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Walmart - Trying To Outsmart The System

I don't know if it is going to work. Buying a Call and an offsetting Put on the same stock with the same striking price with two days of trading life left in them. The logic is to sell one of the two if it gets a double or more, (hang on as long as you can), and earn a free ride in an offsetting change of direction. Look at this five day chart and you might see how this train of thought developed. Now a look at one Call series and one Put series. These options both have two full days of trading life left in them. Here is it's five day chart which looks like it might break out. It really takes a share price move of over $2.00 quickly, to make this a fun experience. Options priced in the $1.00 range can suprise. It also could be a total bust. Let's follow this action and see how it all plays out.Thursday morning. I missed tracking the action but this is what happened. The Puts really performed. Can you sell out and take a profit and play it for the upside? Hold that thoug...

Ford's Largest One Day Share Price of The Year - Or Santa Claus Came Early.

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Ok, so yesterday, a Thursday I looked at Ford because management was in the news saying they are going to stop taking more preorders on their upcoming F150 electric truck. They have too many orders. They were also saying look out world - we are going electric. V.W. and Toyota were also making similiar claims. Here is a look at Ford at 12:11 p.m. today. At noon Ford was up 5.6% and their short term options which expire today were up ten fold. Stocks the size of Ford seldom jump that much in one morning. Why didn't lightbulbs go off in my head yesterday saying lets take a flyer on Ford Call options for tomorrow with one day's trading life left in them? That would be the Dec 10th 20 Calls. As you can see, the 20 Calls this morning went from .06 or six dollars a contract to .61 or sixty one dollars a contract at noon! Then looked at how they ended up the day. A .06 or six dollar contract would be worth one hundred and forty three dollars! A six hundred dollar investment would be ...