What's Happening With Short Term Ford Options Is Confusing

Short term (one week or less) Ford options offer amazing leverage. The stock is somewhat volatile and Jim Farley it's CEO often makes complementary statements about the quality of Chinese electric vehicles which often causes shareholders to scratch their heads. Constant vehicle recalls are an ongoing concern and new vehicle launchs often have bumpy rides. They have lost billions on building electric trucks. On the plus side, every municipality in North America has a fleet of their trucks. Almost all are painted white. So what happened last Friday with their one week to expiring Call options was somewhat strange. Strange in the sense that nobody was trading them. Here is what I am talking about. Zero Put contracts traded and only four Call contracts traded. Could that be a mistake? Not really. A different feed from Yahoo reports six Calls trading on the day. The difference is negligible. Given how volatile these options are what's going on? Why aren't traders jumping in ne...