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My portfolio idea - Going into 2023 betting on supply chains
AAL - American Airlines down 10% because of deltas numbers?
Boeing's Dip Sparks Rise in AAL, RACE, WEN Stocks
Forget $BA - sympathy plays will be hot - $AAL / $DAL / $LUV / $EADSY...
Forget $BA - $AAL / $DAL / $LUV / $EADSY...
$151,880 Total Gains and only 2 losing trades in 2023
Long Airline stocks Jets AAL UAL as of today
US airline stocks down today?
Can anyone tell me what max profit actually means?
Silly Stock Analysis: Can you make money by buying a stock on a given day of the week and selling it on a given day of the week
How do you close butterfly spreads in robinhood?
Can American Airlines fly above reined-in estimates in Q1? (NASDAQ:AAL)
Don't overlook these 3 upcoming earnings reports.
American Airlines Got Hammered Today! What Investors Should Keep An Eye On
American Airlines Got Hammered Today! What Investors Should Keep An Eye On
American Airlines Got Hammered Today! What Investors Should Keep An Eye On
Interra Copper (IMCX.c IMIMF) officially combines with Alto Verde Copper.
2023-03-09 Wrinkle-brain Plays (Mathematically derived options plays)
What can I say? I am hodling till the next bull market (maybe it is here?)
Most Important Earnings of the Day in the Stock Market 1/26/2023
Most Important Earnings of the Day in the Stock Market 1/26/2023
Why I'm getting AAL calls as an easy earning play
Why are airline companies still down if 99% pre-COVID traffic is expected this year?
Buying Calls and Shares of the Airline Industry
Past YOLO / Generally succeeded on AAL volatility all year. Now too terrified to touch it further.
American Airlines $AAL $UAL $DAL let’s support airlines and make traveling cheap for customers
215K Challenge! Road to $1M. Closed out the $70k CSP on RIOT! Added AMD, META, AAL and LYFT CSP’S!!
whales shorting AAL? all in the past week
Long DAL & Short AAL = it literally can't go tits up
Gevo Signs Sustainable Aviation Fuel Sales Agreement with American Airlines for 100 Million Gallons Per Year for Five Years
Should I do it? AAL dropped due to turbulence injuring passengers despite good earnings.
With sale to AAL, EVTL has potential for stock to takeoff
$500 in 15 minutes with $AAL. Enough for a round trip ✈️
DAL (Delta Airlines) looks like a good bet
Zombie Firms such as AMC, AAL, and CCL Face Slow Death in US as Era of Easy Credit Ends
As interest rates rise what companies with a lot of debt that could be considered zombie companies are you avoiding?
Rate hikes vs inflation - which one will destroy your portfolio and how to stop them
Frontier Airlines long or $SAVE +$ULCC merger play
AAL open interest is MASSIVE and in the money
What does bid to ask really mean?
AmericanAirlines - My SHORT trade idea - The trend is your friend
I’m new to options and not sure what I’m doing
The bull market was a good thing, not in the way you think though.
United Airlines plunges -15% due to skyrocketing jet fuel prices
Robinhood identified this trade as "High Risk" and closed it automatically on my behalf, costing me $175. Can they do this?
I have $200k cash and been waiting to jump in. What do you think about airlines?
American Airlines expects $1.2 billion pre-tax loss for fourth quarter
American Airlines expects $1.2 billion pre-tax loss for fourth quarter
Time to short travel and leisure industry?
AAL, DAL, LUV, UAL, CCL, RCL similar patterns - 30 min time frame
AAL-- Perfect Short Squeeze Maybe?
AAL ----Short Squeeze Opportunity???
TSA Count Surpassed 2019 count. AAL, DAL, UAL, JBLU
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Former AAL CEO and still true: "I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'" Crandall noted that since the airline deregulation of the 1970s, some 150 airlines had gone out of business. "A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money," he said."
I would prefere UAL over AAL. However, I've already burnt some money on airlines too, and I don't see the positive case for passenger airlines under current political and macroeconomic conditions.
Currently doing CSP on Sofi, AAL, ACHR, Ford, HTZ, and BBAI
I'm half dipped in AAL now. It expires in November, but I'm not sure what number I should sell at. I'm thinking 15 but I want 20. I guess I have a few months to decide.
Oh yea same here. Except with AAL I’m betting on a decline haha.
I sell options almost exclusively. Buying options has way more room to profit if you're profitable, but it's massive risk and you could lose everything. Selling options gives you a predefined return (the premium) and a known level of risk that's fairly easy to manage. Let's say I like to buy AAL with a price target of $10, and the current price is 10.50. I sell puts for strike price of 10.00 ,30 days out. I get a very nice little return, and either it's all profit, or I wound up buying the shares at a price I was confident in buying them at anyways, and then I either go long or sell calls until I get to am exit point from there. I still think individual shares are better, but I love selling puts when the price is just slightly too high. Or selling puts when the market is very low and I don't want to risk getting caught buying a fake floor that will keep falling
Theta decay is slower for LEAPS than shorter term options. Also, the deeper in the money the LEAPS is, the less theta decay will affect its value because more intrinsic value vs extrinsic value. I am running Poor Man's Covered Put in AAL right now. Long the Jan16 2026 $15 put with a delta of about .80 Short the May16 2025 $8.5 put with a delta near .12 Both legs in the green, and I sold the april puts before may. The short puts decay much faster than the long LEAPS puts (because they are low delta OTM and short expiration), so theta is my friend. I still need AAL to implode, but I can be patient while waiting for it to happen.
Week YOLO- GOT 3 - call options AAL - 10.5 expire 5/2 DAL - 46 expire 5/2 GOOGL (c) - 177.5 expire 5/2 -600$ investment / 50 calls total Will update 1/2 way or when something takes off
Of US airlines, AAL and UAL have the most international flights, I believe. Holding puts.
Holding longer duration ITM puts on AAL and UAL, selling shorter duration OTM puts against them.
AAL and LUV just chillin not doin a damn thing all week lol 😂 why did I buy June LEAPS for them
Yeah, AAL literally says travel 🧳 is fcked and still goes up for two days in a row. Just to spite me since I sold my shares for a $3k loss…..
AAL and NVDA calls in the am to sell in the pm
LUV and AAL both say that people are traveling less yet they pump. Wthhhhhhhh. I sold my AAL shares for a $3k loss yesterday. Wish I just held.
[The carrier said that it plans to “provide a full-year update as the economic outlook becomes clearer.”](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/american-air-aal-pulls-full-year-outlook-on-soft-travel-demand-worry?srnd=homepage-americas) No guidance AAL? cool cool...
AAL guidance: "Based on present demand trends, the current fuel price forecast and excluding the impact of special items, the company expects its second-quarter 2025 adjusted earnings per diluted share^(4) to be between $0.50 and $1.00. The company is withdrawing its full-year guidance at this time. American intends to provide a full-year update as the economic outlook becomes clearer."
wtf are AAL and LUV doing ?
Futures quiet after yesterday’s big rally Earnings today: $PG $LUV $PEP $AAL all bad. $DOW good $GOOG of course reports after the close. That’s the main event for today
AAL withdraws full-year guidance - Bloomberg
I've been running poor man's covered put on UAL for several weeks. Holding the July 85 put and selling puts against it. Mostly on the assumption that UAL and AAL are going to see international travel to the US drop off a cliff, and recession will take a bite out of domestic travel. That positive earnings report and some of these relief rallies have vaporized some of my profits, though trade is still well in the green. Might look to exit the trade on the next move down...assuming there is one. I've got more time on my AAL puts, and American looks weaker than United, so I'll probably concentrate on that one.
What kind of options strategy do you usually trade? The earning was out already on 4/15 so there isn’t any big event. LUV earnings was today and AAL is tomorrow - so most of the volatility is already out and things are mostly priced in. Given you mentioned target price, I assume you mostly bet on directional trades? Feel like that’s more affected by macro events now given earnings are out (so economics numbers and tariff related news etc)
I’ve got puts an AAL and I wish I had more… maybe I will get more.
20k-> $30 over the last 3 months. i bought 10 AAL $9 puts this morning. i need everybody here to manifest AAL bankruptcy tomorrow please and thank you
Glad I bought a call yesterday, timed the bottom perfectly on $AAL. Now if this doesn't all reverse in the real session and earnings go well on thursday I should be looking at north of 100% gain before too long.
AAL has wanted to merge with JBLU for quite some time but have been struck by District Court rulings. Pretty sure they appealed to the SCOTUS so we will see.
Alright, bought the $4 strike, december 2027 call on $AAL ahead of earnings. Can you tell I've been scarred for life with options? This time's different though...
Look all I'm saying is that this bullshit I planned yesterday is working. RIVN calls sold; AAL puts will sell later this week. Sitting on short LEFTs, bought low, overnight. this is not financial advice; I mean, look at it. https://preview.redd.it/9xgzn4yi8ewe1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66b022d5f3907f74577992c2084f730e3974ddf9
AAL puts too obvious? it’s already been beat down but i don’t think their earnings call could possibly be bullish
got in on some relatively cheap DAL puts, AAL and LUV earnings will send airlines further into the gutter
Buying AAL Calls all day long. Stock is way too low rn compared to the rest 
Maybe AAL if it dips to around 9 again
Would be surprised if AAL tanked even more, currently sitting at Covid lows could it really be worse than Covid LOL
Think I might just go all in on december 2027 $AAL calls. Bottom should be in once it skyrockets after earnings, basically no risk with that time horizon.
might get some AAL and LUV puts for earnings. Guidance is going to be *horrendous*. Some downside is currently baked in, doubt 100% of it is.
ELV pre announced earnings (similar business to UNH) and they expect to beat earnings estimate. They did, however, expand their Medicare Advantage enrollment… although they claim that it won’t be an issue for them (that’s the reason UNH dropped was costs associated with MA). Puts are imo too risky, so long as they don’t say anything dumb the stock goes up. General Motors has earnings on 4/29 BMO, considering grabbing puts as the guidance will be heavily dependent on raw materials & 🥭. Shorting Tesla seems like a bad move in general. American Airlines (AAL) looks like a good shorting opportunity, last quarter for them was embarrassing and I don’t see how the company can turn around now. Contrarily, LUV is in a slightly better spot than AAL, but I don’t see the benefit in playing their earnings. Intel is in a unique position as a semiconductor business, but tariffs for raw materials will make it difficult for the company to issue good guidance. The Google lawsuit is likely going to be a non-issue for earnings. The big mover for the week is probably a stock I didn’t mention tbh.
This has all come from AAL trades... Mostly short term put sells, but some stock purchases and wave riding as well... https://preview.redd.it/azn2j0wb6nve1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=48f51661c3828624913ec4b3f1201984a42b49d3
Ayyyy buddy! Yes. I have been buying and selling AAL for years. It's the only thing I trade. 9.65 is an ok cost basis for going long. You'll be alright. Maybe sell some calls on top of that for $10.50-11.50.
This and AAL has the highest incident report and was headlined in the big crash this quarter [airline outlooks](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/airlines-expected-to-cut-2025-outlooks-as-travel-demand-falters.html)
Stop buying calls/puts on AAL?
I usually expect a bounce to claw back some of the losses (modest 10-20% of total previous losses), but in this case the fall seems to be based on underlying fundamental issues so I think it will hold. That and 🥭 could drop a “truth” at any moment and swing the whole market 1k pts, so it’s anyones game. Probably safer to go after the next earnings calls (maybe Lockheed, TSLA, or AAL) than try to capitalize on what’s already happened with UNH 🤷♂️ That said, I am highly regarded
After the NEA break down AAL won’t want to acquire them. Too much debt and too much overlap from an acquisition standpoint. The alliance made sense to allow AAL to shift capacity as they wanted to reduce their own in the NE. UAL has a weird overlay with JBLU. Network wise, their overlap is advantageous from an extension standpoint - UAL has EWR and IAD, JBLU has JFK and DCA. East-West there’s not much overlap as JBLU focuses on west coast and UAL has a hub in DEN. So building hub/spoke would be a whole effort while also losing slots in JFK and DCA most likely. DAL already has a base in Boston. They also have LGA and JFK slots. So getting JBLU would probably see a loss of slots. I’m more convinced LUV will target Breeze if anything. It’s small and fits the strategy of not using major airports the best. Adding a major hub/spoke operation to the more decentralized LUV model would be a major effort. Air travel is run at a loss and really are just credit card companies in disguise. The new lounges and their Amex cards should keep them afloat to attract cardholders to create spend. At some point they probably will need to reorg but unless Frontier really wants to get into the CC more, I don’t see a viable buyer at this time. The legacy carriers are too big and weighed down, and the ULCC run too bare bones to add on JBLU’s operation.
Oh, good point.. But still, some are fairly affordable. I only do AAL and at ~10 a share you could sell one for just 1k in collateral. But that does make sense, I forgot about that haha
Shit, I just buy and sell AAL shares and options every day.... Sometimes I close out my positions earlier when I get shook, but the answer is always to buy and then sell more AAL, or sell more puts on AAL.
Thinking of AAL puts. Delta and UAL got a bounce due to uncertain guidance but I think AAL might fall.
It's called market rotation. The 3 major airlines (DAL, UAL, AAL) all rallied hard in the second half of last year. That's what happens in bull markets. Stocks go up. There doesn't always need to be a reason.
Anyone else buying calls on AAL for 5/2?
Fucking hell, last time I looked at AAL it was 18$. WTF happened?
I am currently running poor man's covered put in AAL and UAL with good results. Think airlines have further to fall. My PMCP in MCD is slightly in the green because the short puts burned up but the long put needs to make another move down or it's a busted trade. Have you considered selling credit spreads?
The new Mag 7 (By Market Cap. High-Low) : NMAX MSTR BULL DJT LUNR AAL and TSLL
I bought some calls today but I want everyone to know it’s only because everyone was saying AAL is shit- maybe inverse will finally help me
man have you flown AAL? The employees are checked out and their pilots and crews are bottom of the barrel ass. The company has repeatedly provided the absolute worst customer experience I’ve ever had in my life.
AAL been shit even before covid. Exit that shit and play something else bruh
Eh, prove me wrong but going long is not the feeling I've had playing with AAL recently.
Airline puts paid off well for me. And I don't think the effects had showed even up yet, at least not fully, in this current round of earnings calls (though AAL has yet to report), so there's more room to drop.
If AAL closes below 9.50 I swear to god
Dude that's calls. Also I got my fingers in AAL here this week don't jinx me.
I kinda like airlines here after Delta's Q results. With tariff situation kinda sane, people are gonna keep flying. DAL AAL UAL JBLU
I would call it a blend. For example, the S&P I was investing into I didn’t sell. The AAL I was buying, I sold 40% of it on this bounce.
https://preview.redd.it/oo8uv5w42vte1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cb3084aa79f88b9fecdd4d00853589674ffddc9 Never seen this before. AAL option up **1.3 BILLION %** good god.
Then choose a cheaper stock. F or AAL something. Low premiums on relative to uber flying price mean low probability of success.
My 7 AAL 4/11 $9.5 puts are up $45 total 
Hoping DAL issues soft guidance so my AAL puts also print
Airlines were the first to sound alarm on consumer slowdown. I’d be watching AAL or LUV
Holding AAL puts overnight, regarded? We’ll see
Damn sold an ITM call this morning on AAL and its out now, actually made a good move to the tune of like $10.
Damn I sold an AAL put ITM this morning and its out. Actually played something right for a change to the tune of like $10.
I might actually nail the dismount on my call and put sales if AAL goes below 9
AAL finally cratering, I’m finally green 😮💨
I’m poor so all my poots are in AAL. I’m still a 🌈 🐻 but I’m slowly getting back in the money :)
Trying to juggle my NVIDIA , AAL , OKLO and BUDUSSY calls while working the ER tomorrow gunna have me tweaking like guy fieri in a old country buffet on senior Tuesday with discount bacon
Good. I got fucked today when I sold a call, it defaulted the price to 0.19 a share when the listed price was 0.31. It executed at 0.19, and then the price... beamed up to 0.50-0.60 right after. Robinhood app be crazy. \~ I think in the first 15-30 minutes or so, the listed price is still the prior close price... not sure. but it went up so quick this morning that the chart for it (AAL 5/9 $11 call, sold this morning at open) was 0.31 at the start and was above it the whole time. That 0.19 seemingly came from nowhere... Rhood support said it was the bid price at the time, but the price it showed me on the options screen was different. Next time I will check more carefully... But anyways. Yeah. Hope the prices on things crash hard so i can get out of that stupid options position that instantly put me (4700 x 0.12) behind.
Airlines are a good idea. Especially AAL who was a big supporter of republicans.
I’m around your age and in a similar situation. I sold most of my portfolio a month ago before the Big Dipper occurred. I have around $100k to invest now. Start buying into a medium/large cap stock that is at a ten year low. Last week I bought 600 shares of AAL. I’ll keep buying back in little by little over the next few weeks/months.
I lost $15 on an AAL call so I'm right there with you fam
I’m just shorting things left and right and it seems to be working ? W ,DJT , AEO , AAL , JBU , SONO At some point the free fall will stop just gotta pay attention to when
I'm holding puts on AAL and UAL, as those two have the most international flights. Significantly in the green on both. I do think Europeans will boycott US travel and Latin Americans, too. Are there smaller carriers that have more exposure to Canada? Also puts on McDonalds, as the most conspicuous US restaurant chain with large international exposure. That hasn't panned out for me so far.
AAL is flattening, about to pump 2%
AAL is oversold, and about to pump
Puts on LUV and AAL.  Air travel going down faster than a Boeing
AAL has been a pretty safe buy under $10 and then sell it when it gets to around $17-20. Rinse and repeat.
Add to this super bad press people boycotting anything American, won’t help AAL either.
I only ever trade AAL stock over the last few years, and I don't think now is a good time to bet on the price going even lower in the short term; rather i'd bet on it **not** going much lower. It's already slid 30%+ in the last month, and is getting close to a 5 year low. I can't imagine it will go lower than $9/share in the near term before rebounding. Sell some puts for $9/share strike price, and if the price moves past that.... Sell a shit ton more @ $8. If either executes, just wait a little while for the price to climb back up and sell the shares, maybe sell calls on them for a strike price you'd be willing to sell the shares at...
# **TLDR** --- **Ticker:** AAL **Direction:** Down **Prognosis:** Short AAL **Reason:** Plane caught fire, Reddit advertising, and possibly bad margins. **Additional Note:** Marketing intern needs a raise (or firing).
AAL bounce possibly tomorrow
I’m up 10K on AAL already
schwab did that to me monday, i think it has to do with when you buy on margin and the stocks tanks like AAL did, they sold 2/3 of my position. they protect their capital. i fell below the 25k of my own $$. fuck trump and the hand granades he keeps throwing in the stock market.
Just been doing AAL puts for like the last three weeks gonna just keep doing that lol
damn...i almost pulled the trigger on AAL puts like a month ago too, when it was $17 expecting this but it never bounced to $18-19 like i wanted. just straight down since basically