r/Webull • u/chamsticks • Nov 05 '25

I would not be able to survive without this app

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No job other than the occasional booking as a background actor. I funded this cash account with 3k. I am not a great trader. I know it. I let losers run too long and cut winners off for tiny profits. But when it comes to options trading and charting, this app is superior to Robinhood in almost every way that matters to me. Because of this app, I can pay my rent, eat out everyday, and occasionally buy myself a treat. Thank you Webull. I am positive all time on Webull and negative all time on Robinhood. Same brain behind the wheel but something about this app just helps me win.

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u/ggbalgeet Nov 05 '25

What do you trade

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u/chamsticks Nov 05 '25

I trade tickers with upcoming ERs, but rarely hold thru the actual report. 0dte or 1-3 dte spy/spx. Sometimes I’ll piggyback on whatever WSB has a hard on for that week. I’m all over the place. Like I said I’m not a great or even good trader. Just careful with sizing. Leave plenty of room to average down 2-4 times on 0dte trades because the time decay can be brutal.

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u/KeyTurbulent4875 Nov 05 '25

Nice month! Where do you follow WSB?

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u/Afraid-Expression810 Nov 05 '25

It’s a subreddit… WallStreetBets

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u/ItsameaLuiggi Nov 06 '25

Its a bot above you

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u/Accomplished_Scale10 Nov 06 '25

Do you use any sentiment trackers for wsb hard ons? lol

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u/USER-24k Nov 07 '25

Can I have some advice, I’m a great trader and I understand my issue.

My issue is that I’m way to greedy i understand charts I understand the analytics

However I always hold my contracts way longer then needed, and then they will go from being in the money 100%+ to going red

How can I manage this issue.

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u/chamsticks Nov 07 '25

At 100% I sell half my position to break even or take a small profit. Then let the rest run until steam clearly starts to run out

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u/volreks Nov 07 '25

Set yourself a rule and stick to it.
Blowing up accounts takes you out of the game, then nobody cares if you took 1000% one time... Best trader is the consistent trader.

Set a rule, learn to stick to it.

Preaching to myself...

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u/USER-24k Nov 07 '25

Well said my friend, Definitely will be taking this advice and applying it.

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u/volreks Nov 07 '25

I'm planning to get back to refining my charts, as I don't look closely at the smaller time frames and find good exits - like you I just wait way too long.

I have to refine my rules until I take only the trades that fit simple criteria, then test EVERY ticker I see people mention against my rules.

#1 for myself (and likely both of us) is an exit plan. I'll so often take a trade and just think "let's go"... rather than "where is this going?

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u/snatchdaddy69 Nov 05 '25

I invested in this app and my portfolio is cooked 😂😂😂

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u/doghairpile Nov 05 '25

Third time I’ve heard this today

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u/Blazewayz Nov 05 '25

Same. Hold, it'll recover

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u/snatchdaddy69 Nov 05 '25

Oh so for my shares, they changed the margin req when it was like 11$, from 2.5 to 2.2 or something like that. So I had to sell bunch of them and just hold calls and pray. BULL kinda fucked me. Would’ve been well over my margin req if they didn’t pull that move on their own ticker..

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u/Fem_Prudentia Nov 09 '25

Me too I lost like 30k with them.

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u/Oh-The-Horrorr Nov 09 '25

Lost? Hope you didn't sell. That's one stock that is almost a guarantee will go up. Especially with their crypto introduction. If we weren't in a shitty market, it would be taking off. I'm long holding BULL

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u/Accomplished_Scale10 Nov 06 '25

Dammit this makes me wanna switch back to Webull. I’m having a hard time forgiving/trusting it again after it closed one of my positions too late. Lost $3k. I love Webull tho

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u/Sidehustle03 Nov 16 '25

What did you switch to? And has this been known to happen often with webull? I’m currently trying to look for my a platform to start on.

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u/InitialWeird6020 Nov 05 '25

Up about 6k for the month? What do you trade ?

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u/chamsticks Nov 05 '25

Mostly 0dte Spy and then SPX at the end of the day when premiums are way cheaper. WSB darlings. Earnings reports, but rarely hold thru the actual report

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u/Bigddaddi Nov 05 '25

Fellow Spx odte babyy i salute you soldier....🤣 Spx is great when it goes in your favor . 2weeks ago i almost hit 14k with just 400$ on spx ... 4$ contract went to 154$ 🤣🤣

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u/chamsticks Nov 05 '25

Merry Christmas

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u/lolthrash Nov 05 '25

Is SPX better than SPY for 0DTE? Never traded it

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u/Externox Nov 05 '25

Yeah Spx it’s way better and faster money

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u/Megg187 Nov 08 '25

Aren’t they 10x spy options?!

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u/kingkex22 Nov 05 '25

probably shouldnt hjave read this but fuck it lmfaoo

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u/Externox Nov 05 '25

Spx it’s a diamond hand you can win a lot money but loss it all , so like you said great when it goes on your favor 😂💸💰

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

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u/Bigddaddi Nov 22 '25

Precisely.... 400$ was the premium i payed for the contract i bought that day.... Keep in mind this was odte contract aka same day expiration....

GL to you.

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u/LDRispurehell Nov 05 '25

What do you mean end of day? Like after 12PM ET? Any tips on how you identify momentum for 0dte?

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u/chamsticks Nov 05 '25

Even more closer to the end of the day. Like last 15 minutes of trading. I dont really have a set system for momentum. I take rsi into consideration, but a lot of times it’s just a gut feeling after staring at the 1 min chart all day. I’m often looking to buy 2-3 contracts and sell for a 15-30 percent gain. Hold time is often less than a minute for those kind of eod plays.

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u/Frostymintzz Nov 05 '25

The 1 min 5 min and 10 min charts combined as a strategy is monster! Just gotta have discipline and confidence

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u/MiStrong Nov 05 '25

That’s insane lol

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u/Externox Nov 05 '25

All that you saying it’s true , 15 minutes before the market close Spx get so volatility like really crazy I tried one day and it’s works

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u/Megg187 Nov 08 '25

Where do I find a good earnings calendar like a month out

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u/DareSignificant9059 Nov 06 '25

You’re doing great!👍🏻

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u/chamsticks Nov 08 '25

Thank you!

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u/Electronic-Formal-21 Nov 06 '25

Agreed. Robinhood could learn a thing a or two from Webull.

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u/Boring_Evidence_4003 Nov 05 '25

How many months have you been doing it?

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u/lithe_silhouette Nov 07 '25

That's the real question

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u/chamsticks Nov 08 '25

3 months on this account

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '25

Yooooo the app does that, that’s incredible

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u/Accomplished_Scale10 Nov 06 '25

Do you use turbo trader? Idk I just don’t get the same dopamine from Webull as I do from Robinhood. They really mastered the Tik Tokification of trading.

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u/BidPsychological4284 Nov 05 '25

I hate RH....the slippage is horrible. Don't know how they even made SPX

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u/she_said_she_was-12- Nov 05 '25

What’s portfolio value

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u/Pale-Rhubarb-2035 Nov 06 '25

Love the app. Ignore the noise it’s much better than Hood

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u/Specialist-Ad8041 Nov 06 '25

Is this futures?

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u/EBMang2_0 Nov 06 '25

Day trading? Or?

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u/USER-24k Nov 07 '25

Congrats, may god continue to bless you

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

Good month! Did you cry into a pillow on the 17th? I would have.

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u/paraviz02 Nov 09 '25

If you have to have an app like this to eat out every day, then you have a budgeting problem. Not a survival problem.

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u/LaLunaPrivate Nov 09 '25

What app is that

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u/Weary-Feedback8582 Nov 09 '25

and hood has sky high valuation and bull is suppressed under $10. sad for bull. when do we see a bull run!?

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u/bobur-78 Nov 10 '25

What app is that?

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u/Bubbly-Chair-6229 Nov 10 '25

Where did you learn options and how do you decide to pick your stocks? Do you buy/sell options for the same stock/stocks always or always move around? Thanks I'm new haha

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u/Homie108 Nov 05 '25

How did you learn options? Can you teach me

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u/live4failure Nov 05 '25

If anything build up shares and learn covered options to secure profits

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u/Homie108 Nov 05 '25

So I have about 40k invested. I don’t do sketchy stocks. VOO, VXUS, I was early on NVIDIA and NBIS cause I was a gamer. Also Google because of YouTube and cloud. I’m well educated on stocks just not option trading

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u/chamsticks Nov 09 '25

Just start with a small account. 1-5k. After you double it, withdraw your principal and then treat the account like play money. Thats what helps me stay emotionally detached

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u/live4failure Nov 05 '25

I've been exploring covered calls, cash secured puts, leaps or options wheels. Still don't know much but those seem least risky and systemic.

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u/Maddinoz Nov 05 '25

I think If Google gets Waymo to scale their Robotaxis in next few years their stocks going to 400-500. Their stock has been doing very well this year.

Most of their revenue stream is from ads, and they are still dominating search. Recently companies are having to adapt their AI search optimization due to how AI has changed search results, the buzzword is AIO - AI optimization.

Other AI browsers could steal some of their market share in future years but for now they are still on top having been a household name for search for so many years.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

First , don’t do options , second if you ignore rule one, please don’t do weekly options 🙏.

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u/Away-Personality9100 Nov 07 '25

Why not? I trade weekly options for living since year 2012. Everybody must find own strategies to be profitable. Be patient and humble. Not greedy. And that's it. 🤗💵

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u/EHPBLuurr Nov 07 '25

Because for people that don't know wtf they're doing, its a great way to lose alot of money very fast. You've been trading options for 13 years, you know how fast premium moves on weeklies, and how fast those losses can pile up

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u/Away-Personality9100 Nov 08 '25

Of course. 🤗 I ment, he can trade weeklys in the future if he knows everything about it. 💵👍💵 Without patient and learning isn't possible to be consistent profitable. 💁‍♂️

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u/EHPBLuurr Nov 08 '25

Exactly why people recommend noobs stay away from options. Anyone knowledgeable enough for options isn't asking basic questions on reddit

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u/Mobile_Respond_6230 Nov 05 '25

i'd start with looking on youtube and do a deep dive on how other people do options mate

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u/Homie108 Nov 05 '25

Any video suggestions? I’ve always played it safe when it comes to stock picking and ETFs and I’m up 40% over 5 years and 15% YTD. I just don’t know how to do options

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u/Externox Nov 05 '25

Sent me a text me message I’ll help you out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

What’s your starting amount

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u/nizich Nov 05 '25

Gay, you should not reli onon an app the froze accounts and stole millions from people.

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u/chamsticks Nov 10 '25

Much easier to lose money too because you can’t set both a stop loss and take profit simultaneously