Charts are my best mentors and moving averages are my best teachers.
Entering into Monday Morning I am long Apple with an in the money $610 strike weekly call option but I am hedged with an out of the money $620 weekly put. Like me many traders see indecision with that doji candlestick laying right on the 100 day ema support line. This is the first time all year I have implemented a hedge and not been in a purely directional trade. But, with this option play structure I will capture the full upside of a possible bounce and run with Apple into earnings but my losses are capped to only a few hundred dollars if Apple does rollover under the 100 day ema and 100 day sma and falls towards the 200 day sma at $575 next week. From looking at the chart my belief is that the lowest we will go is the 100 day sma at about $622 that is the probable support area. The resistance level on the upside is at the 5 day ema of $636.55, if we have trouble getting over that line intra-day then it is a good place to take profits on bounces. If we break and close above the 5 day ema then that is my sign to get long with a possible change in trend into earnings. From chart history it looks like this is now a dangerous place to be short and a short covering rally could happen at any moment along with positions being taken by funds for longer term investments at this attractive price point for a value play with a 15 P/E ratio. In the long term time frame this stock is still in an uptrend and at its support level. This is the crossroads, the bottom of the uptrend or the top of a new downtrend. My bet is slanted to the upside.
I will be long with no hedge with a close above the 5 day ema $636ish currently but this target moves fast.I will ride the long until earnings if it stays above the 5 day ema.
I will hold my put option and go solely short by selling my call option with a close below the 100 day ema targeting the 200 day as the next chance to get long.
