RE: long-termThanks, JammerH -- no need to call Mama.
I am going to 'fogeddaboudit' in trying to read the vagaries of the After Hours markets to try to interpret Big Trade spurts.
I am concluding that small time investors are helpless in these trading frenzies and there is really not much you CAN do about it!
Just a few choices remain:
1) get out and re-enter when things appear to have calmed down. OR, 2) learn to Swing Trade?
In either choice, you still don't have a reliable way to predict how long these spurts are going to last.
When Big Trading occurs there must be a point to it all; so that short-term traders can make money!
Options with the biggest predictive numbers MAY be the populist opinion to follow for Swing Trade indicators. Or, maybe that is exactly what Big Traders want you to do, while they have hedged their bets with a percentage of opposite Options trades . . . a gamble and luxury most small-timers can't afford.
OH WELL< I have a feeling there is SO much more to learn.
Holding steady with BBD-B.TO; no big reason to jump out!