BaylorSpineGuy said:
Someone mentioned a megaphone pattern a couple pages back.
Check out the megaphone pattern on MasterCard since September. It's currently close to the top of the megaphone pattern and a good ways from the bottom.
May be a good short for the next 1-2 months. A fair amount of action on the 350P for 2/18.
Brew called it out. I had been watching it all day. My bullish side wanted to say it was going to break so I think I referenced it as well but refused to act on it (insert foot in mouth). Wishful thinking on the bull side.
That said, I echo some of the comments above… I am nibbling on AMZN, NVDA, TTD, DIS, etc. longer term holds.
SPY and QQQ had great volatility this week. I made my daily goal on my active trading account all week strictly trading waves on those two. Could have been more but I am strictly focusing on nibbling profits where I can grab them right now.
For reference, tic struck today as the day he would start buying spy regardless of the price. He nibbled around the 438.50 level from what I can tell.
Regardless, I am short term bullish…. More for a dead cat bounce than anything. Some levels have to be reached next week to start feeling like we are turning a bottom.
For the time being, I will give myself a pat on the back for not chasing falling knives, taking base hits, and increasing cash position along the way.
I probably played SPY and QQQ 50 times on options this week. Didn't care if it was 3% or 20%. 3-4 points OTM at 1/28 or 2/2 strike dates was less volatile to me and an easy way to scalp. Had 3 red plays the whole week. Base hits add up