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Boeing Puts At 10:24 A.M.

Here they are. What I want to show you is the open interest at 10:29 a.m. and the open interest as 10:31 a.m. I have talked about this before, computer generated traded kicking in at 30 minute intervals. Now this. Nothing happened. In option trading there is always a bias to the upside. What this tells me is that fot the next ten minutes of so I don't see Boeing surging upwards. Here is it's morning chart at 10:43.a.m., thirteen minutes later. Now the Puts. Now the Put action at 11:20 a.m. with the D.J.I.A up 460 points. One option at this point in time is to give up and sell out and get your money back. Most traders don't think that "one-week-options" offer this versatility. They do. Getting back your money playing Puts on a morning the D.J.I.A is up 460 points is a win in itself. Just get out and look at this situation on a day the indexes are not so strong. Here is how Boeing closed the day. This trading activity never ends.

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...