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[Hemant Mohapatra @MohapatraHemant]

The curse of discipline is that every day looks the same. The curse of indiscipline is that every year does.

[Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder]

Late nights in the back of a car with the Game Boy

[Jay Gann | Spiritual Quant @TradesJayGann]

Adjusted for trading days however looks like this:

$1,000 a month is $45/day.
$5,000 a month is $227/day.
$10,000 a month is $454/day.
$50,000 a month is $2,272/day.
$100,000 a month is $3,334/day.

[JRGREATNESS TRADES @_JRGREATNESS_]

Hey to all my traders out there focus on your journey and ignore the noise.

The average US salary is $62k a year.

Let’s say you average $100 a day in the market, that’s an extra $25k .

Let’s say $200/day, that’s an extra $50k pushing buttons…

Take them profits and COMPOUND!

[Donnar THE FINANCIAL SPECIALIST @TradeLikeDonnar]

This week edition of what did I learn so far from the market ,

My biggest lesson from the market this week is , take what your edge has to offer you in the market and leave ,

Don’t care for more or less , and

Not every move in the market is for you only the one that your edge provides

That is it …

What did you learn so far

I would be in the comments section

Good morning

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

why do i always buy $SPY 0DTE 1-strike OTM?

let me explain it simply.

you're not betting SPY falls $5.
you're betting it flinches $0.50.

big difference.

$0.30-0.70 reactions happen far more often than $1-2+ exhaustion moves. small flinches are common. big blowups are rare.

ATM (SPY at $750, you buy $750P) costs $2.00-2.50. needs a big move just to make the cost back.

1-strike OTM ($749P) costs $0.75-1.50. a $0.50-0.70 move — the common one — hits +20%.

same level. same reaction. two different payouts.

ATM is a sledgehammer for a nut.
1-strike OTM is the right tool for the job.

sweet spot: $0.75 to $1.50 premium. for a quick scalp, not a long hold.

save this.

[Aman🧲 @amantradesss]

$500 bucks seems like so little in a trading account until you realize it’s…

$62 an hour on an 8-hour shift.

Never lose perspective. 🙏🏾

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

the top 10 mistakes $SPY 0DTE traders make.

save this.

1. no stop loss
the most expensive mistake in 0DTE.
a mental stop is just hope with a number attached.
set the bracket order before you do anything else.

2. trading after 10am PST
your edge disappears after this window.
theta accelerates. volume thins.
every trade past 10am is a mistake waiting to happen.

3. chasing missed entries
missed = $0 day.
chased = losing day.
if the level triggered and you weren't in — let it go.

4. buying ATM instead of 1-strike OTM
ATM costs 2x more and delivers worse returns
on the small SPY move you're actually trading.
always 1-strike OTM. always.

5. trading second and third touches
first touch = freshest orders = sharpest reaction.
by the third touch most orders are absorbed.
you're trading a depleted level. skip it.

6. ignoring RSI confirmation
a level alone is not a trade.
RSI above 70 at resistance = puts.
RSI below 30 at support = calls.
no RSI extreme = no trade.

7. revenge trading after a loss
the decision quality after a losing trade is measurably worse.
mandatory break after every stop out.
no exceptions.

8. oversizing after a win streak
a win streak doesn't change what a good trade looks like.
same size on day 6 as day 1.
always.

9. no written plan before the session
if you don't know your level, your strike, your stop,
and your target before the market opens —
you don't have a plan.
you have a hope.

10. adding to a losing position
never. ever.
only add to green positions on A+ setups.
a losing trade does not become a winning trade
because you bought more.

print this. put it next to your screen.
come back to it every time you break one.

because you will break one.
we all do.

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

$SPY levels for Monday

resistance:
→ $748.2
→ $750.2
→ $752.25

support:
→ $744.25
→ $741.5
→ $738.2

bias: bullish.
SPY made lower lows Thursday.
expecting ATHs if we break 750.

wait for first touch. RSI confirm. no chasing.

know your levels before open. then all you have to do is wait.

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

no mental stop losses. ever.

especially $SPY 0DTE.

this is the rule that separates traders who last
from traders who blow up.

here's what a mental stop looks like:

you enter a trade.
you tell yourself "i'll exit if it drops 20%."
but you don't set it in the platform.

the trade drops 15%.
you think "it's close to my level. it'll bounce."

it drops 20%.
you think "i'll give it a little more room."

it drops 30%.
now you're frozen.
the loss is too big to take.
so you hold and hope.

40%. 50%.

you tell yourself a story about why it'll come back.
but you're not trading anymore.
you're gambling.

and the whole time —
if you had just set the stop in the platform before entering —
none of this happens.

the platform exits at -20%.
you lose $200.
platform closes.
move on.

a mental stop is just hope with a number attached.

the number feels like discipline.
but without the platform enforcing it —
it's just a suggestion you'll ignore
when the pain is high enough.

set the stop before you enter.
not during. not after.
before.

that $200 loss you take today
is the $2,000 loss you avoid next week.

save this.
it’s a reminder.

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

Respect $spy 0dte

Respect the 15% moves in 2 minutes.

Respect the 30% moves in 30 seconds.

Your job is to just get in and get out

[Remz @Remzztrades]

One last thing before I watch the Knicks…

The PDT rule is gone. You can sell for a small loss, reassess, and re-enter later. That’s totally fine.

What’s not fine is holding losers and hoping they come back until they’re no longer recoverable.

Remember, be loyal to your equity curve. The best traders protect their capital first and look for opportunities second.

That’s how you stay in the game long enough to get ahead of the masses.

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

if you're new to $SPY 0DTE — read this first.

save it. come back to it.

1. start with 1 contract.
not 10. not 5. one.
$100-$150 deployed. real money. real fills. real emotion.
this is how you learn without blowing up.
paper trading 0DTE teaches you nothing —
the fills are fake and you can't feel the loss.

2. start with one level per day.
not five. not three. one.
find the nearest whole dollar or key reference level and watch what happens to it.
dont trade it. just watch.

3. only trade the first 90 minutes.
6:30am to 8:15am PST.
your edge exists in this window.
after that — theta accelerates, volume thins, and the same setups stop working.

4. always buy 1-strike OTM.
never ATM. never deep OTM.
1 strike below the level for puts.
1 strike above for calls.
sweet spot: $0.75 to $1.50 premium.

5. set your stop loss before you enter.
not after. not during. before.
bracket order. +20% TP. -12.5% SL.
if your broker doesn't support brackets — set it manually the second you're filled.

6. learn what RSI is telling you.
RSI > 70 at resistance = puts.
RSI < 30 at support = calls.
one indicator. one timeframe. 1-min chart only.

7. your first 20 trades are tuition.
not profit.
you're learning how YOU respond to losing money in real time.
not the market — you.

8. learn how SPY moves impact your option price.
this is the most important thing nobody teaches.

a $0.50 SPY move at a fresh level
can move your option +15 to +25%.
a $0.20 SPY move might do nothing.

why? delta.

1-strike OTM 0DTE has a delta of roughly 0.25 to 0.35.
that means every $1 SPY moves — your option moves $0.25 to $0.35.

so before every trade ask:
how far does SPY need to move for me to hit my target?

$1.00 option. +20% target = exit at $1.20.
that's a $0.20 move on the option.
at delta 0.30 — SPY needs to move $0.55 to $0.70 in your favor.

at a fresh level with RSI confirming — that's realistic in 1 to 5 minutes.
at a weak level with no confirmation — that's a lottery ticket.

9. size small until you're consistent.
$200-$300 campaigns max until you have 20 clean sessions.
protect the account first.
grow it second.

10. document everything.
every trade. every win. every loss. every rule you broke.
the pattern in your losses will tell you exactly what to fix.

the market will always be there tomorrow.
your account won't if you're not careful.

good luck out there.
wishing all you 0DTE traders nothing but success.

@shentrades

[Nick Zappala @n_zappala4]

A lot of people don’t realize there is bulking foods and cutting foods

Steak and pasta to bulk

Chicken and potatoes to cut

Dean might be the best fitness guy in this app

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

be thankful you got stopped out.

i mean that.

getting stopped out doesn't mean your thesis was wrong.
it means the timing was off.

SPY didn't react when you needed it to.
the level held but the move was slow.
the option bled from theta while you waited.

that's not a bad trade.
that's a trade that didn't work right now.

big difference.

because here's what a stop loss actually does in $SPY 0DTE:

it preserves your ability to reposition.

stopped out at -12.5%?
that's $62 on a $500 campaign.
small. defined. move on.

no stop loss?
now you're holding a loser.
theta is eating you alive.
you're watching red deepen.
then the panic sets in.
then you add more.
then you're not trading anymore.
you're surviving.

and that's where accounts go to die.

i've seen it in my own data.
losing 3 to 5x more than planned happens more often than you think in 0DTE.

not because the setup was wrong.
because there was no stop.
and a small loss became a catastrophic one.

the stop loss is not the enemy.
it's the reset button.

take the -12.5%.
close it.
wait for the next level.
reposition with a clear head.

that's the whole game.

thankful for every stop out that kept me alive to trade the next setup.

tomorrow we execute.

[Shen Lao @shentrades]

a lot of you asked how i'm approaching the $2k $SPY 0DTE account challenge.

save this. this is the exact game plan.

the account: $2,000 margin. starting thursday.
the goal: grow it through discipline. not luck.

quick clarification on campaign size first:

when i say $500 campaign — i'm not risking $500.

i'm risking 12.5% of that $500.
that's $62.50 max loss per trade.
not $500.

the $500 is the position size.
the risk is always defined by the stop loss.

now here's exactly how i'm trading it:

step 1 — same strategy. no changes.

psychological levels. RSI confirmation. first touch only.
smaller account means higher standards.
every trade has to earn its place.

step 2 — campaign size and risk.

$500 per trade.
12.5% stop loss = $62.50 max risk per trade.
20% take profit = $100 profit per trade.

in SPY terms on a $1.00 option:
-12.5% stop = SPY moves roughly $0.35-0.50 against you.
+20% target = SPY moves roughly $0.55-0.80 in your favor.

that's it. tiny moves. fast trades.

why 12.5% stop specifically:

my trades are binary.
when i win i win fast.
when i lose i lose fast.

i'd rather take a small defined loss and move to the next setup
than sit in a losing trade hoping it comes back.

12.5% gets me out before the damage compounds.
and it represents only a $0.35-0.50 SPY move against me.
if the level is real — SPY shouldn't move that far through it.
if it does — the thesis is wrong. get out.

step 3 — max 4 trades per day.

not a target. a ceiling.
two clean setups is the goal.
beyond that i'm forcing it.

step 4 — bracket order on every entry.

+20% TP. -12.5% SL.
set automatically the moment i'm filled.
i cannot move it. i cannot override it.

step 5 — daily loss limit.

if i lose 2 trades in a row — platform closes.
done for the day. no exceptions.

the math:

win: +$100
loss: -$62.50
risk reward: 1.6:1 in my favor.

two wins a day = +$200.
five days = $1,000 weekly potential.
on a $2,000 account.

but the real goal:

30 consecutive sessions following every rule.
no oversizing. no revenge trades. no exceptions.

discipline compounds.
not size.

documenting every trade live. follow along.

[Esther & Michael @SuperLuckeee]

$DELL option spiked $0.25 to $76+ for 30,000%

$1000 investment turned into $300,000 (super rare).

$MSFT $NOW $META all spiked from bottom already.
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[𝕋𝕦𝕤𝕙 @badboytush_]

being smart is a curse. You see the game, the lies, the patterns. But you still gotta play dumb to survive

[Esther & Michael @SuperLuckeee]

Trump says regular people will be rich.

$SNOW earnings 900% winner calls
$DELL earnings 1600% winner (tomorrow)
$ORCL earnings June 10
$MU earnings June 24

Remember, Trump said to buy $MU just like $DELL $INTC.

[LLONER 🦅🪐 @eyojoel77]

my mom was really serving us home cooked meals every single day…… younger me didn’t realize how much work and how much of a blessing that is