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PCS and CCS together make one strategy, no?

Been trying a lot of different strategies all year with mixed results. This month I'm focusing on paper trading flat Fly Traps and live trading PCS and CCS using SMA(50), EMA(9), and MACD. This week has been pretty clean, we'll see how the rest of the month goes.

even though the last 3 events were duds, ALWAYS get out BEFORE events like this. Made $3k earlier this week selling CCS on TSLA but I wasn't about to hold those during this bullshit.

I'm a 0DTE credit spread trader with a focus on SPX. Positions traded today: * 7660/7640 PCS P/L: **+$300** [SPX 5-min chart, October 14, 2026](https://preview.redd.it/56tzvvwqoivh1.png?width=2596&format=png&auto=webp&s=acbf8c4d2de2169e3f8c88528805bffc33f58d39) ***Missing a move costs me nothing. Forcing the next trade can get expensive.*** # Morning Thesis *Writing this recap on my laptop somewhere over the country, flying to Nashville* 🤠 *Woohoo!* ✈️ *I’m traveling today and have some fun festivities planned for the rest of the week, so I’ll be mobile and trading where my availability allows. My notes and recaps might be shorter too. Some days that could mean reducing exposure — others, it could mean sitting out if I can’t monitor everything properly.* After reading my morning report, hotter-than-expected CPI was the main thing on my radar. My expectation was selling pressure, and SPX followed through. Price briefly pushed around the prior day low before losing it, breaking the opening range, and trending steadily lower. The relief attempts struggled to hold. I hope some of you caught that morning downtrend! I would have liked to participate on the CCS side, but travel kept me away from the charts until around 10 AM PT. # My First Trade By the time I could look, CCS premium outside [the lava](https://www.reddit.com/u/klipsetrades/s/Ri5NS35JsQ) wasn’t sufficient for an entry I wanted. Collecting more meant moving closer to price than my rules allowed. With me away from my normal setup, I had even more reason to respect that boundary. After SPX broke and held below weekly support around 7731, my next area of interest was the 7700 psychological level. I looked for a countertrend PCS setup with the expectation that price could at least stall around 7700. I didn’t need SPX to reverse the entire day’s decline. I started building my anchor before price reached that level, selling **two 7660/7640 PCS at $0.30**. # Building the Position As selling continued, I added **two more at $0.55**, then another **two at $0.65** on an extended five-minute candle. That brought me to six spreads, with $300 in total credit collected. My approach to these countertrend entries is to start small — usually one or two spreads — and build selectively as price pressures the position, while keeping distance from the short strike. I kept a 3x premium backstop in case SPX moved through 7700 faster than my thesis allowed. For whatever reason, two became my default entry quantity today. It was easy to template, enter, and track while mobile. Looking back, six total was slightly more than I wanted for the circumstances today. # The 7700 Reaction SPX swept below 7700 to 7693.31, reclaimed the level, and spent time chopping around it before bouncing in the final hour. That stall was enough for my position. **All six spreads expired worthless for the full credit collected**. # Key Takeaway Really I had not choice today, but I was comfortable passing on the CCS entries once the premium was no longer available at the strikes I wanted. Instead, there was another setup to wait for. The sizing deserves more attention too. An easy order template shouldn’t determine how much exposure I carry, especially while traveling. When I’m mobile though, my goal is half size or less — and no trade when I can’t give the risk the attention it needs. Today’s profit doesn’t change that standard.