Market snapshot
Index levels, volatility, rates, and the catalysts on deck.
Inside the Wolf Eye Options Service
The 2pm Ideas list.
Every trading day around 2pm PT: a short market snapshot, three to six defined-risk ideas, and the skips and watches behind them. Each idea carries a structure, a risk tag, a correlation bucket, the reason, and the main risk. It is the daily core of the Wolf Eye Options Service.
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- ~2pm PT every trading day
- 3 to 6 defined-risk ideas
- Sample shown is hypothetical XYZ
Who it is for
For traders who want reasoning, not alerts
The 2pm list is not a signal service. It is published research, written so you can check the logic and decide for yourself. It is built for traders who:
- Want a daily, structured read on unusual options activity, price action, and the event calendar
- Prefer defined-risk debit verticals to naked long options and lottery weeklies
- Want sizing written as a percentage of account and a correlation bucket, not a contract count
- Value being told what could go wrong as much as what could go right
What is inside
Anatomy of one idea
Every idea follows the same format so you can read it in under a minute. Here is the shape, using a hypothetical ticker.
- Structure~30 DTE 100/105 call debit (~mid 2.10): the structure comes first, and it caps the cost.
- TagRisk: 0.5% · Vertical: 100C / 105C · Bucket: single. The tag is the sizing.
- WhyTwo lines: the flow, the price action, the catalyst.
- Main riskThe single thing most likely to break the idea.
Snapshot: indexesVolatilityRatesCatalysts on deck
XYZ 100.00Bullish · CallsHypothetical
~30 DTE 100/105 call debit (~mid 2.10)
Risk: 0.5%Vertical: 100C / 105CBucket: single
- Why
- Closed near the high after an upside break; call volume well above open interest at the 100 strike
- Main risk
- Gap-and-fade back under the breakout level; broad risk-off
- Max loss
- $210 per spread, known before entry
XYZ 100.00Bearish · PutsHypothetical · separate example
~30 DTE 100/95 put debit (~mid 2.00) · event on calendar
Risk: 0.5%Vertical: 100P / 95PBucket: event
- Why
- Failed retest of the breakdown level into a scheduled print
- Main risk
- A squeeze back over invalidation; puts that are hedges, not new bets
- Exit
- Written first: take the result the same day or next open after the print
SkipSame-week XYZ weeklies: most of the value is time that disappears by Friday
WatchGood story, no clean vertical yet. Watches are not positions.Illustration of the format only. Hypothetical ticker XYZ. Not a recommendation, not an order, no results implied.
Around the ideas
And around the ideas
Skips
What looked tempting but is not worth it, such as dying weeklies, pinned expirations, and lottery prints.
Watches
Good stories without a clean structure yet; not positions.
End-of-day notes
Scan and follow-up notes when the tape calls for it.
The playbook
How the list is sized
Every idea follows the same written rules, which members get in full. The short version:
- Default structure is a debit vertical; a naked long only when a vertical is unavailable or the debit is tiny and the clock is short
- Risk 0.5% to 1% of the account per idea, measured as the full debit
- Three to five ideas from a list at most, not every one
- Correlated names share one bucket, sized to 1% to 1.5% total
- Never take what the list labels Skip; trade the next session or the named event window, not today's dying expiry
- Scale out around half at 50% to 70% of max value; kill a failed thesis at the close
The rules are there so that no single idea, and no single bad day, decides the account.
How it fits
Where this fits in the Wolf Eye path
The free 3-day Ideas sample shows you the format with hypothetical examples. Starter Week ($36) teaches the verticals behind it. The Options Courses Pack ($297) covers every structure that can show up. The Service delivers the live list every trading day.
Wolf Eye Options Service
Daily 2pm PT Ideas list, playbook, and Options Courses access.
$9 for 3 days, then $97/mo or $997/yr
Your next step
Read three live lists for $9
The trial gives you three days of the 2pm Ideas list plus access to the Options Courses. Judge the reasoning yourself.
Questions
Straight answers
What time does the list publish?
Around 2pm PT on trading days, which leaves time to plan for the next session or the named event window.
Are these orders or recommendations?
No. They are research ideas with the reasoning and main risk spelled out. You decide what fits your account, if anything.
Do I need a big account?
No. Sizing is written as a percentage of the account, so you apply it to whatever size you trade. Some structures may not fit a very small account, and the playbook explains that.
What happens after the $9 trial?
The trial runs for 3 days. After that it continues at the plan shown on the checkout page unless you cancel before it ends. Full plans are $97 per month or $997 per year.
Is this investment advice?
No. Wolf Eye Options is education and research. Every example uses a hypothetical ticker, XYZ, and nothing is personalized to your account. You decide what, if anything, to trade.
Do you publish win rates or results?
No. A win rate without position size, structure, and risk hides more than it shows. We teach you to judge the process instead.