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Apple Charges Downwards Towards The Close.

What does a downward spike on the closing mean? Does it mean something different than a upward spike on the opening? Spikes upwards on the opening happen on good news. Spikes downwards on the close are not necessarily for company related issues. More often than not it has more to to do with just getting out of the market. Case in point Apple dropped in price rapidly towards the close to then only being off only marginally after the close. A sense of stability was created with that reading . So are Calls on the upside the way to go? Let me show you two different series of Call options with the intentions of pointing out how "in-the-money-Calls" trade differently than only slightly "out-of-the-money" Calls. First the "in-the-money" Calls. Now the only slightly "out-of-the-money" Calls. Let's watch to see the difference.

A Blogging Website About Caterpillar

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Ok. I am guilty of falling asleep at the switch. Caterpillar had great earning report this morning and the stock tanked on the opening. Here is it's five and one day chart. Now the highlights of the report. So now what do I want to show. How the different series of Call options traded. Notice the volumes in the 200 and 202.50 Calls. Next to no volume. Notice the rewards on the higher priced "out-of-the-money" Calls. Big rewards. In the ninety minutes of trading this morning the stock was off slightly. What an opportunity missed!