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Sometimes the best setups aren’t the ones you plan — they’re the ones that land in your lap when you’re paying attention.
I was scanning through my Profit Panel co-host Alex Reid’s Free Ride Scanner when a wave of Lyft calls started pouring in, and not just a couple scattered trades either — multiple strikes lit up at once: $17, $14.5, $15, and $15.5.
It caught my eye immediately, especially since Alex and I had already traded LYFT recently, so when the flow hit again, it wasn’t out of nowhere — it fit right into something we’d already been watching.
When you see that kind of concentrated activity hit the tape, somebody knows something — or at least thinks they do. Either way, I’m not too proud to follow smart money when it shows up this clearly, especially with the S&P 500 pushing new all-time highs and doing the heavy lifting in the broader market.
The Setup: May 17 Calls at $0.57
Out of all those strikes, the May 17 calls stood out around a $0.56 entry — clean risk-reward, enough time to work, and right where the flow was heaviest.
I put in an order at $0.56, but the market had other ideas. The bid kept lifting as more orders came in, and it was clear I wasn’t going to get filled at my price.
So I did what you do when the flow is real — I paid $0.57 and got filled.
One cent won’t make or break the trade, but missing it entirely because I wanted to be precise absolutely can. That’s a lesson traders learn the hard way, and it’s a reminder that flexibility beats perfection every time.
I even joked to myself that it might be a trap, but when unusual options activity floods in like that, you can’t sit there and overthink it — you make the decision based on what the data is telling you and manage the risk on the back end.
What Happened Next
Within minutes, those calls were already up 5%, which isn’t life-changing, but it’s enough to confirm the flow was legitimate and that someone was willing to pay up to get positioned.
This is the kind of setup I look for every day — no drama, no long-winded thesis, just clean data, quick execution, and a willingness to follow when smart money shows its hand.
You don’t need to predict the future, you just need to recognize when the market tips its hand and be willing to act on it.
Geof Smith
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