### Comment:
I'd take new positions further out at the better price rather than averaging down on 8/17....often I'm too early and a week after I expire/implode it rockets after being down for weeks.

### REPLY:
The week after earnings on AAPL I wanted to shoot myself. All my 167.5 and 170 calls expired and then Monday there was a fucking explosion. Lesson learned. I also got burnt on JD calls last year, not nearly as bad, but come January they would’ve been deep ITM... sigh 
  
 Edit: LESSONS* learned. Good thing I’m still ‘young’

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