Sorry, I thought he bought the $40 calls yesterday for $1.50. I need new bottle glasses!
No it was the $42's, and as bad calls go, it was a "gobstopper".
ALL RISE THE OPTION KING IS IN DA HOUSE'
Feeling frisky?
LRN Sep 2023 42.000 call @$1.55
1.5500-0.2500 (-13.8889%)<---- slight discount wish it was more.
They'll have to go up 100%+ for Stoney to break even.
It is a good stock though... Stoney was just out of his league on this one, flipping a coin on an earnings play as usual completely clueless to fundamentals vs option writers for earnings on low volume stocks.
The real play here was to buy the underlying, knowing that it is such a quality stock that the otm options would be way jacked up..... but that's graduate level stuff for a guy that doesn't even understand the concept of covered calls.
Look at the premiums on the the December strikes vs Sept.
>>> Solid stock, but the Sept's expire before 9/20 and Powell.
Sept CPI is 9/13.
The front running of that could start as early as next Tuesday. Week one in Sept at the latest. Depending on where the dip buying kicks in, there might be a little more pain prior to.
Either way... write this down.... as promised, we have updated the 2023 prediction of "it will close lower than 2022" near term. Sept will close much higher than where we are now.... on the Naz at least. The verdict on the 2023 close is still out. But September.... watch out above.
