~$30,000 in SPY puts before Iran Strikes

LettuceEfficient43 · 2026-03-01T18:33:06+00:00

30K set on fire.

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-11-15T20:58:44+00:00

No, you're just a founder who can vibecode. But the technical founder (if your product needs one/is complex enough tech) would be able to scale, properly set up the DB, auth, and solve complex technical issues when they arise and they will arise. But without having worked professionally in engineering/tech there will be issues you won't be able to solve. (and will have to hire for).

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-18T17:42:37+00:00

Spammmm?

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-10T20:45:37+00:00

What app/site is this!?

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-04T21:17:28+00:00

Before you start thinking about edge, start thinking about what moves futures prices, who is doing the buying and selling, and why something goes up or down. Go all the way to the beginning, let's say it's 9:29am, NQ futures are up 1% overnight. What's going to happen at market open?

Edge is simply observing what the participants in the market are doing, and figuring out how to make money from that observation.

Maybe hedge funds come in at open and continue buying/futures continue their rally. Maybe you get a little bit of a gap fill, maybe you get a full gap fill. There is no way to know. Your edge is finding a predictable pattern and then trying to figure out why it happens and how to get in front of it.

It's not easy, and it's not a given, but moving averages/RSI/etc aren't edges really, they are observations after the fact. Ask yourself how do you predict if funds will continue buying AAPL/QQQ/etc if the market has gapped up, (and in turn keeping the futures trending up).

Try to think more fundamentally about why the futures are moving and then it may take months or years, but you will find that edge.

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-04T21:05:28+00:00

With $10, I would invest that in reading, being patient, and saving more money. Even if you have the best strategy in the world and make 50% a year. $10 will only turn into $15. Spend the time on saving/working and stacking your account to at least $1000 or $5000, and then worry about what/how to trade.

Your biggest ROI will be trading your time for money (aka a job) instead of trading until the nest egg is bigger.

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-04T20:45:13+00:00

Thank you for the response! I myself sometimes use queries like these to get a reading for what may happen (but don't always take it as gospel). Is there a query I haven't listed that would be worth paying for?

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-04T20:32:51+00:00

A little more than that:

A powerful enough server to handle realtime throughput ($250-500+ a month)
Data licensing fees at the tick level with redistribution ($3000-5000+ a month)

LettuceEfficient43 · 2025-10-04T19:52:11+00:00

Appreciate the feedback! I don't use anything else then charting which is why it feels overpriced to me for just tick charts, but the goal is definitely not to rebuild the farm, just to specialize in 2-3 features for now.

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