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Back in September when I was involved in the Apple and Tesla splits I made a lot of money because of LEAPS. I owned a bunch with both Apple and Tesla. I sold most to lock in profit, but I did hold onto a few. I still own 8 contracts with Apple and 1 with Tesla. I just sold my 1 Tesla LEAPS.
I bought the 1 contract on 9/3. It was a 6/17/22 $420 Call and I paid a $170 premium for $17,000.
After moving up and down since the split, today Tesla received an upgrade from Morgan Stanley. As I write the stock is up $50. This position has been in losing territory for a while. With today’s pop I went into the positive. I know there’s a long time left to this contract but I like to lock in profit. I sold the position for $195 locking in a $2500 profit.
9/3/20 – Buy to Open 1 TSLA 6/17/22 $420.00 C @ $170.00
11/18/20 – Sell to Close 1 TSLA 6/17/22 $420.00 C @ $195.00
Profit $2500
After a big pop many times a stock will pull back. I liked the nice round figure of $2500 so I grabbed it. If there is a pull back I can always jump back in, but for now I’m out with a nice gain. I held the position for 2 months and got a return of 14.7%. Not the greatest return for buying options but many people lose money when buying. I’ll take it!
Just another example of why buying longer term options is much better than buying short term options. If this was a short term option I would have lost money because after the split the stock pulled back.
Successful trading,
Steve
The Options Coach