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● Trader John Trades MBA recently posted what many would call a dream trade on NVIDIA options. According to his tweet, he picked up $NVDA $185 call options at $0.45 per contract at 10:23 AM on October 24, 2025, and closed them out at $2.45 just hours later. That's a clean 450% profit in a single trading session.
● The chart he shared tells the story perfectly—entry right near the low of the day, exit almost perfectly at the high. It's the kind of timing that makes other traders both impressed and a little jealous.
● But here's the thing about trades like this: they look amazing when they work, but they're playing with fire. These are zero-day options (0DTE), meaning they expire the same day you trade them. They've become wildly popular with both retail traders and pros who want to catch quick moves in high-volume stocks like NVIDIA. The leverage is insane, and so is the risk. When these trades go south, they can vaporize your capital just as fast as they can multiply it.
● NVIDIA's been at the center of the AI stock boom, and its options are some of the most actively traded out there. Traders with relatively small accounts can take big swings on the stock's daily moves, hoping to turn hundreds into thousands. The catch? Most 0DTE options expire worthless. That's just the reality. Without strict discipline and solid risk management, this strategy can drain accounts fast.
● What this trade really highlights is the shift happening in U.S. markets right now. More and more traders are focusing on short-term speculation—timing, leverage, and momentum—rather than traditional buy-and-hold investing. The explosion in same-day options trading is changing market dynamics, too. These derivative flows are starting to move stock prices themselves, and the tax implications aren't pretty either—short-term gains get hit with higher tax rates than long-term capital gains.
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