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What does the word disconnect mean? As a verb it means "to sever or interrupt the connection of or between; detach". Option trading - one day options - is a disconnect from the world. What happens to slightly "out-of-the-money" Call options on Costco when the stock shoot up thirty dollars on the day? I will show you what happened on Friday to Costco Calls and the options on a few other stocks I frequently watch. What a disconnect from the real world. But before that a look at how the indexes traded. 1) Costco. It's five day chart and a look at how three of it's option series moved upwards in one day. You may not know how to read these printouts but try to read the highs and lows on these option pricings. One printout shows an "at-the-money" option which means you are buying a contract on the stock, good for one day only at a locked in price equal to (or very close to) what the stock is currently trading at. The other two contracts shown are ...
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Electric Vehicles - A Race

Back on January 8th I wrote a blog called "Dreaming Electic Cars". In it I mentioned the electric car company called Polestar. Here I am again on this topic. Countries like Norway and Denmark are miles ahead of us when it comes to North American new electric vehicles sales. The percentage of electric vehicle sales in these two countries is appoaching the 60% mark. Here once again is news on Polestar which trades under the name "Gores Guggenheim" It's price is little changed from my January 8th blog.
The second company is Sono Group N.V.. It is based in Norway and early investors in have not done well.
Now here is a chart showing the stocks price.
It is noted that it needs 301 million dollars in additional funding to get things up and running and if all or some of this money comes from the issuance new stock, that would put a lid on this stock moving up in price in the near term. Yet wait, they just reported their first ever profit. It's being a long wait.
Finally, I would like to reiterate more comments about the Chinese electric car company called Nio Inc.. I have mentioned this company before. A week ago it was number two on the NYSE most active list and it was up 10.1% on the week. They are also selling their electric cars in Norway. It frequently makes the most actively traded list. Here is it's one year chart followed by it's five year chart. One of the current worries is that Chinese companies might be delisted from the American exchanges because of their lack of accounting transparencies.
It's this last chart, the five year chart that stirs at the hearts of futuristic thinkers. Might it rebound back up in price again? Nio Calls and Puts might prevent you from sleeping at nights. There is so much to watch in this electric vehicle space. As a further note of interest Nio on the trading week ending April 23 ended up as the 5th highest trading stock by share volume on the NYSE most active list and Sono (SEV) on the same week ended up as the 4th highest NASDAQ biggest % mover. All eyes are now focused on start up electric vehicles. To end this, then there is Vinfast. It's stock is not traded on any North American exchanges.
A May 2nd update.
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