<![CDATA[Stories by Ryan on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@blockstoxx?source=rss-d5f10874791c------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*pFM2adbtDL8qTnGur7VuiA.png Stories by Ryan on Medium https://medium.com/@blockstoxx?source=rss-d5f10874791c------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 23:05:47 GMT <![CDATA[Buying The Pullback: My SPY And QQQ Mean Reversion Strategy]]>

| Price is not mean reverting, but momentum is. Tweaking this common indicator founded my mean reversion strategy to the tune of 85% to…

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| Up until now, butterfly spreads were a coin toss for me. I backtested SPX price movement and what structure and indicators actually made…

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]]> https://blockstoxx.medium.com/optimal-wing-widths-for-0dte-spx-butterflies-2cb2205c8375?source=rss-d5f10874791c------2 https://medium.com/p/2cb2205c8375 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:01:01 GMT 2026-11-12T11:01:01.988Z <![CDATA[Managing Winners: Why Tastylive Takes Profits Early At 50%]]>

| Tastylive defines managing winners as closing a trade before expiration and before max profit. Their usual target is 50% of max profit…

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]]> https://blockstoxx.medium.com/managing-winners-why-tastylive-takes-profits-early-at-50-832a03a5423c?source=rss-d5f10874791c------2 https://medium.com/p/832a03a5423c Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:01:02 GMT 2026-11-11T11:01:02.629Z <![CDATA[The 2 ATR Stop: How Average True Range Is Calculated And Used]]>

| Average True Range (ATR) measures how far a stock typically moves in a day, not which direction.

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]]> https://blockstoxx.medium.com/the-2-atr-stop-how-average-true-range-is-calculated-and-used-d7e8113b3e3f?source=rss-d5f10874791c------2 https://medium.com/p/d7e8113b3e3f Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:01:01 GMT 2026-11-10T11:01:01.884Z <![CDATA[Do Iron Condors Work When The Market Corrects?]]>

| An iron condor is a neutral, defined-risk trade that profits from a stock trading in a range. When the market corrects, implied…

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| IV Rank (IVR) tells you whether options are expensive compared with their own past year.

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| Volatility spikes during fear, then tends to drift back toward its normal level. tastylive notes that implied volatility “is mean…

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| My edge as a premium seller is small, often a few cents per trade. A wide bid/ask spread can eat all of it before the trade even starts…

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| Each time you roll or adjust a short option trade for a net credit, the total premium you’ve collected goes up, and your breakeven moves…

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| tastylive generally recommends using 25% to 50% of your buying power for short premium, using more when VIX is high and less when it’s…

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