Money Investing megathread extravaganza - Page 854

Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
It's cracked 2 major support levels today, 3 if we're being technical (pun intended). Could this be the bottom? Yes. No. Maybe? But there's a saying about trying to catch a falling knife. Next support level is between $138-$140. If $138 cracks, the next level of support is ~$123.

It moved into a Bearish confirmation. :-)
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Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
It has cracked 2 major support levels today, 3 if we're being technical (pun intended). Could this be the bottom? Yes. No. Maybe? But there's a saying about trying to catch a falling knife. Next support level is between $138-$140. If $138 cracks, the next level of support is ~$123.

Damn, Apple is my core investment. Not selling though, it's only a paper loss.
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S&P must hit about 3840 for a bear market? About 2.5% from here?
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AAPL is an interesting 1-minute chart to watch right now. Keeps trying to crack $146 but dip-buyers are bouncing it. Tug-of-war going on. If $146 cracks it's going to take out a lot of stop-losses, all the dip-buyers will be out, and it will speed up to the downside.
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I would think Apple is the largest holding in mutual funds/ institutions across the board.
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$146 stop-losses just got taken out. Now we'll see if the HFT algos start buying and reverse it, or if it fades to $140.
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Grabbed some AAPL 5/13 $140 puts for 52¢ right here just for fun.

Not much of a closing bounce even though tons of shorts were likely covering.

I think it tests $140 tomorrow, but if I'm wrong my position is small enough not to matter. Risking a couple hundred to potentially make a couple thousand.
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Originally Posted by scho63:
Too much negative things intertwined; high oil, bad US administration, war in Ukraine, China COVID lockdowns, bad US administration, super high inflation, credit card debt surging, bad US administration and rates heading higher.

One more bad event or issue will kick this market in the balls. I think that will be the housing market.

A bad US administration is enough to topple it.
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Prepare thy anus, more hemorrhaging on the way
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Sadly, there is a lot more pain to come.......

This sucks and gonna get worse.
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Just sold those AAPL 5/13 $140 Puts I posted about yesterday at $2.20. Only had 5 at 52¢, so paid $260 and sold for $1,100. Not too shabby for about ten minutes of actual market time.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
Just sold those AAPL 5/13 $140 Puts I posted about yesterday at $2.20. Only had 5 at 52¢, so paid $260 and sold for $1,100. Not too shabby for about ten minutes of actual market time.

Nice trade.

I had (2) APPL $150 puts I bought earlier in the week for $1.22. I sold them way too early. :-)

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Originally Posted by scho63:
Nice trade.

I had (2) APPL $150 puts I bought earlier in the week for $1.22. I sold them way too early. :-)

What did you sell them at? They hit $9.80 for a second this morning, around $9 now.
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If AAPL cracks $140 it could bring the whole mkt down with it. Real close right here, at $140.15 as I type this.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
What did you sell them at? They hit $9.80 for a second this morning, around $9 now.

I'm embarrassed but $1.45 and rolled down into the $149 and did the same there. Made money in both but left a TON behind.

I have left $50,000 in profits in TILRAY at the end of March when I had 220 contracts that shot up, then another $160,000 in FB when it shot up to $9,000 on a $1020 investment and I wanted to sell and buy puts but had too many day trades.

I've been so right on knowing what direction but oh so wrong on getting out early on the winners and riding the dogs down to $0. :-)

Story of my life! :-)
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