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$.55 Cent Option On A Monday Morning. Nike

Here is a difficult chart to undestand. It's Nike's five day chart. It appears the world cup tournament has not helped their cause. Do you like this chart for playing the upside? What I like about it is that it seems to have false starts. At the same time I respect the fact that playing short term options in this price range often ends up with disastrous results. Yet saying that, I also know that $.55 option contracts can often double in an hour or two and it's Monday morning which is still all so early in the trading week. ....... Let's see what happens. Now here we are at 11:00 a.m. A safe bet would be to get out and say thank you for a nineteen minute ride. Monday morning resets like this are more common than you might think.* Now this at 1:00 p.m.
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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...
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