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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...

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!