The Money Angle

vibey vs discrete trades

At the Robinhood Summit last week, Mat Cashman and I hosted a “Trading Lab” emphasizing that options are surgical tools.…

1 month ago

2 option ideas from the Robinhood Summit 2026

Mat Cashman and I did a teach-in session to a large audience of conference-goers who use options. Here’s one idea…

1 month ago

Taylor Expansion — Cheatsheet

Stand at one spot on a curve, measure everything you can there, and use those measurements to guess the height…

2 months ago

Kelly Criterion — Cheatsheet Derivation

Kelly Criterion — Cheatsheet Derivation Step 1 One Period Expectancy E = pB − q where p = win probability,…

2 months ago

“end behavior”

Alex is an options trader you should follow in case he ever tweets a lot. Because he doesn’t, when he…

2 months ago

Variance & Covariance Cheat Sheet

Variance & Covariance Cheat Sheet Starting points (where every derivation begins) Everything below is derived from these definitions. They're the…

2 months ago

why i’m not more bearish equities compared to 6 months ago

Programming Note: I normally publish Munchies on Wednesday and the paid post on Thursday, but this week I will post…

2 months ago

after this post you will be sizing bets in your head

One of the most important concepts in risk-taking is bet sizing. Which is unfortunate because people are quite bad at…

2 months ago

the “middle manager”

I ask for your indulgence, for what follows is an informal word-wall connecting conversations I’ve had with some W2 friends.…

3 months ago

futures premium cell

Back in my SIG days, every trader had a cell on their spreadsheet showing the SPUs (the name for SPX…

3 months ago