Exxon Again
It's five day chart as of a Tuesday evening. It closed the previous day at $116.69 and spiked on the opening. That was it's best opening in days. A near double in price for sure on short term Call options. The same kind of morning spike happened two days earlier. The first twenty minutes of trading every morning is often when most of it's action happens. One thing traders know is that Exxon moves independently from what the DJIA index is doing. Here is how the 116 Calls and the 117 Calls did on the day. Up 94% and 85% respectively. All I can say is learn to pick your battles and if pick correctly, expect to be rewarded. Exxon as a trading vehicle is not going to go away. * Now a look at the December 23th 116 and 117 Calls at 11:00 a.m. The stock keeps on marching up. At this point in time there is no reason to want to try and play it. ... Would a one day chart at this point in time tell us anything? Not really. An end of the day decision on whether to try and play it...
