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Costco. It's Short Term Options

 Options on stocks in the $1,000  range often move  50%  or more in only a matter of  minutes on the opening on Wednesday and Thursday's . The trick is to  anticipate correctly which way the markets are going to move. That's a fools game you might say? Yes and no. It may not be a game you ever play but it might be something to consider to put in your bag of tricks when you are on a role. One thousand dollar stocks sometimes move five, ten or fifteen dollars on the day. If you have profits it's best to take them quickly. Costco is a prime example of that. Let's look at this mornings action. First it's five day and one day charts. Tuesday's trading was kind of choppy. Might it drop on the opening tomorrow? Here is a look at where the 1,035 series of Puts closed that expire this Friday. They closed at $8.50. It looks like Costco cycled up about five times yesterday. Given a weak market opening doesn't it stand to reason a three or four or five dollar will be i...

Getting On The Right Side of Trump

Jovy jumped. Here is something they make. Something like flying cars. Jovy is in the same space as a company called Unusual Machines.
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Now this, a Canadian company called Savaria.
It produces it's equipment in Canada and Mexico. With tariffs coming this could be problematic. The stock sold off last week. Trump has the power to move the markets. It's not fun trying to outguess his next move. The same thing happened the last time he was the President. Here is Savaria's five day chart.
Now Boeing. In past blogs on Nov.19th, Nov 4th and Oct 22nd and others I have mentioned how Boeing often seems to rally on Monday mornings. Today was no different. Here is it's five day chart including today which is a Monday.
Can you see how the Call options jumped in the morning? They also jumped last Friday.
Trump is making the markets more difficult to play.

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