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The Trap On Costco With One Day To Go "Call" Options

Let's start by saying it's 3:00 p.m. on Thursday and I am going to talk about the big sell off that Costco experienced this morning on news that seemed to take some time to be disceminated. It turned out to be regular stuff kind of news on the subject matter of last month's food sales. In the early few minutes of trading the average retail trader had no knowledge of what this news was all about. Opening markets started falling quickly. That sometimes happens. Let's move forward to 3:03 p.m.. Costco is way down in price $28.00. That's a big chunk. Might it's Call options rebound tomorrow? I don't usually find these "looking-for-a-rebound" situations to be very profitable. Might there be a second wave of opening selling pressure on the opening tomorrow?. That's the worry. Now there is more to the story that option traders might want to hear. It has to do with what happened this morning. Costco had a great fall. Look at this morning chart. It l...
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Ford - Earnings Come Out This Week. The Action on Monday - Thursday - This One Is A Good Read.

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It starts off slowly.... a storm in the brew. Earning reports are coming out for a multitude of companies this week. G.M. is one and a day later Ford. Rising rates means lower vehicle sales. But what's going to happen when the first 25,000 Ford electric truck drivers start to tell their friends about them? It's one of the weeks of the year many odd balls like me look forward to. So much can happen. It will be quite a ride.Here is where the 13 series of Calls and Puts are trading at 9:42 a.m.. Notice the bids and asks are tight which I like so that every ten cent move in the stock's price sets them off in different directions. Here now is what it's five day chart looks like now at 10:05 a.m. going into an earnings release this Wednesday. Ford didn't move all day and here the closing Call and Put readings. Now here is the news going into Tuesday's markets. Now a look at the Ford options twenty minutes after the opening bell. "/> It is interesting to...
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