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It's not hijacking if you comment on it . And, while I'm down today, I have not gone down MORE as the day progressed (as the price went from 161-162.50, it did not change the value of my position -- got to love the high delta long position). So, like you, I'm leaning toward waiting -- even a $1.00 retracement will give me either more of a credit for next week in rolling or might give me a profitable exit.

What are the most liquid options you ask? Using OptionVue's "Greatest dollar volume of options traded" scan: (DVO - multiply the number of option contracts traded times the price they traded at, and add all of them up for a ticker...across all strikes and months) (Volty = volatility. Pctl is the volatility percentile, based on the last 2 years.) I used a filter of minimum price $15/share.

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