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Exxon Has Just Had Like Four Days Of Going Up.

Exxon just broke it's three month high. Now it's five day chart. Now it's chart as of 10:42 a.m. this morning. Today is Wednesday, the markets are closed tommorrow for Christmas and then open again on Friday. Now this. A look first the Calls which are $.30 cents "out-of-the-money" and expire on Friday. Now the Puts which are already like $.30 "in-the-money". Expectations are that the stock is going to go up and that there is still a full day of trading on Friday. Here is what the markets and oil are doing. Can you see how traders have a preference for Call options and are hoping Exxon continues it's natural progression upwards. They are prepared to pay a premium to be positioned in this situation. I don't know what the outcome is going to be. Nobody does. As a reader can you see the complexities of trying to figure out this outcome? My point is that option trading on Exxon is a fair game. Let's watch and see what happens.
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A Look at Four Different Call Options On Big Name Stocks Going Into A Mid Week Trading Session- Part One

I don't like overnight Call options on one week options going into a Wednesday mornings. The time value built into option premiums is to much. Let's follow these four one-day situations. 1)
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Let's check in tomorrow to see what option trading patterns we observe. 1)
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So up 18%, 6%, 9% and down 57%. So my point is that there are no real gains to be had from holding overnight positions on Tuesday, on short term "one-week" Call options. Yes the D.J.I.A was down on the day and yes the sample size was very small. It's just that my feeling is that Tuesday night overnight Call positions just don't excite. Option trading is the study of enterance and exit points. Now here are the readings on Thursday close. 1)
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So down 54%, up 66%, up 89% and down 45%. Yes the D.J.I.A was down a small amount today. So what does this tell us? The action of holding short term Call options purchased on a Wednesday going into Thursday is greater than the action of purchasing Calls on Tuesday going into a Wednesday. We will check back in after the close on Friday for the final readings and a conclusion.

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