- The document discusses intraday trades made in Tesla (TSLA) stock on January 14, 2014 after it reversed from a double bottom pattern. - Five call option positions were taken as TSLA trended higher throughout the day, with gains captured at points ranging from 1.5 to 9.5 points. - In total, around 20 points of gain were captured from the intraday involvement in TSLA calls by taking advantage of the momentum and scaling in and out of positions.

1. TSLA Intraday Trend Trade
after Reversal off Double
Bottom
Deborah Knighton
1/14/2014

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3. Big Picture
• Aftermakinganall time highonDecember 31st, the
SPY
consolidatedforsevendaysthenreversedloweryest
erdaymovingitout of itsconsolidation box.
• Todaytheoverseasmarketsweremixed in Asia and
were trading slightlylower in Europe prior tothe
open.
• Thefutureswere up
thismorningonbetterthanexpectedretail sales and
the SPY gapped up and
continuedtotrendhighertherest of theday.

4. The Big Picture
SPY reversed below the
bottom of the box
yesterday on above
average volume

5. TradeStrategy
• Trade a reversalon a longer time frame
• Waitforreversalconfirmationtoenter
• Getlucky! (Positive newscameoutafteralready
in thetrade)
• Tradetheintradayuptrend

6. Intraday Fundamentals
• TSLA tradeswith a Beta of 1.2, averagevolume of 10.6
million shares, and has an ATR of 7.4.
• TSLA has a short interest of 50.7%.
• TSLA isrankedby IBD as #1 in theautomotive sector and has
a grading of 72 78 97 C D D+.
• Therewererecallrumorscirculating in
themorningthatwerelaterclarifiedthatiswasfor software
updates, nothingto do withthefires.
• A headlinethat Tesla had 6900 car deliveries in Q4
causedthe shares to pop.
• ElonMusk’sappearanceon CNBC laterhelpedpropel TSLA
shares evenhigherthroughouttheday.

7. LongerTermTechnicals

8. ShorterTermTechnicals
October pivot low
Downtrend
Channel

9. IntradayTechnicals
After the news pop TSLA
retraced back to VWAP where
it caught a bounce, then
trended up the rest of the day
News Pop
Retrace and
bounce off VWAP
Double Bottom

10. Reading the Tape
• I wasusingoptionsforthesetrades so I usedthe
tape toget a general idea
forwherebuyersweresupportingthebid and
wheresellerswerestepping in whenever TSLA
wasnear a keysupportorresistancelevel.
• I noticedthat TSLA put in a
doublebottomafterselling off
thismorning, thentraded up tothe flat line
whereitconsolidatedjustabove VWAP.
• Todaywasprettyeasytoreadthe tape
duetothevolatility and volume.

11. Trade Management
6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bought 1 Call for 4.70 at 11:15
Bought 1 Call for 5.22 at 11:21
Sold 1 Call for 4.91 at 11:24
Bought 1 Call for 4.85 at 11:27
Sold 1 Call for 8.40 at 11:44
Sold 1 Call for 11.18 at 11:48
5
2
1
3
4
*Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions
First Position usingtheJan 24’14 139 Calls

12. Trade Management
2
1.
2.
Bought 1 Call for 4.55 at 12:12
Sold 1 Call for 5.18 at 12:19
1
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Second Position usingtheJan 17’14 142 Calls

13. Trade Management
2
1
1.
2.
Bought 1 Call for 3.50 at 12:21
Sold 1 Call for 4.97 at 12:37
*Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions
Third Position usingtheJan 24’14 150 Calls

14. Trade Management
October pivot low
1.
2.
Bought 1 Call for 4.63 at 2:30
Sold 1 Call for 5.05 at 3:00
1
2
Missed this move
After closing third position, I took
some tie to chill, eat lunch, and
watch a Playbook presentation
until about 2:00
*Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions
Fourth Position usingtheJan 17’14 155 Calls

15. Trade Management
2
1
1.
2.
Bought 1 Call for 5.90 at 3:16
Sold 1 Call for 7.05 at 3:29
*Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions
Fifth Position usingtheJan 24’14 157.5 Calls

16. Trade Management
3 points
October pivot low
2 points
4 points
9.5 points
1.5 points
20 points total
captured
*Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions
Summary of IntradayInvolvement in Calls

17. TradeReview
• I wasveryhappywithmyentries and exitstoday trading TSLA.
• I struggledwithwhetherthetradesweregoingto be intradayonlyor
swing. I am contentwithmy final decisiontogo flat TSLA at theend of
theday.
• Aftergiving up allmyprofitsyesterdayonmy swing positions, today I
wascompletlyokaywithmissingoutonsome of themoves. There are
plenty of tradesoutthere and I am muchlessstressedwhen I am in
thetradeonlywhenitisgoingtherightway.
• I usedtwocalls in thefirst position toscale in and out. Later I
onlyusedonecall as thetradeswerebasicallymomentumscalptrades.
• Thesetrades are scalable. Whenmy portfolio increases I can put
more money at risktoenterthetradeswith more calls and addtothe
positions.