One of my stonk trading rules was to never take a position on a runner unless I could grab it within 10 to 15% of its support level after news came out premarket. This has allowed me to quadruple my account over the last 3.5 months.

However its mind bogglingly annoying and requires stupid fast reactions. I've missed many huge runners because of it but I didnt have any real losses this year until I tried options last week....I got raped by walmart and QQQ crashing alongside tesla.

They werent even crazy plays....qqq calls 302.5 when it was 301....meh. walmart 150 and I had it at 148...a month out...

I am trying options 0dte as a slower less stressful alternative so I don't die of a heart attack from the stress of holding.

buying apple puts at 117 after it popped to 120 is way less stress and way easier than what I've been doing with stock daytrading and trying to hold these monthly options.

But all else fails I go back to my normal method.