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Tesla And One Of The Busiest Option Games In Town.

Here we are on a Friday morning with the DJIA index down over 1,000 points in the last three days of trading. Short term Puts nearly double everyday. Now look at Tesla's one and five day trading charts. Tesla was bombarded all week about news of autonomous driving. The narrative was relatively upbeat. Now at look at this series of Calls. Might Tesla suprise to the upside on the day? They did on the opening and then they dropped. Now this, how the indexes are doing at 11:15 a.m. They are only a tad better than when we first looked at them. .. Knowing that Friday afternoons can be a rough ride do you take a modest profit and get out? We did afterall miss the low of the day in this option series and part of the mini ensuing rebound. I would. Now this at 1:41 p.m. just under two hours later. The party for these Calls is over. This was a bad week for the markets. A short part two. Can you buy Calls on Tesla at $2:00 p.m. that expire at $3:00 p.m. That's the time of the day thes...

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...