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Twenty-four hours ago, I did a post called Sealing the Deal in which I pointed out the importance to the market as a whole for the NVDA gap to be sealed. Well, it did so (and, just to be a smart-ass, the market decided to get cute and very briefly pushed past the gap, even though this was utterly unnecessary and uncalled for).
A few days ago, I did a post called Old Grandad which related the tale of a young man who took his entire $1.2 million inheritance, shoved it into the “sure thing” of March 21 $40 calls on DJT, and promptly lost $500,000.
In the bizarre video he did, which was sort of a financial sadomasochism kink-fest, he was crying that the options had crumbled in value to about $5.05. People BEGGED him to take his losses and be done with it, but he steadfastly refused.
Well, I just looked, and that $5.05 would look awfully good right now. The current bid on the option is $1.45, less than a third of its value during the freak-out video. In other words, his $500,000 loss has blossomed to over $1,000,000. Notice how much bigger the open interest is than the other strikes? Yeah, that’s him.