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The Same Old Game Of Buying One Day Boeing Options On A Friday Morning

You decide. Do you like this chart? The real action in the Calls happened yesterday, on a day the DJIA was up almost 1,000 points. Now a look at these one day Calls options 10 minutes into the trading session. It's early in the day. It's 9:51 a.m. .... Is the stock stabilizing? Let's move down one series of Call options.We are still in the first thirty minutes of trading. Now a 10.10 a.m. look at the 217.50 Calls. Now the 220 Calls we first started looking at. What's going to happen? To be continued. The closing numbers and a one day chart. It didn't disappoint. The 1:20 p.m. time period was the time to get out. Here is how the DJIA closed the day. So you might say that this is a stupid game to play with the risk levels amazingly high. Space X was abuzz with news today and Boeing had a scorching hot day yesterday. Today's trading activity was merely a walk in the park. One day option trading can sometimes be your best friend. To read other blogs on Boe...
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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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