Option Traders & Investing

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BItcoin halving is in few days. What coins are you bagging when the market dips?
Mine is XRP,XLM,ICP...

A coworker admitted to trading while slightly drunk. Should I report them to HR, or is it none of my business?

Do you work primarily from home, in an office, or a hybrid setup?

Just saw over the past few days the real value of beta weighting my portfolio and measuring against my theta coverage. I was too beta weighted delta positive last week. I weight using SPY. I made some adjustments… more

I made a trade today based purely on a gut feeling...and it worked. Now I'm wondering, when is it okay to trust intuition over analysis?

A mentor once told me, "The best trades are the ones you don't take." Took me years to appreciate that. What's a piece of trading wisdom that stuck with you?

Have any of you invested in a hard money loan in the past? Have an opportunity to get in on a loan where I’m putting in 26k at 13% APY for a fix and flip. Trying to evaluate the risk and looking for w… more

What's the best year you've had in trading? The worst?

I'm seeking guidance from Quantitative Finance and investment management experts on transitioning to Quantitative Investment Management roles.

I have good understanding of Fixed Income, QuantRisk, and Quant Portfolio opt… more

I'm starting to see patterns in my own emotional mistakes – getting greedy at the top, fearful at the bottom. Knowing the issue doesn't seem to prevent it, how do you actually fix your psycho… more

I overheard someone call options trading "sophisticated gambling" ...and they weren't wrong. How do you explain the difference to those who don't get it?

I am starting to play a put credit spread strategy consisting of:

- Filter for strong stocks (good fundamentals, good technicals and breaking out or in upward trend) in strong sectors
- Then, select the ones with high IV… more

Where can I learn how to trade options?

How do you avoid overcomplicating things? Spent hours building a complex options model, only to realize a simple strategy would've worked better.

Does anyone else feel lonely as a trader? All my friends don't get it, and it's hard to explain the constant stress.

Hello everyone, I recently received a job offer for an associate position at Epsilon. I'm weighing this opportunity against another offer for a financial associate role at a forex trading company,… more

Just looked at the option prices for DJT...lots of money to be made (or lost).

Looking for resources on managing the psychology of trading. My emotions are sabotaging my profits more than bad strategies.

Market volatility = stress eating. Need to find healthy ways to cope with the ups and downs without destroying my diet. Any tips?

So...I mentioned wanting work-life balance, and the interviewer laughed. Apparently, long hours are a "badge of honor" here. Am I setting myself up for burnout?

The whole interview was about how much money I could make for them. They didn't seem to care about my actual trading skills. Is that how it is at most firms?

Folks under 35, what is your split between funds, options, and individual companies? With a LEAP heavy strategy I am evenly split between the 3.

Seeing wealth inequality grow makes me question my role. Am I helping create a fairer system, or just profiting from it at the expense of others?

The pressure to "look the part" of a successful trader is real. Designer clothes, fancy watches...it's a slippery slope. How do you manage the lifestyle creep?

The best thing about making good money trading? Random Tuesday afternoon rounds of golf with zero guilt. Anyone else enjoying the flexible schedule?

Is PDD Going to pop after earnings this morning?

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The market closes, and I still have hours left in the day. It took me ages to figure out how to actually fill my free time. What are your non-trading hobbies?

What day-to-day tasks/aspects of work do you struggle with the most?

Staying disciplined with my trading plan is a constant battle. Anyone else get tempted to deviate when the market gets choppy?

Had a great phone interview, followed by radio silence from the recruiter. Did I just get ghosted, or is this normal in the finance world these days?

Given the TikTok potential ban (AKA congress’ push to make ByteDance sell the platform), is anyone buying SoftBank right now? I figure ByteDance investors will vote to sell if it means avoiding losing… more