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Caterpillar - Catching A Reversal On A Tuesday

Tuesdays are not the best of days to look for reversals however Caterpillar jumped a modest amount which impacted the value of this series of Puts. This is a 1:36 p.m. readout. Here is it's five day chart. Now its one day chart. It would seem like kind of a random thing to do and why fight a strong stock? One reason is that the markets are only mildly up and could give back some of it's gains before the end of the day. Caterpillar could be gaining strenght based on last weeks articles talking about how Caterpillar could potential gain from this new AI movement. Notice that the five day chart is in an uptrend and notice the small open interest numbers in the Puts. No one wants to hold Puts on Caterpillar when it is in this uptrend. Could it has a soft selloff in the next two hours? Here it is now 50 minutes later. The "bid and ask" are almost unchanged. There is also not much change in the DJIA index.Now this. The DJIA is sellig off and Caterpillar is hanging ...

A Six Month Review Of Ten of The Most Frequently Mentioned Stocks On This Site

1) Boeing. Full speed ahead. No recent disasters. Backorders. It's not a darling of Wall Street given it has so many moving parts.
2) Telsa. This stock can go hot and cold. Option players love this stock. Five and ten dollar price swings can sometimes happen on a daily basis. Its about time for someone to come out with a new book on this one.
3) Caterpillar. The world needs their equipment and each new piece of equipment they build costs slightly more than last's years model. Wars are good for business.
4) Ford. Over the years it's stock has disappointed. They do however have enough cash to always be in the game. Poor leadership. It has short term options that expire in two or three days that cost like ten and fifteen dollars a contract. They often double or crash in price in a matter of hours.
5) Nio. It's off 75% in the last few years. It has roller coaster options.
6) Rivian. Too big to fail. Not big enough to make serious money.
7) Nexflix. Barrons recently said the stock should be trading a lot higher.
8) Snowflake. Which way is the wind blowing? Not a fun stock to play options on however the stock moves in price.
9) Moderna. Currently down and out however a sleeping dragon.
10) Toyota. Oh what a ride. Nobody seems to like trading options on this one. More traders should learn to. The company is huge.

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