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Boeing. Selling Into Good News. - G.M. Remains Strong

Here is the news. G.M. is the same story. Re : Onshoring vehicles. This onshoring move is only going to cost them money in the short term. On a different note, what happened with Boeing this morning was somewhat to be expected. A good earnings report that was more or less anticipated. Now back to G.M.. G.M. has a way of pulling lots of levers to paint a picture of what is happening. Many option players stay away trading options on the week before these reports come out. Catching Tesla Calls on a Wednesday afternoon when the DJIA jumps 300 points in two hours is a simpler way of speculating in option trading and surviving.
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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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