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Costco. It's Short Term Options

 Options on stocks in the $1,000  range often move  50%  or more in only a matter of  minutes on the opening on Wednesday and Thursday's . The trick is to  anticipate correctly which way the markets are going to move. That's a fools game you might say? Yes and no. It may not be a game you ever play but it might be something to consider to put in your bag of tricks when you are on a role. One thousand dollar stocks sometimes move five, ten or fifteen dollars on the day. If you have profits it's best to take them quickly. Costco is a prime example of that. Let's look at this mornings action. First it's five day and one day charts. Tuesday's trading was kind of choppy. Might it drop on the opening tomorrow? Here is a look at where the 1,035 series of Puts closed that expire this Friday. They closed at $8.50. It looks like Costco cycled up about five times yesterday. Given a weak market opening doesn't it stand to reason a three or four or five dollar will be i...

Working The Market To Make $200.00 On A Friday Morning

"Boeing" was nervous on the opening and "Caterpillar" flexed it's muscles in the usual way. I had an hour to spare but wasn't interested in following the market all day so I did some trading, 3 buys and sells and got tired towards the end and closed out the third position to get on with my day. The end result was a $200.00 profit. Here is what it all looks like.
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I could have done better but I am o.k. with what happened. Early Friday morning trading can work well if your focused. I was out in just under 50 minutes."Boeing" closed down the day forty cents and "Caterpillar" closed up eighteen cents. It was a day which was difficult to break their bank.

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