r/thetagang rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for people who sell options, and the description says it plainly: they are selling options to WSB degenerates using thetagang strategies. The people posting here run income style trades like covered calls, cash secured puts, and the wheel. They talk about premiums, assignment, position sizing, and how their trades played out. The rules make it clear this is a working community for options sellers, not a place to funnel people to a product. Even memes are judged on whether they are funny, which tells you the room values substance.

The rule that decides most marketing outcomes here is “No self-promotion, subvert advertisement and blog spam”. It bans promoting your own website, paid subscriptions, newsletters, patreon links, and even a free blog post used to disguise selling, and it warns of temp bans or permanent bans. “No sales or referrals, advertisment” bans posting your discord or social media and posting broker referral links, though it does allow private messages if a user asks for suggestions. “No social media spam” repeats the ban on spamming discords, paid services, and social media. “No screenshots without context” matters if you post account screenshots, because they must include positions and trades in the comments or they get removed and can earn a temp ban. “No crypto” bans any discussion involving cryptocurrency. “Be civil” sets the tone. “Memes can be deleted if they are not funny” is at moderator discretion.

A good post here is a real trade story or a real question about selling options. If you made a covered call, a cash secured put, or ran the wheel, write up what you did, why you did it, and what happened. If you share a screenshot, put your positions and trades in the comments so people can see the full picture. Questions are welcome too, because this is a community of people comparing notes on the same strategies. If you are a founder, the honest move is to join the conversation with useful detail and nothing for sale. If someone asks what tools you use, answer them in a private message instead of dropping a link in the thread.

Do not post links to your discord, youtube, twitter, newsletter, patreon, or any paid service, because “No sales or referrals, advertisment” and “No social media spam” and “No self-promotion, subvert advertisement and blog spam” all cover this, and the self promotion rule can bring a temp ban or a permanent ban. Do not post broker referral links anywhere in a post or comment. Do not share a screenshot without your positions and trades in the comments, because “No screenshots without context” says those get removed and can earn a temp ban. Do not mention cryptocurrency at all, because “No crypto” bans any discussion involving it. Do not post memes unless you are sure they land, because “Memes can be deleted if they are not funny” means the moderators can remove them without warning. And treat people well, because “Be civil” is the baseline.

What stands out to me is how many separate rules exist just to stop selling, three of them attack the same behavior from different angles, which tells me this community has been burned by promoters before. The screenshot rule is my favorite detail, because it is not anti sharing, it just demands proof and context alongside it. That is a good standard for any post anywhere on Reddit, show your work or do not post. My honest read is that this room rewards people who talk shop in good faith and has zero patience for anything that smells like a funnel.