Option-Rot Time-Lapse
Watch theta decay destroy your option's value in real-time. The stock doesn't need to move against you - time alone will eat your money.
Setup Your Option
Pick a ticker and strike to see decay in action
Current Price: $248 | IV: 55%
Out of the money by $2.00
Your Money Rotting
Day 0 of 5 - Stock price FROZEN at $248
Day 0
Started With
$551.84
Current Value
$551.84
Money Lost to Time
-$0.00
Dollars evaporated
-0.0%
Of your position
The Hidden Requirement
For this TSLA $250 call to just break even by expiration, the stock needs to move +$5.52 (2.2%). That's just to get your money back - not to profit.
You are not betting on direction. You are betting against a ticking time bomb.