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Chat GPT Told Me I Need To Be More In The Moment. Boeing Again

It's Friday morning. The stock in question is Boeing after going down in price for the entire previous day. That was the topic of my previous blog. What I am now showing is how the stock Boeing was trading seconds before the opening bell in the premarkets on Friday morning and what the 205 series of Calls "closed-out-at" on the previous day. That number was $1.85 down from a high of $7.50 on that day. The volume traded shown on the the first screen below are stock trades in the Friday morning premarkets, not option trades. Options do not trade in the premarkets however premarket option orders get filled at 9:30 a.m. at the opening price then posted. In the premarkets this morning around 9:00 a.m. it showed Boeing up about $5.00. Had you entered an "at-market-sell" ticket on overnight Call options you might be holding your fill will not give you that five dollar gain. You will get a fill based on the the 9:30 a.m. opening price. Now this, just three minutes aft...
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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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