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My Addiction To Pfizer Options.

I am sure it will go away but here is today's action. Addiction may be the wrong word, perhaps fascination is better. The DJIA index closed up 588 points on the day, a Wednesday after losing more than that on the previous day. Now Pfizer's one day chart. Can you see how it got dragged up? Now this. A look at it's Puts which expire on Friday. Now this. There was no trading in them during the last 2.5 minutes of trading. In some ways that's a good thing. Could tomorrow's market open down? Here is what it's five day chart now looks like. At 9:32 a.m. this morning it was trading at $25.62 and at 10:02 a.m. it traded down to $24.44. A drop like that on tomorrow's opening would do wonders for these Puts. Let's see what happens.
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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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