r/OptionsMillionaire

Dropping a screenshot of my current PnL, and I figured I'd share a bit about my day-to-day process.

A lot of people see these returns and assume I'm out here catching 100% baggers. Honestly, I fell into that trap when I first started out too—waiting around for massive home runs, but the opportunity cost is just too high.

I eventually realized that catching a 10% move is way easier than catching a 100% move. Compounding eight 10% wins gets you 114%. My entire profit this year is basically just built on stacking these small, unsexy swing trades. I only take about 9 or 10 setups a month.

My trading logic is super simple. It's strictly SMC and ICT concepts, and I can explain it to you without even needing a chart.

First, find a clear directional candle on the 4-hour timeframe and focus on its long wick area. When the price pulls back into that wick, drop down to the 15-minute chart. Don't rush in just yet—wait for the price to pierce below a previous short-term low. That's essentially institutions sweeping liquidity and taking out retail stop losses.

After that stop hunt, the price needs to snap back immediately and break above the previous short-term high. This rapid push up will leave a gap on the chart (a Fair Value Gap, or FVG). All you have to do is set a limit order right at that 15-minute gap and wait for the retest to get filled.

So with logic this simple, why do most people still lose money using it?

First, it's psychology. A lot of people understand the system, think "I got this," and jump straight into live trading without backtesting or paper trading. As soon as they hit a normal drawdown or get stopped out, they panic, decide the strategy is trash, and move on to the next one. They're constantly hunting for a flawless, 100% win-rate system, which simply doesn't exist. If you haven't spent hundreds of hours backtesting and watching how the system moves, you'll never be able to execute under pressure.

Second, they don't understand risk-to-reward (R/R). I have a hard rule: if a setup isn't at least a 3:1 r/R, I sit on my hands. If I'm aiming for a 15% move, my stop loss is strictly set at 5%. Do the math—at that ratio, you can literally be wrong 60% of the time and your account will still be green. Those little dips on my equity curve? That's just me taking a clean 5% L and moving on to the next opportunity.

Stay out of the chop, patiently wait for retail liquidity to get swept, wait for a market structure shift, and then buy the FVG retest. When your entry is precise, your stop loss can naturally be tight, making that 3:1 ratio effortless. Trading is just a game of managing risk and letting probabilities play out. Don't overcomplicate it

I'm not here to recommend stock codes or chase the top-performing stocks of the day I'm simply here to thank those who have helped me and to share the trading methods and stock selection strategies I've developed

I spend most of my time sifting through undervalued, low-float stocks and those overlooked by the market, waiting for confirmation signals, rather than chasing market trends. One of my approaches is to look for stability in multi-stage trends, such as how prices fluctuate around 5-day/13-day/34-day/55-day moving averages, as well as changes in volume and liquidity

This is just one part of my workflow, but it helps me avoid random price spikes and focus on stocks that are quietly building momentum

I share my watchlist, observations, and risk analysis weekly. All content is completely free, with no trading signals provided, no paid tools offered, and no promises made

If you are interested in this method, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message, and I will share what I have seen with you

This community is the anti-WSB. No diamond hands. No degenerates. This is about learning one thing and one thing only. How to become as profitable as possible trading options. More specifically, SPY options. Anyone can hit a 100%+ gainer one time. A monkey smashing buttons can do it once. But it takes a refined sense of skill and determination to be able to do this well enough to be able to one day hand your boss that resignation letter. So post as many questions you can. No question is a stupid question. Post your gains if you want. Ask why you had a losing trade. Lets make money together.

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Shorted the high of the day, was risky but ended up working out perfect. This was after another short that didn’t work out btw, but only a $500 loss, ended up getting that back and much more.

This market has been absolutely unhinged lately, and I’m probably crazy for even looking for shorts, but glad I was able to end the week on a high note.

This strategy is super simple, not sure if anyone here has traded divergences but they’re simple to spot, and a good way to identify risk.

As you can see, new highs were being made on price, and the oscillator below was showing lower highs, this is your first indication of a bearish divergence. Took the signal from TO, and held down to VWAP.

Overall a great day, let’s see if we can sustain these highs next week, hope all of you have been smoking the market this week!

I bought SPY puts today on the downtrend, took a pee and I was down $1300, the. I bought Amazon PUT the day it goes up.

Also, I bought 125sharez of Netflix at the close

This is fun

See you tomorrow

Just wrapped up a MU call trade and yeah… that one hit different. Closed it out for a little over 349k profit and I’m still kinda shaking.

Got the signal late last week. Same setup I’ve been running for months now. It’s a mix of RSI behavior and volatility compression, especially when price starts reacting near the lower band and momentum flips. That’s usually where I start paying attention.

I picked up a batch of calls and just let it play out. No chasing, no overthinking. Today it pushed right into my target zone and I closed everything in one go.

Not gonna lie, after I hit sell I just sat there staring at the screen for a minute. I’ve had good runs before on names like MU and AMD using this system, but this one felt clean. Everything lined up the way it’s supposed to.

Of course it’s not always like this. I’ve taken my share of hits too. But trades like this remind me why I stick to my rules and don’t deviate when the signal shows up.

Just sharing the moment. Curious if anyone else here is trading options off technical setups or if most are just playing momentum lately.

Trade ideas from this morning, its crazy to see how we can make all of this up in our head & it actually comes to life 😂😂😂😂 its hilarious. But all targets hit, its really amazing. All i did was use key levels & momentum. See how price reacts to the key level. I also like to use vwaps & moving averages paired with a volatility instrument when trading ETFs. For the ETFs, i use volatility instruments and catch divergence. For the stocks, i use key levels and compare it to the ETFs for divergence. So mainly using key levels, momentum & divergence. 🔥

Stick to a relatively disciplined and conservative trading strategy focused on consistent, sustainable profitability.

Use diversification and trend-following approaches to effectively manage risk and protect capital during periods of high market volatility.

Change doesn’t happen overnight, but as long as the direction is right, the method is sound, and the discipline to execute consistently is maintained over the long term, time will eventually deliver results.