Quote from newwurldmn:
think you might be right...
professional trader. says he's short half his account. it's a 5k account (unless you live in a village in india... and even then you would have to be a street child).
doesn't specify upfront that he's shorting through puts...
Yeah, half an account in a short does not equal 40D in a long put. If he's smart (big if) he'll take the money as source of funds for something reasonable.
In reality he's at 20% exposure and it looks sim to me from the tape.
Regardless, his target in the mid-500s is silly. It's not going to trade under $595 prior to earnings. He's paying 700-800 over post-report vol to short some deltas.
PCLN is the short. Massive run up and will be taken down in sympathy if AAPL misses and no report premium.