If you sell premium and manage at fifty percent, this Cboe backed study has a number for you. Across ten years of SPY strangles, that target was hit on more than eighty percent of trades, but only after holding for roughly sixty percent of the contract's life. Elevated volatility did not change the odds of getting there, only the speed. The longest dated contracts gained the most, reaching the target nearly twenty percent faster when the VIX was above thirty, though those conditions were rare. Study results are historical, not predictive. 📊 tastylive: tastylive.com 📰 Get Tom's pre-market analysis every morning: tastylive.com/newsletters 📘 FREE Options Strategy Guide: tinyurl.com/bp9ms763 📱 Follow tastylive on X: x.com/tastyliveshow Chapters 00:00 What this study is about 00:31 Why volatility matters to sellers 01:16 How the study was built 02:17 Past the halfway point 03:12 Average days held by duration 04:24 Why shorter trades use smalle...