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I trade single stock volatility predominantly from the long side with the caveat that if you're not spreading option volatility, you're doing it wrong

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The one time I trade an earnings gap, Justin Bieber ruins it $ELF

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$CRWD 8 mins later the straddle is +26%

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$CRWD today's straddle looks cheap with a break even of +/- 2.5%. Stock currently down 4.75% since y'day close

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$GME Like butter, clipped a quick 20cents on the 22.5 puts from .24 to .44

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$GME has only gapped higher in 6 of its past 19 earnings releases. Of those 6 gaps higher, it has closed lower than it opened 4 times

[iBuyVol @iBuyVol]

$GME has only gapped higher in 6 of its past 19 earnings releases. Of those 6 gaps higher, it has closed lower than it opened 4 times

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@TheTrendIsUp I sold the $50 strike puts, and a smaller portion at the $30 strike

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$CAR stock down 30%, Jan '27 puts I sold yesterday are good for +30%. Hence "the vol golden goose" designation

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$CAR has hit "vol golden goose" mode, where it's possible to sell longer dated otm puts for more $ than when stock was trading much lower months ago

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$CAR "will never trade below $500 in my lifetime" - Gartman

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$CAR has hit "vol golden goose" mode, where it's possible to sell longer dated otm puts for more $ than when stock was trading much lower months ago

[iBuyVol @iBuyVol]

@Doobcox680 Nice catch! This morning there should be some real opportunities out there..

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@OptionsHawk I'm sure it's all on the up and up...

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$GRAL Another tale from the "short vol graveyard" - a trader sold 100 of the Feb $75 puts for .20, a $2k credit that is looking like a $200k loss. Ouch

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The Hawk hath spoken - those $GRAL Feb $75 strike puts were bought to open. Will have to retitle the seminar to "How to turn a $2k debit into a quarter-million win"

[Joe Kunkle @OptionsHawk]

@iBuyVol That was a buyer at the AMEX 100X for 0.20, those had zero bid on L2 before they bought them

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@OptionsHawk Thanks for the catch, I saw the bid and IV get walked down and assumed it was sold to open. I'll have to issue a formal correction

[iBuyVol @iBuyVol]

Tack on another -$50k to these short $GRAL puts. "How to turn a $2k credit into a quarter-million loss"

[iBuyVol @iBuyVol]

$GRAL Another tale from the "short vol graveyard" - a trader sold 100 of the Feb $75 puts for .20, a $2k credit that is looking like a $200k loss. Ouch

[iBuyVol @iBuyVol]

$BTC it's not complicated why Bitcoin is crashing. The only established use case for BTC is to facilitate criminal transactions. Criminal organizations have transitioned from BTC to stable coins, removing a large buyer from the BTC mkt. This leaves only "price go up" speculators

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$QURE a day later my positions are over +100%, thanks to short put spreads & long call spreads. Not content w/that return in < a day, I'm going to press my luck

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$QURE I like buying the Apr 30 calls, selling 2x of the 70c and buying 1x of the 90c for around $5.00. Can also sell the Apr 20/12 put spread to largely off set fly debit, but obv run risk of being wrong twice

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$QQQ strangle is a bust. These trades are either feast or famine but are worth the shot

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$QQQ taking a flyer on a slightly otm long strangle expiring today. Let's see where the market is at 6hrs from now..

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$QQQ taking a flyer on a slightly otm long strangle expiring today. Let's see where the market is at 6hrs from now..

[iBuyVol @iBuyVol]

$GLD The volatility paradigm in the equity market seems far too sanguine given the massive and relentless move in gold. At least one of these two levels is wrong