Makin a livin', trading FSLR, POT , TSLA, PHOT
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TSLA 225 12/12 call @1.16 small
EDIT putting up a decent 5 min green candle now? Ok now Brad reality...I think it will drop so it will rally. lol
BIDU anybody watching this . Looks toppy to me
EDIT not much in the way of 118 if it gets past there.How does that seem so clear now? It just ground me down for 2 hours and I gave up.
AAPL watch it make a run at 116.35 before it quits. Wow depressing for me to make so many wrong moves.
That's mostly why I decided the downside risk was too great .Bollies pretty well pinched on the short charts. Going to break out or tank soon here.
EDIT sorry dude Brad curse. It's like everything in the universe is backward for me. geeesus
Careful, bitch will run now that I'm out...beer thought it would test 116 at some point. So far 115.89 was the best candle.edit ok selling off a bit. I missed a couple of pennys
EDIT Sold aapl 117 calls @ .37 -.26 embarrassing to post. Took my @$$ whipping to conserve a few $'s for tomorrow. AAPL stuck 115.80 ish burning my premium.. what's your thought. Won't go up but doesn't seem to want to go down much. I'm a bit too far out of the money to kill much more time.
BIDU Going now, darn thing. NFLX OMG that would have been a homerun
Don't have any cash but was looking at that. Just beware if it looks good to me it might actually suck.lol On second thought If I "paper trade" it will triple for you so....
Well the bigger problem is that I'm working with less then most of you have in you pocket on an ave day.Had 2 small wins monday , now stuck in this while other plays are working. Held over partly to not burn a day trade and was willing to risk the danger of adding a bit to facilitate a better and quicker exit. This is very hard working with "chump change" but It's all I have for now. If I can last till Jan I may have a couple G's to play with. That will give me more freedom to exit a sketchy trade and not be out of bullets for the day. Man what I would give for one of Roy's pre market hunches.I'm only getting called to work about half the time and the savings account is getting dangerously thin.
AAPL I'm still in the 117's. Couldn't make a decision this morning and paid the price. If I had averaged down like I was trying to I would have bailed with a profit. Looks like they may let it roll a bit here. Who knows maybe It will work in spite of my stupid moves. lol
I'll take that question cause I had to learn the hard way. That rule only applies to a "margin" account. BTW you can have more than 1 account. If you have say $5000 in a "cash" account (no margin feature) you can make as many trade as you want. Example 10 trades of $500 each for that day. You can't "reuse" the money. ALSO learned this the hard way...option trades settle overnight so the next day you can safely use your money again. Stocks 3 days to clear so a margin account is helpful there sometimes but limited by the PDTr issue. Hope that helps. I use 2 accounts one cash and one margin so I have the most flexibility with the very small money I have right now....this aapl trade isn't helping either LOL but that the life of Brad.
WOW drinks are on you Roy...lunch too ya bandit!
still in 117's and nervous , about break even now
AAPL early pre-mkt ugly but some price upgrade came out and now we're rockin' . Man bummed my last minute buy never came through yesterday.Here we go!
114.60 didn't hold but it managed to close right there. You rarely get burned so I'm hoping for your magic touch tomorrow. Got a little I can add to it if necessary. 117 looks miles away right now.
Didn't see your entry on that. Tried to lowball add aapl calls before the close. no luck. Don't matter...what ever I do it will be wrong. Missed tsla puts first thing. the bidu puts went the wrong way just long enough for me to decide on the brilliant aapl call entry. Just about any other idea would have worked out better.
Great...tank .40 while I'm typing. $%#@
AAPL calls...so what do you think? I'm still holding 117's. 116's got away from me this morning so I went up. Bad entry, stock went up a lot but I still couldn't make any money. Bid is weak. seems like 115 is the line in the sand. I usually get screwed holding over but 15 min chart is hopeful that tomorrow is a green day. Don't love the daily chart but so far the middle bollie was the low. Good if you have plenty of time but I/we don't.
AAPL calls 117 12/5's .63 a few...chased it. IDIOT move? Sure hope not. Yesterday someone dumped like 50 mill shares for some reason.
TWTR just never caught any kind of bounce all day. Looks coiled up , maybe tomorrow it will have it's day. Low on 11/11 was 38.81..may be a level to watch. Good luck man!
2nd edit REALLY? well...maybe you guys can make a few bucks on it. Might get rolling. Proceed at your own risk.
EDIT 2.06 now aaaaggggggggghhhhh frikin frakin
OUT TSLA 240 calls @ 1.82 missed 1.95 got to get some things done today so may have tapped out early. Couple of times started to set a trailing stop but that would have taken me out a couple of times at 1.70 ...looks to be moving again as I type. oh well Brad's world lol
TSLA 240 calls 12/5 bot@ 1.40 small
BIDU calls OUT 1.70 + .45 everything looks like its going down again
BIDU 242.50 12/05 call @1.25 bought small
EDIT BTW would love to understand your choices on what to play when you go in at or near the open.I make too many mistakes trying to judge direction so I have been waiting to see enough chart data to try to identify a trade set up. Result has been either still going the wrong way or missing the move or getting in too late and watching it churn all day going nowhere. Maybe post some thoughts pre market if you have any ideas. I need all the help I can get at this point or I'm going to be done for good soon.
You did play that very well. With that chunk in the bank it's easier to stay patient. SPY still fading too so you could get a sharp move down as peeps just bail out or give up before the close.
IWM .82 x .85 ? Doubles not good enough today LOL 118's right?
EDIT that being said...I'm wrong all the time so...lol
AAPL careful with those.It doesn't seem to want to stop going up. One guy on TV this morning saying the Best Buy earnings beat was all due to ip6 sales.
Nice, that trade took some time to get going but your patience paid off.
Nice, that trade took some time to get going but your patience paid off.
I can help...my pockets are empty from the stupid LNKD calls. It did bounce some but hardly got back to monday's closing price. Patiently held while they walked it slowly down so this frog didn't jump out of the boiling pot of water. I have a little money left to throw away and then I can quit this BS trading idea.I sure need a winning idea cause mine all suck. Doesn't matter today cause I can't do anything more for now.
LNKD suprise! Down big pre-market. Thanks for the early morning kick in the nuts. Brad SCREAMING FOUR LETTER WORDS. I just can't win.sigh
LNKD 235 calls 15 min chart looks to be setting up for a bounce. Already up a few bucks off the lows today. Talking heads on CNBC blowing off the Facebook news (Facebook at Work). They think it will flop and is no real threat to LNKD. I'm down a bit but going to let it ride. Any decent run before lunch tomorrow will get me in the money.Even a blind squirrel can sometimes find a nut. Maybe I'll be right for once...
LNKD 235 11/14 call Ave .69 now. Seems to be dragging bottom. Don't like to ave down but with it being Mon it has some time to recover.May have to play it more of a swing trade.
EDIT screwed the pooch again. Got in just in time for the 2nd leg down. %$#@
BOT LNKD 235 call 11/14 @ 1.10 small
Me too, didn't throw any more $$ into the fire. I saw it at .14 on the bid for like 10 seconds but thought it might keep tanking.That's a big fat NOOO! Not in Brad's world....
AMZN 207.50 11/7 puts @ .50 a few
Sat there and watched the calls at .75 this morning after you had jumped in. Glad I sold the 300's they went nowhere today.Never had the balls to pull the trigger . Huge mistake. This put play is looking sketchy already. Set up seemed good 30 min ago.
EDIT might give it a try again tomorrow. Finally looking like it might want to go up. Premium burn not worth holding overnight. AMZN calls sold @ .57 ...missed .75 twice. Long wait to just break even after fees.
AMZN 300 call 11/7 @ .52 got a few this morning on the selloff . Couldn't post trade.Stayed in it (customer tied me up ). might get back in the money now. Last trade .60
You still in those AMZN calls? TSLA wild ride pre mkt...wonder where that will go today.
LOL oh man it's dumping now... Had a home run , took less than a double. Really could have use a 4 bagger. The life of Brad requires thick skin. I know a profit is a profit, it's all goooooood!