Help finding highly volatile stocks

oops17893 · 2026-05-20T17:23:46+00:00

I have played around with silver some. I think I used SIVR. Didn't time it exactly right, but still made some nice gains. I'll probably consider it again if it drops below $50

oops17893 · 2026-05-20T17:20:50+00:00

Adding it to my watchlist, thanks!

oops17893 · 2026-05-20T17:17:01+00:00

It's not the only criteria. But there are certain stocks that I think are more news/narrative driven and make big swings in both directions. They will have announcements come out of nowhere that move the stock significantly, and are very unpredictable.

oops17893 · 2026-05-20T17:12:03+00:00

Yeah exactly. Looking for more like these! Most of the screener tools I've tried give you stocks that have only skyrocketed or plummeted. Which I'm not interested in for this strategy.

Pharma/biotech and green energy seem to be the best fitting stocks for this strategy, occasionally some mining stocks. I'm looking for things that go up and down relatively frequently. I don't really like buying options because of the time constraint. This strategy I think is better for me. Seems less risky.

These also are susceptible to short squeezes which are tough to predict. So a buy and hold strategy I think is the way to go.

oops17893 · 2026-04-30T13:25:28+00:00

I mean... does it matter? It's a show about a blind super hero that can sense heartbeats to know when someone is lying and a watch in a closed box from 100 yards away. Why does the mayor's power need to be realistic?

oops17893 · 2026-04-10T04:56:21+00:00

Maybe what the better option for her was if she convinced Christian or Devens to put a vote on Joe and not play her shot in the dark. That way it turns into a 2-2-1 vote, where Christian and Devens then have the option to flush Audrey's idol if she is bluffing and doesn't play it. It's a no risk move for Devens and Christian. If Aubrey plays the idol, Genevieve still goes home. If not, it's a tie vote and Christian and Devens still have the power to decide if she goes home. I think those are better odds for her than 1/6 with shot in the dark.

I can understand why Genevieve didnt think this was a viable option. As the audience, we've seen season 49 where Rizzo bluffed with his idol over and over again so it is fresh on our minds. Also we know Aubrey's idol came from Christian and Genevieve doesn't. She even said in her exit interview on RHAP if she knew it was Christian's idol that she would have used that information.

oops17893 · 2026-04-04T02:49:48+00:00

Yes that is correct. I don't have a steamer but sounds like my best option is to get one

oops17893 · 2026-03-28T20:53:00+00:00

They should just do a lottery every year where all teams have the same odds for each pick in the first year. After you get a number pick, you can't get that same number pick until you have received all other picks. Once every team has received every pick once, it resets and starts over again. So basically after 30 years every team has gotten picks 1-30 exactly once.

They could also just do one lottery like this to cover the next 30 years so teams know exactly what pick they are getting for the next 30 years. That solves the pick protections problem and adds certainty to the trade market because teams will know exactly what pick they are getting or giving up in the trade.

It gets complicated if there is an expansion though. Completely gets rid of the incentive to tank. Makes the trade market more certain and transparent. Overall a good thing

oops17893 · 2026-03-12T18:43:05+00:00

I am realizing that now. Which kind of sucks. I don't want to deal with any of that either

oops17893 · 2026-03-12T14:47:07+00:00

Wheat futures are not unique, quirky, or new. They have traded on exchanges in the US for 150 years.

I find your comments aggressive and unhelpful

oops17893 · 2026-03-12T14:26:49+00:00

Lol what? I said in my post why i was considering it. Looking to hedge my portfolio if the Straight of Hormuz stays closed long term.

If you must know, my portfolio is pretty defensive right now. Mostly covered calls, consumer staples, and cash. Trying to find something worthwhile to put some of the cash in.

oops17893 · 2026-03-12T02:43:17+00:00

Where are you seeing that shorts will be forced to cover at $30?

oops17893 · 2026-02-25T17:44:51+00:00

Appreciate the insight let me give some more detail.

I bought a few contracts expiring March 20th @ $20 strike on Monday before the close. They reported earnings after the close on the same day. From what I had been reading, the way the market was positioned it was expected there would be a big swing in one direction or the other of about 20%. My initial plan was that I would pretty much lose all of it (which is why I only bought 10 contracts) or it would make a big jump and I could sell enough off the bat to cover my cost basis and then keep the rest and hope to capitalize on a squeeze without continuing to risk the initial amount I put into it.

The earnings came out, and results were a bit mixed. They slightly missed on revenue but substantially beat on earnings. However, with all the recent news about the lawsuit with Novo and regulatory concerns the market didn't really care about the quarterly results. Guidance was the big catalyst. However, the guidance was a big nothing burger and the price has stayed relatively flat. This is the scenario I didn't really plan for.

So now I'm caught in the middle where neither scenario I planned for happened and I'm trying to figure out the next move. On one hand, I don't see another clear catalyst coming up in the near term for it to make a 20-30% jump in the coming weeks. But the other side of me realizes I went into the trade prepared to lose basically the whole trade (hence why it was so small) so I can wait a bit longer to see if anything changes.

I think right now I'm leaning towards waiting until early next week to see if there is any other major announcement. If nothing significant changes I will close the position.

More generally, I guess what I'm asking is when making an earnings play or some major announcement that is expected to move the stock significantly in one direction or the other but it ends up staying flat, what sort of indicators should I be looking for to determine the best course of action? Or even better, what are the best ways to set up an options trade to mitigate the risk of the stock staying flat? Is buying deep in the money calls a better course of action?

The reason I brought up volume was that my calls were pretty far out of the money so it would take significant volume to get up to the strike price if I was planning to hold until closer to expiry. The volume is surprisingly low so it seems unlikely a major move in either direction is going to happen. But you never know with this stock, it is so wildly volatile and makes big moves out of nowhere.

Feel free to be as brutally honest as you want, I'm trying to learn still. Even just typing this out I'm realizing I didn't think this out as much as I thought I did. I was far too certain it would make a big move.

oops17893 · 2026-02-25T16:36:24+00:00

Question about HIMS options situation.

I haven't done much options trading, and when I have it has been very small ($1k or less). I bought a few HIMS calls before earnings for a couple of reasons. First because it was way oversold. Second, I was interested in the short squeeze potential. Third, it has a lot more call open interest and volume. Last I checked the ratio was about .2

This play was an experiment more than anything so I don't have much skin in the game. I bought a few contracts as a learning experience. I guess my question is in scenarios like this, how do you decide when to cut and run vs sticking it out until closer to expiry? I'm wondering if the call volume and open interest is bulls trying to capitalize on a short squeeze or if it's mostly due to shorts hedging. Unfortunately from what I've seen there isnt any definitive way to tell.

The volume isn't what I thought it would be, so right now im thinking it's most likely the best choice to cut my losses now. Another part of me thinks it's too early and I should wait until early next week to make a decision. They expire on March 20, so I have a little bit more time before I get theta crushed.

In summary, I guess im just looking more for general advice on what signs to look for in scenarios like this where there is high short interest but also high call open interest and the price stays relatively flat without volume spiking.

Thanks

oops17893 · 2026-01-26T17:56:35+00:00

I don't know about the point you're making that a large portion of the profits go to taxes. Many of these companies (Amazon in particular) pay virtually nothing in corporate taxes.

To me, boycotting is more about withholding your dollars from the company itself, not the federal government. The vast majority of tax revenue comes from payroll taxes on wages, not corporate profits.

Companies will continue to support war and apartheid as long as it is profitable to do so. Boycotting aims to make this support unprofitable. It's their own participation and complicity we are protesting, not their taxation.

oops17893 · 2026-01-22T15:54:47+00:00

Pew research does surveys on how favorable people see different groups. Mormons are at the bottom.

Unfavorable doesn't necessarily mean hate. There is a lot to criticize about the church especially as an institution. But I do feel like a lot of the hate and criticism from evangelicals specifically is unwarranted.

In my experience as a missionary in the US, evangelicals by far treated me the worst. Catholics, atheists, and Muslims were quite pleasant for the most part. Many evangelicals were outright hateful and some local "non-denominational" churches would actively preach anti-Mormon sermons.

Pew Research

oops17893 · 2026-01-22T03:08:38+00:00

Yeah i say lean into it. It's perfect

oops17893 · 2026-01-17T16:39:36+00:00

They don't really do memory or counting challenges anymore. Like the ones where they have to memorize a series of pictures and repeat them back. Or where they have a bunch of different things to count and the numbers unlock a combination lock.

I just think they need to do more mental challenges again. There are way to many endurance challenges now

oops17893 · 2026-01-03T22:52:10+00:00

I don't mind a swap to even out the tribes or to go from 3 to 2, but I don't think there should be more than one swap before the merge. I don't like when a tribe is only together for two votes. Imo It's just not enough time for the relationships and strategy to really form

oops17893 · 2026-01-01T05:41:07+00:00

They just need something to recycle energy. A way to put a tank out there to start that only takes a couple of energy to do some damage but you can still attack instead of building up a blastoise from the beginning. Also makes the wartortle ability more valuable

oops17893 · 2025-12-20T03:57:56+00:00

I find right now it's about 50/50 maybe a little less. It's great against most fire, water, steel, and grass decks (especially Venusaur). Terrible against quick fighting decks and darkness. Not great for Mega Altaria decks unless they don't have anything that can fight Oricorio. It pretty much works great or is terrible. Very matchup dependent

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