Well, it isn’t my family’s fault, I can tell you that much. The Knight household spends thousands of bucks at LULU each year (it’s, umm, not for me), but it didn’t seem to save them after hours:

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I’d like to tell you about a trading error as it’s happening in real time.
A couple of days ago, I bought MDB puts. They came out with earnings, and the stock soared. I dumped the puts the next day at a 50% loss.
I therefore have earnings-terror-on-the-brain. I thus sold my COST puts at about a 100% profit, even though I think the pattern is still dynamite. Thus, I am out of position, guaranteeing the stock collapses after the close today when earnings are announced.
Just sayin’.



