Community Guidelines
Contents
1. The spirit of the community 2. What belongs here 3. Trade honestly 4. Content that is not allowed 5. Promotion, automation & fair use 6. Reporting & blocking 7. How we enforce 8. Appeals 9. Changes to these guidelines1. The spirit of the community
Options Owl is a public space for traders to share ideas, charts, and commentary about options and markets. Only posts that follow these guidelines are allowed. Keep it real, keep it respectful, and keep it about markets. A good debate, a strong take, and a wide range of perspectives are what make the community valuable — going after the person behind the take is not. We proactively moderate, and repeated or severe violations result in removal of content and, where warranted, removal of accounts.
2. What belongs here
- Trade ideas, setups, and honest commentary — including losses and mistakes. Posting a stopped-out trade teaches more than a screenshot of a winner.
- Questions, educational explainers, and good-faith debate about strategy, Greeks, and probability of profit.
- Charts and screenshots that add context to the thesis — tag the ticker so the post lands in the right stream.
- Marking your sentiment where the app offers it, so readers can tell conviction from curiosity.
- On-topic, good-faith disagreement and critique of the idea, not the person.
3. Trade honestly
A trading community runs on trust. These rules are specific to markets and are enforced strictly:
- No pump-and-dump schemes. Do not coordinate, promote, or participate in coordinated buying or selling to move a price and profit from the move — including "signal groups" that stage entries and exits.
- No false rumors. Do not spread claims about a company, ticker, or market event as fact unless you have evidence. Speculation is part of trading — label it as such and show your basis.
- No insider trading or market manipulation. Material non-public information, wash trading, spoofing, and any content that facilitates illegal market conduct are prohibited and may be referred to the authorities.
- Disclose your position and your incentives. If you hold (or are about to trade) what you are posting about, say so. If you are compensated — paid promotion, affiliate links, a service you sell — say that too, in the post itself.
- Share ideas, not instructions. Nothing on Options Owl is individualized investment advice. Phrase posts as your own thesis and process ("I sold the 30-delta strangle because…"), never as a directive to a reader ("buy this now"). Readers: do your own diligence; you own every trade you place.
4. Content that is not allowed
The following categories are prohibited. Posts in any of these categories are hidden or removed, and repeat or severe violations can result in a ban. The reason a post was hidden is shown on the post so the action is transparent.
Zero tolerance. Any sexual content involving minors, or content that sexualizes, grooms, or endangers children, results in an immediate permanent ban and a report to the relevant authorities.
Content attacking people or groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or similar protected characteristics.
Targeted abuse, threats, dogpiling, or repeated unwanted contact directed at another person. Criticize the trade, never the trader.
Threats of violence, incitement or glorification of violence, extremist content, and content that encourages suicide or self-harm.
Nudity, pornography, sexualized imagery, and any intimate imagery shared without the subject's consent. Keep avatars and uploads safe for a professional feed.
Publishing someone else's private information without consent — addresses, phone numbers, account details — or threatening to do so (doxxing).
Impersonating executives, public figures, moderators, or other members; fake screenshots, fabricated fills, or manipulated media presented as real.
Repetitive posting, copy-paste campaigns, brigading, gaming likes/follows/replies for reach, operating multiple accounts to amplify yourself, or creating new accounts to evade enforcement.
Phishing, "guaranteed profit" schemes, fake giveaways, impersonator support accounts, and any deceptive solicitation of money or credentials.
Insider trading, market manipulation, or any content that facilitates illegal conduct — plus anything unlawful under applicable law generally.
Do not post copyrighted material or trademarks you have no right to share. Short attributed quotes and your own charts are fine; reproducing paywalled content is not.
Grossly off-topic content that has nothing to do with markets or trading. There are better places for it — this stream stays about the tape.
Hidden (flagged) posts are transparent
When a post is hidden for violating a guideline, the category it violated is displayed on the post. This keeps moderation accountable: you can see why content was removed, not just that it was.
5. Promotion, automation & fair use
- Self-promotion in moderation. Occasional links to your own newsletter, service, or content are allowed only when the post itself is genuinely useful — and promotional posts should stay a small fraction (around 10%) of what you share. Pure sales pitches, paywall-bait links, and "DM me for signals" funnels are spam.
- No off-platform recruitment spam. Unsolicited funneling of members into outside Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, or similar groups — via posts, replies, or likes — is prohibited.
- No bots or scripted behavior. Automated posting, scheduled ticker-stream campaigns, copy-paste automation, and mass follow/like scripts are not allowed. Signs of automation lead to permanent suspension.
- No scraping. Do not harvest, mirror, or data-mine the service by automated means outside of an approved API or widget.
- New accounts earn promotional privileges. Promotional tagging is restricted while an account is new; participate genuinely first.
6. Reporting & blocking
If you see something that breaks these guidelines:
- Tap the flag button on the twit and pick the reason that fits best. Reports go to human moderators.
- Use block (offered after you report) to hide an author's posts on your own device immediately — you never have to engage.
- Never retaliate in the thread. Counter-harassment is itself a violation, even when provoked.
False or mass bad-faith reporting is itself abuse of the system and can lead to enforcement against the reporter.
7. How we enforce
We use a combination of automated keyword/abuse screening and human review by moderators using the StrikeAdmin console. Depending on the violation, we may take one or more of the following actions:
- Hide the post. The post is flagged and removed from public view, with the violation category shown on the post. This is reversible — if the content is later found to comply, it is restored.
- Ban the account. For severe or repeated violations we may suspend or permanently ban the account, which hides the user's content and blocks further posting. Child-safety, fraud, and manipulation violations can mean an immediate permanent ban on first offense.
- Restrict features. Loss of promotional privileges, posting rate limits, or removal from discovery surfaces, short of a full ban.
- Feature / promote a post. At our discretion, we may pin a post to the top of relevant feeds for a limited, configurable period (default 8 hours) to surface high-quality, on-guideline content. Promotion does not change the post's compliance obligations — promoted content must still follow these guidelines.
Evading enforcement — new accounts after a ban, or using others' accounts to post for you — results in permanent removal of the related accounts.
8. Appeals
If you believe content was hidden or your account was actioned in error, contact moderation@strikeviews.com with a link to the content and a brief explanation. We review appeals in good faith and will restore content or accounts when we got it wrong.
9. Changes to these guidelines
As the community grows, these guidelines will evolve. Material changes are noted here with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use of Options Owl after a change takes effect means you accept the updated guidelines.