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The Topic of Tesla Jumping On A Friday Morning

Why am I often talking about playing Tesla options with one day of trading life remaining in them. Well the Call and Put options on this stock hava a recent a history of pleasing it's followers. What are the odds of sizeable jumps happening? I would suggest more often than you think. Jumps in the first hour of trading can be large. That' a given. Are you able to make money trading these hot potatoes? Yes and no. The concepts of fear and greed come into play. Here is how it jumped in price on Friday morning June 26th . First it opened lower. The time to buy in was in the very first minute of trading. It topped out at 11:30 a.m. That was a huge increase in price. Then between 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. it lost $7.00. Here is a better look at this action. . . Other stocks may also have interesting Friday trading patterns." Last Day Option Trading" is not for everyone.
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Disappointment on The Opening - Caterpillar Earnings Report

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Caterpillar's earnings report. What I see is 4th quarter sales up 23%. Strong 4th quarter earnings of $3.71 per share.That's a solid number. Just think, the supply chain issue isn't being used as a mistake. Now look at the the opening options market. The stock is down on the news. Management made a few remarks about near term headwinds. They do that sometimes to temper growth expectations. These two quotes are the 205 Call series which expire today. One is at 9:44 a.m. and one is at 10:03 a.m.. They would be very dangerous to consider purchasing since its very unlikely that they could ever shake off this downward spike so early in the morning. So now what? It's at this time in the morning when the decision to reacte to this bad news gets tricky. The stock is down like ten dollars and the DJI is having a good day. There is a strong tempation to jump in on the upside hoping for a quick reversal. That's one of the things that makes option trading so difficult. One...
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