Correct.

If u think a stock is gonna go up (or down) FAST (emphasis on fast), 100% of the time u'll always make more trading the options instead of the stock. while risking less at the same time.

if u're unsure about how fast the move will happen, trading the stock is better.
Take a basic $300 stock for example (IV 50%).

u think it'll go up 3% TODAY, & u only want to invest & lose $1K

Trading the stock u'll only make $30 profit on ur $1K.

Trading the option (say 5 days exp, ATM), u'll make at LEAST $600, & that's not even including gamma or theta
god forbid u buy a closer to expiration option. that $1K nets u at LEAST +$1400 profit compared to the $30 profit if u traded the stock. And in both scenarios, ur max investment & max loss was only $1K.

So as u can see, Options are ridiculously lucrative if ur timing is good.
if ur timing is bad, or u dont think the move will be fast enough, then stick to the stock (or do option spreads instead). Else time decay will fuck u sideways

It gets more in depth than this but im trying to keep it simple. Conclusion, options have the best RR

#BearTipOfTheDay
that's why when the SEC catches ppl doing insider trading, 1 of the 1st places they look is the option market (unusual activity). that's b/c when someone (illegally) finds out a big move is about to happen, they dont buy the stock. they buy the options. Far greater returns.

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31 May
Like i said, the best way to learn options is to learn ONE key term at a time. 1 day per term. I never read a single option book. they have WAYY too much noise & are boring as shit. information overload. Im not joking when I say that u can learn all the basics in less than 7 days
Also u learn by DOING, not reading or hearing. So once u learn the basics, open a shitty small account to practice with. Fund it with "throw away money" (like $1K) and just practice each week. I dont care if u have to risk $25 to make $75 or $50 to make $150. Get ur feet wet
As a beginner u only need to learn 2 things:

✅how to buy naked calls & puts
✅how to buy call debit spreads & put debit spreads

Example this friday's $AAPL 122/123 put debit spread only costs $20 per contract. if $AAPL closes under 122 this fri u'll make $80. that's a 4:1 RR.
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29 May
Here's another reason why every trader should at LEAST understand how options work:

The most powerful people in the stock market (billionaires & >100M millionaires etc) are option sellers. They write calls & puts weekly/monthly & collect free premium. it's like dividends to them
that's the part they DONT want u to know. they want u to believe that they just invest in stocks longterm & just wait for stocks to go up. WRONG!! they make a fat chunk of their gains from just selling premium month after month, since 90% of options expire worthless
So they actually DONT care if a stock goes up or down. what they REALLY want is to collect as much free premium as possible. that's why when EVERYONE is long calls, they want the stock down (so the calls expire worthless). if everyone is long puts, they want the stock to go up
Read 5 tweets
29 May
$AMC Wrong mindset, wrong questions.

"is the move over?"

"do u think it'll go higher"?

"is it done?"

Those are the wrong questions to ask. No one knows a goddamn thing about the future. the goal is to have a contingency plan based on what is MOST likely to happen.
A stock can be as bearish as shit, but if enough demand comes in & overtakes the supply, it will go up. a stock can be as bullish as ever, but if supply>demand it will go down. And the imbalance between the 2 can change on ANY day. so u have to reassess ur thesis on a daily basis
That's what a LOT of traders fail to grasp (especially stubborn shortsellers). they think "this stock is a piece of shit. it's overvalued. it HAS to selloff"

It doesnt have to do a goddamn thing. It will continue to go up UNTIL market sells (supply) overtake market buys (demand)
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28 May
$AMC since this is friday & most call sellers got their shits pushed in last 2 days, their goal today will be to bag the 39C, the 35C, and most importantly the 30C buyers (that's where most of retail is positioned today). So if they succeed at keeping $30 heavy on pops = Put city
$AMC So KEEP your eyes on that $30 area. That's all I care about today.

above it = MMs are sweating bullets. B/c trust me, they DONT want those 30C, 35C & 39C to expire in the money today.

Below it + failed reclaims = get aggressive on your puts (ideally put debit spreads).
$AMC For my visual motherfuckers, these are the only 2 scenarios im looking for to hammer short. Not interested in any 🩳above $30. I need to see a TON of supply over that area, showing us that MMs are in control. And unlike yesterday im not going long either. Too risky on friday
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21 May
I dont wanna sound repetitive..

i dont wanna sound cliched..

But seriously guys..

this..

is..

the absolute, best job in the whole fucking world!!

Sometimes I even wonder "how the fuck is trading legal???"
To the struggling trader out there who is still wondering "man, is this even worth it? should I quit now?" Listen u little fuck. Endure the small losses. Endure the sleepless nights. Because TRUST me, once u finally activate beastmode, it would have all been worth the pain.
Just follow these 3 SIMPLE rules:

1) FOCUS on just ONE setup at first. Just one, simple, scalable, cunty little setup. just ONE bro. u dont have to learn every fucking strategy out there. just find ONE and make it your bitch. u can worry about other setups later.
Read 8 tweets
5 May
And that's the goal of my tweets.. to REDUCE ur learning curve. to REDUCE the amount of tuition u have to pay to the market before things finally "click". So if I can make u learn something in ONE TWEET that took me YEARS & a ridiculous amount of money lost to learn, i did my job
u see me talk about PROVEN concepts that sound simple at first.. #vwapBoulevard, bloodbath setup, 1-3pm selloff due to filing requirements, ADF score, volume forecast etc. and u think "gee thanks. that was easy". but do u have ANY idea how long it took me to crack those things??
~17hr days (~119 hour weeks) stuck in front of screens all day, sifting through charts, reading sec filings all night, plowing through tedious, boring excel sheets. Blowing up account after account. Bc i didnt have the luxury of a mentor. A trader's learning curve is a BITCH
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