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Social Chat - Short Term TSLA Movements
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chickensevil
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For what it's worth, that does seem to be the price that is being fought over as we get close to the end. Since +/- 1$ would be fine enough with me for today (I am just happy for the slow steady rise over all) I am hoping for your sake that it closes right at 249.99
Johan
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InTheShadows
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Sitting in more cash than I like now. Question is, to buy some puts.
I bought some weekly 255 calls this am for .14 and sold them for .85 before lunch. They peaked at almost 6.90. I only got 2, I wanted 6. If my order for 6 filled I would have sold half and let the rest ride. A gain is still a gain though. (Oh yea it would have been a 49x return).
I'm testing some new theories.
I bought some weekly 255 calls this am for .14 and sold them for .85 before lunch. They peaked at almost 6.90. I only got 2, I wanted 6. If my order for 6 filled I would have sold half and let the rest ride. A gain is still a gain though. (Oh yea it would have been a 49x return).
I'm testing some new theories.
Muskol
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I think those peaked at 3.78 right before close, I had the same ones
Had 35 contracts at 0.15, sold at 0.6. Great gain, and I'm happy, but man over 3.00 would have been a good start to the weekend!
I think those peaked at 3.78 right before close, I had the same ones
Had 35 contracts at 0.15, sold at 0.6. Great gain, and I'm happy, but man over 3.00 would have been a good start to the weekend!
What's your guy's thoughts on purchasing these? Do you look for dips in the pre-market and soon after opening and decide that the dip is ridiculous and that it will rebound in the next few hours? I was going to try to do this, but decided to just observe (i'm a newbie).
InTheShadows
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I think those peaked at 3.78 right before close, I had the same ones
Had 35 contracts at 0.15, sold at 0.6. Great gain, and I'm happy, but man over 3.00 would have been a good start to the weekend!
I was watching them I saw some going through right before we peaked at 6.84. Unless I was looking at the wrong chain.
Does anyone have access to see the OHLC option prices for the day?
I hope to be doing that many contracts some day. I'm just testing some theories right now so my amount are small to see if I can be consistent.
I'm showing a range of 0.01 - 3.78 for that issue. It's possible there was a bid that high that never got filled.
InTheShadows
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Thanks, I must have been looking at the next strike lower.
Man, imagine if you bought when it was .03. I sold right at the peak before lunch, I was afraid of it going back down.
Man, imagine if you bought when it was .03. I sold right at the peak before lunch, I was afraid of it going back down.
anticitizen13.7
Not posting at TMC after 9/17/2018
Wow, I go on vacation and you guys shove the stock back up near 260. What'd I miss?
I'm not sure. I'm as puzzled as anyone else over the steady climb back up, given initial media/pundit dissatisfaction over the "D" event, and a steady but unsurprising Q3 report.
It could be that more market entities are realizing the long-term potential of the company, but the markets are fickle so I'm not really sure of this.
chickensevil
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To those of you who doubted pushing up to 260 before Dec... I say: "HA!" Although I am quite happy it seems to be going a bit faster than I expected this is a nice trend to be back at the ATH when the real positive news is ready to come out
InTheShadows
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To those of you who doubted pushing up to 260 before Dec... I say: "HA!" Although I am quite happy it seems to be going a bit faster than I expected this is a nice trend to be back at the ATH when the real positive news is ready to come out
Yes, now I'm in a deer in the headlights state. In sitting on more cash than I normally do and im not quite sure how to invest it. I bought a few slightly otm weekly puts at market close today. As insurance if we have a pull back next week.
J'17 LEAPS out next week......hmm.....:wink:
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To those of you who doubted pushing up to 260 before Dec... I say: "HA!" Although I am quite happy it seems to be going a bit faster than I expected this is a nice trend to be back at the ATH when the real positive news is ready to come out
I am still amazed that TSLA went up post ER, and is still going up. I am not complaining as I, like many here, are enjoying seeing their portfolios increase. I, like TheShadows, am sitting on more cash than usual and undergoing 'analysis/paralysis about how to deploy it.
The speed of the rise has caught me a bit surprised, too. I'm nearly all in with shares and leaps, so the rise feels good.
I did make a small miscalculation, though. I bought three Nov14 calls just before the ER and sold them the day after the ER at 244 for a 28% profit. I figured that the 3Q ER might result in a gain and then a pull-back and wanted to take the profit before it turned into a loss. In the future, I think I'd sell 2 and keep one for gambling that something positive happens. We often see a two week period of moving higher after an ER, and I should have gambled with one of the calls, but I felt I could have lost money with the 3Q ER being so lukewarm in certain areas.
I did make a small miscalculation, though. I bought three Nov14 calls just before the ER and sold them the day after the ER at 244 for a 28% profit. I figured that the 3Q ER might result in a gain and then a pull-back and wanted to take the profit before it turned into a loss. In the future, I think I'd sell 2 and keep one for gambling that something positive happens. We often see a two week period of moving higher after an ER, and I should have gambled with one of the calls, but I felt I could have lost money with the 3Q ER being so lukewarm in certain areas.
InTheShadows
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Your planning was good. There have been more times than I can count where I held too long only to end up loosing. I'm working on retraining my mentality to be happy with my gains no matter what they are. I'm trying to take a profit with each option contract I buy. I used to wait for that magic number of 100% gain. Now I'm content taking much smaller gains.
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