Yodean would call it "play big or go home". This is what you call an all-or-nothing play. If you win you win big, if you lose you lose it all. There is nothing more that can be added to getting into an option with so little time premium.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:14 pm I want to get some opinions on VZ stock, earnings report coming this Friday AM. I am tempted to buy some $51 or $52 call. They are currently dirt cheap at pennies expiring this Friday, generally I know its a bad idea to buy a call on the other side of a earnings report but I am tempted regardless![]()
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"Experience is the name we give our mistakes."SOL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:42 amYodean would call it "play big or go home". This is what you call an all-or-nothing play. If you win you win big, if you lose you lose it all. There is nothing more that can be added to getting into an option with so little time premium.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:14 pm I want to get some opinions on VZ stock, earnings report coming this Friday AM. I am tempted to buy some $51 or $52 call. They are currently dirt cheap at pennies expiring this Friday, generally I know its a bad idea to buy a call on the other side of a earnings report but I am tempted regardless![]()
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I'm rdy for some experienceBudge wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:03 pm"Experience is the name we give our mistakes."SOL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:42 amYodean would call it "play big or go home". This is what you call an all-or-nothing play. If you win you win big, if you lose you lose it all. There is nothing more that can be added to getting into an option with so little time premium.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:14 pm I want to get some opinions on VZ stock, earnings report coming this Friday AM. I am tempted to buy some $51 or $52 call. They are currently dirt cheap at pennies expiring this Friday, generally I know its a bad idea to buy a call on the other side of a earnings report but I am tempted regardless![]()
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Forgot to ask, how much time premium do these calls have.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:40 pmI'm rdy for some experience. I've had the habit of being to passive in the past, so I'm going for it. Dropped $200 on $51 call for .04, will drop another $300 for $50 call if prices become more favorable.
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I have exactly 27 hoursSOL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:51 pmForgot to ask, how much time premium do these calls have.
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I hope so! I'm sitting on a PILE of BRIGHT RED January 2023 long calls! Out of 24 positions in my hyper aggressive account, 14 are long calls expiring between August 2022 and January 2023! The BEST performing position in that account is an ETF that is only down 7% for me. That account is down 49.92% overall. I'd prefer it to be up 500% (or 5,000%)... Patience grasshopper...
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Not so sure about that Harry. But I do believe PB's next gamble will be playing Russian Roulette with all the bullets in the chamber.
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My reasoning is the markets are at a turning point, what better reason than an earnings report to push VZ up. It doesn't even need to be all that positive just not significantly negative, I'm expecting a 10x bagger on this play. But alas yes I agree it's all speculation
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Let us know how it works out for you.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:08 pm My reasoning is the markets are at a turning point, what better reason than an earnings report to push VZ up. It doesn't even need to be all that positive just not significantly negative, I'm expecting a 10x bagger on this play. But alas yes I agree it's all speculation
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Not good m8LoriPrecisely wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:18 amLet us know how it works out for you.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:08 pm My reasoning is the markets are at a turning point, what better reason than an earnings report to push VZ up. It doesn't even need to be all that positive just not significantly negative, I'm expecting a 10x bagger on this play. But alas yes I agree it's all speculation
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Please learn from this. You assumed. Don't. My fear would be that you won, made out like a bandit and tried again, only with a bigger pot. Been there done that. Study more, study harder.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:17 pmNot good m8LoriPrecisely wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:18 amLet us know how it works out for you.PuppBaby wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:08 pm My reasoning is the markets are at a turning point, what better reason than an earnings report to push VZ up. It doesn't even need to be all that positive just not significantly negative, I'm expecting a 10x bagger on this play. But alas yes I agree it's all speculation
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Budge is right, but the amount you risked was relatively small. If you can salvage anything, salvage it and move on. I also got smacked and kicked in the teeth many moons when I was sure X stock would do something and bought very short-term options; most of them did precisely the opposite, and then when my option expired, they surged upwards.
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Haha if it surges upward next month that would be a bigger slap in the face, but I guess an occasional slap in the face is better than a bullet. It has helped wake me up and send a shiver down my spine.SOL wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:12 pmBudge is right, but the amount you risked was relatively small. If you can salvage anything, salvage it and move on. I also got smacked and kicked in the teeth many moons when I was sure X stock would do something and bought very short-term options; most of them did precisely the opposite, and then when my option expired, they surged upwards.![]()
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