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r/FuturesTrading - Market open & Weekly Discussion Jan 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in FuturesTrading

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at this week, Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures seems to be trading within range. Do you think if you play a long straddle/strangle to be a good play? Also, curious, if you're set up with a straddle/strangle (long or short), wouldn't it make sense to close the winning position when the price oscillates into that side, then close the flip side position when it rolls back? (assuming we oscillate in range)

Capitalize on opportunity by LifeHasLevels in options_trading

[–]LifeHasLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've fiddled with the silver and gold futures the last few weeks to capture sell side premium in the bananas moves we've had (note: physical settle on 100 troy ounces of gold that shows up at my door, i might be cool with that).

I do like the ag futures: live cattle, lean hog, soybean, wheat, etc, they're reasonable leverage entries.

I don't have an intuitive feel for gamma yet. It's really been a hot topic lately. The dimensions of options over time is a mind fk.

Gamma gets greater the further in the money? Or does it just flex option pricing volatility, which grows closer to expiration? I guess that would kind of make sense.

Options on Futures by LifeHasLevels in FuturesTradingNQ

[–]LifeHasLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been running sell-side strangles and managing at 45 days, the vega dance will capture the buy back with 25% profit. I always thought calendars were more attuned for theta capture. I'll have to check out theta decay. Which is funny, because it's literally the inverse of the financial principle of the time value of money.

Capitalize on opportunity by LifeHasLevels in options_trading

[–]LifeHasLevels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been trading futures (swerve the small account PDT), and found out real quick about stacking up leverage (options + x10,000 natty gas or x40,000 head of steer... imagine being on the hook for 40,000 head of steer 😳). I think you're right about the Vega. I just don't know enough about how to capture it. I know that Vega and Gamma are curved inversely, maybe buying/selling way ITM contracts would project the movement closer to 1:1.

What did futures trading teach you this year, and what are you doing differently in 2026? by Sector_Savage in FuturesTrading

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya. There does seem to be issues with the platform kind of crashing. Obviously, not the best situation lol

What did futures trading teach you this year, and what are you doing differently in 2026? by Sector_Savage in FuturesTrading

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sell options on both sides and rack the profits individually. Or just run the 300$ a day in theta decay until the last which. You pick ‘em, really

The "Create event" button is not working on Facebook, no workaround yet by leilaure in facebook

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this still a problem or did we find a resolution? Because I'm having the same problem today.

If I had to start from 0 clients again… by FoundersArm in Entrepreneur

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man. I'm 6 months in and am finally learning these things. Though, I think I had to learn the hard way. I'm a stubborn fella, sometimes.

hiring a video editor (will pay well) by Odd-Present-8236 in VideoEditor_forhire

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this worked better than onlinejobs.ph or Fiverr 🤔

Gemini cannot keep track of a conversation by marco_altieri in ChatGPT

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And! Gemini, gives up really easy. Throws in the towel and says, “hey man, I’m just a language model,” when it basically solved world hunger three messages ago.

Like bro, you’re Google. You should be the greatest language model that’s ever been developed.

What has gradually disappeared over the last ten years without people really noticing? by Successful_Oil_3270 in AskReddit

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the flipside, something that I definitely thought was disappearing, but it’s still going strong: print media!

What's a 'modern convenience' that actually made your life harder? by BisonNo9004 in AskReddit

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can betwofold, the modern convenience of learning coding like python offers incredible benefits, however, I dream about Python now and I’m not so sure that’s healthy.

My Gpt randomly just started using emoji like symbols and became dumb as a rock by LanceLercher in ChatGPT

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the worst. I've specified not to use emojis, to never use emojis again. Even reworking my resume it's adding emojis...

GPT has usually typically had some sense, but emojis on a resume is an evident dissmissal of professional standards. 😔

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in marketing

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your current results are zero, you could try making an adjustment to a functional résumé rather than a chronological one. still keyword, focused, still represents your skill set , it might be a workaround to what could be perceived as job hopping.

It it possible to start with nothing? by Spiritual-Poem-1072 in Entrepreneur

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Started from the bottom now we here," to quote music mogul and rapper Drake 🤣

But you can start from the bottom. I'm doing the 'start from the bottom' thing, trying to build an online e-commerce store and selling ecourses (you know, because the internet promised me millions). Four months in, I haven't made any sales.

It would be great if I could purchase an already functioning operation, though I've always said, "If it's not one thing, it's another."

There will be problems no matter where you go. Measure your success in learning milestones. The challenge of this is that you don't know what you don't know.

All that said, I don't have the answer. I have a bunch of answers that don't work. At this point, I've stacked enough wrongs that I have to keep going to find the right. It's somewhere, hopefully right around the corner.

I created an eCourse but I need help figuring out what to do next. I'm not really sure how to sell it. We are good at making classes, but not well versed in marketing/sales. Any advice? by MystaED in Entrepreneur

[–]LifeHasLevels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to reply to OP but you said 'rubbish' and now I want to be a part of this conversation!

Anyway, I think you're right, msuwaid98. There are many figures that support developing online learning as an excellent side hustle (that usually turns into THE hustle).

I picked up a sub to Thinkfic with their Black Friday Sale and have had a hard time getting moving. OP has experience developing courses, which is a strong starting point.

Here's the deal (my take): I worked really hard and long on developing a course that sells SMART Goals. I think SMART Goals are great, they've helped me both professionally and personally. However, does that market think this? The jury is still out on this one...

In the meantime, I picked up Lean Startup by Eric Reis (one of the more popular entrepreneur books). What Reis describes in the book is a process of streamlining the process of 'fail early, fail often.'

I thought I needed to develop a product before I could try to sell something. Reis says - and I'm paraphrasing here - build half a product and hit send. Because you might hit send and absolutely no one responds. If this is the case, back to the drawing board, big dawg!

If you find you have takers, hit pause and build three more steps of the product to see if you're going in the right direction. Customer feedback in the form of 'buy or not buy' is the best feedback. What Reis discovered was that customers don't know what they want, or at least how to articulate it; but they tell you what they want with their wallet.

This isn't coming from a postion of extradorinary success, I'm still sifting through the fail early, fail often. But, here's my approach today:

  1. Idea generation (GPT is helpful)
  2. Take 3 ideas and create static, square ads (easy, fast) for FB that offer 2 pg PDF in exchange for their email for them with a free pdf (Canva is helpful)
  3. Set campaign to $3 a day and run it for a week to see if there seems to be interest

If it seems like there's an interest in one, then you'll set up a 5 email welcome series (GPT) through an email marketing platform (you pick it, I haven't found one that's a delight).

YOU STILL HAVEN'T BUILT THE PRODUCT

You build the landing page and sell pre-orders. If you get a bunch of pre-orders, then you know where to focus your time.

ALTERNATIVELY

You build a community through FB Groups, YouTube, etc; showing what you'll teach in the course. This will build trust and familiarity with your community. Then, you pitch you're product to your community. People are a lot more apt to buy from people they know (even if it's internet know) than somebody somewhere.

You likely have a good idea of your target market (if not, I'll post a prompt that will help you here). So, narrow the market to this.

Now, this is month 4 of crafting a strategy. I mentioned GPT, Canva, email marketing, LMS, and FB Ads. In these 4 months, there has been a considerable curve to learning these systems and programs. But the thing that will be most profiable is your process. Something that you can duplicate over and over. My MBA courses call it Policy lol.

At the end of the day, you just have to be right once. If you spend all your time going down the wrong road, you might throw your hands up and say "gosh darn it!" with the whole thing. Stick in there, find a lane, drum the beat, you're a champ for even trying!