El Chupacabra said:

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GeorgiAg said:

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El Chupacabra said:

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Number Monkey said:

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How do you track the VIX? I see you can google it, but is there some way to track it in your watchlist with your stocks?

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VIXY
VIXM
UVXY
VXX

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The free education on this site continues...


VIX. Learn something new each day.

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Back when I was a bigger clown than I am now, I was day trading UVXY options...having no clue what UVXY was or what the VIX was. Worked out really well until it didn't. I think that Scottrade IRA closed with about $52 in it...down from about $35k.

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I have most of my $$ in a SEP through work managed by pros. I have a separate acct. that is mostly conservative stuff but I also buy stupid **** and not worry about it. Bitcoin, AI stocks.

$52 here I come.

Wish I'd have bought more gold when it was $2500. I probably need to get those coins out of my nightstand and get a new safe. (old one broke and had to hire a locksmith to drill it. )

Theres been plenty of posts about VIX and its related tools on here. Use the search function.

VIX - Tracks the expected volatility of SPX by looking at short dated (<30 days) SPX options.
VXX - Tracks the performance of short-term VIX futures (VX). Decaying product that will trend to $0. When it pops and forms an upside pattern, that's the tell on potential volatility events incoming.
UVIX - Tracks volatility of long dated SPX options and is a 2x levered instrument. Can create massive gains as fast as absolute wipeouts. Never buy and hold this thing. Use for short term only.
UVXY - Same as VXX but offers 1.5x leverage. Riskier than VXX with crazier decay.

Also, VIX options settle European style.

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The settlement process for VIX options is a crucial aspect of trading, and it's essential to grasp the process to avoid any potential issues. The settlement price is determined by the VIX index value at the close of trading on the third Friday of the month, or the next business day if it falls on a holiday. The settlement value is cash settled, as there is no way of delivering the underlying, which is just an index. The settlement value is determined by the Special Opening Quotation (SOQ) of VIX, which is derived from opening prices or quotes of S&P500 options used for VIX calculation at the open on VIX options expiration date. If there is no trade on a particular S&P500 option, the average of bid and ask will be used. The settlement amount of a particular VIX option is the difference between the Special Opening Quotation and the option's strike price, times 100 dollars. The cash from VIX options settlement is delivered on the business day following expiration date.

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POWELL TAKING QUESTIONS FOR NEXT 30 MINUTES

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 14, 2025

You know Powell is gonna crap all over this market.

GeorgiAg said:

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You know Powell is gonna crap all over this market.

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I thought he sounded dovish, talk of ending QT, starting QE and seemed to lean more on labor than inflation

yeah. That was good.

BucketofBalls99 said:

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Green by close? (Or close to it?)

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Waiting on a Natty said:

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I agree with this. Most of my investments are with a professional but I still handle some on my own for fun, hopefully profit and fun $$$.Thanks to this board and Covid my fun money has gone through the roof.

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All I know is that I'm completely slaughtering my professional FA this year. In the 3 accounts I self-manage, I'm up 36%, 24%, and 21%. He's a good guy and does OK with standard investing strategy.

No patting myself on the back - - nearly all of the above is based on recommendations from Texags. I mean, I just made $4XXX on a 60 day trade on Gatekeeper GKPRF. That's absurd. No way I find that play anywhere except on here.

Still too early to tell but LMB (Limbach holdings) looks as if it may have found a bottom the past week or so and has a decent probability of rising from where it's at ($92) to about $105-110 or higher next month if it can break through and hold $95 by the end of October. From there it will probably bounce on Nov 3 earnings to either the aforementioned range or get slapped back down to $90....or if earnings brings really bad news $80-82 with the likely worst case scenario in the short term $75.

If you want to play it I would set the stop at $88 because past there and it's not a long ride down to $80-82.

Personally I would play it on shares and not options due to low volumes and wide bid ask.

lol, 1K swing in the Dow.

To be fair, in a bull market most people will outpace an average FA.

I do my own investing, but bear markets are where a FA/CFP would likely show their value.

South Platte said:

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Waiting on a Natty said:

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I agree with this. Most of my investments are with a professional but I still handle some on my own for fun, hopefully profit and fun $$$.Thanks to this board and Covid my fun money has gone through the roof.

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All I know is that I'm completely slaughtering my professional FA this year. In the 3 accounts I self-manage, I'm up 36%, 24%, and 21%. He's a good guy and does OK with standard investing strategy.

No patting myself on the back - - nearly all of the above is based on recommendations from Texags. I mean, I just made $4XXX on a 60 day trade on Gatekeeper GKPRF. That's absurd. No way I find that play anywhere except on here.

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Lol I can sort of relate to this. I have a 401k that I am more conservative with that is just invested in a total stock market ETF. That one is up 16% over one year.

My personal brokerage account that is a mix of things I read about personally or on Texags is up 200% over one year. Most of that is the insane gains from OKLO. Now my only problem is why didn't I put more money in my personal brokerage account?

Ag CPA said:

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lol, 1K swing in the Dow.

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I was about to post that. a 1000 pt swing without any pullback. When it does drop, it hits the 9 DMA and then bounces higher. I don't rec options but for you degenerate gamblers like FJ out there and want a lotto. I'd target 0DTE or 1DTE SPY calls because I think this thing explodes higher into the close.

Remember: Lottos should be expected to go to zero so don't hang yourselves. This is a zero or hero trade.

Proposition Joe said:

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To be fair, in a bull market most people will outpace an average FA.

I do my own investing, but bear markets are where a FA/CFP would likely show their value.

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Eh, my account he managed looked like ass during those pullbacks in 2020 and 2022. Rode it down, rode it back up. We are set for a meeting next week. When he asks about the 3 accounts I manage he'll get a surprise when I update the balances.

If my FA invested heavily in AI stocks and crypto, I'd find a new FA.

That's for me to lose money on.

This market is crazy resilient.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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BucketofBalls99 said:

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Green by close? (Or close to it?)

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Why thank you

Not sure why my gif isn't working, lol

How about SOUN today? Up almost 12%

The account I handle is also slaughtering my CFP. But there is a big difference.

My CFP has our SEP/IRAs. I want him to be more conservative than I am with a much smaller balance in my play account. No tax deduction if a large investment fails in our IRAs. He also has our larger traditional investment account. I think I handed these off to him around 3-4 years ago and these accounts are up 50%. I can certainly live with that.

And I got to the point where I wanted to spend more time on the golf course and traveling than looking at my accounts and read a lot of material to make educated decisions. That freedom is worth a lot to me.

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Ag CPA said:

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lol, 1K swing in the Dow.

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I was about to post that. a 1000 pt swing without any pullback. When it does drop, it hits the 9 DMA and then bounces higher. I don't rec options but for you degenerate gamblers like FJ out there and want a lotto. I'd target 0DTE or 1DTE SPY calls because I think this thing explodes higher into the close.

Remember: Lottos should be expected to go to zero so don't hang yourselves. This is a zero or hero trade.

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0dte 6700 calls are $0.30. Those could 10x in a single 10 min candle. Size for zero like you say.

Thunderstruck xx said:

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How about SOUN today? Up almost 12%

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Yessir!! I'm up 32% on my 1500 shares

MP taking a peak at $100.

You know times are good when WWR is up 35% and nobody bats an eye

Has there been any news in the last 15 minutes that I missed?

Parted ways with 100k shares - just completed at $3.65 last fills.

Didn't you tell this board not to sell but sell CC? Then you go and sell? Or am I misreading what happened?

oldarmy1 said:

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Parted ways with 100k shares - just completed at $3.65 last fills.

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All Hail the King!

Yukon Cornelius said:

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Didn't you tell this board not to sell but sell CC? Then you go and sell? Or am I misreading what happened?

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Don't sell the breakout move. Ya know what, forget it.

oldarmy1 said:

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Parted ways with 100k shares - just completed at $3.65 last fills.

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What's you thought process behind selling at this point?

Guess your shares weren't tied up in a CC contract?

Yukon Cornelius said:

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Guess your shares weren't tied up in a CC contract?

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You think that's all he had?

I sold 10% of my holdings on this runup...which is 500

I tried to sell some CCs for Friday expiration for $0.15 for the $5 calls. It went to the wrong account so immediately cancelled. Only one filled. That is Jesus taking the wheel.

Trimmed some WWR, will follow our leader.

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oldarmy1 said:

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Parted ways with 100k shares - just completed at $3.65 last fills.

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What's you thought process behind selling at this point?

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I knew the breakout level was $1.72 and it's over 100%. It's not like I don't have over 250k shares remaining of which half I also just entered Feb covered calls across a few strikes to milk either added gains or take my holding price which was already less than -$2.15 even more negative.