The First BatchEvery trading day the kitchen cooks one options trade from scratch, straight from the raw option chain, and serves it as a ticket at 3:00 PM ET, only when it's on sale. Some days, none. 9 for 9 so far. The First Batch gets in first, on Monday, with the first tickets that afternoon at 3:00 PM ET, at a price nobody else will see.
Each one served at 3:00 PM ET, each one closed. The strikes stay in the kitchen until the doors open. The 43¢ Rule: we only serve a spread that costs 43¢ or less for every $1 of its width. A $5-wide spread can cost up to $2.15; a $2-wide one up to $0.86.
Gapped past the +40% sell. A sell limit fills at your price or better. Not guaranteed.
Strikes, fills and the exit on every ticket are for members, starting with the First Batch.
Every on-sale ticket the kitchen has closed since it opened on Mon, Oct 19, from our live record. 9 more are still cooking. 5 earlier tickets, cooked before the kitchen served only on-sale tickets, are recorded apart. Wins caught during the day count at +40%, what your GTC sell gets. An overnight jump counts what it was worth at our 9:45 AM check.
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The First Batch doors open Monday at 9:30 AM ET, and your first tickets come at 3:00 PM ET that day. Everyone else waits until Tuesday.
A First Batch price, locked for life. It's yours as long as you stay.
The email that opens your doors Monday morning names the tickers preheating for that afternoon's first ticket, before anyone else sees them.