-1.10% overnight)

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Which strategy do you want us to test on 10 years of data next?

Drop it below. We publish the result either way.

Not financial advice.

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@3PeaksTrading Put credit spreads failed our test on real option prices. Lots of small wins, then a few big losses that erase months. Size for the tail.

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@RockyTSTH Put credit spreads failed our test on real option prices. Lots of small wins, then a few big losses that erase months. Size for the tail.

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@therobotjames Turn of the month, pre-holiday, pre-FOMC on SPY & QQQ since 2021: all slightly positive, none strong enough to beat luck (t 0.8 to 1.8).

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@alphaticaio Turn of the month, pre-holiday, pre-FOMC on SPY & QQQ since 2021: all slightly positive, none strong enough to beat luck (t 0.8 to 1.8).