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G.M. Option Are Now A Trap Few Option Traders Want To Play

G.M. popped yesterday on an earnings report. That puts us in "a now what" trap. Will it go up or down and what about the Calls and Puts on it that expire this week (today is Wednesday) and next week? Look at at this weeks Calls and Puts that expire in three days. ............. As one would expect there are more outstanding Calls than Puts. Now a question. Would you be nervous that G.M. might sell off on the opening? Investors now have had time to digest this news and fret over what might happen to the car industry in America going forward. B.Y.D. is now sending boat loads of vehicles to new ports all over the world. That can't be a good omen. So to catch any action on G.M. the very best time to catch any waivering is in first ten minutes of today's trading. Here is how one series of puts traded on the opening. In my mind this was the easiest trade on the week. It was a case of striking when the iron was hot. Now this. Sometimes irons are slow in cooling off.

Ford's Largest One Day Share Price of The Year - Or Santa Claus Came Early.

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Ok, so yesterday, a Thursday I looked at Ford because management was in the news saying they are going to stop taking more preorders on their upcoming F150 electric truck. They have too many orders. They were also saying look out world - we are going electric. V.W. and Toyota were also making similiar claims. Here is a look at Ford at 12:11 p.m. today. At noon Ford was up 5.6% and their short term options which expire today were up ten fold. Stocks the size of Ford seldom jump that much in one morning. Why didn't lightbulbs go off in my head yesterday saying lets take a flyer on Ford Call options for tomorrow with one day's trading life left in them? That would be the Dec 10th 20 Calls. As you can see, the 20 Calls this morning went from .06 or six dollars a contract to .61 or sixty one dollars a contract at noon! Then looked at how they ended up the day. A .06 or six dollar contract would be worth one hundred and forty three dollars! A six hundred dollar investment would be ...