Dec. 22 at 5:29 PM
$RIG Didn't like that retail registered a volume of 2014 when OI on s4c was only 1001. Bid - Ask .10 - .14. Now evidence of damping down of SP with barcoding. Sold 2800 shares @
$4.09 and sold covered calls 200 contracts @ 0.13. This is a short week because of the holidays. Makes no sense to buy a time value call option, when they just showed you how easy it was to bring the SP down from
$4.55. Stay away from near term options, you are just gambling and throwing money away, and giving MM a reason to cap SP at
$4 by 12/26/25. Whoever was foolish enough to buy 200 contracts @ .13, you just threplus transaction costs. As barcoding is still going on, bid - ask is now .10 - .12, effectively trapping you at a loss. You also lost time value because ........
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