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What does the word disconnect mean? As a verb it means "to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach". Option trading - one day options - is a disconnect from the world. What happens to slightly "out-of-the-money" Call options on Costco when the stock shoot up thirty dollars on the day? I will show you what happened on Friday to Costco Calls and the options on a few other stocks I frequently watch. What a disconnect from the real world. But before that a look at how the indexes traded. 1) Costco. It's five day chart and a look at how three of it's option series moved upwards in one day. You may not know how to read these printouts but try to read the highs and lows on these option pricings. One printout shows an "at-the-money" option which means you are buying a contract on the stock, good for one day only at a locked in price equal to (or very close to) what the stock is currently trading at. The other two contracts shown are ...

Working The Market To Make $200.00 On A Friday Morning

"Boeing" was nervous on the opening and "Caterpillar" flexed it's muscles in the usual way. I had an hour to spare but wasn't interested in following the market all day so I did some trading, 3 buys and sells and got tired towards the end and closed out the third position to get on with my day. The end result was a $200.00 profit. Here is what it all looks like.
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I could have done better but I am o.k. with what happened. Early Friday morning trading can work well if your focused. I was out in just under 50 minutes."Boeing" closed down the day forty cents and "Caterpillar" closed up eighteen cents. It was a day which was difficult to break their bank.

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