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The Topic of Tesla Jumping On A Friday Morning

Why am I often talking about playing Tesla options with one day of trading life remaining in them. Well the Call and Put options on this stock hava a recent a history of pleasing it's followers. What are the odds of sizeable jumps happening? I would suggest more often than you think. Jumps in the first hour of trading can be large. That' a given. Are you able to make money trading these hot potatoes? Yes and no. The concepts of fear and greed come into play. Here is how it jumped in price on Friday morning June 26th . First it opened lower. The time to buy in was in the very first minute of trading. It topped out at 11:30 a.m. That was a huge increase in price. Then between 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. it lost $7.00. Here is a better look at this action. . . Other stocks may also have interesting Friday trading patterns." Last Day Option Trading" is not for everyone.

"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...