Short Trade in AAPL

Apple has been a top performer all year. The uptrend has been a thing of beauty – steadily marching higher since January.

But that ride is over. The stock fell 10% in a week and still failed to attract buyers. It finally broke down last week before reversing higher.

But that rally failed. And AAPL is again breaking through short-term support.

Traders may consider selling short AAPL stock here in a bet that it will go lower still. This is a very low-risk trade since you could place a buy stop at $182 and risk less than 3% on the trade.

Given the high price of the stock, it may be easier to simply buy a put option, like the AAPL $175 put that expires on October 20.