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Four Stocks That Looked Hopeful Going Into Last Fridays Opening

Yet I didn't do anything because of a phenomenon called "Triple Witching". Triple Witching Day is a quarterly event on the third Friday of March, June, September and December, when stock options, stock index options, and stock index futures all expire, causing heavy trading volume and increased market volatitity as traders close or roll or roll over positions. Why try and trade in that environment? Now this. Sometimes options going into their last day of trading gap to the upside on the opening, This can create instant profits. Tesla, Boeing as of late, Caterpillar in the last six weeks and Eli Lilly when it is hot can spike on Friday mornings. There are others. This time around, meaning last Friday morning Telsa didn't do anything but the other three stocks did. Look at their Friday morning jumps. Now this, two option positions that looks hopeful for next week. *** I don't really want to go this route and suggest future trades... it's outside of my comfor...

Deere and Company - One Of The Most Dangerous Series Of Call and Put Options to Play When There Is Only Hours To Go.

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If you have winnings from a previous trade sometimes you value that money differently. It's difficult to explain why but there are scholars out there who have written books on this very topic. It's like play money or free money that you can now use to make the wildest option trades you can think of. It's money you feel you can risk. It's like being a kid in a candy store with money in your pocket. Everything looks good.There are two stocks that I sometimes follow, Dominos Pizza and John Deere. Both have options available to trade on them however the Call and Put options on the first one, Dominos are near impossible to trade. Why? Well on a Friday morning with options expiring that day on it, how do you predict which direction the stock on the world's largest pizza company is going to go? The answer is you can't. The company is painfully aware that one news release about the price of cheese going up or problems with their ordering apps could send their stock int...