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Boeing Jumps on A Friday Morning On Good News.

$2.25 for a Call option already $1.28 in the money with only 541 open positions.That's where things are at going into Friday morning's trading action. Now this premarket news. Now this. Now this at 11:00 a.m. What are the odds of this happening? Well it's a company with a million moving parts and it's a company that can suprise. In a way I was happy to see the "open interest" numbers being so low going into the morning's action. Insider's don't appear to be tipped off on this good news. Ps. Here is how it ended up closing the day. It jumped on the opening and stood it's ground. Could you have made any money buying Calls just as the markets were opening? Not really as here is how it traded on the day. You could have made money however if you bought in on the first early morning dip and then gotten out about twenty-five minutes later. That's a strategy sometimes employed when trying to play "last-day-expiring" options. The play...

An Example of Call Options on Caterpillar Prior to an Earnings Release

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Not all retail option traders are up to the challenge. What am I talking about? Caterpillar Calls just before an earnings release.This is a blogging site about Caterpillar Calls and Caterpillar Puts. The stock could have a huge jump if the earnings beat expectations or investors could be worried a recession looms. Look at both Caterpillars thirty day and five day charts. Now look at what the 262.50 Calls are priced at which expire at the end of the week (August 4th). Very few option traders are playing them. Normal in my opinion should be over 1,000 contracts in a series like this trading everyday and a few thousand open interest contracts. With global warming more heavy equipment will always be needed to rebuild our roads and bridges getting washed away by floods. That plus Caterpillar recently come to terms on their contract talks and supply chain issues are getting better. Did you see how Boeing jumped in price on it's earning report a few days back? Caterpillar could jump t...