Trading the Setup

Selling premium small & often 📊 Rules-based filter, not direction guessing. Assigned? I run the wheel — real trades, real numbers.

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@SleepMoneyMaker Already with a nice gain for the day

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Big down open today — elevated volatility across the board, good day to collect more premium than usual.

Sold a BE 205 put (10/30/26) for $5.75, and a NOW 115 put (10/30/26) for $2.09. 14 delta on both, IV Rank 5 and 53 respectively.

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Sold a HOOD 101 put — $2.13 credit , 15 delta, IVR 20

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Also sold a TSLA 330 put — $4.40, 14 delta, IVR 18

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Days like this are exactly when premium selling pays you more for the same risk — take advantage when the market gives you the volatility.

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Closed the HOOD 85 put today — sold 9/16 for $2.05, bought back at $0.50.

Profit: $155, about 76% of max. Held past my usual 50% target on this one but still a clean exit.

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Sold a HOOD put today — 85 strike, 10/30/26 expiration, $2.05 collected ($205).

15 delta, IV Rank 15 — a bit below my usual 30+ threshold, taking it anyway on a name I'm comfortable with at this strike.

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Closed the TSLA 305 put today — sold 9/1 for $3.45, bought back at $1.61.

$184 profit, ~53% of max. Textbook exit.

Small consistent gains

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Sold a TSLA put today — 305 strike, 10/16/26 expiration, $3.45 collected ($345).

11 delta, IV Rank only 12 — again, below my usual 30+ threshold. But this is a price I genuinely like TSLA at, so I took it anyway. Not every trade fits the filter perfectly

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Another one outside my usual — bought a CEG 210 call, May 2027 expiration (LEAPS), for $76.80.

This is a longer-term directional bet, not part of my put-selling/premium rotation. I think CEG is set up for a move higher and wanted the leveraged upside — but wanted to post on it

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Sold an AMZN put today — 215 strike, 10/30/26 expiration, $2.70 collected ($270).

14 delta, IV Rank 25 — just under my usual 30+ threshold, but a name I'm comfortable owning at this level.

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Closed the MRVL 195 put today — sold 8/27 for $4.60, bought back at $1.96.

Profit: $264, about 57% of max. Past target, closed and moving on.

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Sold an MRVL put too — 195 strike, 36 days out (10/2/26 weekly expiration), $4.60 collected ($460).

14 delta, IV Rank 49 — inside my filter. Two new positions on today, AAPL and MRVL, both replacing trades I closed this morning.

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Sold an NVDA put today — 195 strike, 10/16/26 expiration, $2.02 collected ($202).

13 delta, IV Rank 30 — right at my filter threshold. Another one added to the rotation.

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Closed the BE 155 put today — sold 8/31 for $4.00, bought back at $1.44.

Profit: $256, 64% of max. Past target, closed on nice up day for BE

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Sold a BE 155 put today — 46 days out, $4.00 collected ($400).

13 delta, but IV Rank was only 10 — well below my usual 30+ threshold. Took it anyway on a name I like long-term, but wanted to be upfront this one's outside my normal filter, not a typical setup.

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Closed the GLW 120 put today — sold 8/24 for $3.70 (17 delta, IVR 50 at entry), bought back at $1.60.

Profit: $210, about 57% of max. Past my target, closed and moving to the next one

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Two trades from last week both closing in on my 50% profit target already:

COHR 215 put - sold 8/24 for $5.30, 13 delta, IVR 47
GLW 120 put — sold 8/24 for $3.70, 17 delta, IVR 50
Hopefully lock in profits tomorrow— most of the move happens faster than people expect.

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Sold a CEG put today — 255 strike, 10/9/26 (weekly) expiration, $3.80 collected ($380).

17 delta, IV Rank only 6 — well below my usual 30+ threshold, third one recently outside the filter. Taking it as a name I like at this level, not a pure high-IV premium play.

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Closed the AAPL 285 put today — sold 8/27 for $2.60, bought back at $1.25.

Profit: $135, about 52% of max. Right at my target, closed and moving on.

Not all stocks moving down with market today AAPL up 7+

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Sold an AAPL put this morning — 285 strike, 10/16/26 expiration, $2.60 collected ($260).

15 delta, IV Rank 43 with 50 DTE— right inside my filter. Another one added to the rotation

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@golfingmedic You seem to switch time frames - 5mins, 15mins etc - is this just based on the setups in the different charts? Also do you have extended hours showing for your indicator or no? Thanks

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@golfingmedic Thanks for the reply appreciate it the info