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A Classic Apple Story ... or ... An Apple Story In Disarray

It's Thursday after the close. 1) This is how Apple closed. What I am showing is it's five day chart. 2) Here are it's Calls and Puts on one series of options that expire tomorrow. We are showing the 262.50 series of Calls and Puts. I am impressed by how tight the bids and asks are. Some other stocks like Walmart also trade like this. ......... 3) Look at the price increase on the Puts today. This was a day when the D.J.I.A dropped 669 points on the day. These Calls now look cheap to me, but who needs to be in a game like this? There is no tommorows after one day options. Most short term option traders avoid the stress of holding last day options going into the final day of their trading lives. There will always be new action in tomorrows trading session. Let's watch and see what happens.

"Ford" and an Extreme Opportunity Missed

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If you were out cruising in your Mustang convertable on Friday you probably missed this action. It's a shame because had you purchased $1,000 of a certain "Ford" series of "Call" options on the opening and sold out just after lunch you would have made enough money to turn your ride into something a lot nicer, something like $47,000 nicer. Honestly, this did happen and it wasn't all that complicated trade. This blog from this point on is going to write itself. Try and follow this action. Look at the high and low on these options. .01 and .47 . One thousand dollars actually turned into $47,000 if you caught it right. I have talked about how options on stocks in the ten and fifteen dollar range can often be darlings to play and "Ford" and "U.S." Steel are two of these darlings with options series that are the most splendid to play because their liquidity is excellent, bid and ask prices tight and price movements swings on only five and te...