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Post by mark on Feb 21, 2024 6:50:21 GMT -8
This is particularly interesting because most of the existing sports apps are so bloated that they take forever to collect the salient data I am interested in (basically I'm first interested in the current scores, and then later might click through to see other data and/or articles). 9to5mac.com/2024/02/21/apple-sports-app-realtime-stats/
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Post by macster on Feb 21, 2024 7:06:41 GMT -8
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Post by Lstream on Feb 21, 2024 7:32:06 GMT -8
Feels like a very light version of theScore. And somehow it knew which team I follow on that app. Not really seeing a reason on why I would switch.
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Post by 4aapl on Feb 21, 2024 9:24:24 GMT -8
Want a complex way to try to make a few bucks on AAPL? With a title of "There's Only One Way To Lose With This Apple Option Trade", what could go wrong? www.investors.com/research/options/apple-stock-option-broken-wing-butterflyMaybe I'm just not on it this morning, or maybe their wording isn't great, but I just wasn't seeing the trade gains and risks with their description: I think they just used different terms than I was expecting, meaning "downside" as the stock going down, not that the investment did bad. And that "worst that can happen"? Well, maybe he is putting out too many articles and just copied/pasted into the wrong place, unless you consider a $40 gain worse than a $460 loss. I don't think I ever set up an iron condor trade. A normal spread is complex enough for me. But I like to at least understand the more complex stuff, so here it is: Basically they all cancel out if above 180, leaving that $40 gain from the difference in initial price, and assuming no trading costs. The best gain would be right at 175, getting $5 per share for those 180 puts, plus that initial $40, for a gain on a block of 100 of $540. The largest loss would be at 165, or anything below there. You'd lose a net $5/share, with a slight boost from that initial $40 benefit. And the net 0 level would be just a little below 170. That seems pretty complex to me, though it's just not something I have looked at too much. OTOH, if someone felt it likely AAPL would be around 175 in 3 months, and wasn't likely to close outside of the 170-180 range, this would be one way to try to make a few bucks.
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Post by mark on Feb 21, 2024 11:25:03 GMT -8
Want a complex way to try to make a few bucks on AAPL? With a title of "There's Only One Way To Lose With This Apple Option Trade", what could go wrong? www.investors.com/research/options/apple-stock-option-broken-wing-butterflyMaybe I'm just not on it this morning, or maybe their wording isn't great, but I just wasn't seeing the trade gains and risks with their description: I think they just used different terms than I was expecting, meaning "downside" as the stock going down, not that the investment did bad. And that "worst that can happen"? Well, maybe he is putting out too many articles and just copied/pasted into the wrong place, unless you consider a $40 gain worse than a $460 loss. I'm pretty sure they meant to write "On the upside, the worst that can happen is all the puts expire worthless, leaving the trader with about a $40 return." because the immediate next paragraph explains the worst case on the downside. Maybe an ignorant editor took it out before publication? It's not super-complex, because it is easily modeled in Excel. But these people are evidently amateurs because they don't think things completely through. For example, they write "The worst that can happen is all the puts expire worthless, leaving the trader with about a $40 return." Is that really the worst thing they can think of? Right off the bat, I can think of other scenarios that could affect this trade dramatically. And that could require all sorts of additional capital. The simplest example is - what if someone exercises those 2 short puts against you? Ah, you might say it "can't happen" or is unlikely. Well, I beg to differ, it happens, and it happens all the time when it is economically profitable to do so. I've been on both sides of that trade, I've had puts exercised against me, and I've exercised puts against others. It's even worse with calls, because short calls are much more often exercised right before ex-div days to swipe the dividend when profitable. And then they put this nonsensical statement in the article - "It's important to remember that options are risky and investors can lose 100% of their investment." It is literally not true for this particular combination of trades. The beauty of options trades is that with the proper combinations and strike prices, you can select ANY risk level you choose to accept. Anyway, in and of itself, it looks like a reasonable trade.
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Post by ono on Feb 21, 2024 12:49:06 GMT -8
From yesterday post re free cash flow. Finally figured out my problem posting a graphic. Doomed!
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Post by 4aapl on Feb 21, 2024 13:35:55 GMT -8
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Post by 4aapl on Feb 21, 2024 15:34:39 GMT -8
Just clicked on my AVP tab to see the wait times. In the SFBay area, 8 to 10 of the 12 displayed stores had stock available to be picked up today, depending on version.
The ship time is still March 1-7th for all models. It seems like Apple is really pushing people to come to the stores, probably mainly for fit and QA (quick in-store replacement if there was an issue). But the side benefits of making the customers feel special, potentially selling other items, and likely slightly minimizing the pass thru to grey markets are likely on the list too.
On that "feel special" side, my parents brought in their 27" iMac which apparently had a bad stick of memory. They talk about how the guy was so careful and making them feel special, nearly cerimoniously folding their screen cover while unloading their iMac. It took a day or three to fix it, and I think Apple might have ended up switching out the machine since they had to recover from a backup. I'm sure it cost a lot, and I would have just swung by Best Buy and picked up a pair of memory sticks, likely at a third of the cost and only 1 hour of downtime. But they were really impressed by the process and customer focus, and so weren't bugged by the price or downtime.
Some articles have talked about customer demos being available for the AVP now, even for those of us that aren't ready to buy. I'll have to schedule one of these when I'm going to be near a store or once our snowy season ends.
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Post by hledgard on Feb 21, 2024 18:46:16 GMT -8
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Post by 4aapl on Feb 21, 2024 20:28:20 GMT -8
It seems like a common complaint is the weight, even with the battery pack elsewhere. For people who have used it, is this a problem? Is it that so much of the weight is in the front? Out of curiosity I just weighed my ski helmet and goggles, that I sometimes wear for 7 hours straight. It weighs 26 oz, compared to the AVP's 20oz. And interestingly (only to me) I just switched helmets a day ago, and this new one weighs 4 oz more than my old one. I didn't notice a difference putting it on or after 3 hours of use. Of course a ski helmet is much more balanced in weight than something that has most of the weight in the front.
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Post by Dave on Feb 22, 2024 0:42:39 GMT -8
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