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Is Boeing Doing a Swan Dive?

The company is running on all cylinders. It has more orders than it can handle. Now look at how it is trading on the opening. There seems to be selling pressure on good news. The D.J.I.A. is not doing very much and it's a Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Now a personal thought. Thursday morning are one of the worst time of the week to be looking at Call options that expire on the next day. Period. That said, look at these "in-the-money" Boeing Calls that expire tomorrow. Buying "in-the-money" Calls on a falling stock can be a heart-rendering experience. .. Now let's move forward by about forty eight minutes. What do you think could be happening? Charts like this can now start to wander. Traders are not jumping in. To be continued.
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A Fireside Chat - One Year Options and Thirty Day Options. Which is Better?

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Some say to think small, not big. Trying to play Disney options is thinking big. It is a stock slightly out of favor. If we start with it's a three year chart, we will see it is down by about 50% over that period of time. Now it's one year chart. If the stock can break 110 in early 2024 the sky is the limit. It does have a lot of moving parts so anything could happen. Look at these Calls options one year out. One year in options buys a lot of time.They look reasonable. If the stock ever inched up to the $105.00 price level in the three or four months these options would jump up in price by about 50%. Even more if they had really good news. Yet it's the "what-if" aspect of the equation that castes such a trade in doubt. "What if" stories just don't cut it. There are to many variables in play. Then again, why are we even thinking of long-term Call options after a December's rally? Let's switch gears. If consumers are out spending for X-ma...
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