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Wheel screen says wait: 3 PLTR puts need one more check
Three PLTR puts cleared the option mechanics, but the required stock confirmation was incomplete. No premium, cash reserve or entry ticket is published.
Wheel screen says wait: 5 TSLA puts need one more check
Five TSLA puts cleared the option mechanics, but the required stock confirmation was incomplete. No premium, cash reserve or entry ticket is published.
Wheel screen says wait: 5 MRVL puts still need a spot check
Six MRVL puts reached the first filter and five cleared the mechanics, but the required stock check was incomplete. No premium or entry ticket is published.
Wheel screen says wait: 0 puts clear the first filter
Five watchlist names remained eligible, but zero puts combined the required DTE, delta and open interest. No premium, breakeven or entry ticket is published from the 9:51 a.m. ET snapshot.
Wheel screen says wait: 3 puts stay above the 8% width cap
Three puts reached the first filter, but every quoted width stayed above 8%. No premium, breakeven, or entry ticket is published from the 9:50 a.m. ET snapshot.
Wheel screen says wait: 2 SPCX puts still need a spot check
Four puts reached the first filter and two SPCX lines cleared the mechanics, but the required spot check was incomplete. No premium or entry ticket is published.
Option Quotes Have Two Prices: Measure the Bid–Ask Spread
An option’s bid and ask can hide a large dollar gap inside an attractive premium. Convert the spread into dollars per contract before comparing wheel returns.
Wheel screen says wait: 10 puts miss the full gate
Ten puts reached the first filter, but none cleared the complete market gate. No premium or expected fill is published from the 9:50 a.m. ET snapshot.
Wheel screen says wait: 11 puts miss the spread gate
Eleven puts reached the first filter, but none kept the spread at or below 8% on both feeds. No premium or expected fill is published from the 9:52 a.m. ET snapshot.
Wheel screen says wait: 14 puts, 0 full-gate passes
Fourteen puts reached the first filter, but none cleared the full two-feed mechanical gate. No premium or expected fill is published from the 9:53 a.m. ET snapshot.
Wheel screen says wait: 3 lines, 0 inside the spread cap
Three puts reached the first screen, but their spreads ran from 14.80% to 34.64%, versus an 8% cap. No premium or entry ticket is published because zero contracts survived the market gate.
Wheel screen says wait: 0 contracts reach the shortlist
At 9:52 a.m. ET, none of 13 eligible watchlist names had a 30–45 DTE put reach the first chain shortlist. No strike or premium is published because the market gate stopped the screen before a setup existed.