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Netflix - One Day vs Next Weeks Calls.

It's Thursday and the DJIA is up. Here is how Netflix is doing. Now this. Remember that this stock recently did a 10-1 forward stock split. Things don't look good, why isn't the stock sharing in today's upward glee? In situations like this it's best just to stay away. Look at how cheap the Call options look that expire tomorrow. They look tempting however next weeks Call options offer so much more security. Now this at 12:38 p.m. The markets continue to go up. Netflix continues to sell off. Now tomorrows and next week's Calls just after noon. The ones that will take the most heat for the rest of the day will be the short term options. There are decent volumes in both of these series of options. An end of the day report. First the options that expire tomorrow. It would be silly to be in this series of Calls. Now next weeks Calls. Now it's five day chart. One week options are a long way away. Stocks with a bias to the downside are difficult to t...

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...