Stephen Bivens
@bivensstephen
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Father of 6, IT jedi, serial mistake maker, critical thinker, book worm. "Life stand still here."
Joined June 2011
@rustyrockets We have been wired to perceive musicality at even the utmost edge of subtlety. Music and rhythm communicate to us in ways that words cannot. Our hearts beat to a musical rhythm and is expressed to us, subliminally, as the proof of life. When we perceive that musical rhythm,
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A lifetime wish finally came true. Behold my set of copper. Mauviel M'250.
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Trading JPOW for KEVWAR? Is this good or bad?? @tastyliveshow
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Scalping silver futures (/SIL), about $6600 net return in about 7 hours. @Tony_BATtista @jschultzf3 @JermalChandler #LIZJNY
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Make sure you cover your naked short positions. Vol is increasing.
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Testing out futures options for the first time. Sold short two calendars on /MES and /MNQ. Collected ~$720 with a BPR of ~$1234. ROI on this strat is insane. All this for a 1 lot. @tastyliveshow @LIZJNYshow
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Well, 2025 is a wrap. It is one for the history books. @tastyliveshow @jschultzf3 @JermalChandler @Tony_BATtista @TraderMikeyB @LIZJNYshow Thank you all for your endless enthusiasm, encouragement, and knowledge generously shared. Here's to a great 2026!
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Interesting day today. 8 week t bill filled (3.97% annualized yield), rolled breached short put on RKLB for a little credit/better notional short interest, bought back naked calls on META for ~$200 (netting +~$16K), rolled breached short put on META increasing notional short
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Risk back on with short puts on SPY, TSLA, JPM, and PLTR (with near-term hedges). Hedge adjustment on RKLB. @jschultzf3 @Tony_BATtista @JermalChandler @TraderMikeyB
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I adjusted the hedges on META: rolled the near term puts out a week and added another long call tranche for this week's expiration. My short calls should experience a gamma expansion so the extra long calls shores up my buying power a bit.
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8 week T Bill order placed, took profits a bit early (~60% P/L) on JPM, TSLA, PLTR, and SPY to flatten out a bit ahead of JPOW, closed a small ET position for a tiny scalp, pyramided another 5 lot tranche on NFLX, and opened a new short put position on COST. Also LEAPS on NOK.
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Not a whole bunch happening today. All positions are in the zone and not materially tested. Some are nearing acceptable P/L targets and I'll be looking to close next week. Just FYI: the columns in the center are (from L to R) beta weighted delta (to SPX), theta, and vega.
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8 week T Bill filled at 3.98% annualized return (risk free rate). Conditions on RKLB warranted pyramiding an additional 5 lot tranche (with the near term rolling hedge). All other positions are working well. So goes the mid-session doldrums. @jschultzf3 @Tony_BATtista
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Reentered NFLX with a new short put position, rolled out my JPM and RKLB puts to capture a bit more vol and credit, and rolled out my near-term put hedges on META and GOOGL. @jschultzf3 @Tony_BATtista
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Opened my weekly T-Bill order (8 week/9 rung ladder, non-competitive auction), this will be filled on Thursday. I also decided to close my NFLX short puts ahead of earnings and collected ~44% P/L (+$4900 before fees and commissions). @jschultzf3 @Tony_BATtista
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Housekeeping day. Rolled some near-term hedges. Shorts are working. This is not sexy but it lets me sleep at night and keeps my BP juiced. @jschultzf3 @Tony_BATtista
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I suppose I'll start contributing too! Closed my GLD covered strangle for about +$780, opened a position on RKLB with a naked ATM PUT and my signature rolling near term hedge. (Nice price improvement, eh??) @Tony_BATtista @jschultzf3
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Happy birthday Chopin! Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 https://t.co/oWiGR3k8Zu
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Frédéric Chopin, Maurizio Pollini · Chopin: Ballades Nos.1-4 · Song · 1999
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