The Philosophy and Proven Edges Behind Our 0-DTE Strategy

If you’re going to succeed in this business long term, you need more than setups. You need a philosophy that shapes your thinking, a process that guides your decisions, and a clear edge that you exploit day in and day out.

This is where most traders go wrong—they chase outcomes and ignore the foundation. We do the opposite.

 

 

Our Core Philosophies

These aren’t just ideas. They’re the principles we live by, and every part of the strategy flows from them.

 

1. Asymmetric Risk-to-Reward

We don’t take trades unless we can get 5, 10, or even 15 times more reward than risk. That’s the whole game.

A single well-placed trade can pay for a dozen small, controlled losses. This flips the script on traditional retail approaches that rely on high win rates (but blow up accounts with one bad day).

The OTM butterfly—our core setup—is designed specifically to control risk tightly while giving us outsized upside.

 

 

2. Capital Preservation Over Profits

Everyone wants to make money—but we put first things first.

The best traders stay in the game because they protect their capital. That means sizing correctly, managing risk precisely, and never chasing.

Profits are a byproduct of discipline—not the goal itself.

 

 

3. Process Over Outcome

Winning trades don’t make you consistent—repeatable routines do.

We treat each day as an experiment:

  • We start with analysis.
  • We form a hypothesis.
  • We execute and manage the trade.
  • We log everything and reflect.
  • We repeat.

Do this enough times with focus, and results become inevitable.

 

 

The Three Edges We Exploit Daily

While most traders chase setups, we exploit edges—structural advantages that the market naturally gives to those who understand how to use them.

 

 

1. Time Edge: Premium Decay on the Final Day

On 0-DTE, time is on our side.

Options lose value exponentially as they approach expiration. This makes the final hours of the trading day the most efficient moment to collect premium—if you know how to manage the risk.

We leverage this edge through structured butterflies that are built to decay in our favor.

 

 

2. Price Edge: Trading with Market Structure

We don’t guess direction. We read it.

Using Volume Profile and market structure, we identify key levels where price is likely to pause, reverse, or break out. This allows us to align our butterflies with the trend—and be on the right side of the biggest moves.

Whether we’re looking at LVNs for entry zones or HVNs as targets, we build our bias with purpose.

 

 

3. Volatility Edge: Adjusting to Changing Conditions

Volatility impacts how quickly options decay—and how sensitive they are to price movement.

 

  • In low volatility (Zombieland), premium decays fast, but gamma risk is high. We trade narrower flies with tighter stops.

  • In high volatility (Chaos), premium decay starts slower, but we have more room. We trade wider flies, taking advantage of large potential moves and lower gamma sensitivity.

 

We adapt the width, strike location, and size of our trades based on volatility regime—measured by the VIX and real-time IV.

 

 

Real-World Example

Let’s say the VIX is at 13. That’s a Zombieland scenario.

We know gamma will ramp hard into expiration, and premium will evaporate quickly. So we go with a narrow 10–15 wide butterfly placed in the direction of the trend—maybe on SPX, one strike below the LVN from the prior day.

The debit is low. Our R2R is 1-to-9. Premium collapses quickly, and by midday we may already be 3–4x return on risk. Trade logged. Journal updated. Lesson added to the playbook.

That’s the edge. That’s the process. And we do it every day.

 

 

What’s Next?

Now that you understand how we think and where our edge comes from, it’s time to see how we actually train you to do this step-by-step.

We don’t just teach the ideas—we guide you to build the daily routine that puts them into practice.

How Does Our Training Process Work? →