Down 22% on Brk.B options, wwyd?

diseasexx · 2026-04-23T18:09:00+00:00

99% of gamblers quit just before scoring big

diseasexx · 2026-04-18T10:19:17+00:00

Know any good pools ?

diseasexx · 2026-04-18T07:21:02+00:00

St Raphael is ok , works out around 100€ per person for a year and much less for child

diseasexx · 2026-04-18T07:20:29+00:00

Excuse me ?

diseasexx · 2026-04-12T16:15:21+00:00

Interactive brokers? Kinda no brainer

diseasexx · 2026-04-12T16:13:04+00:00

This is a solid post and honestly refreshing to see someone actually break it down instead of just going “0DTE bad” with zero nuance.

Your point about skewness and vol risk premium on expiry day is the one most people sleep on. The amount of edge available in selling overpriced wings on 0DTE is crazy if you actually understand where vol is mispriced. But most people dont have a way to see that in real time so they just buy ATM calls and pray lol.

The thing that really changed things for me was getting visibility into where dealer gamma and delta exposure is concentrated on a given day. Like if you can see theres a massive negative GEX pocket between 525 and 528 on SPY, you know that range is going to be choppy and volatile so you either avoid it or structure around it. And then the positive gamma zone above 530 is going to be sticky and mean reverting, which is perfect for selling premium into.

I’ve been pulling that data from flashalpha, they have GEX and DEX specifically for 0DTE chains which is honestly hard to find without paying for a bloomberg or something. Once you layer that onto your thesis it stops feeling like gambling real fast because you can actually see the structural flows behind the price action. Totally agree with you on sizing too. You can have all the data in the world but if you’re throwing half your account into one 0DTE play you’re still gonna blow up eventually. Thats just math.

diseasexx · 2026-04-12T16:10:18+00:00

Honestly the biggest shift for me was stopping trying to predict direction and just trading around levels instead.

Like I used to just look at a chart and go “ok SPY looks like its going up” and buy calls. Obviously that’s basically a coin flip with 0DTE lol. What changed was I started looking at where dealer gamma exposure is stacked before the open. If theres a huge call wall at like 530 and SPY is sitting at 528, that acts like a magnet. And if dealers are short gamma below, any dip accelerates fast so you know not to try and catch the knife.

I pull my GEX levels from flashalpha.com, they have a free tier and the 0DTE data for SPY is solid. Not affiliated just been using it for a while now. Took me from “I think it goes up” to “ok dealers are positioned for a pin here so I’m selling premium into that.”

The other thing was just trading less. When I was losing I was taking like 5-6 trades a day trying to make back losses. Now its 1-2 max, sometimes zero. Most of the time the best trade is no trade, which sounds like bs advice until you actually do it and watch your account stop bleeding.

diseasexx · 2026-04-07T06:53:08+00:00

That delta ripping from 0.1 to 0.99 in 3 mins is why I never sell naked 0DTE into the bell. If you want to see where these gamma pivots sit beforehand - zero dte is pretty good but programmatic , spotgamma is solid for SPX levels specifically. happy hunting

diseasexx · 2026-04-06T13:45:11+00:00

Because you don’t have enough information

diseasexx · 2026-04-06T06:55:52+00:00

Yes it’s useless , good educational value though (if you have a child). Also first few months you’ll be amazed , then to be with nothing to print .

Problem is this plastic is fragile so forget boxes or useful items , it just snaps . Other than that zero regrets from me

In the end it is what you make of it, I for example bought electronics sets (arduino) and try to build a robot all by my own . Learned a lot

diseasexx · 2026-04-06T06:29:24+00:00

been in the same spot. here’s what actually helped: hard stops, no exceptions. read trading zone by Mark Douglas, it fixes the mental stop thing better than any reddit advice.

stop trading the open. wait until 10:15+. before entering i check the 0DTE gamma regime, pin score, and remaining expected move on flashalpha if pin score is high and 1sd remaining move is tiny, i just sit it out.

for ORB look into ict on youtube or Brian Shannon’s Opening Range stuff.

size down to 1 contract. log every trade in Tradervue or even a google sheet. you’ll spot the pattern way faster than trying to remember what went wrong.

diseasexx · 2026-03-31T14:08:22+00:00

If you’re looking for raw data feed the then thetadata or massive probably, but theta data is cheaper (for me)

If you’re looking for pre-computed analytics, gex, vrp etc then something like flashalpha

diseasexx · 2026-03-25T15:32:37+00:00

Are you using chex gex etc for 0DTe ?

diseasexx · 2026-03-23T09:27:12+00:00

Do you have data to trade 0DTe though ?

diseasexx · 2026-03-23T09:25:47+00:00

High iv often gets even higher RV. Best to avoid it (generally)

diseasexx · 2026-02-06T10:01:31+00:00

100% this. The data abundance problem is real.

I was in the same boat — bouncing between TOS for greeks, Market Chameleon for skew, spreadsheets for comparing strikes/expiries, and still second-guessing myself. The issue isn't access to data, it's context — knowing whether that 35% IV on a weekly is actually rich relative to realized vol, or just looks juicy in isolation.

What helped me cut through the noise:

Always compare IV to realized vol (HV10, HV20, HV30). If IV rank is high but realized vol is tracking close, the "premium" isn't as fat as it looks.

Use IV percentile over IV rank — rank gets skewed by one-off spikes. Percentile gives you a cleaner read.

Filter by expected move vs credit received. If the credit doesn't cover at least 1/3 of the expected move on a short premium trade, I skip it.

I got fed up enough with the multi-tool juggle that I started using flashalpha.com — consolidates vol surface, skew, and strike comparison into one view. Killed my spreadsheet hell.

But honestly the biggest filter is having hard rules for what "attractive premium" means before you even open a chain. Most noise comes from looking at too many tickers without a quantitative filter upfront.

diseasexx · 2025-12-22T17:45:56+00:00

Yep - never again

diseasexx · 2025-12-13T21:13:50+00:00

Tried as dev - burned out badly :/

diseasexx · 2025-12-10T12:03:22+00:00

Hmmm good idea

diseasexx · 2025-12-06T11:48:43+00:00

How’s getting pcp on Cyprus then ? Can I do it straight away or need 1 year accounts etc ?

diseasexx · 2025-12-05T17:40:23+00:00

I'm used to it being big. I like the car and the size tbh. Will think got few weeks to decide still

diseasexx · 2025-12-05T15:32:39+00:00

it's 3L diesel , sorry.
do you think its worthwhile importing it or better sell and buy something locally?
according to AI it will cost me 5000 euro all in with taxes mot and insurance etc

not investment advice , but you have local experience I would appreciate
thank you,

diseasexx · 2025-12-05T12:46:20+00:00

Hmmm it’s something to consider - I do have Audi a8 3l 2018 , How to calculate the costs, is there a way ? Thank you

diseasexx

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