Featured

Deere and Caterpillar End of the Week Profit Taking

Thirty five minutes into the trading action and here is what is happening. The 400 series of Puts on it are up 367%. The 405 puts are up 920%. They closed the previous day at .51 cents. Volumes of trading are light. Traders are not taught to trade in one day options and for all the hype about Ai trading no inroads have being made in this regard which is something I find strange. What value has Trump added to these two stocks this week? None really. So why such extreme forward looking thinkings? It's 10:28 a.m. so we are still in the first hour of trading. These options expire at 3:30 p.m. so there is still four hours of trading life in them and the Djia is up 239 points. Is it now time to catch a rebound? Maybe. Well maybe only to those traders who caught the selloff and profited this morning. Yet then again one would be fighting thinnly traded Calls and Puts both on the buy side and on the sell side. In other words you would have to buy something a little bit closer to the as

Ford And A Crazy Week.

Ford appears to be working on it's excess inventory problem. The stock surged this week. It helped the Barron's last weekend came out with an article entitled "Ford Is About To Make a Comeback. Hop Along For the Ride".
Now look at how one of it's option series traded on the day.
This move was a once in a year event. Many people do not like the stock Ford because historically it has being stuck in the mud for a long time. That plus stocks in this price range can be boring to watch. To be continued.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

A Fireside Chat - One Year Options and Thirty Day Options. Which is Better?

Deere Lays Off /Tesla / Eli Lilly/ Home Depot/ Nio

I Wonder How The Back Office Is Going To Handle My Complaint