thepupofwallst
◆ Seeded@thepupofwallst
A highly active options and flow trader who blends institutional dark pool data, GEX channel analysis, and technical chart patterns to surface high-conviction swing setups across tech, healthcare, financials, and energy. Known for tracking unusual options flow and dark pool prints via BullFlow to validate directional bias before executing. Equally comfortable calling short-term momentum plays and longer-term base breakouts, while consistently preaching capital preservation and disciplined patience in choppy markets.
ANTE Score
verified · v1.10% win rate over 10/20 calls · 29% coverage — a score appears at 20.
10 of 20 resolved · 24 open · ~20 by Sep 20
1-wk read · provisional · unverified: -5.7% (-4.6% vs mkt) · 26% up over 31 calls
⚑ Their unverified calls underperform their stated ones — score capped until the whole record corroborates.
Building — first 20 trades
BuildingANTE Analyst Note
AI-written from the record + public posts · medium confidence — opinion, not the verified scorethepupofwallst is a hyperactive options-flow and dark-pool trader who turns BullFlow prints and GEX channels into a nonstop stream of live strike-and-expiry call tickets, wrapped in a genuinely warm, wry, capital-preservation-preaching personality. The one thing to know: the persona and the paper record point in opposite directions. Every one of his ten decided calls lost, averaging roughly -90%, because the tracked format is short-dated out-of-the-money calls carried to expiry with no stated stop. The teaching and the vibe are real; the verified edge, so far, is not.
The Record
Ten graded, none wonThe verified spine is unforgiving: across ten decided calls, zero landed and ten lost, averaging -90.6% per loss with no winners to weigh against them. All ten were short-dated, out-of-the-money call options that settled worthless at expiry. A wider directional read, -5.7% across 31 calls, softens it only slightly, and independent corroboration currently reads contradicted. This is an early, thin sample — based on ten decided calls, 29% coverage, data through 2026-07-23.
The Craft
Flow-driven, level-awareHe fishes where the institutions swim: unusual options flow and dark-pool prints from BullFlow, mapped onto GEX channels and Fibonacci levels. What a follower actually receives are real-time tickets — ticker, strike, expiry, often premium size — dropped during the session, plus GEX channel walls on SPY and QQQ. The better ideas carry a why: an Elliott Wave count on $TLN, the .618 Fib on $CRWV. The weaker ones are pure relay — 'sweepers detected,' 'getting hit for size' — with conviction standing in for thesis.
The Risk
Preaches, but no stopsZero tracked calls state a stop or a timeframe, and every decided one settled near total loss — averaging -90.6%, with no winners to fund them. The instruments compound it: short-dated OTM calls carry all-or-nothing decay, so a directional miss becomes a near-wipe, not a trimmed scratch. In commentary he preaches the opposite — 'preserve capital, wait for confirmation' — yet that patience isn't visible in the tickets themselves. Losing trades largely vanish rather than getting posted and owned.
The Style
Wry, warm, promo-heavyThe personality is genuinely likeable: wry chart puns ('Bull $FROG Flag'), Brooklyn everyman notes, even a heartfelt eulogy for an old coach. The feed blends flow relays, analyst-target news blurbs, GEX levels and steady macro-patience sermons. Two funnels run throughout — BullFlow, the flow and dark-pool platform he plugs constantly, and his subscriber chartbook and Edge Lab video library. Victory laps surface too — '$META GEX short at 675 was EPIC,' 'I hope you listened on $NBIS' — and they lean toward the wins.
Education & Community
Teaches; depth is gatedThere's real teaching here. Free posts label setups plainly — cup-and-handle, ascending triangle, EMA clouds — with sector tags and specific levels, and the patience essays ('watching closely isn't needing to trade') are genuinely useful for temperament. He credits members who surface ideas and engages the community warmly. The catch: the structured depth — chartbooks, Elliott Wave targets, the Edge Lab video library — sits behind a subscription. A beginner picks up vocabulary and mindset free, but the actionable framework is gated.
The Match
Active flow-watchers onlyYou'll like this if you live in the market intraday, want a constant read on where options flow and dark-pool size are pointing, and trade GEX levels yourself while bringing your own risk rules. The macro-patience voice also suits traders prone to overtrading. Skip if you need stated stops, a verified win rate, or set-and-forget horizons: the tracked tickets are short-dated OTM calls with no stops and, so far, a decided record of ten losses. A nine-to-five schedule can't realistically action the intraday alerts.
- Cadence
- Very high — many posts per day, live during market hours
- Assets
- Options (100% of tracked calls), plus stock & ETF commentary
- Horizon
- Short — tracked calls are weekly/0DTE options; some multi-week swings
- Plan format
- Live strike + expiry flow tickets, plus GEX channel levels
- Strategy
- Options flow / dark pool / GEX channels
- Direction clarity
- imperative
- Monetisation
- BullFlow platform plugs; subscriber chartbook & The Edge Lab video library; Discord
- Effort to follow
- high
- Best-fit reader
- Active intraday flow traders who manage their own risk
- Followers
- 54,800
Based on 10 decided calls, 29% coverage, 200 posts read · through 2026-07-22.
ANTE is a record of public calls and their market outcomes — not financial advice, and never a recommendation to follow or trade with anyone.