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McDonalds Was On A High This Week Before Common Sense Kicked In

There was news. McDonald's is winning at drawing it's customers back in. Quarterly earning were released this week. The stock jumped on Thursday on this news. See this chart. Now it's Puts trading on Friday, the day after. Logic has suddenly set in. With gas prices so high who can afford the gas necessary to drive to a McDonalds? A low of $.10 to a high over $5.04. (See the small Friday morning opening bounce upwards which would have driven the Puts at that time down to the $.10 price range). What a trap. You should you be thinking about opportunities like this. Sometimes they happen out of the blue. ** Ask Chatgpt why Mcdonald's stock dropped so much on Friday.

A Four Minute Intro to Nio

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Last week Ford was the second most active stock traded on the NYSE by share volume. It closed at $17.83, down 1.2% on the week. Nio was the fourth most active stock traded on the NYSE by share volume.That's an accomplishment in itself. It closed at $20.94 down 9.8%. Here is a picture of one of the electric cars it races. It is the fastest electric car in the world. Here now is some company news. Now let's look at it's trading history starting with a three year chart and followed by a one year chart and then finally a one week chart. Might this stock, and Ford start to rebound back up in the first quarter of this year? It's chart isn't particularly attractive but the story behind the chart seems to be good. The stock's price got ahead of itself. I will be tracking the Call and Put options on it this week. *** I am not a fan of purchasing Calls or Puts with one week to go on stocks in the 20 price range. The premiums are to high with only five trading days to...