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Drone Stocks On A Really Bad Day

I did the math. The average one day drop on Friday on these five drone stocks was 13.93%. The D.J.I.A index on that same day was down almost 600 points. I don't play options on any of the stocks in this sector of the market. $Unusual Machines the most expensive of the six dropped down the most at 18.36% It now trades at $26.37. It has weekly options on it. Here are it's thirty and five day charts. What a nice run upwards it had last month. ... Now this. A look at how one series of it's Call options closed out the day. I see something I don't like. It's the small open interest numbers. That to me means poor liquidity whenever it comes time to execute a trade. That plus after such a big recent run upwards you would expect to see higher volumes of option trades. I have often talked about how I like trading $Walmart options because the bids and asks are so tight with instant fills. What about the other mentioned drone stocks on this list? Are they more playable? Let...
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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...
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