Key word being "good" as in reliable. Futures always predict what'll happen the next day. That is, until they don't. It's pretty disconnected from how sentiment will actually be. Especially when the admin can almost single-handedly invert the direction of the market with a tweet

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I am low key worried about Apple if you see what Nvidia is doing Computer now, phone next 

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low key haven’t seen any chem trails since the government has been shut down

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we should high-key just follow teenagers at this point

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If he sold he wouldn’t have made that much money ! Conviction is the key

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I will have to disagree with many of the commenters. The problem isn’t that they were 0DTEs or that SPX shouldn’t be held for longer than a few minutes. Let’s look at the trade itself. First, you bought fairly OTM options. SPX opened on a sizable gap up, but still in previous day’s range. It then continued to push higher into a previous resistance zone. On NQ, that was around 24,900 and on ES around 6700. So you bought around 10am when the market was pushing into this resistance zone. What was the thesis? Full retracement of the move with no pullbacks? Or just a quick scalp? At that point, SPX pushed about 20 points over 15 minutes. It was extended from VWAP. Moving into resistance. On a gap up in the middle of the previous day range after a major news catalyst that wasn’t fully cancelled out. So the problem wasn’t greed or 0DTE. It was just poor trade location. We want to buy either at the bottom of the range or on a break through and hold of the top of the range. So we either buy if we see holds at the premarket lows - around 6620-6625, or we wait for acceptance above the 6665-6670 area. And even then, buying that far OTM would be less than ideal. Those cheaper, farther OTM calls can have a spot in our playbook, but I would say that they make sense when there was a significant selling and the market is basing at the previous solid support. Then our risk/reward makes sense because if we are right and the market can push high enough on the bounce that we can get the ITM flip to get paid at about 3:1 or 5:1 rate, or even higher. There a was a day, I think the first Wednesday of September, when ES sold off but didn’t have its typical bounce for a couple of hours, while the price was consolidating around a support level. But the sellers couldn’t push it under, while the buyers weren’t ready to step up in a big way. Then about 30 minutes till close, the sellers must’ve started to cover, and the squeeze began. Situations like that would be sensible for a far OTM calls. If you need more help with the levels on the market, I would recommend Vince from options insider or Matt from Trade Brigade. Their daily premarket livestreams provide tons of value and are free. You can mark up key zones on your charts so that you have stronger trade locations. Good luck! 🍀

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[https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/jpmorgan-chase-to-invest-10-billion-into-key-industries-.html?\_\_source=androidappshare](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/jpmorgan-chase-to-invest-10-billion-into-key-industries-.html?__source=androidappshare) it's not bad to have

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[https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/jpmorgan-chase-to-invest-10-billion-into-key-industries-.html?\_\_source=androidappshare](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/jpmorgan-chase-to-invest-10-billion-into-key-industries-.html?__source=androidappshare) jpmorgan bought

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I do agree. However this is risk 101, if I played on "trust me bro" (and trust me I like Steve and his dd a lot), that an upside would not end when passing key metrics, I would lose a lot more than I'd gain. I'm going to wait for the pull back, win or lose, I don't go against my own rules. Edit: I read Steve's dd at the beggining of the year, and let my optimism of this oramge clown being removed. I totaly missed my chance, and can't let FOMO on this drive my investing.

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Who would have thought that trading while blackout drunk wasn’t the key to financial independence

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