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# ![@bennpeifert Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::272696832.png) @bennpeifert Benn Eifert 🥷🏴‍☠️

Benn Eifert, also known as @QuantVix, appears to be involved in a controversy surrounding option selling strategies and has been criticized by several individuals on social media, including @nntaleb and @akshat_world, who accuse him of being a charlatan. The criticism centers around Eifert's claims about option selling being a "cheat code" or "free money," which others argue is not supported by evidence. Eifert's comments have sparked a heated debate on social media, with several individuals weighing in to criticize or defend his views.

### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::272696832/interactions)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [countries](/list/countries)  [social networks](/list/social-networks) 

**Social topic influence**
[if you](/topic/if-you), [business](/topic/business), [money](/topic/money), [$hood](/topic/$hood) #219, [ipo](/topic/ipo) #356, [open ai](/topic/open-ai), [ai](/topic/ai), [kalshi](/topic/kalshi) #599, [level](/topic/level), [silver](/topic/silver) #2549

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@benegotherit](/creator/undefined) [@0xtraderjoes](/creator/undefined) [@kalshi](/creator/undefined) [@billackman](/creator/undefined) [@deepdishenjoyer](/creator/undefined) [@lucidtrading](/creator/undefined) [@donaldjeifert](/creator/undefined) [@thestalwart](/creator/undefined) [@mansourtarek](/creator/undefined) [@macrocephalopod](/creator/undefined) [@mattylitt22](/creator/undefined) [@sean91237](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@realdonaldtrump](/creator/undefined) [@groditid](/creator/undefined) [@irrnot](/creator/undefined) [@sdav1986](/creator/undefined) [@choffstein](/creator/undefined) [@davidsacks](/creator/undefined) [@prometheuscht](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD)](/topic/$hood) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Hertz Global Holdings, Inc Common Stock (HTZ)](/topic/hertz)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Trump staffers are so dumb they cheerleader-posted a chart of long term bond yields going down (indicating a faltering economy and recession risk)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997273974783549778)  2025-12-06T11:56Z 117.3K followers, 83.5K engagements


"Every service we use that is pushing some new AI angle -- all worse than useless their best revenue opportunity is to force us to pay to NOT have to use it Spending is wildly unsustainable and negative ROI the AI mania will collapse and it will take equity markets down with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998799330032165231)  2025-12-10T16:57Z 117.3K followers, 20.1K engagements


"On an investor call and the QVR senior portfolio managers are all wearing leather jackets 😂🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998871971216711947)  2025-12-10T21:46Z 117.3K followers, 10.4K engagements


"delta-1 desk quants be like 🫶🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999169999693656071)  2025-12-11T17:30Z 117.3K followers, 45K engagements


"@spicy_bagz what part of them is expanding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999173125372780660)  2025-12-11T17:43Z 117.3K followers, XXX engagements


"1) I like gambling 2) Kalshi is a gambling company 3) I like Kalshi What I don't like is Robinhood claiming to be providing a level playing field for retail traders to create generational wealth when they're serving them up to citsec on a silver platter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997052779563774266)  2025-12-05T21:17Z 117.3K followers, 282.2K engagements


"mark it zero"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998626000436080860)  2025-12-10T05:29Z 117.3K followers, 19.2K engagements


"When they start applying this to domestic leftists pity the fool that has to read ten thousand pages of my threads and interview questions on vanna and skew delta 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998792020433973506)  2025-12-10T16:28Z 117.3K followers, 14.7K engagements


""i sell options for passive income" 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998869224450830513)  2025-12-10T21:35Z 117.3K followers, 99.5K engagements


"I tried to do this but my posting broke the server"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998882344917516733)  2025-12-10T22:27Z 117.3K followers, 13.5K engagements


"If you are fun in San Francisco you should be driving across the Bay Bridge real slow in onan's M3 on the way to meet us at the rave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998902462435283392)  2025-12-10T23:47Z 117.3K followers, 15.8K engagements


"Finding it incredibly funny that everyone is earnest-posting congratulations to each other about the $XXX trillion SpaceX IPO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999139037341454458)  2025-12-11T15:27Z 117.3K followers, 18.9K engagements


"Since I was a young boy I've always wanted to derive twenty line long closed form expressions for the inversion of the third order Taylor series expansion of an option's theta as a function of implied volatility 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999157971671253352)  2025-12-11T16:42Z 117.3K followers, 22.1K engagements


"@sama "AGI next week But meanwhile here's our newest video slop generator.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999192928326156385)  2025-12-11T19:01Z 117.3K followers, 11.9K engagements


"@rhughesjones @AlbertBridgeCap hertz trades to $XXXX after bankruptcy then we observe Robinhood holders growing to almost 200k with huge buy to open flow of call options by small accounts and it trades up . not sure thats post-hoc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1271613891399659521)  2020-06-13T01:22Z 117.3K followers, XX engagements


"The Economist of all rags picked up my short bets against OpenAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1995493017239908604)  2025-12-01T13:59Z 117.3K followers, 56.6K engagements


""what the fuck""  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1995506491764466086)  2025-12-01T14:53Z 117.3K followers, 22K engagements


"Scott partner and head of business development: "are you really going to keep the black nail polish for our meetings tomorrow with ($60 billion asset manager)" Me: "yes good thing you love me" Scott (a lifelong death metal fan): "let's fucking go""  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1995617826300903466)  2025-12-01T22:15Z 117.3K followers, 64.4K engagements


"Done working for now until smarter technologists than me figure out why I'm blowing everything up AMA for a little while it's a beautiful sunset over Las Vegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1996012397036011684)  2025-12-03T00:23Z 117.3K followers, 21.6K engagements


"What's the secret to being a derivatives hedge fund manager you ask 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1996715723683410402)  2025-12-04T22:58Z 117.3K followers, 12.5K engagements


"i've seen a man do an eight ball in one sitting and be far calmer than karp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997080225369481587)  2025-12-05T23:06Z 117.3K followers, 210.6K engagements


"@panscan27 it is absolutely none of your business if i want to bet on the eagles game or play elden ring or drink pumpkin spice lattes take your moralizing nanny state bullshit elsewhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997292284950536449)  2025-12-06T13:09Z 117.3K followers, 5770 engagements


"(Text from a Las Vegas friend) Looking out my window at the strip as I type single tear running down my face"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997385210971988069)  2025-12-06T19:18Z 117.3K followers, 31.3K engagements


"welp p4 got his ass blocked because he can't imagine that someone might just want to bet on the Eagles they must be morally bankrupt or on the payroll. who's next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997433732253544685)  2025-12-06T22:31Z 117.3K followers, 15.2K engagements


"anyone have opinions idk retail tools"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998078620066341281)  2025-12-08T17:14Z 117.3K followers, 49.6K engagements


"Good news: I'm now Steve Jobs 🖤 thank you Google"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998139690000802137)  2025-12-08T21:16Z 117.3K followers, 11.8K engagements


"there are countless things that have potential negative impacts on some small percentage of the population we come up with sensible regulations for them where appropriate absolutely no one appointed your twitter-addled self the job of arbiter of Net Benefit To Society"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998140597832757379)  2025-12-08T21:20Z 117.3K followers, 14.6K engagements


"@Cryptadamist restrictions on how it can be marketed specific taxes to fund programs for gambling addiction probably some restrictions on venues (make people actually go to a bit of effort to go out gambling for entertainment rather than putting slot machines in every gas station etc)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998141730328313876)  2025-12-08T21:24Z 117.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@vee_fi any job involving more than X years of experience at something substantive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998364558004797609)  2025-12-09T12:10Z 117.3K followers, 15K engagements


"Damn the torpedoes. Who else wants some of this action Happy to let it all ride"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998365160034255276)  2025-12-09T12:12Z 117.3K followers, 18.4K engagements


""while cross-country skiing" 😂 you actually kind of do have to hand it to Palantir they DGAF and I do respect that even if they are pure evil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998370504219279436)  2025-12-09T12:33Z 117.3K followers, 22.9K engagements


"Down with this new moralizing scold tech-bro fad. They don't drink they don't gamble they don't have sex they throw legendarily terrible parties they post about their vitamin regimens they watch Joe Rogan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998383093946941627)  2025-12-09T13:23Z 117.3K followers, 18.1K engagements


"let the people have fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998386976253526285)  2025-12-09T13:39Z 117.3K followers, 7189 engagements


"@MattWil12 so what on earth are you talking about did i say "tech bros think we shouldn't set off nukes in their backyards""  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998402835529285936)  2025-12-09T14:42Z 117.3K followers, XX engagements


"no asks no thread requests sad face"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998411184140337230)  2025-12-09T15:15Z 117.3K followers, 3433 engagements


"@isosteph may i meet him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998421214952555009)  2025-12-09T15:55Z 117.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@winnyirl @MattyLitt22"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998499320044335473)  2025-12-09T21:05Z 117.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@kartographien @vee_fi it means you're not a drone which you are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998515784788881649)  2025-12-09T22:11Z 117.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@GunjanJS i constantly hear about the demise of Las Vegas from people who have been there once. but most of my favorite restaurants you need reservations a month in advance. and downtown is overflowing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998752177507246091)  2025-12-10T13:50Z 117.3K followers, 1523 engagements


"@JabroniKnutson @Au_YeahBaby "selling OTM cash-secured puts can produce 30-50% per year" no they absolutely cannot 1) "i'm good at picking stocks" then just buy stocks. that claim is impossible to separate from anything related to put selling and anyway almost no one is good at picking stocks reliably"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998887618260643914)  2025-12-10T22:48Z 117.3K followers, XX engagements


"@JabroniKnutson @Au_YeahBaby 2) let's say a XX% OTM 3-month put is trading at 5%. if you sell it and then spot trades down XX% the option is probably trading at XX% with a big implied volatility spike and you're down massively"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998887824045855141)  2025-12-10T22:49Z 117.3K followers, XX engagements


"@JabroniKnutson @Au_YeahBaby bc you don't have the upside of the stock going up look at any data on performance of put selling vs owning the stock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998892034065866915)  2025-12-10T23:06Z 117.3K followers, XX engagements


"@f73f73f73 @_nontechnical is this skinny i think its not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998894345760682051)  2025-12-10T23:15Z 117.3K followers, 5260 engagements


"@humphilomath ooh let's check"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999165137987731809)  2025-12-11T17:11Z 117.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Related: I have an outstanding bet against several folks in tech and VC in which I'm effectively short openAI at a $XXX billion valuation with a maturity date either X year post IPO or at a majority acquisition. No initial or variation margin ("gentleman's bet gender neutral")"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1985062317655290157)  2025-11-02T19:11Z 117.3K followers, 308.3K engagements


"Crypto funding arb explainer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1992739484539175419)  2025-11-23T23:38Z 117.3K followers, 154K engagements


"My phone broke while traveling couldn't navigate away from girlfriends texts she had to order my Ubers and do Google searches and check maps for me like goth Siri"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1996355651996680239)  2025-12-03T23:07Z 117.3K followers, 26.2K engagements


"The comments are absolutely sending me. Kalshi's volume is XX% sports betting. What they have to say publicly for legal/regulatory purposes has literally no bearing on this. It's me betting on the Eagles game. Its none of your business at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997279165557715420)  2025-12-06T12:17Z 117.3K followers, 171.8K engagements


"Should have time for an explainer this morning shill me a topic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997288028583407655)  2025-12-06T12:52Z 117.3K followers, 66.8K engagements


"@rev_cap hedge fund buys slightly overpriced call option i'm on the other side i hedge it with slightly underpriced call option and hedge the skew delta spot goes up hedge fund makes money i make money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997323865090130298)  2025-12-06T15:14Z 117.3K followers, 1449 engagements


"Me sitting at Bellagio this weekend trying to explain to Concerned Patagonia Vest Wearers that I like betting on the Eagles game and losing money at blackjack its absolutely none of their business and no hedge fund managers do not get paid to shill for gambling apps 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998139319165575418)  2025-12-08T21:15Z 117.3K followers, 25.4K engagements


"Twitter is so fun. You can post a video of yourself falling on your ass in a giant bubble and make a joke about option sellers and have write a whole article about it (link below)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998381399246848140)  2025-12-09T13:17Z 117.3K followers, 16.9K engagements


"VERY IMPORTANT PAY ATTENTION 🖤 What everyone thinks derivatives managers do: fancy math that tells you what every option is worth What derivatives managers actually do: know that if everyone in the world is selling a specific option for no good reason it's likely too cheap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998417104929001982)  2025-12-09T15:39Z 117.3K followers, 36.7K engagements


"You people STILL have not gotten me in to listen to the secret Wu Tang album and I am very disappointed in you 😞🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998520557609066843)  2025-12-09T22:30Z 117.3K followers, 5705 engagements


"QVR plans to go public at $X trillion valuation how u like them apples Elon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998543411683668358)  2025-12-10T00:00Z 117.3K followers, 13K engagements


"do i know anyone at Western Digital 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998573940583637397)  2025-12-10T02:02Z 117.3K followers, 6355 engagements


"i literally always pay when i'm out with friends 🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998596498662240603)  2025-12-10T03:31Z 117.3K followers, 108.2K engagements


"Yesterday I went on a side quest to a shopping mall that was completely abandoned except for an H&M on the third floor. Straight out of Fallout XX. Katanas at th ready"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998750390502768758)  2025-12-10T13:43Z 117.3K followers, 68.6K engagements


"@f73f73f73 @_nontechnical right so 😉😇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998882452820115701)  2025-12-10T22:28Z 117.3K followers, 4881 engagements


"If you have a strongly held view about what will happen in the world (eg "AI will cause XX% unemployment in X years") but you aren't willing to bet even a modest amount of money on it (eg a nice dinner) is it plausible to think you really do hold that view strongly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1929301008108204101)  2025-06-01T22:16Z 117.3K followers, 143.7K engagements


"calendar spreads in options"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997356188875522197)  2025-12-06T17:23Z 117.3K followers, 136.8K engagements


"@BillAckman Bill . have you asked him if you may meet him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1997481677611049460)  2025-12-07T01:41Z 117.3K followers, 15.8K engagements


"what this means in practice is "i'm a tech bro who listens to Joe Rogan and i have opinions about tons of things that i know absolutely nothing about""  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1998545138969411631)  2025-12-10T00:07Z 117.3K followers, 20.6K engagements


"@_falsi1ke qvr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999156882301390965)  2025-12-11T16:38Z 117.3K followers, 4616 engagements


"i love to gamble but i don't generally have any winnings to tax 😭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bennpeifert/status/1999194453559627849)  2025-12-11T19:07Z 117.3K followers, 19K engagements