A day that delivers a 10x trade is a great day for any trader. Today? Seven (7) 10x trades started and completed!
Siete operaciones 10x en un solo día!!
Sept trades 10x en une seule journée!!!
Sieben 10x‑Trades an einem einzigen Tag!!!!
Sette trade 10x in un solo giorno!!!!!
In addition, there were other trades – 2 worthless trades and a handful of 50%+ winners, but let’s look at the 10x trades from today.
Today’s trading opens with a clean ladder of strikes — a structured map of momentum, premium behavior, and directional bias as the session unfolds.
Seven contracts costing $122 total can return $4,776 in 6 hours?
SMELLS LIKE RAIN
The 10x Trades
All of the following trades were equally weighted (dollar‑based) 0DTE calls. The BTO premiums are what I paid, and while I scale out of trades, I always hold the final contract until around 3 PM ET. Here are the trades.
QQQ
$728C in at 32¢ sold last contract $12.87 → 39x
$730C in at 35¢ sold last contract $10.89 → 30x
$732C in at 17¢ sold last contract $8.94 → 51x
$733C in at 22¢ sold last contract $7.95 → 35x
$736C in at 6¢ sold last contract $5.00 → 82x
$740C in at 6¢ sold last contract $1.24 → 19x
I call this an option ladder. Some call it chasing. You choose. As I begin scaling out, I buy a higher strike (rung) and keep climbing the rungs as each trade is scaled out to only one last contract.
SPY
$745C in at 4¢ sold last contract $0.87 → 21x
$500 per Trade to Last Contract
IF each of the above trades cost $500 ea, how much was generated from that last contract of each trade?
QQQ 728C trade cost $500 last contract generated $1,287
QQQ 730C trade cost $500 last contract generated $1,089
QQQ 732C trade cost $500 last contract generated $894
QQQ 733C trade cost $500 last contract generated $795
QQQ 736C trade cost $500 last contract generated $500
QQQ 740C trade cost $500 last contract generated $124
SPY 745C trade cost $500 last contract generated $87
If Only One Contract Purchased (and Sold)
QQQ 728C trade cost $32 last contract generated $1,287
QQQ 730C trade cost $35 last contract generated $1,089
QQQ 732C trade cost $17 last contract generated $894
QQQ 733C trade cost $22 last contract generated $795
QQQ 736C trade cost $6 last contract generated $500
QQQ 740C trade cost $6 last contract generated $124
SPY 745C trade cost $4 last contract generated $87
If one bought only one contract from each of the above trades, they would have utilized $122 and made $4,776 → 38x return
The $500 trade
I scale out 60% when the position is over a 100% gain. I also will scale out 10% or 20% around 300% and then the balance except one contract around 500%.
From the seven 10x trades above, that last contract returned more than the cost of admission on 5 out of 7 trades. Free 10x plus trades by holding the last contract.
Results like these don’t happen often… but they do happen a few times a year. Trade small, trade often, stay in the game — and when you catch a runner, climb the ladder.
