✅ The 4 SRE Scenarios - AND The Correct Contract Type

✅ THE 4 SRE SCENARIOS — AND THE CORRECT CONTRACT TYPE FOR EACH

Your SRE model has four actionable conditions:

  1. Shallow Sweep → Fast Reclaim
  2. Deep Sweep → Slow Reclaim
  3. Reclaim → Immediate Retest Hold
  4. Reclaim → Multiple Retests / Chop Before Hold

Each one demands a different contract type.

Let’s go through them one by one.

🟩 1. SHALLOW SWEEP → FAST RECLAIM

Market behavior:

  • Quick liquidity grab
  • Strong displacement
  • Buyers/sellers show dominance immediately
  • Retest is shallow or instant

Risk: Low
Follow‑through probability: High
Whipsaw risk: Low

Correct contract type:

✅ ATM (0.45–0.55 delta)

Why:

  • You want gamma exposure
  • You want fast premium expansion
  • You want the asymmetric move
  • You’re catching the cleanest SRE scenario

Expected outcome:

  • $400–$900 on 1 contract

This is the best scenario for ATM.

🟧 2. DEEP SWEEP → SLOW RECLAIM

Market behavior:

  • Long wick
  • Deep liquidity run
  • Slow grind back above level
  • Retest is deeper and slower

Risk: Medium
Follow‑through probability: Medium
Whipsaw risk: Medium

Correct contract type:

✅ 1‑Strike ITM (0.55–0.65 delta)

Why:

  • ITM survives chop
  • ITM holds value during slow reclaim
  • ITM reduces theta bleed
  • ITM gives you stability until expansion

Expected outcome:

  • $250–$600 on 1 contract

This is the best scenario for ITM.

🟦 3. RECLAIM → IMMEDIATE RETEST HOLD

Market behavior:

  • Clean reclaim
  • Retest happens quickly
  • Structure is tight
  • Expansion is likely

Risk: Low
Follow‑through probability: High
Whipsaw risk: Low

Correct contract type:

✅ ATM (0.45–0.55 delta)

Why:

  • You’re entering at the exact moment of confirmation
  • You want gamma
  • You want the explosive move
  • You want the asymmetric payoff

Expected outcome:

  • $400–$700 typical
  • $800–$900 strong expansion

This is the classic ATM SRE entry.

🟥 4. RECLAIM → MULTIPLE RETESTS / CHOP BEFORE HOLD

Market behavior:

  • Reclaim is messy
  • Retest fails once or twice
  • Price chops around the level
  • Expansion is delayed

Risk: High
Follow‑through probability: Medium‑Low
Whipsaw risk: High

Correct contract type:

✅ 1‑Strike ITM (0.55–0.65 delta)

Why:

  • ITM survives chop
  • ITM doesn’t decay as fast
  • ITM reduces emotional stress
  • ITM gives you time for the delayed expansion

Expected outcome:

  • $200–$500 typical
  • $600+ only if expansion is strong

This is the “survival mode” ITM scenario.

🧠 SUMMARY — THE RULE YOU FOLLOW EVERY DAY

ATM = Clean, Fast, High‑Probability SRE

  • Shallow sweep
  • Fast reclaim
  • Immediate retest
  • Strong displacement

ITM = Messy, Slow, Choppy SRE

  • Deep sweep
  • Slow reclaim
  • Multiple retests
  • Delayed expansion

This rule alone will save you thousands in chop.

🔥 THE GOLDEN RULE FOR SURVIVAL MODE

If the reclaim is clean → ATM.
If the reclaim is messy → ITM.

That’s it.
That’s the entire contract selection engine for the SRE model.

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