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An options education series working through strategies from long calls and puts to vertical spreads, backspreads and short positions, with an emphasis on risk and maximum-loss mechanics. Also carries announcements about the Unusual Whales platform and its ETF partnerships.
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Recent examples: Tesla Earnings this Week + More! · Unusual $PLTR Options Flow Profits 311% in TWO Days!
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Recent posts
- Tesla Earnings this Week + More!
sponored by Interactive Brokers Before we get started, this issue is sponsored by Interactive Brokers ! Take a moment to check them out and see how much you could save on margin interest by switching to Interactive Brokers ! sponsored by Interactive Brokers In the meantime, here is what that looked like in the S&P 500 heatmaps : Below you can see all company earnings at https://unusualwhales.com/earnings?formats=table&order=report_date&order_direction=asc&min_options_vol=500 Tuesday, October 20: Netflix (NFLX) reports after hours, with an expected stock move of $5.89, expected EPS of $0.82…
- Unusual $PLTR Options Flow Profits 311% in TWO Days!
Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team here! Today we’re going to take a look at a couple of great options trades we caught live on the Unusual Whales trading show, WhaleWatch ! These flow trades serve as a prime example that not ALL good unusual options activity has to be some insider doing nefarious things in the shadows; good flow can be found without the fanfare. Both of these positions reached decent profitability intraday, but by 10/15 (one day later), one in particular turned a pretty solid gain at highs! On to the Flows! $PLTR Over +311% in Two Days The first bit of flow we’re…
- Did Someone Know? Trader Front Runs $OPCH News for $1.2 MILLION in Profit
paid partnership with Interactive Brokers Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, comin’ back atcha with yet another example of… let’s just say, well-timed options activity; this time in Option Care Health, $OPCH, that showed up about three weeks before McKesson and private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice agreed to acquire the company for $5.8 billion. Before we get started, this issue is sponsored by Interactive Brokers! More on that in another issue; stay tuned! paid partnership with Interactive Brokers Back on September 16th, roughly 3,000 contracts of the January 15th, 2027…
- Just Get On Base: Stacking Small Wins After a Rough Week
paid partnership with tastytrade Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, here! Last week we talked about coming back from a losing streak , and why chipping away at it is a hell of a lot safer than trying to make it all back in one trade. This week we’ve got a couple of examples of what that actually looks like in practice, both from last week’s show. Before we get started, WhaleWatch Mondays are sponsored by tastytrade ! All charting and tooling we use to trade futures are provided by tastytrade ; more on that below! Taking the base hit Nasdaq flushed pretty hard right off the open…
- How do I find "Unusual" Options Flows?
Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, here! This week, we’re bringing some useful information regarding options flow, and the different types of flow screeners available to you at Unusual Whales. So pull up and dive in; very useful information and insight from UW team member Snorlax_UW ! How do I find “Unusual” flows? There are many ways to go about analyzing options flow. It’ll take some screentime to figure out which methods work for you and which don’t, but hopefully this guide can help get you started. Preset Filters Many of the feeds across the site have built-in preset filters…
- Don’t Chase Waterfalls: Coming Back From a Losing Streak
paid partnership with tastytrade Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, here! Last week we talked about practicing patience and, more importantly, not forcing a trade that isn’t there. Naturally, the market decided we needed a live demonstration of what happens when you do the exact opposite. Before we get started, WhaleWatch Mondays are sponsored by tastytrade ! All charting and tooling we use to trade futures are provided by tastytrade ; more on that below! Impatience got the better of me On September 21st, Nasdaq was in the middle of a pretty ridiculous rally, and I kept looking…
- The Options Flow That Hit Before $VKTX Exploded
Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, here, back to take a look at some uh… well-timed options activity in Viking Therapeutics, $VKTX , that hit the tape the day before positive trial data sent the stock absolutely flying. Back on September 21st during power hour, while $VKTX was trading between roughly $28.60 and $29.17 per share, thousands in volume of the October 16th, 2026 $30 call slammed the tape. These were not that far out of the money at the time, and the overwhelming majority of the volume came through ask-side for an average fill somewhere around $3.38 to $3.45 per…
- Practicing Patience: Don’t Force the Trade
paid partnership with tastytrade Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, here! We’re happy to announce we’re adding another Unusual Whales Newsletter to your week! We’ll bring live trading examples and analysis to you from our live trading show WhaleWatch , demonstrating how my co-host Anthony and I utilize Unusual Whales tools to trade intraday! Before we get started, WhaleWatch Mondays are sponsored by tastytrade ! All charting and tooling we use to trade futures are provided by tastytrade ; more on that below! Patience finally paid off About an hour into the show , we were still…
- The Unusual Whales Hackathon
Hey all, Mr. Whale here. I thought I’d message you personally to let you know the first ever Unusual Whales Hackathon has begun. Build anything you want on the UW API, show it off, and the best builds walk away with cash and credits. Join here: discord.gg/unusualwhales The challenge Build anything on the Unusual Whales API. A dashboard, a custom alert, a backtest, a bot, a thing you cannot quite describe yet. If it runs on our data, it counts. Not much of a coder? Point our MCP server at an AI agent and build it in plain English:unusualwhales.com/public-api/mcp The prizes 1st place: 1,000…
- More Advanced Options Strategies
Hey all! Nicholas from the Unusual Whales team, here! This week is a bit of an extension of last week’s issue on advanced options strategies. This time, we’re covering some VERY high risk strategies (risk of ruin), and should not be attempted by inexperienced traders. I want to preface as well that the strikes utilized in this write-up were chosen for simplicity for explanation; NOT to represent a suggestion for a trade anyone should take. With that said, let’s dive on in. The Short Straddle A trader who wants to speculate on a decrease in volatility and relatively little movement in AAPL can…
- Advanced Options Strategies For Beginners: Backspreads and Shorts
These are strategies that yield a fairly high reward, but come with a heavy increase in risk, with some having the potential to lose it all. (Yes, your entire account; maybe more depending (“risk of ruin”)). These should only be performed by advanced traders, so before you get wide eyed and start slamming the bid/ask, make sure you are ready for this increased risk and know how to manage the trade. Some of these strategies are how derivative trading funds blew up, such as the case with the OptionSellers disaster, or what happened to firms such as Melvin Capital in the 2021 Meme Stock Mania…
- SALE ENDS TODAY - LAST CHANCE!
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