I can't imagin taking a long posiiotn into this weekend. Probably means it won't happen, but feels a bit like the 21st.
I bought 4 GOOGL Sept25 700 calls at $0.25. Order filled at 14:18:05 ET today when GOOGL was trading at $664.26 - GOOGL closed at $660.92. Monday will be a very important day for this trade.
If you were trading a longer term chart, then in a way you are trading a forecast based on your research, nowt wrong with that.
Variables constantly change...that's why it's so hard to predict the (longer) future. it's easier...more or less...to just predict the 'future' of the day ahead in the morning before the markets open.