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Costco. It's Short Term Options

 Options on stocks in the $1,000  range often move  50%  or more in only a matter of  minutes on the opening on Wednesday and Thursday's . The trick is to  anticipate correctly which way the markets are going to move. That's a fools game you might say? Yes and no. It may not be a game you ever play but it might be something to consider to put in your bag of tricks when you are on a role. One thousand dollar stocks sometimes move five, ten or fifteen dollars on the day. If you have profits it's best to take them quickly. Costco is a prime example of that. Let's look at this mornings action. First it's five day and one day charts. Tuesday's trading was kind of choppy. Might it drop on the opening tomorrow? Here is a look at where the 1,035 series of Puts closed that expire this Friday. They closed at $8.50. It looks like Costco cycled up about five times yesterday. Given a weak market opening doesn't it stand to reason a three or four or five dollar will be i...

A Catputs Special. Making Nickles And Throwing Away Dollars

Look at this action today. I thought I was smart buying a Put on Boeing at 10:47 a.m. as it was charging upwards. Then at noon I bought a Put on Deere when it was going sideways and got out an hour later at a slight profit. Just a normal day.
Making $100.00 when I could have hung in and made $1,500. Deere had a sell off. Put option players often dream of being be part of sell-offs like this. Deere had a ten dollar drop in two hours! Why was I determined to get out so early? One thousand in this kind of trade would have made $10,000 which would be a nice way to end a week. I wait weeks and weeks for action like this to happen. I need a drink. How was your day?

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