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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...

Caterpillar Calls On the Last Trading Day Before Easter.

My most recent blog on Lucid was spot on. In this market with 400 point daily rallies playing Call options on stocks in the thirty dollar price range is the name of the game. I would however be remiss if I didn't point out the action in Caterpillar yesterday. Look at it's five day chart and look at how the Call options reacted. What a nice breakout.
I am not going to bore you with all the details however this is how one series of Caterpillar Calls traded on the day. Look at the low of.06 and look at the high $4.00. I have followed stock options for over forty years. This type of action on Caterpillar on a Friday might happen once every five years. Going back two or three years ago when Telsa was enjoying a growth spurt, Friday Call option trading on that stock made many option traders rich. Bear market option trades, something not really currently on our radar can also be super rewarding. People forget that stocks like Deere and Company can also sometimes drop thirty dollars in one day. Happy Easter.

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