Welcome to Thursday Special!U.S. stocks experienced a mixed session, surprising investors regardless of beats or misses. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ beats the odds but takes a surprising dip of 10%, while $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ misses projections yet skyrockets by 10%. Share your stories of unexpected twists and turns in the stock market! 😲What unconventional moves have you seen? 💼📈To kick things off:If you have a 60% success rate in investing, it means out of 100 investments, you'll profit 60 times and lose 40 times. Setting both take-profit and stop-loss at 10% and -10% respectively results in a final return rate of 350%.🎁PrizesComment Rewards:All valid comments on the following post will receive 5 Tiger
@Optionspuppy has long been a Star Contributor in the Tiger Community, consistently providing valuable content. In trading, he primarily focuses on $Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF(QQQM)$ , $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ , $Manulife(MFC)$ , $Alphabet(GOOG)$ , and $Apple(AAPL)$ , and often utilizes the strangle option strategy for dividend stocks to generate income.He exercises caution in position management by keeping half of his available cash in Tiger vault to safeguard against market crashes. Currently, he has achieved a year-t
Who could have predicted back in March that things will take a dip in April 2024. Back then, everyday was a new test for the 3 Composite Indexes as they kept breaking new grounds, testing new limits. In less than a month, the market has become worse off than it was. (see below) How Did It Begin? If you asked me, it started around 10 Apr 2024 when US’s March CPI inflation data was released. (see above) This time round it came in much higher to the surprised of analysts. Headline inflation (3.5%) was higher than analysts’ forecast (3.4%) and was definitely higher than February’s data (3.2%). Initially Mr Powell tried his best to calm the market with his dovish remarks; while his team mates were more hawkish. Eventually on 16 Apr 2024, Mr Powell had to concede that falling inflation has grind
I closed 1 lot(s) $AMD 20240426 145.0 PUT$ ,This 145 Strike put expired worthless, thus keeping the full premium collected. This contract was opened/sold about 2.5weeks ago was a bit of a rollercoaster ride drifting in and out of profitability and loss, on paper that is. However manage to ride it out as AMD stayed about this 145 strike which also supported by the 200 EMA. Usually would have sold another contract before the weekend, however, AMD will be reporting earnings this coming week, couldn’t quite grasp where AMD might be heading with its report, decided to stay on the sidelines for now.
I closed 1 lot(s) $PLTR 20240426 21.0 PUT$ ,This PLTR put contract was opened a little too hastily, on the 15th this month (about 2 weeks ago) PLTR slide aplenty along with the market, thinking it was a good time to sell option however the market continues to Trent lower, making this contract remain mainly in red. Last 2 trading days, PLTR manage to stay about 21 to render this contract worthless. Moving forward, looking to sell more put contract but only if it’s below 21 strike.
I closed 1 lot(s) $PLTR 20240426 21.0 PUT$ ,This PLTR put contract was opened a little too hastily, on the 15th this month (about 2 weeks ago) PLTR slide aplenty along with the market, thinking it was a good time to sell option however the market continues to Trent lower, making this contract remain mainly in red. Last 2 trading days, PLTR manage to stay about 21 to render this contract worthless. Moving forward, looking to sell more put contract but only if it’s below 21 strike.
@Optionspuppy has long been a Star Contributor in the Tiger Community, consistently providing valuable content. In trading, he primarily focuses on $Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF(QQQM)$ , $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ , $Manulife(MFC)$ , $Alphabet(GOOG)$ , and $Apple(AAPL)$ , and often utilizes the strangle option strategy for dividend stocks to generate income.He exercises caution in position management by keeping half of his available cash in Tiger vault to safeguard against market crashes. Currently, he has achieved a year-t