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Trump Has The Power To Move The Markets On No Real News. Some Insiders Will Have A Happy Weekend.

Look at these charts. What's going on? ...... Look at this. Very few traders are holding option positions on any of these stocks because the last two years of trading have been a being of a nightmare. Here is an example of how one series of options on one of these stocks jumped on this news. Now later in the day. Now the closing Readings. This blog comes on the heals of writing about how crooked the stock Carvana is! I understand why some people have no interest in playing the markets.

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...