I would sleep better tonight if I had. I put an order to sell at $34, but only got to $33.46 before the bell.AggiePeeps06 said:
Sold all TSLA
TheCellarDoor said:
Another lesson learned the hard way on TSLA. I expected a model T bounce but got greedy and did the daily call on Friday when I should have done the weekly to give myself more time for Elon's shenanigans to disappear. Would have been $5k more in my pocket (at least).
You're talking to the ding dong who will play an expiring option with 10 minutes left in the cycle. Those f'ers move FAST.12thMan86 said:
man you guys that buy super short dated calls have bigger balls than me!! Theta decay will whip your ass if you are wrong on direction! sometimes I play SPY in the last 10 mins for a day trade, and I still buy something out 2 weeks.
I've just been spanked by Theta too many times. I just pay up for the gift of time, and it seems to work much better.
and I though I had a gambling problem! When I first learned to trade in 03, the guys that taught the class said done ever buy an option that expires in less than 30 days. As I've become better, I've learned that is not always the best way to approach things. Especially if you are selling premium and want it to go to zero.McInnis 03 said:You're talking to the ding dong who will play an expiring option with 10 minutes left in the cycle. Those f'ers move FAST.12thMan86 said:
man you guys that buy super short dated calls have bigger balls than me!! Theta decay will whip your ass if you are wrong on direction! sometimes I play SPY in the last 10 mins for a day trade, and I still buy something out 2 weeks.
I've just been spanked by Theta too many times. I just pay up for the gift of time, and it seems to work much better.
You should be "selling" that sucker to the ding dong on the other end!McInnis 03 said:You're talking to the ding dong who will play an expiring option with 10 minutes left in the cycle. Those f'ers move FAST.12thMan86 said:
man you guys that buy super short dated calls have bigger balls than me!! Theta decay will whip your ass if you are wrong on direction! sometimes I play SPY in the last 10 mins for a day trade, and I still buy something out 2 weeks.
I've just been spanked by Theta too many times. I just pay up for the gift of time, and it seems to work much better.
Ive been averaging in to June 25 Calls in WORK. Work is in a weekly, daily, and 4hr squeeze. IF it fires long, it will typically be an explosive move. It will also be explosive to the downside, so watch it!leoj said:
Got out of DOCU and CRWD calls too early. Still in work and AMD calls, ready to dump work quick. We are near a decision point for SPX.
yep... shot from about 40% to 90% the last 30 minutes of the day. I just don't mess with TSLA much, and have no idea if it will be $500 or $900 tomorrow.AggiePeeps06 said:
Should be fine over night. You should've been up bigly today
I did the exact same thing. Big lesson learned on that one but I'm pretty new to the game.TheCellarDoor said:
Another lesson learned the hard way on TSLA. I expected a model T bounce but got greedy and did the daily call on Friday when I should have done the weekly to give myself more time for Elon's shenanigans to disappear. Would have been $5k more in my pocket (at least).
Here.BearkatRunner88 said:I did the exact same thing. Big lesson learned on that one but I'm pretty new to the game.TheCellarDoor said:
Another lesson learned the hard way on TSLA. I expected a model T bounce but got greedy and did the daily call on Friday when I should have done the weekly to give myself more time for Elon's shenanigans to disappear. Would have been $5k more in my pocket (at least).
just trying to decipher this and the posts agreeing with it. Are we talking about 0DTE calls on Friday afternoon? TSLA only has weeklys right? I bought shares after the tweets for 704, trying to figure out how to sell them because I don't trust elon. Seems like model T of 775 is a safe bet but it's tsla, so may be just as likely to overshoot and bounce off 800, extra $25 a share would be niceTheCellarDoor said:
Another lesson learned the hard way on TSLA. I expected a model T bounce but got greedy and did the daily call on Friday when I should have done the weekly to give myself more time for Elon's shenanigans to disappear. Would have been $5k more in my pocket (at least).