i'd like to see your PNL related to all this... this had to hurt.. you have been getting long in some way or another through every support you have stated ...
I don't know if you're reading the same thing I am, but the way I read it was his trade made money if AAPL was over 500 on 1/18. aapl closed at exactly $500 on 1/18 so I'd be guessing it didn't hurt at all!!
opps i read it wrong.. i actually started with credit spreads in apple... i would put them on after the spot had a good rate of change going down.. i quite literally stood in front of the price action.. becauase the otm's get over priced on surges i did well... of course if was off about things i could have gotton hurt.. but i chaulk it up to beginners luck.. and some risk adversion taking hold upon the realization that i was over positioned in the trades..