CAT Puts

It's Thursday after the close. 1) This is how Apple closed. What I am showing is it's five day chart.Today Apple had it's largest one day drop of the week. 2) Here are it's Calls and Puts on one series of options that expire tomorrow. We are showing the 262.50 series of Calls and Puts. I am impressed by how tight the bids and asks are. Some other stocks like Walmart also trade like this. ......... 3) Look at the price increase on the Puts today. This was a day when the D.J.I.A dropped 669 points on the day. These Calls now look cheap to me, but who needs to be in a game like this? There is no tommorows after one day options. Most short term option traders avoid the stress of holding last day options going into the final day of their trading lives. There will always be new action in tomorrows trading session. Let's watch and see what happens. *** So Apple dropped $13.77 on the day and the 262.50 Calls which are "out-of-the-money" by $.77 cents now cost $...

First let's start with Big Bear Al. Ai stocks in the last couple of weeks have fallen out of favor. Ai stocks are known to suprise. .. Now Nio. These options have excellent liquidity and the stock has had a recent earning's report. The next stock is Hertz which has struggled as of late. It does jump on occassion. Now a Thursday morning update. 1) BigBear Ai. 2) Nio. Numerous Youtube videos talk about this stock. That doesn't necessarily make it a good buy. 3) Hertz. Short term options on stocks in the $5.00 range. Now is how they closed out Thursday. ... ... What didn't help is that the D.J.I.A. was down 667 points on the day. To be continued.

Here are how things are set up for the opening. Now it's one and five day charts. .. So the stock is down like $75.00 from it's peak opening two days ago. It's Wednesday and these option now have three days of life left in them. $14.97 is the price this one series of Calls closed at. This kind of a chart formation looks kind of ugly. A flat opening. There is not much happening in the first twenty minutes of trading yet the D.J.I.A is up.. It's a Wednesday and for one week option traders these are often turn around days. It didn't happen. Eli Lilly danced around and then sold off on the close on Wednesday. Here is the pricing of the 1,025 Calls going into Thursday morning. They cost $9.00 and are $10.00 "out-of-the-money" with only two trading days to go. Does reading all this curb your appetite for wanting to play situations like this? If nothing else, it gives you an appreciation for how dangerous this game can be. Let's see what happens next....