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Late To The Party Option Players - Disney

Can late to the party option traders make money? It's something to consider? These Call options expire this Friday. There was news on it before the opening today. The second chart below a few minutes later shows it hanging tough. At 10:01 a.m. we now checking out the Puts. The bid and ask on the Puts are very tight. That also makes us ask what happened to the Disney 101 Calls that we first looked at? Here is what the chart now looks like. More Call option players have jumped in to play the upside that the downside. Might one do a spread and try to play it both ways hoping for a breakout either way? That's an option to consider. Disney has being a dog of a stock now for a year so might some profit taking set in? How is Disney going to pay for another theme park? With that on their plates forget any share buy back programs. They are taking on new risks in a period of global uncertainity. Are late to the party option traders best just to stay away from this unexpected situ...

Some Notes on Playing Apple

In my last blog I almost made it sound to easy to play Apple Calls and Puts. Let me set the stage with yesterdays and todays action. First. here is how the market was up this Thursday and here is what I did.
This chart shows Apple's Wednesday and Thursdays trading movement. I bought Puts on Apple on Wednesday at 3:13 p.m. which was June 21st only to watch Apple jump upwards in price on Thursday morning. Biden made the news saying saying "We've struck a deal" refering to infrastruture spending and everything surged upwards. Obviously I was misinformed on current events. My Puts expire on Friday (tomorrow) which means all my money in this position is at risk. Then also I was running around all day doing other things and missed a selling opportunity to get out at a slight profit. Look at how this series of Puts traded today.
What did I learn from this experience? Well I should have paid closer attention to Bidens working schedule for the day. That's something you can google that. (Caterpillar and Boeing both surged on his news of infrastructure spending). I learned that on a Thursday morning when things are going against you with any short term option position you don't throw in the towel. I learned to be patient as Apple slowly sold off in the afternoon and I was accepting of just getting back my money. Smart money can play Apple. Look at how this series of Puts sold down the the 45 cent range on the strong openinging this morning. So many option traders consider Apple options to be one of their "go to" stocks to play. Very few options priced below a dollar a contract with two or three days to go before they expire can give you such a ride for the money.

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