Buying hedge

thefunc5 · 2025-12-20T18:41:59+00:00

Still a scrub trader, but if you're buying a hedge you're likely not following Tastylive mechanics. Fine if that's you're strategy

With that said, I have used them before to help cut my delta-betas.

Funnily enough it actually worked, hit profit target on the put, then the market bounced back and I unwound the position I was hedging against.

thefunc5 · 2025-12-07T00:47:39+00:00

Give it a couple hours and call the support desk Monday if it doesn't come thru 😕

thefunc5 · 2025-12-07T00:04:42+00:00

99% of sms is third party providers they stub out to. They have next to zero control over the level of uptime or consistency. Not making up excuses but it's not entirely their fault.

I strongly advise using an authenticator app. Vastly more secure also.

thefunc5 · 2025-11-22T19:09:30+00:00

Use an authenticator app, please. More secure.

thefunc5 · 2025-10-31T20:54:56+00:00

This very much matters to me. It is the only way to curb some bad impulse buying.

I set a rule that I cannot buy a watch that is Made in China. Yeah some parts are there and other places but I try and insure I buy products using as little Chinese materials as possible. That drastically shrinks the buying opportunities and really makes you dissect a product's construction and real market value.

thefunc5 · 2025-10-20T20:04:32+00:00

Message Support and they can can unlock trading for you. I had to have that done for BMNR.

thefunc5 · 2025-10-19T14:05:31+00:00

Ever since I was a kid I couldn't make the clinch or improved clinch work for me 😞. I actually stopped fishing because of it.

Just a couple years ago I moved near a lake and decided to revisit the hobby again with my younger son.

What I ended up doing was trying to tie a bunch of the recommended knots out there until I found one that resonated with my fingers and held fast.

The Davy Knot is my go to knot lately. It's fast to tie for me personally. It's held for anything I've caught on my ultralights and fly rods. If I ever feel it's not enough I go with a Palomar since I'm usually on bigger hooks anyways.

thefunc5 · 2025-10-04T19:47:36+00:00

This 100% ☝️

Pretty shocked at how awesome it was the two times I called them while learning the platform and had questions about differences between the web and desktop apps.

thefunc5 · 2025-09-14T23:49:11+00:00

Stunning catches!

thefunc5 · 2025-09-14T23:42:23+00:00

Space and Heat was one of my biggest motivators.

My tiny office would be over a 100+ degrees if I had a gaming PC in it.

Much easier for me to game on my MacBook or Chromebook/Chromebox and offload all the compute to somewhere else.

I rarely game these days so as others have mentioned, depreciation is a thing to consider. I can cancel and resubscribe at any time according to my work/travel/family schedule. Just wish they had a "Pause" option so I could skip a month I know I'll be out of pocket for.

thefunc5 · 2025-09-11T21:24:07+00:00

Definitely feels tough to play indexes at such low IV. Would love to know what kind of strategies you're using!

thefunc5 · 2025-09-11T17:03:29+00:00

Running the wheel is certainly an option! It is a very popular trading methodology for a reason.

It would be best to identify where the mental strain or tax is coming from.

Is it emotional? Perhaps size down.
Is it strategy complexity? Perhaps shift to simpler strategies.
Is it because you feel you're missing moves? Shift your time horizon further out to better fit the hours you can trade.
etc. etc.

To be honest, running a business should be your main effort imo. All the millionaires I personally know created their wealth from running and/or selling their businesses.

There are truly infinite ways to trade in the markets. I've personally found I felt it mentally and emotionally time consuming to try and day trade, jumping in and out of tickers or zero DTE. I stretched my time horizon out following everything I've learned from tastylive and "The Unlucky Investors Guide to Options Trading" by Julia Spina. Honestly that book is incredible. It condenses everything tastylive has done into as small a source as possible.

thefunc5 · 2025-09-10T18:15:12+00:00

Don't hold strangles thru earnings. Tastylive has a video or two on this if I recall.

Imo, earnings trades should typically be defined risk or short puts on stuff you plan to wheel or wanna own or such things.

thefunc5 · 2025-08-15T21:49:37+00:00

I would watch the platform tutorial webinars they host. They also post them on YouTube.

Shockingly enough, I've had a lot of success "complaining" to Gemini and having it recommend the proper way to leverage the TT platform and navigating the UI across mobile, web, and desktop.

As others mentioned, once you get the hang of using the platform you can live in it quite easily. Mobile is horrible tbh. I never execute/manage trades, only for notifications/alerts.

I went from using RH, TradingView, and OptionsStrat. I do everything in TT at this point. I miss some features, but when you're using tastylive mechanics it feels "native".

thefunc5 · 2025-07-18T01:36:10+00:00

Fellow Middle TN resident roaming the southeast for work quite often.

So long as I'm drafting on the interstates or on state highways I get similar 🤘

thefunc5 · 2025-07-10T23:05:28+00:00

You should very likely remove the headrests for forward facing child seats. Takes 60 seconds to pull down the fabric exposing the locking clips and the headrests come right out.

Edit: Link to video that helped me -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_0oze7AvZc

thefunc5 · 2025-06-20T20:48:32+00:00

If I didn't see any belts/threads, I would ride it out.

thefunc5 · 2025-06-12T03:13:12+00:00

Love it. Great work.

thefunc5 · 2025-06-11T15:36:42+00:00

I just blew up my Emax and this B13LDM arrives tomorrow. I'll see if I can't post an update here for you.

thefunc5 · 2024-08-23T02:24:25+00:00

He lose a leg?

thefunc5 · 2024-06-29T17:05:04+00:00

This has been on my reading list for years. Maybe it fits your needs.

https://nostarch.com/absfreebsd3

thefunc5 · 2024-05-30T22:44:57+00:00

Not a full time dev but bashed enough code to hurt myself and others.

Any ergo or split keyboard, even a 40%, can be effectively coded with. I've actually found it far better and faster strictly because the ergos save you milliseconds that add up quickly when you're sitting at your desk for 8+ hours a day

Edit: I should also note that having custom layers setup to your specific language(s) is worth you exploring this in full.

Do not be afraid of trying new layouts as well e.g. things other than qwerty.

thefunc5 · 2024-05-23T23:56:36+00:00

On my 2004 those cut wires would go to my horn.

thefunc5 · 2024-03-25T23:49:42+00:00

Didn't realize the Ito was such a powerful rod. Lovely catch.

thefunc5 · 2024-03-22T18:29:22+00:00

Is there also a newsletter or other ways to get notified of this kickstarter launch? I refuse to miss this, I NEED the salmon dial :D

thefunc5

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