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Another Blog On "Vinfast"

There is so much to read about this companies history online. Do your own homework. Their success is not dependent on what ends up happening with their sales in North America. They are nimble. There are plenty of auto factories all over the world now for sale they can acquire. They have dabbled in Australia. Having access to money to keep going doesn't seem to be their problem. Rivian also seems to enjoy this advantage. Vinfast is currently building a new plant in India which could employ thousands of people. That's an emerging new market. New relationships are being built and new investors will be coming onboard. Are option players looking at this stock? Not really if we look at these "one-month-out" Calls. What about Calls further out? What about next January? Here is a look at the three and four series of Calls. Nobody seems willing to bet Vinfast Calls. Now this. Here are two snippets taken from a blog I wrote about this stock back in early December of 2024. ...

Exxon Mobile - Numbers On Option Prices Swirling In The Air

Is this a game to hard for the little guys to play in? I don't usually follow options on Exxon but I played them often forty years ago when I was a stockbroker. Back then the spreads on options were in 1/8 th's. Sometimes the back office would skim an 1/8 off the ticket fills especially if the ticket was for like ten contracts. Exxon had a big jump today. People again are talking about the price of oil.
Might it retrace half it's gains?
I note that in the last six minutes of option trading on the day today (Tuesday June 7th) these option prices remained unchanged. That's a bullish signal as day traders were not anxious to cash out. Let's see what happens next. I jumped in and watched the "oil news". Every hour a new article would seem to pop up about why it is surging. Is it surging or spiking? It's a game most people should not being playing. It's dangerous and it's price swings are impossible to predict. I got in on Tuesday and on Wednesday with Friday Puts. I don't want to tell you what I got out at but my perspective is that the exercise requires way too much babysitting. If your running on profits and if you want to see if you can extend your winning streak then go ahead and knock yourself out and try it.
It's not a fun game to play because so much of what might happen is out of your control. Look at how the spike I was initially attracted to turned out to be a nightmare until Thursday. There is a lot of short term action in this five day chart. It's crazy. *** Look at what happened to Exxon the following Monday.
Sometimes it pays to buy options two weeks out and not only days from expiring. ** a June 17th update. Look at this stock drop over five dollars in one day. What a freefall.

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