Yeah. I was expecting a 50 cent pop in APHA even if the news was mediocre. The thing was so beaten down. People were simply bracing for the worst. I like the risk reward when that happens, especially if I'm buying liquid options. The only risk is the premium paid.
I admire your balls. Told some of my buddies that it would be a calculated risk to play the earnings.. nothing is ever 100% in trading but when you've got odds a decent amount over 50% of success, that's when you pull the trigger.
APHA has done nothing but disappointed since forever really so I was really worried that ther would indeed be some red flags. Saw it as a +20 or -20% kind of day. As ME likes to point out, I'm a baby back bitch who isn't comfortable with that kind of potential downside so I bowed out. They clearly blew the roof off, hence the 40%.
Kudos to you. Took some balls.
If we get continuation Tuesday I will look to add more on next consolidation. I'm pretty locked and loaded but I still have a lot of ammo on the sidelines in case of further slippage. Labs has my attention. If they break resistance, it's basically thin air for awhile. Earnings coming up there and from all accounts they're going to be smashing.
Other than that, I may want to go in on one more MSO. Hard to argue against CURA. The leaders are always nice to have. But honestly I'd probably go in deeper on OH before I make a play there. A single headline of the deal going through and it's a quick 20% at minimum. Biggest upside there, and IMO far too much uncertainty is priced in. Second looks are a formality in a new industry.
As of right now I've got (in order of most held):
GTII
OH
CBII
IAN
Holding some CBII bags but I'm comfortable with my average. Love them as an ancillary play. Need an extraction play I feel and LABS is probably going to be the one.
I'm still not fully comfortable going into LPs. I think they'll do well but MSOs and even extraction plays have to have higher upside heading into the fall. MSOs feel more bottom-ish and honestly they have been beaten up far more than most LPs outside of APHA really. Extraction plays have been the way to go all year and in a trend reversal they could see even more upside. Explosive potential there imo.
Oh and GTII and Cresco are major players in Illinois. They legalize in January. That's a big time market. Not sure I'll hold all the way until January but between that, earnings for the big boys coming up at the end of August, SAFE, and any potential political advancement, I'm seeing some real catalysts coming up in the US.