4 Comments
User's avatar
Alina Khay's avatar

Nice risky play, Mansur! 😃

What’s your reasoning behind selecting these strikes and delta? :)

Mansur Kuchkarov's avatar

Thanks Alina!

It’s part of my core strategy — specifically for weekly QQQ trades.

I run two systems: this QQQ weekly spread, and the 10-delta credit spreads on individual stocks.

For QQQ, the setup targets ~$0.50-0.55 credit with a 25-point-wide spread.

Strikes are chosen to balance premium vs. probability.

If QQQ drops below the short strike and I’m facing a loss, I shift into phase 2: buy a long-dated CALL (~6 months out) and start selling weekly CALLs against it (Poor Man’s Covered Call).

That lets me recover even if QQQ tanks hard.

Defined risk — with a defined recovery plan. 💪​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Alina Khay's avatar

Very strategic!

So in the phase 2 , you essentially betting on market rebound then until the long call becomes profitable or covers the initial loss. :)