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Get Ready For A Slug Of New Earning Reports

The stock Ford reports 7/30/2025 (Post-Market). In a July 2nd blog I did Ford talked about their June sales. Here is something I posted in that blog. Ford jumped $.50 cents on news of an increase in sales and this is how this one series of Calls (which were "out-of-the-money" with one day to go) jumped. This upward moment in price was like an once in a 100 day occurance. So will earning's be good this quarter? Has Ford's recent good news story now lost it's importance. It's only natural to be forward thinking. General Motors has earning report coming out before the market opens this Tuesday. The two stocks sometimes reflect the same market momentim. G.M. seems to have a lot of inventory sitting on dealer lots and popular You Tube scream that the car industry is now about to crash. Here is how things for G.M. are lined up to go. It's stock had the jutters all week. Investors are getting tired of hearing about consumers buying new at pre-tariff pricings...

Sweet Spots In The Market And More Used Car Market Observations.

This blog is yet another blog about trying to day trade Carvana again. Why? Well Carvana as of the last couple of weeks is in a sweet spot and seems to be powering upwards. Last Friday as I reported in a previous blog it jumped $12.78 in one day. Players in the the "American used car industry space" are reporting their quartertly earning reports and they are all good. Consumers in the last few months where rushing to by cars before the tariffs kick in. Coincidentally,the party may soon be coming to an end.
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Now lets jump ahead to 11:21 a.m..
Notice the volume of trading in this option series picking up? After three days of rising prices more traders are starting to respect this stock. He is it's five day chart. The path forward is now unclear.
Is this softening of pricing a concern? Would I say to buy Puts? Not really.This looks more like a slight pause. I wouldn't be thinking about Puts unless something really scary started to happen. Now this.
Now a 1:00 p.m. reading. Things have gone flat. Something new must be factored into this equation. The markets will be closed this Friday and they close early tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.. There might be some action in the morning however many traders will be off on vacations so the morning action, if any will be shortlived.
If we look at other companies in the same space their stories are pretty much the same. I just listened to a "Lathia Motors " earnings conference call and they are upbeat about their path going forward.
Here are how the 340 Calls are sitting. Most traders will not want to hold these options overnight tonight. If the markets open lower on the opening they would be in trouble.
Here is how Carvana closed the day on a Wednesday.
Now the action on Thursday morning. It's Carvana. The stock did not disappoint the Call option holders.
Here is how the markets are doing at 10:30 a.m.
Option players still holding these Calls are braver than I would be. Now here are the closing prices on the 340 Calls and it's day trading chart. Notice the sharp sell off in the morning and the sharp rebound!
The spirit of Cavana was still alive.I helped that the DJIA had a strong day.
What is there to learn from this blog? Well holding Call options overnight going into the last day of the trading action is not a smart thing to do. If that's all you learned from this blog that's enough. On a different note, I think all of the stocks in this sector are reaching a peak. Why? Well, here is what others are saying.

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