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Young People And Options

Let me spill out some information. Next-Generation Investors Are Different. An organization called "Finra" published this information. In a 2021 survey the Finra Investor Education Foundation found that 36% of respondents aged 18 t0 34 said they have traded options. That compares with 21% of respondents ages 35 to 54 and just 8% of respondents age 55 and older. Then there are crypto investors. According to something called a Pew Research survey based on Feb 2024 data, 42% of men aged 18-29 have invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrency compared with 17% of women in the same age range. Interestly, just 17% of all adults say they have invested in, traded, or used a cryptocurrency, according to the same 2024 survey. When it comes to buying on margin,in 2021, just under of a quarter, or 23%, of investors ages 18 to 34 said they have made purcheses on margin, compared with 12% of respondents aged 34 to 54 and 3% of respondents age 55 and older. Opening accounts is now easier and...

Caterpillar. It's Biggest Jump In One Day This Year

First, here is what the markets did today.
Now this.Look at the high and low on these options today. All Call option holders were rewarded beyond belief. These are the moves option players dream of. It's instituational money flexing their muscle.
This also.
This too.
Now what? You can't fight it and you can't buy in. Deere also is having a nice five day run. It's not that anything special is happening with these two companies.
Eight days ago in a blog I gave the example of how I bought a "330" series of Caterpillar Calls for two hundred and fifty five dollars. Had I bought the 330 series of Calls at that time with one more week of trading life in them they would have cost about $450.00 dollars. Today they would be worth over $3,200.00. This is not rocket scientist stuff. It is just something that has happened.

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