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First day scalping short ATM puts 0-1DTEs

Today was My first day scalping short ATM 0-1DTEs puts. What a rush, felt like I was in a casino watching the ball in a Roulette. Liked the rush, but didn’t felt like trading, just gambling…the money was good, though.
Short puts
0-1 DTEs
High Vol stock
ATM or slightly OTM strike

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u/FrostySignature135 — 1 day ago
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I marked key levels like PDH, PDL, ORB, and also swing points that had high volume. Then I just waited for price to come back to one of those levels, tap it, and close back on the same side.

After that, I checked volume — if it was high, I took the trade. In this case it was a short.

This setup shows up pretty much every day.

For risk, I started at $500 per trade with a $1500 goal. Once the account hit +$2000, I dropped risk to $300. The closer I got to passing, the more I reduced risk.

u/P1zzak1ngs — 10 days ago
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📡 Weekly Sunday scan is live — drop a ticker, we'll tell you if it's on this week's Bull or Bear list. 🐂

🔖 TL;DR

  • 🐂 Bulls: IREN · AMAT · BE · VRT · RKLB — AI Backbone + Aerospace
  • 🐻 Bears: XLV · XLU · PRIM · INSM · MSI — Defensive Decay
  • ⚡ Rule: Open the 1D chart → GOAT score >60 = trade live<60 = keep watching
  • 🏆 Last week from the list: STRL +59% · MU +38% · SNDK +32% · HUT +28% · DELL +24%
  • 👇 Drop a ticker in the comments — we'll run it through the algo and reply with the GOAT score, Neural read, and MCC context. Public

Sunday's the easy part. Monday's the test.

Most newsletters give you 5 picks. They don't tell you which ones to actually take.

That's not a system. That's a guess in a wrapper.

⚡ The Monday Open Rule

Open the chart on 1D. Read the GOAT score:

✅ Score > 60 → Trade live
⚠️ Score < 60 → Keep watching

Sunday is the shortlist. Monday is the filter.

Steal it. Use it on any list you read this weekend.

🌐 The macro tape

SPY $737.62 · VIX 17.06 · WTI $94.68 · DXY 97.90

Firming dollar + elevated crude → inflationary pressure right into Tuesday's CPI.

Theme: AI Infrastructure leads. Defensive sectors break key support.

🐂 Top 5 Bulls — AI Backbone + Aerospace

Ticker Company Setup
🚀 IREN IREN Limited AI infrastructure expansion lead
🏭 AMAT Applied Materials Strategic acquisition (earnings May 14)
⚡ BE Bloom Energy Major data-center partner (Oracle Project Jupiter)
❄️ VRT Vertiv Holdings Cooling-solution demand peak
🛰️ RKLB Rocket Lab USA Revenue beat breakout star

🐻 Top 5 Bears — Defensive Decay + Operational Misses

Ticker Company Setup
📉 XLV Health Care SPDR Below $143.71 support
🔌 XLU Utilities SPDR Sector-wide momentum laggard
⚠️ PRIM Primoris Services Operational failure −40% on Q1 miss
💊 INSM Insmed Inc. Price-target reduction risk
📵 MSI Motorola Solutions Post-earnings momentum fade

These 10 are the highlights. The full Bull and Bear lists carry 100+ ranked names between them.

Members opened the app at 7:01 PM Sunday, cloned both lists with one click, and were watchlisted for Monday's bell by 7:04.

Three minutes. That's the part most retail traders never get to.

📅 The week ahead

Date Event
Tue May 12 US CPI — April inflation expected ~3.7% YoY (the trigger)
Wed May 13 US PPI + CSCO earnings AMC
Thu May 14 Retail Sales + AMAT earnings (on the Bull list)

CPI sets the tone. AMAT is the conviction test on the AI-infra trade.

🏆 Last week — what passed the Monday filter

Ticker Mon Open Fri Close Move
STRL $532.67 $844.80 +58.60%
MU 🎯 $542.21 $746.79 +37.73%
SNDK $1,187.00 $1,562.34 +31.62%
HUT $76.98 $98.46 +27.90%
DELL $210.17 $260.32 +23.86%

Five separate +23%-plus moves in 5 sessions. All from one Sunday list. All flagged before Monday's bell.

$1,000 across these five on Sunday = roughly $6,800 by Friday. That's $1,800 in profit on a 3-minute weekend routine.

Other names from the list? Some held. Some chopped. Some failed the GOAT filter at the open and got skipped — exactly like the Monday Rule says.

Not every ticker wins. The system does.

👇 Drop a ticker.

We'll tell you if it's Bull, Bear, or neither — with the GOAT score · Neural read · MCC context.

Free read. Public reply. No DM gymnastics.

🐂 What's on your watchlist for May 11–15?

📚 Bonus — Find your own Episodic Pivots in 60 seconds

If you've only seen GOAT's score table, you're missing 80% of the system.

Step 1 — Switch GOAT to Full Mode

Settings → Chart Display Mode → "Full Mode"

Three signal labels appear on the chart:

🚀 EP (Episodic Pivot) — Gap ≥10% + volume ≥2× avg → institutional entry, often the first leg of a new trend
🎯 BREAKOUT — 60-bar high break + tight base + prior 20%+ move → continuation entry, no fakeouts
⚠️ APEX — 50%+ run + 3 green days → exhaustion warning — don't chase

Step 2 — Scan your watchlist in Pine Screener (paid TradingView)

  1. Open Pine Screener → add GOAT v7.2
  2. Filter: Episodic Pivote = True
  3. Run on your watchlist

Every active Episodic Pivot, surfaced in seconds.
Same filter works for BREAKOUT Signal = 1 and Apex Signal = 1.

That's how members surface fresh setups between Sunday lists.

🎁 The trial.

7 days. Full membership. $0. No card. No paywall. Walk away whenever — there's nothing to cancel.

✅ GOAT v7.2 (Full Mode) + Neural + MCC indicators
✅ Sunday Scanner + 100+ ranked Bull/Bear lists
✅ Pine Screener compatible — scan YOUR watchlist
✅ AI Quant — paste a chart, get the read in plain English
✅ Trading Journal App

You either keep it because it earns its keep.
Or you walk with a free week of sharper watchlists.

→ algoat.tv/FreeTrial 🐐

Not financial advice. Past performance ≠ future results. Always do your own research.

u/Beyos — 3 days ago
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u/Fragrant_Mix4384 — 1 day ago
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I’m not saying the market is random but it definitely doesn’t move the way it used to starting April...

I keep seeing the same pattern over and over:

  • clean levels form
  • breakout looks solid
  • you enter…
  • and it instantly reverses

Like for example on NQ/ES:
Price ranges for a while, takes out the high, pushes a bit… then just dumps back into the range and goes the other way. That breakout ends up just being a wick.

It feels like:

  • breakouts don’t follow through
  • stops get hit way more often
  • the first move is usually the wrong move

Almost like price is just moving to grab liquidity above highs/below lows and then reversing.

Is this just me adjusting to current conditions, or has something actually changed in how price moves?

Curious how others are dealing with this:

  • Are you waiting for confirmation now instead of taking breakouts?
  • Or is there something else I’m missing here?

I am just frustrated. Let me know if anyone has still a clean streak and how are you handling the current scenario.

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u/No-Writing4525 — 8 days ago
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This one was pretty clean.

The setup was mentioned earlier while it was still forming — nothing crazy at first, just a solid idea with a clear plan.

Then it started moving… and didn’t really look back.

Entry was there and Momentum kicked in

Most people end up noticing moves like this after they’ve already happened.

But the real difference is being there while it’s setting up, not chasing it once it’s gone.

u/FCKINGTRADERS — 6 days ago