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Mid Week Morning Option Trading . Apple

Apple moves up in the first hour of trading on a Wednesday. Are there reasons now to be looking at it's Puts? Well with computer generated trading the 10:00 a.m. time period might magically click in to be a "time-of-a-reversal". We are two minutes away from that happening at 10:00 a.m.. Let's check back in twenty five minutes to see what happens. The small upward spike on top of an initial spike did not hold. That's the way I see it anyways.The 10:00 a.m. trading mark was a speed bump that served to change the upward projectory of this stock. Now a revisit to this situation twenty minutes later. Apple shed these worries. With "last day to expiring options" the 10:00 a.m. morning time period is often fraught with worries. That's just the way it is. Now let's focus in on this action just minutes before the 3:00 p.m. option expiracy deadline. Are you starting to understand the power of mid week option trading?

Disappointment on The Opening - Caterpillar Earnings Report

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Caterpillar's earnings report. What I see is 4th quarter sales up 23%. Strong 4th quarter earnings of $3.71 per share.That's a solid number. Just think, the supply chain issue isn't being used as a mistake. Now look at the the opening options market. The stock is down on the news. Management made a few remarks about near term headwinds. They do that sometimes to temper growth expectations. These two quotes are the 205 Call series which expire today. One is at 9:44 a.m. and one is at 10:03 a.m.. They would be very dangerous to consider purchasing since its very unlikely that they could ever shake off this downward spike so early in the morning. So now what? It's at this time in the morning when the decision to reacte to this bad news gets tricky. The stock is down like ten dollars and the DJI is having a good day. There is a strong tempation to jump in on the upside hoping for a quick reversal. That's one of the things that makes option trading so difficult. One...