Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying to learn put credit spreads, but I keep running into conflicting advice, and I’m struggling to separate signal from noise.

For example:

• Tastytrade often suggests focusing almost entirely on probabilities and IV, and barely using technical analysis at all.
• Some traders swear by weeklies, while others insist on 30–45 DTE.
• Based on a very primitive backtest I ran (mostly indicator-based on lower timeframes), I found that high IV environments combined with RSI ≤ 30 seemed to perform best—but I’m not confident this approach makes sense long-term.

As you can probably tell, I’m still pretty new to credit spreads, and I’d really appreciate some guidance from more experienced traders.

What I’m looking for:

1. Learning resources
Any videos, books, articles, or courses you’d recommend to build a solid foundation in options and credit spreads specifically.

2. Strategy insight
What, in your experience, makes a high-probability / high-conviction put credit spread trade?

More specifically:

• What underlyings do you trade most often?
  • Broad ETFs (SPY, QQQ, etc.) vs individual stocks?
• How do you select what to trade?
• What expiration do you usually prefer, and why?
• How much technical analysis do you actually use?
  • If any, which indicators matter most to you?
• How heavily do you rely on the Greeks (delta, theta, vega, etc.) when structuring a trade?

I’m not looking for a “holy grail,” just trying to understand how experienced traders think about risk, probability, and trade selection when selling put spreads.

Thanks in advance—I really appreciate any insight you’re willing to share.