February 21, 2020 

 

Get Irked's Speculation in Play - February 21, 2020

The Week's Biggest Winner & Loser

Virgin Galactic (SPCE)

Virgin Galactic (SPCE) takes home the biggest winner once again, but this time with a... *yawn*... +18.10% weekly increase.

Man, this one's slowing down, isn't it? /sarcasm

Yeti (YETI)

Despite a good quarterly report, the short-sellers continue to slam down Yeti (YETI), causing the company to lose -3.23% this week and earning it the title of Biggest Loser.

Portfolio Allocation

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Positions

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Target Position Size

Portfolio Breakdown

Year-to-Date Performance

Current Position Performance

Virgin Galactic (SPCE)*

+493.71%*

1st Buy: 10/31/2019 @ $9.87
Current Per-Share: (-$0.15)

Yeti (YETI)

+434.40%*

1st Buy: 2/26/2019 @ $23.23
Current Per-Share: -($7.07)*

Tradeweb Mkts (TW)

+65.67%

1st Buy: 4/8/2019 @ $39.22
Current Per-Share: $31.27

Twitter (TWTR)

+44.87%

1st Buy: 10/30/2019 @ $29.79
Current Per-Share: $26.45

Pinterest (PINS)

+21.34%

1st Buy: 5/16/2019 @ $25.72
Current Per-Share: $18.35

Revolve Group (RVLV)

-16.84%

1st Buy: 6/13/2019 @ $39.06
Current Per-Share: $25.25

SPY 2/28 Puts

-89.31%

Cost: 2/12/2020 @ $3.415
Current Value: $0.365

* Indicates a position where the capital investment was sold.
Profit % for * positions = Current Gross Profit / Original Capital Investment

This Week’s Moves

Pinterest (PINS): Profit-Taking

After Facebook (FB) announced its copycat app for Pinterest (PINS) last week, I've been carefully managing the profits I have in this position.

PINS tried to snap its tight leash on Monday, breaking through a few key levels with me selling a substantial portion of my shares at an average price of $22.96. The sales reduced my per-share cost by -14.84% from $21.76 to $18.53. 

If Pinterest falls below $20.77, its most recent weekly monthly low (and a low since before its excellent earnings report), I'll be closing my position with a lifetime gain target in the range of 8-9%. A market-wide sell-off is one thing, but even with Facebook's (FB) history of not actually beating off competitors with copycats, there's simply too much downside risk in this stock to turn a profit into a loss.

PINS closed the week at $22.48, down -2.09% from my average selling price.

Yeti (YETI): Added to Position

Despite thinking I had waited too long to take profits in Yeti (YETI) last week, it turns out I hadn't as shorts continued to push down the stock despite the company reporting some damn decent earnings with their last quarterly report.

I replaced some of the shares I sold last week when Yeti dropped below $32 on Monday, buying at $31.83. The order captured a discount of -8%  from some of the shares I sold just last week at $34.60.

I'm still playing with the house's money in this name, even after Monday's buy, but I will definitely add more if it drops through $30.

 YETI closed the week at $31.78, down -0.16% from where I added on Monday.

Want Further Clarification?

As always, if you have questions about any of my positions or have positions of your own that you're curious about - feel free to leave a comment below!