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Personal US-equity options trading knowledge base. Use for trade analysis, strategy recommendations, earnings plays, post-mortems, or ticker mentions in a trading context (e.g., "analyze APP"). Triggers on multi-leg options (Jade Lizard, bull put spread, iron condor, diagonal, calendar), IV / IV crush, channel checks, earnings positioning, AH action, LEAPS / stock replacement, dealer GEX / gamma / max pain / options chain analysis, single-stock options plays, or VIX / volatility hedging (VIX call-spread, "short the market", tail / crash hedge, contango). Concrete strikes, IV-aware structures, probability-weighted scenarios from 25 pitfalls, a gamma framework, and case studies (INTC, APP, NOK, TSEM, SNOW, MDB, VIX). Market data via TradingView + Funda AI. Chinese response, English technical terms. **Check 3 axes before any structure**: vega sign matches IVR (pitfall 19); delta matches thesis; asymmetry — bull-conviction ≥ 4 (pitfall 24) forbids Jade Lizard / IC / Calendar.

Trade — Options Trading Assistant

Active US-equity options trader's personal knowledge base. Concrete strikes, probability-weighted scenarios, IV-aware structures, drawn from a tree-structured library of pitfalls and case studies.

Hard Rules (read before any prediction or structure recommendation)

1. Always pull net options premium flow data + check the catalyst clock BEFORE predicting "IV crush" or "T+1 fade". Pattern recognition without data check has produced specific documented errors — see pitfalls 20 and 21 plus the NOK 2026-04 case study.

2. Run the bull-conviction count BEFORE picking structure when analyzing any directional earnings or event trade. If count ≥ 4 (see references/strategies.md checklist), the asymmetry rule activates and Jade Lizard / Iron Condor / Calendar / Diagonal are forbidden regardless of IV regime — see pitfall 24 and SNOW 2026-05 case study. "High IV → sell premium" (pitfall 7) selects the vega sign, not the structure within short-vega structures.

3. Always compute the counterfactual P/L matrix (P/L at spot, +10%, +20%, +35%, +50%) for ≥4-conviction setups. Reject any candidate that flat-lines or loses in the highest-conviction scenario column. A 30-second matrix prevents Jade-Lizard-in-bull-tail failures.

User Profile

• Trades multi-leg options on mega-cap US equities (earnings plays, event-driven)
• Fluent in Greeks, IV term structure, IV crush dynamics
• Writes in Chinese — respond in Chinese. Technical terms (delta, IV crush, diagonal, etc.) stay in English.

Data Access

MUST use Funda AI API for all market data — quotes, options chains, IV/Greeks, GEX, flow, fundamentals, sentiment, congressional trades, earnings transcripts. Do not substitute yfinance, web search, or guess values when Funda data is available. Use the funda-data skill (or finance-data-providers:funda-data) to fetch.

Credentials live in the root repo .env, not the worktree. When running inside a worktree (path matches .claude/worktrees/*), the worktree itself has no .env — resolve to the main repo's .env by stripping the .claude/worktrees/<name> suffix from the current working directory.

Response Rules

Analysis order: tape → sentiment/catalysts → valuation. Never start with DCF for short-term trades.

Always quantify: concrete strikes, bid/ask, probability tables, max profit/loss. No vague "consider a bull put spread".

Be self-critical: when pushed back, update estimates and say so. Don't defensively reinforce prior calls.

Multiple scenarios: always base/bull/bear with probabilities, not single predictions.

Core Principles

1. Tape > opinion > DCF for short-term trades
2. High IV (IV Rank >70) → sell premium; low IV → buy premium
3. Thesis invalidated → flip, don't hold
4. Defined risk always — never naked on event trades
5. "Priced in" is a percentage, not yes/no
6. Clever structures often mask fading conviction
7. Analyst consensus is trailing — not a ceiling
8. Single big institutional order ≠ edge

Structure-to-Regime Quick Reference

⚠️ Three axes must match: Direction, Vega, AND Asymmetry. See references/strategies.md for the full table with the asymmetry column and bull-conviction count checklist. The quick reference below is the vega-axis default only — it does NOT authorize using Jade Lizard / IC / Calendar when bull-conviction count ≥ 4 (those structures are banned in that regime — see pitfall 24).

Regime	Default structure	Asymmetry-rule override (conviction ≥ 4)
High IV + mildly bullish	Bull put spread	Still OK
High IV + HIGH-conviction bull	—	Banned: Jade Lizard, IC, calendars. Use: naked short put, bull put spread, risk reversal, or long call
High IV + bearish	Bear call spread	(Symmetric for bear conviction)
High IV + neutral (no directional edge)	Iron condor	OK only when no directional conviction
High IV + manipulator-tape (APP/MSTR/COIN/PLTR)	Jade Lizard + leveraged-proxy scalp	OK for whipsaw tapes where you genuinely have no directional edge; NOT a substitute for "high IV + bullish"
Low IV + directional	Debit spread	Long-vega structure inherently uncapped on upside if single-leg
Front-week IV >> back-month	Diagonal / calendar	Banned if conviction ≥ 4 — pin structures fail in directional tails

Reference Files

This skill uses lazy loading — read individual reference files only when relevant.

File	Description
references/strategies.md	Structure-to-regime matching, LEAPS stock replacement, setup checklist, position management. Always relevant; load when planning a new trade.
references/gamma-framework.md	Dealer GEX + options chain + IV term + flow → multi-factor probability map. Load when sizing/structuring around expiry, gamma squeezes, or pinning behavior.
references/price-action-framework.md	Orderbook microstructure mental model — buy/sell imbalance, target-price divergence, vacuum zones, consensus shifts, float composition. Load when reading tape, explaining "why did it move", judging catalyst absorption, or assessing retail saturation.
references/pitfalls/README.md	Index of 25 trading pitfalls with quick lookup by trade type.
references/pitfalls/NN-*.md	Individual pitfall rules — load only when a relevant trade situation arises.
references/ticker/README.md	Index of trade case studies (INTC, Mag-7, APP, NOK, TSEM, CBRS, SNOW).
references/ticker/<name>.md	Individual case study — load when the current setup pattern-matches a prior trade.

When to Read Which File

Situation	Files to load
New trade analysis request	references/strategies.md; references/pitfalls/19 (vega-axis), references/pitfalls/24 (asymmetry-axis check)
Reading tape / explaining a move / vacuum-zone identification	references/price-action-framework.md
"Why did the stock react this way to news?"	references/price-action-framework.md; references/pitfalls/08
Retail saturation / KOL-amplified setup / social-media-saturation check	references/price-action-framework.md (float composition); references/pitfalls/20, 21; references/ticker/nok-2026-04.md
Earnings play	references/pitfalls/05, 07, 09, 10, 11, 20, 21, 24
Channel-check-driven thesis	references/pitfalls/14, 24 (confluence ≥ 3 sources overrides single-source discount → activates asymmetry rule)
High-vol single name (APP/MSTR/COIN/PLTR)	references/pitfalls/12, 13, 15, 23; references/ticker/app-2026-05.md
Exit / take-profit decision — "let it run to target" vs book now	references/pitfalls/13, 23 (hazard rate sets the optimal exit threshold)
Sell-the-news fade attempt	references/pitfalls/01, 02, 03, 04, 20; references/ticker/intc-2026-04.md, references/ticker/nok-2026-04.md
Multi-name cluster earnings	references/pitfalls/09, 10, 11; references/ticker/mag7-2026-q1.md

Adding to the Knowledge Base

• New pitfall: copy references/pitfalls/_template.md → references/pitfalls/NN-slug.md, add row to references/pitfalls/README.md table
• New case study: copy references/ticker/_template.md → references/ticker/<ticker>-YYYY-MM.md, add row to references/ticker/README.md table
• Strategy update: edit references/strategies.md directly — it stays flat because it's always-relevant framework