July 25, 2022
Intraday Update: UPST, CAG
A mixed morning is making for a slower start to what should be an incredibly busy week. Both of the proposed trade ideas from last night's letter are above their respective action areas, however, so we need to make some early adjustments on the strategies:
- With UPST down another ~4% this morning and already at/under 25, some of the potential is being removed from the trade. While I do think there is still potential room lower, the proposed Aug19 $26 - $21 put spread no longer makes sense from a risk to reward perspective. Instead, we will move forward with a lower debit put fly with a midpoint at 20:
- Long Aug19 $24/$20/$16 put fly (standard ratio 1x2x1)
- The CAG Sep16 $34 put has been slightly above the action area this morning, but the overall trade thesis still stands. We will adjust the action area up to $1.25 -$ 1.50 to get involved. Also, we will slightly increase the technical stop to 34.30, though this is still a very tight stop from the current 33.85 level.
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