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An Amazing Look At What Happened to Options On Tesla With Two Days To Go

First it's five day chart going into a thursday. It closed at $438.97 on wednesday. Something else was happening on wednesday. It's quarterly earnings report was coming out. This factor means that both the Calls and Puts were priced higher than they usually would be. The 440 Calls going into the opening closed at $14.30 on wednesdays close and the offsetting Puts with the same price closed at $15.37. ...... So the $14.30 for the Calls means $1,430.00 U.S. dollars which equals about $2,000 Canadian. Just to break even the stock would have to close at $454.30 which is a jump upwards. It could. As stated in a past blog on two of the last three Fridays Tesla has had an interday price swing of over $30.00 dollars. Let's watch it and see what happens. So really the "small fish" meaning the little guys like us can't be sloshing money around an holding onto contracts like this overnight. But wait. It's the swings that one should be watching and opportunities d...
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The Power Of Tesla Calls Ten Dollars "Out-of-the-Money" With Four Days To Go

First it's chart. Tesla closed up last week $16.79.
Now a look at one series of it's one week Call options in the late afternoon on a Monday. These are like ten dollars "out-of-th-money" and will quickly lose half their value if Tesla has a downward opening. It really needs a five dollar bounce just stay even. It's going to take a six or seven dollar jump to keep these options in the game.
Now another Call options series even five dollars further "out-of-the-money". A ten dollar bounce would cause these Calls to double in price. What a risky proposition. But it's Tesla.
A lot can and will happen in the next four trading days. Day two, a Tuesday brought disappointment with time value wastage being a concern.
To be continued. Wednesday. It's getting closer to Friday.
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Tesla had a healthy gain and has price gyrations of five and ten dollars frequently. These are optons are to be traded, not sat on. Holding overnight last week options positions on Tesla on Tuesdays is not as scary as holding them overnight on Wednesdays. It is however still scary. From my point of view, with only two trading days left in the week it's best to be out of these Calls until after the opening bell on Friday mornings. Then decide if you want to trade Friday's action.

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