--- title: "I've been refining a set of QQQ zero-day options morning trading strategies recently: only two trades within 60 minutes, go long on gap down, go short on a surge." type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39715336.md" description: "Recently, I've been reviewing my QQQ 0DTE trades, gradually clarifying my thought process. My style is quite clear: only execute at most 2 trades within the first 60 minutes after the market opens, focusing on calls to catch oversold rebounds that surge and then fall back, and focusing on puts to capture the first wave of pullbacks. Profits and losses are mostly controlled within 30%-50%. This method of quick in-and-out trading is essentially not about chasing trends, but about capturing the first wave of mean reversion after the morning session's emotional overreaction. I used to trade more casually, relying mostly on market feel. Recently, I've been deliberately turning it into a clearer framework..." datetime: "2026-04-03T03:12:00.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39715336.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/39715336.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/39715336.md) author: "[Gnod_Eh](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/13104042.md)" --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/39715336.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/39715336.md) # I've been refining a set of QQQ zero-day options morning trading strategies recently: only two trades within 60 minutes, go long on gap down, go short on a surge. Recently, I've been reviewing my QQQ 0DTE trades and slowly clarifying my thought process. My style is quite clear: - Only trade within the first 60 minutes after the market opens. - Do a maximum of 2 trades. - If there's a significant gap down, prioritize finding call options to catch an oversold bounce. - If there's a rally and then a pullback, prioritize finding put options to catch the first wave of decline. - Most profits and losses are controlled within 30%-50%, in and out quickly. This method is not about chasing trends in essence, but about catching the first wave of mean reversion after the morning's emotional overreaction. I used to trade more casually, relying mostly on market feel. Recently, I've been deliberately turning it into a clearer framework. Before the market opens each day, I first mark a few key levels: - Yesterday's high - Yesterday's low - Yesterday's closing price - Pre-market high - Pre-market low - The most recent obvious support zone - The most recent obvious resistance zone - Nearby whole and half-integer levels For example, levels like 570, 572.5, 575, 577.5, 580 are often very useful on QQQ, because a lot of short-term capital, resting orders, and option strikes are concentrated in these areas. My biggest takeaway right now is: Support and resistance are not precise points, but rather "reaction zones." That is to say, it's not that 576.00 is the only resistance. Often, the entire zone from 575.8 to 576.4 should be viewed as a whole. After the price enters this zone, what you need to observe is not "has it reached it?" but "how is the market reacting here?" Now, when I judge whether a level is tradable, I mainly look at three things: - Has the price already entered the support or resistance zone? - After reaching this zone, is it quickly bought up, or is it directly broken through? - Are there any breaking news events rewriting the original technical structure? I've felt this point particularly deeply recently. Sometimes the technical level is judged correctly initially, but a piece of news comes out during the session, and the original resistance or support level directly becomes invalid. If you stubbornly stick to the technicals, you're more likely to get hurt. My understanding of "holding firm" and "breaking down firmly" is also becoming simpler: Holding firm on the upside: - After breaking out, it doesn't immediately fall back. - It pulls back but doesn't break. - 2-3 consecutive 1-minute candles stay above it. Breaking down firmly on the downside: - After breaking down, it doesn't immediately bounce back. - It tries to bounce but can't get back above. - 2-3 consecutive 1-minute candles stay below it. In simple terms: - If it can stay above after going up, that's called holding firm. - If it can't come back after going down, that's called breaking down firmly. The biggest help this framework gives me is not making every trade profitable, but giving my trading more rhythm and making it less likely to become chaotic. Especially when trading QQQ 0DTE, I feel the easiest way to lose money is often not misjudging the direction, but: - Randomly opening positions in the middle chaotic zone. - Stubbornly trading against the technicals even when there's breaking news. - Turning a left-side test trade into a trend trade by holding on. - Immediately and emotionally reversing a position after one losing trade. So now my rules for myself are very clear: - Don't rush in during the first 1-2 minutes after opening. - Observe for 3-5 minutes after the open. - Maximum of two trades within 60 minutes. - Take profit when the target is reached. - Stop loss according to the rules. - Don't turn a test trade into a hold-on trade. This method is still being refined. It's not a mature system, but it's at least much clearer than before when I was "trading randomly based on feeling." The biggest fear in trading QQQ 0DTE is not misjudging, but trading chaotically. Especially randomly opening positions in the middle chaotic zone, trading against the news, and turning test trades into trend trades. This method is still being refined, and I welcome discussion. Do you guys lean more towards left-side or right-side trading for QQQ 0DTE? ### Related Stocks - [Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQ.US.md) - [ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SQQQ.US.md) - [ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PSQ.US.md) - [NASDAQ Composite Index (.IXIC.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.IXIC.US.md) - [Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Wtd ETF (QQQE.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQE.US.md) - [ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TQQQ.US.md) ## Comments (48) - **优秀的达不刘 · 2026-04-03T14:40:51.000Z**: To be honest, playing like this, besides being exciting, really doesn't make much money. It's better to honestly leave it to time!!! - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T15:45:03.000Z): This move is really strong!👍 Boss, share some experience. - **优秀的达不刘** (2026-04-03T15:56:29.000Z): I've given up on day trading, it's not that interesting. The value brought by time is the greatest. Doomsday options are only suitable for a bit of fun, really. I'm far behind compared to you. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-04T00:54:46.000Z): Yes, just playing around, definitely not going all-in on big bets. It's about two hundred dollars a day, leaving after a small profit. Absolutely no lingering in the fight, just satisfying the itch to - **Vincentxie1990 · 2026-04-03T07:07:53.000Z**: There's no pattern to follow, the market changes in the blink of an eye. Otherwise, we wouldn't need traders, just directly confront the AI agent. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T07:12:50.000Z): That makes sense, so only trade the market you're confident in. If you don't understand it, stop and take a break. - **大祭司** (2026-04-04T05:00:03.000Z): Is there any indicator to determine the direction? - **顺景哥FANK** (2026-04-04T06:32:25.000Z): Need to watch the SPX and VixY intraday charts to determine the direction. If VixY falls, the market rises. If VixY rises, the market falls. Pay attention to the intraday moving average chart, look at - **Fake王XX · 2026-04-03T06:55:21.000Z**: When the market was good, I made a call option on Tesla and earned $700. Later, when the market turned bad, I lost a lot. It mainly depends on the market conditions. - **Fake王XX · 2026-04-03T06:45:04.000Z**: Actually, using David's ladder yesterday, as long as the blue ladder doesn't break, you can hold it without selling. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:47:02.000Z): Yes, I still set up take-profit and stop-loss orders in advance, and they were automatically executed. This kind of trading really can't make big money, just a few dozen dollars a day, a small gamble - **我是水水 · 2026-04-03T06:36:09.000Z**: Macau strategy? - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:38:03.000Z): Baccarat gameplay, qqq zero-day options are just gambling, right? 🤫 - **我是水水** (2026-04-03T06:42:28.000Z): Oh oh. Haha. - **Fake王XX · 2026-04-03T06:23:25.000Z**: Memorize the entire text - **2026马上发财 · 2026-04-03T05:43:50.000Z**: Figure two is exactly the same. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:31:37.000Z): The vision is too narrow, really can't hold on. But it's enough to just make money within your own understanding and expectations 😁 - **用戶_EtjDls · 2026-04-03T05:27:30.000Z**: Looking at the title, I thought it was posted by Xiao Gu. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:32:13.000Z): We can also ride on Gu Shen's influence in the community 🥹 - **阿特修罗 · 2026-04-03T05:21:55.000Z**: I've turned it into a strategy to let the system try automatic trading. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:33:50.000Z): Hahaha, profits go to you, losses are on AI. ✅ - **大锤big** (2026-04-03T08:08:28.000Z): ➕1 Hahaha - **一枪穿云 · 2026-04-03T05:04:23.000Z**: Don't understand. - **Belial213 · 2026-04-03T04:50:46.000Z**: Awesome - **不红不卖 · 2026-04-03T04:45:10.000Z · 👍 1**: The 1.5 hours before the market opens is the golden period for trading, it has always been like this. The middle part is played by market makers. You can speculate near the close, but brokerage firms in Asia need to have sufficient margin to operate, otherwise forced liquidation will occur. As for g - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:33:11.000Z): I just started playing with QQQ and got into ultra-short-term trading, still figuring things out. Welcome guidance and learning from the seniors. - **不红不卖** (2026-04-03T17:23:00.000Z): To trade zero-day options, you need to use Futu, as its mid-price trading is at a millisecond level. If you use Longbridge, you have to place orders in advance, which is too slow. The gamma explosion - **顺景哥FANK** (2026-04-04T06:02:50.000Z): The worst is being caught between the millstones, with both calls and puts losing money. When trading QQQ, you also need to watch SPX, VIXY, and the intraday chart to stabilize your trading pattern. - **大涨耐心拿着不要盯盘 · 2026-04-03T04:43:59.000Z**: Thanks for sharing! That's awesome. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:34:14.000Z): Thanks for your support. - **孙展月月鸟 · 2026-04-03T04:40:18.000Z · 👍 1**: That makes sense, but the hardest part is putting it into practice. Most people find it difficult to take profits, just like me🌚 - **小西瓜.** (2026-04-03T05:13:31.000Z): The more difficult part is the stop-loss order, - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:30:15.000Z): Set the stop-loss and take-profit strategies in advance, for example, mine are 30%-50%, with the specific value depending on market sentiment. - **不做韭菜的里昂 · 2026-04-03T04:39:40.000Z · 👍 1**: Doing options with a short expiration date is still too difficult. I don't know what your win rate is like. A high win rate also depends on how profitable it is. Currently, I have a high win rate, but my profits are low. The profit from a week's worth of winning trades isn't even enough to cover one - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:31:03.000Z): The current win rate is around 75%. Making two trades a day just means making a few dozen dollars and then calling it a day. - **Leo Leo · 2026-04-03T04:39:08.000Z**: But sometimes the reversal comes very quickly. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:34:34.000Z): Yes, ultra-short-term trading is particularly affected by news and information. - **美股收割机～ · 2026-04-03T04:39:03.000Z**: Okay - **乐某 · 2026-04-03T04:38:26.000Z**: Interesting, feels like we could let AI run a simulated portfolio first to try it out. - **Gnod_Eh** (2026-04-03T06:35:20.000Z): TQQQ has more volatility, I haven't gotten into it yet.