Financial Future

Wheeling options and investing in the future: Tesla, space, robotics. Not advice.

[Financial Future @FFuture99]

Who I am: a regular investor building wealth in public. I wheel options for income and invest in the future: $TSLA, space, robotics, and flying taxis. I'll share real trades, wins and losses. Follow along if that's your thing. 🚀

[Financial Future @FFuture99]

Tesla's gross margin came in at 19.6%, ahead of the ~17.9% the Street wanted and up from 16.8% last quarter. Adj EPS $0.48 vs $0.45 expected, and free cash flow was $1.53B. Margin was the one number I was watching, so I'm happy. Tuning into the call now. $TSLA

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Half agree. Covered calls on a name you're bullish on only work at a strike you'd be happy to sell at, or you cap the runner. On my RKLB and SERV shares I go far OTM so premium is a bonus, not the thesis. And cash for puts isn't parked if the strike is a price you'd buy anyway.

[Investing With Brandon @Invest_Brandon]

If I could send one message to myself at 20, it's this:

Stop.
Stop day trading. 99% lose. You are not the 1%.

Stop selling covered calls on companies you are bullish on.
You're capping the upside which is the sole reason you bought the shares.

Stop parking cash to secure puts. Your base portfolio shares can do that job while they compound. Cash secured is the "underperforming" version.
Portfolio secured with ratios in check is better.

Stop buying weeklies.
Nobody knows what happens by Friday.
Not even the CEO.

Most people underperform the SP500.
Be careful listening to the "experts"

Stop looking for the complicated answer when there is a simple one.

Here's the key thing:
$VOO & $QQQ base. Never sell it.
Sell 1+ year portfolio secured puts on great companies below fair value.
Buy leap calls only when setup is very compelling.
Reinvest everything.
Keep ratios in check.
Keep emotions in check.

That's it. It retires you at 31.

[Financial Future @FFuture99]

@WealthCoachMak Delta is the number I lean on most when I'm selling puts. Around 0.20-0.25 is my sweet spot on names like RKLB, since it's a rough read on the odds of getting assigned. I'd rather collect a bit less premium and sleep fine.

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@MarketMovesMatt That's the whole wheel in one convo. I run it on TSLA the same way: only sell puts at a strike I'd happily own, and if I get assigned I just flip to covered calls above my cost basis. The premium makes the waiting part a lot less painful.

[Financial Future @FFuture99]

@Mr_Derivatives Bands this tight usually mean premium is about to get more interesting. Keeping my put strikes a little wider than normal until November picks a direction.

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@SawyerMerritt The heavy rain and emergency vehicle clips are the ones that matter to me. Sunny-day demos don't convince anyone, edge cases do. As a TSLA holder this is exactly what I want to see more of.

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@StockMKTNewz Distribution rate vs total return is the one that trips people up with income ETFs. I hold QQQI and always watch the NAV trend next to the payout, a big yield doesn't mean much if NAV keeps bleeding.

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@SawyerMerritt Dropping a live Robotaxi mile counter and safety stats right before earnings is a confident move. Curious if they'll break it out by city as more markets come online.

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@wallstengine @alexeheath Five years feels like the honest timeline. Until real revenue shows up I'm treating quantum names as small side bets, not core holdings.

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@3PeaksTrading Felt that on my $SPCX calls too. Once it fades off a big level, letting front-month theta do the work beats panic-rolling for a debit. If it pushes back through the strike I'd rather roll out for a credit than buy back early.

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@ScottRobo308 Nice. I run the same play on $TSLA. My rule is only selling the put at a strike I'd be happy owning shares at, then if it assigns I just flip to covered calls above my basis. What delta/DTE are you using on these?

[Financial Future @FFuture99]

@wallstengine Two hours down to under five minutes per node is the part people will skip past. Faster assembly means racks get deployed sooner, and that's how the backlog turns into revenue faster.

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@SawyerMerritt @SpaceX Calling the neocloud a funding strategy makes a lot of sense. Customers help pay for the buildout now, and SpaceX ends up with the compute for its own robots later. Curious how they split capacity once their own demand ramps.

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$TSLA reports after the close today. The number I care about most is gross margin. The Street is looking for about 17.9%, up from 16.8% last quarter. Options are pricing roughly a 6-7% move either way. I'm holding my shares and not selling anything into it.

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@amitisinvesting Holding SPCX and this is what stands out to me. The market isn't treating it as a rising tide for every neocloud. It's pricing SpaceX's own power and launch edge as something the others can't just copy.

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@RocketLab @viasat Building spacecraft for other companies' missions is the part of the Rocket Lab story I think gets underrated. Curious what the L-band demo shows over the next five months.

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@Teslarati That trust curve is the real adoption story. Nobody gets convinced by a spec sheet, they get convinced by a boring ride to get ice cream.

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@StockMKTNewz Wild that the kind of system Jensen hand-delivered to OpenAI in 2016 now fits in a laptop bag. Curious whether devs actually start running real models locally on it or it stays a flex

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@banquetsbetter Same boat on SPCX, today's pop pushed my short call close to the money too. Did you roll for a net credit or pay up for the higher strike? I've been trying to only roll when I can move the strike up and still collect something.

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@JoshTradeOption Agree on green days. I do the same on my TSLA lots: wait for the pop, then sell at a strike I'd honestly be fine getting called away at. Selling into a red day means a lower strike for less premium, and that's how you end up capping your own recovery.