Options Trading Platform — Morning Brief

🧠 Morning read

**Morning Read** The MSTR covered-call roll is the single most important action today — delta has drifted to ~0.45 and earnings fall before expiry, both flagged as triggers, meaning the position needs reassessment before it moves further against you. The income book is significantly behind pace with a large gap between projected and target, so after addressing the MSTR roll, review the WATCH-tier opportunities (MSTR, PLTR, AMD, AAPL all scoring mid-70s) as potential contributors. Key risk to watch: any new position opened on MSTR carries earnings-before-expiry exposure, so sizing and strike selection deserve extra scrutiny there.

Action queue 8

	Symbol	Strategy	Reason	Action
●	MSTR	covered_call	position ROLL	ROLL
○	MSTR	cash_secured_put	score 75.93 → WATCH	WATCH
○	MSTR	covered_call	score 75.9 → WATCH	WATCH
○	PLTR	cash_secured_put	score 75.64 → WATCH	WATCH
○	AMD	cash_secured_put	score 75.34 → WATCH	WATCH
○	AMD	cash_secured_put	score 75.22 → WATCH	WATCH
○	AAPL	bear_call_spread	score 73.72 → WATCH	WATCH
○	AAPL	bull_put_spread	score 73.1 → WATCH	WATCH

⚡ Live check 8:00 PM ET · 00:00 UTC
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An intraday re-check of your positions on live quotes (every ~10 min, market hours). If a position's action has changed since the 8am brief because the market moved, it's flagged here — and you get a Telegram alert. Confirms whether a close/roll is still right at this moment.

All positions unchanged since the 8am brief ✓

Capital at work 40%
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How much of your capital is working (securing short puts + stock) vs idle. The red line is your deployment target; the fill turns amber when you're below it. If under target, the list ranks new trades to deploy — sized to close the gap — with the extra daily theta they'd add. Goal: keep the bulk of capital at work for monthly income (a small reserve stays free for rolls/assignments).

Deployed $78,976Total $199,629$117,938 idleTarget 80% · $80,727 to deploy

Deploy ~$79,066 to reach your 80% target — adds ~$92/day theta:

MSTRcash secured put~$11,500 BP+$12/day PLTRcash secured put~$16,000 BP+$12/day AMDcash secured put~$50,000 BP+$42/day AAPLbear call spread~$778 BP+$14/day AAPLbull put spread~$788 BP+$13/day

Action list — by ticker 4

Your daily action list, grouped by ticker and ordered most-urgent first. Each card shows the recommended action — CLOSE / ROLL / MONITOR for positions you hold, TRADE / WATCH for new opportunities — with the key numbers and plain-English reasons behind it. The system decides nothing for you: you review each item and execute manually in thinkorswim.

MSTRROLL · WATCH · NO_ACTIONPosition maintenance

MSTR $145 CALL · 20 Nov 26

ROLL

Δ +0.45 DTE 64 strike $145 spot $133.4 captured -6% extrinsic $11.43 earnings before exp roll · delta breached watch · earnings/IV event

Shares you own: shares 200 you paid $300.00/sh cost basis $282.74/sh unrealized −$30,017

|short delta| 0.4521 ≥ roll 0.45 → ROLL (defend)
earnings before expiration → MONITOR

Order ticket mid $23.57 (live) · target 50% $5.40

BUY TO CLOSE [QTY] MSTR 20 Nov 26 $145 CALL  LMT $23.57  DAY   —then—  SELL TO OPEN [QTY] MSTR [new exp] [new strike] CALL

Set [QTY] to your contract count and review in thinkorswim. The system does not transmit orders (D-030 Phase 1 — manual execution).

Roll to:

credit · Sell $148 CALL · 2026-10-23 (36 DTE) · Δ+0.34 · buy back $11.43 → net −$2.62

protect · Sell $165 CALL · 2026-10-23 (36 DTE) · Δ+0.19 · buy back $11.43 → net −$8.53

MSTR cash secured put

WATCH

Sell $115 PUT · Oct 16 $3.00 credit 29 DTE · Δ -0.20

score 76 rating Watch BP ~$11,500 theta +$12/day

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
risk 5/14: IV-rank 22.118
liquidity 8/10: OI 4106/vol 556
dte 4/5: dte 29 vs pref [30,45]
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

MSTR covered call

WATCH

Sell $160 CALL · Oct 16 $2.80 credit 29 DTE · Δ 0.20

score 76 rating Watch theta +$13/day

Shares you own: shares 200 you paid $300.00/sh cost basis $282.74/sh unrealized −$30,017

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
risk 5/14: IV-rank 22.118
liquidity 8/10: OI 5428/vol 495
dte 4/5: dte 29 vs pref [30,45]
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

MSTR long equity

NO_ACTION

spot $133.4

data gate: cannot evaluate this cycle

AAPLWATCHWatch

AAPL bear call spread

WATCH

Sell $350C / buy $360 · Oct 16 $2.22 credit 29 DTE · Δ 0.28 · $7.78 max risk

score 74 rating Watch BP ~$778 theta +$14/day

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
premium 7/15: income 0.2220 vs target 0.25
risk 11/14: IV-rank 38.309
liquidity 8/10: OI 20935/vol 4357
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

AAPL bull put spread

WATCH

Sell $325P / buy $315 · Oct 16 $2.12 credit 29 DTE · Δ -0.30 · $7.88 max risk

score 73 rating Watch BP ~$788 theta +$13/day

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
premium 6/15: income 0.2120 vs target 0.25
risk 11/14: IV-rank 38.309
liquidity 8/10: OI 4311/vol 448
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

AMDWATCHWatch

AMD cash secured put

WATCH

Sell $500 PUT · Oct 16 $12.10 credit 29 DTE · Δ -0.24

score 75 rating Watch BP ~$50,000 theta +$42/day

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
risk 5/14: IV-rank 19.155
liquidity 8/10: OI 2093/vol 1493
dte 4/5: dte 29 vs pref [30,45]
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

AMD cash secured put

WATCH

Sell $490 PUT · Oct 16 $9.72 credit 29 DTE · Δ -0.20

score 75 rating Watch BP ~$49,000 theta +$39/day

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
premium 15/15: income 0.0198 vs target 0.01
risk 5/14: IV-rank 19.155
liquidity 8/10: OI 1883/vol 955
dte 4/5: dte 29 vs pref [30,45]
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

PLTRWATCH · NO_ACTIONWatch

PLTR cash secured put

WATCH

Sell $160 PUT · Oct 16 $3.38 credit 29 DTE · Δ -0.23

score 76 rating Watch BP ~$16,000 theta +$12/day

portfolio_fit 8/16: no portfolio
risk 5/14: IV-rank 21.082
liquidity 8/10: OI 7741/vol 926
dte 4/5: dte 29 vs pref [30,45]
buying_power 2/5: no portfolio
diversification 2/5: no portfolio

PLTR long equity

NO_ACTION

spot $174.81

data gate: cannot evaluate this cycle

Open orders 0

Your live working orders at Schwab (refreshed intraday) and, for each short, whether a resting GTC buy-to-close is already in place (protected ✓) or not (exposed ⚠ — you could miss the window). Place standing closes from the section below.

As of 2026-10-03 00:00 · 0/1 shorts have a resting GTC close. ⚠ Exposed (no standing close): MSTR — place them in Standing closes below.

Standing closes — GTC 1

A resting GTC (good-till-canceled) buy-to-close order at 50% of the credit you received. It sits at Schwab and fills automatically when the option decays to target, so you capture the win without watching — no missed window. Rolls/assignment still need attention (a static order can't handle those).

Place a resting GTC buy-to-close at 50% of the credit on each short so profits capture automatically — no missed window. Set [QTY] to your contract count.

Volatility — IV rank 12
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IV rank = where today's implied volatility sits within its ~1-year range (0 = cheapest, 100 = richest). Higher rank = richer option premium = better conditions to sell puts. Rows are sorted richest first; the sparkline is ~180 days of reference IV with today marked.

Sorted richest → cheapest. Higher rank = richer premium (better to sell puts). Sparkline = ~180-day reference-IV history; dot = today.

DALIV rank 61IV 49%

AAPLIV rank 49IV 25%

JPMIV rank 29IV 27%

PLTRIV rank 26IV 49%

SOFIIV rank 24IV 54%

MSTRIV rank 23IV 66%

TSLAIV rank 22IV 44%

AMDIV rank 18IV 51%

IBITIV rank 15IV 36%

SPYIV rank 15IV 12%

AVGOIV rank 4IV 36%

NVDAIV rank 0IV 30%

Held back by earnings 6
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Names blocked by the earnings rule (R-E1). Selling premium across a scheduled earnings report is the biggest overnight-gap risk for an option seller — the stock can jump 10–20% and blow through your strike. Any candidate whose expiration is after the company's next earnings date is dropped (config: block_earnings). It comes back automatically once earnings has passed.

These names had eligible options today, but a company earnings report lands before expiration — blocked by rule R-E1 (an earnings gap can blow through the strike). They return automatically once earnings has passed.

AAPLreports ~Oct 28cash secured put, bull put spread, bear call spread

DALreports ~Oct 8cash secured put, bull put spread, bear call spread

JPMreports ~Oct 13cash secured put, bull put spread, bear call spread

MSTRreports ~Oct 28cash secured put, bull put spread, covered call, bear call spread

SOFIreports ~Oct 26cash secured put, bull put spread, bear call spread

TSLAreports ~Oct 20cash secured put, bull put spread, bear call spread

Flow — put activity 0
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A free, Polygon-derived proxy for options flow: per symbol, put trading volume vs open interest. A high ratio = unusual/fresh put activity (often hedging or bearish positioning) — a risk warning when you're about to sell puts on that name. Not paid institutional flow (Unusual Whales); a sensible first-pass filter from data you already have.

No unusual put flow today. Derived from option volume vs open interest — no paid feed.

AMDput vol/OI 0.165vol 19,595

TSLAput vol/OI 0.098vol 21,523

SOFIput vol/OI 0.095vol 9,407

AVGOput vol/OI 0.087vol 9,866

NVDAput vol/OI 0.076vol 43,625

DALput vol/OI 0.075vol 663

MSTRput vol/OI 0.074vol 9,646

AAPLput vol/OI 0.062vol 14,132

IBITput vol/OI 0.059vol 22,538

SPYput vol/OI 0.056vol 130,509

PLTRput vol/OI 0.053vol 7,958

JPMput vol/OI 0.052vol 1,732

Morning Brief 2026-09-17

🧠 Morning read

Action queue 8

Open orders 0
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Your live working orders at Schwab (refreshed intraday) and, for each short, whether a resting GTC buy-to-close is already in place (protected ✓) or not (exposed ⚠ — you could miss the window). Place standing closes from the section below.

Volatility — IV rank 12
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IV rank = where today's implied volatility sits within its ~1-year range (0 = cheapest, 100 = richest). Higher rank = richer option premium = better conditions to sell puts. Rows are sorted richest first; the sparkline is ~180 days of reference IV with today marked.

Recent runs
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How each morning's list is produced, end to end: data sources → feature/vol store → rules gate → scoring + position review → decision engine → brief. Deterministic; the last step is always you.

🧠 Morning read

Action queue 8

Open orders 0?Your live working orders at Schwab (refreshed intraday) and, for each short, whether a resting GTC buy-to-close is already in place (protected ✓) or not (exposed ⚠ — you could miss the window). Place standing closes from the section below.

Volatility — IV rank 12?IV rank = where today's implied volatility sits within its ~1-year range (0 = cheapest, 100 = richest). Higher rank = richer option premium = better conditions to sell puts. Rows are sorted richest first; the sparkline is ~180 days of reference IV with today marked.

Recent runs?How each morning's list is produced, end to end: data sources → feature/vol store → rules gate → scoring + position review → decision engine → brief. Deterministic; the last step is always you.

Open orders 0
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Your live working orders at Schwab (refreshed intraday) and, for each short, whether a resting GTC buy-to-close is already in place (protected ✓) or not (exposed ⚠ — you could miss the window). Place standing closes from the section below.

Volatility — IV rank 12
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IV rank = where today's implied volatility sits within its ~1-year range (0 = cheapest, 100 = richest). Higher rank = richer option premium = better conditions to sell puts. Rows are sorted richest first; the sparkline is ~180 days of reference IV with today marked.

Recent runs
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How each morning's list is produced, end to end: data sources → feature/vol store → rules gate → scoring + position review → decision engine → brief. Deterministic; the last step is always you.