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10-20
📉 Buying the Dip? Three Questions I Ask Before Adding to a Stock
A stock falls 15%. Is it now a bargain, or is the market warning you about something? When markets turn volatile, investors often hear the same advice: buy the dip. The logic sounds simple. If you liked a company at a higher price, shouldn’t you like it even more after a decline? Not necessarily. A falling share price can create an opportunity, but it can also reflect weaker earnings expectations, expensive valuations or risks that investors previously underestimated. Rather than trying to guess the market bottom, I think it helps to separate a temporary price decline from a deterioration in the underlying business. 🔍 1. Has the Investment Case Changed? Before buying a stock after a sharp decline, I would revisit why the market valued it highly in the first place. Consider three examples.
TOPfluffix: I look at valuation first. NVDA near 80x still feels rich to me, so I would wait for something closer to sub 70x before getting interested.
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10-19
Buying the Dip Is Easy. Knowing What to Buy Is the Hard Part. Everyone wants to buy near the bottom. The difficult part is knowing whether the price drop is an opportunity or a warning sign. The recent pullback has put investors in familiar positions. Some are already adding to their favourite stocks. Others are holding cash and waiting for a bigger correction. And some are fully invested, watching their portfolios fall with little room to average down. Personally, I think the better question is not whether we have reached the bottom. It is whether the stocks we want to own are finally offering a more attractive risk-to-reward ratio. A lower price does not automatically mean a better investment. 1. This pullback is testing the AI growth story One thing worth watching in this sell-off is th
TOPThis pullback looks more like a pressure test for AI chips than a broken story. AMD server share more than NVDA multiple drama
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10-20
📉 Have I Caught the Bottom? I’m Buying Carefully, Not Betting on a Rebound
My answer is: I’ve started looking for opportunities, but I’m not assuming the bottom is in. Market pullbacks can create attractive entry points, but nobody knows how far prices might fall. Rather than trying to time the perfect bottom, I prefer to focus on companies with solid long-term potential and valuations that make sense. 📈 What Would I Buy? I’m particularly interested in growth companies whose share prices have fallen because of market sentiment rather than a major deterioration in their businesses. For example, $QQQ gives exposure to major Nasdaq-100 companies. If the pullback creates more attractive valuations while earnings prospects remain intact, it could be worth considering for a long-term portfolio. However, I wouldn’t buy simply because QQQ has fallen. Interest rates, comp
TOPI like the long term angle, but for QQQ the earnings quality split matters more than valuation if rates stay higher. Spreading in still makes the most sense
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10-19
$CoreWeave, Inc.(CRWV)$ $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ $IREN Ltd(IREN)$
TOPPre-market pops on thin books get faded all the time. Need to see price hold around VWAP in regular hours or that 2-4% bounce is just dealer rebalancing
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10-14
$RKLB 20261023 56.0 PUT$ Limit order filled to sell RKLB cash secured put at strike $56 support zone for credit.
RKLB PUT
10-13 21:30
US20261023 56.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Sell Open | 0.29 1Lot(s) | -- Closed |
TOP56 support is pretty clean. At 0.29 credit the setup looks decent, especially with the next launch date hanging there
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10-14
$VST 20261023 141.0 PUT$ Limit order filled during market correction to sell VST cash secured put at strike $141 for credit.
VST PUT
10-14 21:58
US20261023 141.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Sell Open | 0.72 1Lot(s) | -- Closed |
TOP141 put fill looks decent, but 10/23 expiry is a bit tight for me
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10-14
$HOOD 20261023 92.0 PUT$ Limit order filled during market correction to sell Hood cash secured put at strike $92 for credit.
HOOD PUT
10-14 23:09
US20261023 92.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Sell Open | 0.51 1Lot(s) | -- Closed |
TOP0.51 fill on the 92 put was clean, especially in a correction. Was that a manual limit or did you set a trigger for it?
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10-15
$NVDA 20261127 200.0 PUT$ Another put on nvda[Cool] Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $15K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $13,202
NVDA PUT
10-15 21:51
US20261127 200.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Sell Open | 5.60 1Lot(s) | -37.50% Holding |
TOPSelling puts on Nvidia works until one 10% down day nukes months of premium. That 200 strike is not as chill as it looks lol
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10-15
$AMZN 20261030 230.0 PUT$ Earnings play Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $15K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $13,442
AMZN PUT
10-15 22:05
US20261030 230.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Sell Open | 2.40 1Lot(s) | -- Closed |
TOP13.4K already is solid. Post-earnings IV crush should do a lot of the work with that Oct 30 expiry, time decay gets way friendlier there
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10-15
$ORCL 20261030 125.0 PUT$ Naked put Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $15K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $14,517
TOP125 put still looks pretty calm here. The earnings timing matters more than people think if you're farming Oct premium
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10-15
$INTC 20261016 95.0 CALL$ woops! I forgot about this order but it's alright. The same as always, willing to let go or take profit => 80% to continue lowering average cost.
TOP95 call at 1.5 is clean. That 80% target does a lot of the cost-basis work for you
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10-16
$MSFT 20261120 620.0 CALL$ Took profit when MSFT dip this week, few hundred $ for pocket money for this weekend. Now price is recovering again. Will sell calls again as it nears YTD all time high. Price likely to catch up again as it nears it earning calls.
MSFT CALL
10-15 23:23
US20261120 620.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Close | 1.59 4Lot(s) | +19.83% Closed |
TOPIV still feels a bit cheap here, so selling calls near the YTD high makes more sense than chasing the rebound
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10-16
$MSFT 20261016 535.0 CALL$ 1️⃣ Why am I making this trade now? While the rest of the Magnificent 7 are largely trying to recover from recent downward pressure, Microsoft (MSFT) is standing out by bucking the trend and holding strong with an impressive gain of about one percent. When a mega-cap tech leader refuses to pull back alongside its peers and instead prints relative strength on the chart, it tells me that institutional buyers are actively defending the price and accumulating shares. I stepped into MSFT today to ride this distinct momentum because outperforming the broader tech sector during a recovery window signals a high-probability continuation setup. ### 2️⃣ What’s my plan from here? My objective is to l
MSFT CALL
10-15 23:51
US20261016 535.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Open | 4.88 2Lot(s) | -- Closed |
TOPThat 535C OI jump after the close matters more than the 1% move tbh. If flow keeps backing the relative strength, this setup still looks pretty clean
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10-16
$Occidental(OXY)$ 1️⃣ Why am I making this trade now? Decided to sell off a little on the way up and collect some profits. To be able to sell when price is heading up. Good earnings and good guidance for OXY. will keep the rest although just a small fraction. Like this company for its robust earnings and strong support. Recently seen a good increase in its oil revenue too due to price hikes. 2️⃣ What's my plan from here? Continue to hold some that i have but most likely will slowly slowly trim on the way upwards and get it back in due. Price means nothing when its unrealized. It doesnt matter even if one were to buy it higher at diffferent points in time rather than going for a red red knife. Maintain hold for yield and oil plays.
TOPDebt paydown matters more to me here than the trim. OXY keeps getting sturdier if they stay disciplined
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10-16
$HAL 20261016 32.0 PUT$ close it. dont wanna fight it as have another put en running.
HAL PUT
10-16 03:41
US20261016 32.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Close | 0.07 1Lot(s) | +85.54% Closed |
TOP32 area is where I stop getting bearish tbh, Q4 spend usually starts doing the work for HAL
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10-16
$INTU DIAGONAL 261016/261120 CALL 320.0/CALL 350.0$ Rise too fast and furious... Need to roll my strangle call to a further expiration date Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $15K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $14,577
INTU Diagonal
10-16 21:35
US350.0/320.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Close | -0.60 1 | -- Closed |
TOPThat 320/350 roll makes sense here. Time decay on these further-dated calls can stay sticky way longer than people expect lol
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10-16
$INTU 20261120 300.0 PUT$ Naked put - hope it expires worthless Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $20K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $15,346
INTU PUT
10-16 21:43
US20261120 300.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Sell Open | 7.80 1Lot(s) | +47.44% Holding |
TOPThat $15,346 for Oct is solid. At 7.8 on the 300 put, vol does a lot of the work here — pre-earnings crush might make early close cleaner.
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10-16
$NFLX 20261023 65.0 PUT$ Earnings play and my bullish bet [Cool] Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $20K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $16,469
TOPThat 16k premium looks nice, but post-earnings IV crush does the heavy lifting until guidance wobbles. A 65 put is calm only if the market keeps buying the story
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10-16
$NFLX 20261023 80.0 CALL$ Covered call Be water, my friend—stay calm, adapt, and let the market do its thing. Watch me pocket $20K in premiums in Oct. Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep: $1,721/$26,431/$34,103/$26,671 Oct 2026: $16,543
TOPIV sitting around the 52-week middle makes the premium harvest look clean, but post-earnings expansion can bite fast too
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10-16
$AVGO CALENDAR 261023/261113 CALL 400.0/CALL 400.0$ Closing the almost worthless short call. And reopening at a later date. Rolling out for a good $1.20 per contract
AVGO Calendar
10-16 22:18
US400.0/400.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Close | -1.20 4 | -- Closed |
TOPPretty standard theta management here. I care more about implied vol on the reopen than the $1.20 credit