"We roughly spend 55% of our P&L on slippage"
@multistratmark (Mark Anderson) on where the money in 0DTE actually goes.
Mark trades one of the largest 0DTE books I know of. Before this he was doing construction and fixing up rental properties.
0:00 From Construction Sites to Running a 0DTE Fund
2:21 Why 0DTE Isn't the Casino Everyone Thinks It Is
3:55 What His Book Really Is at the Tail
6:27 Why He Buys 80-Vol Options on Purpose
10:37 Is the Risk Premium Broken?
13:34 Where I Disagree With Him
15:02 Why "High VIX" and "Low VIX" Are Meaningless
16:48 The Three Volatility Factors Nobody Separates
19:03 55% of His Profit Goes to Slippage
20:08 Fifteen Strategies, Only One That Works
30:56 There's No Such Thing as an Uncorrelated Strategy
32:16 What He Does on FOMC Day
35:04 Is the Edge Structurally Decaying?
40:41 The Cost No Trader Can Control
44:56 Using Anything as Collateral
48:19 Captain Condor and the Target on Your Back
50:10 Why Market Makers Don't Just Do This
55:22 What Retail Gets Most Wrong
1:01:50 The Truth About GEX