FJ43 said:
Key for me has been sizing, stops and that last nickel. Don't overextend, get out when its broken and take profits before the trade can turn against you. This all applies to weekly scalps anyway.
Thanks! I'm far too willing to let contracts go to 0 rather than take a loss and I'm not sure how to fix that about myself. On the other hand i held a 1dte call overnight the other day that was basically a total loss and pulled $95 out of it the next day, so maybe that tells me turning a loser into a lotto isn't the worst strategy in the world. Also maybe i shouldn't be messing with 0dtes. Or maybe i need to be more diligent with buying next day expiry calls at bad closes...
Other thing that's not working as well as i think it should is I've tried buying spreads when there's 5 or 10 minutes of consolidation, that tends to leave me holding one side to next day or 0, and the winning side doesn't tend to pay as well as i think it should. May just be a factor of the choppy range bound trend right now
Bit more to learn about strategy and myself but it is fun!