Trade options like a quant.
Not a gambler.
A fully-automated barbell. One engine sells defined-risk premium when volatility is rich; the other buyscheap calls on real catalysts for the upside swings. Same discipline gates both — and both sit out when the edge isn't there.
Two engines, pulling opposite ways.
One sells expensive premium for steady income; the other buys cheap calls on real catalysts for the occasional big swing. The same volatility read gates both — rich means sell, cheap means buy — so they rarely fire on the same name at the same time.
Defined-risk premium
Sells put credit spreads and iron condors when implied volatility is richly priced. High win rate, steady theta income, and every loss hard-capped by a long leg — never naked.
Convex long calls
Buys long calls on names with a fresh positive catalyst when volatility is cheap. Defined risk — max loss is the premium — but uncapped upside. A small convex kicker for the swings, scaled out on the way up.
Four gates between a setup and a fill.
Most options strategies trade on a schedule and hope. This one only acts — buy or sell — when every gate agrees, and a zero-trade day is a perfectly good outcome.
Volatility timing
Reads implied vol against each name's own history. It only sells premium when vol is rich, and only buys calls when it's cheap — it never trades volatility at the wrong price.
Macro gate
A deterministic 0–100 read of VIX level, term structure, market breadth and credit spreads decides whether the tape is calm enough to put on new risk at all.
News radar
Every name's headlines are read daily. It stands aside from a pending shock before selling — and only buys calls when there's a concrete, recent positive catalyst.
Book-Greek caps
Net delta, net vega and per-name / sector concentration are capped at the book level — no single name or vol shock can dominate the portfolio.
Built to not blow up.
Defined risk, always
Max loss on every position is hard-capped by a long leg. No naked tail risk in the core.
Mechanical management
Take profit at 50% of max. Roll or close by 21 DTE. The same rules, every time — no improvising.
−15% kill-switch
A sticky drawdown circuit-breaker halts all new risk if the book draws down 15% from its peak.
Step into the cockpit.
Live macro gate, book Greeks, IV-rank, positions and the news radar — the whole engine, on one screen.