In the past days SPX/ SPY has flattened out much more and there was less of volatility. Maybe on last Friday you could do really well but so on any other stock since it was expiration day on the weeklies (= bigger swings in Options).
But i'm staying off the SPY for now, too schizophrenic as well.
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