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Walmart - Trying To Outsmart The System

I don't know if it is going to work. Buying a Call and an offsetting Put on the same stock with the same striking price with two days of trading life left in them. The logic is to sell one of the two if it gets a double or more, (hang on as long as you can), and earn a free ride in an offsetting change of direction. Look at this five day chart and you might see how this train of thought developed. Now a look at one Call series and one Put series. These options both have two full days of trading life left in them. Here is it's five day chart which looks like it might break out. It really takes a share price move of over $2.00 quickly, to make this a fun experience. Options priced in the $1.00 range can suprise. It also could be a total bust. Let's follow this action and see how it all plays out.Thursday morning. Here is the early morning action. The Puts really performed. Can you sell out of both postions and take a profit. Hold that thought. Might it go lower? Here is ...

Ford - Earnings Come Out This Week. The Action on Monday - Thursday - This One Is A Good Read.

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It starts off slowly.... a storm in the brew. Earning reports are coming out for a multitude of companies this week. G.M. is one and a day later Ford. Rising rates means lower vehicle sales. But what's going to happen when the first 25,000 Ford electric truck drivers start to tell their friends about them? It's one of the weeks of the year many odd balls like me look forward to. So much can happen. It will be quite a ride.Here is where the 13 series of Calls and Puts are trading at 9:42 a.m.. Notice the bids and asks are tight which I like so that every ten cent move in the stock's price sets them off in different directions. Here now is what it's five day chart looks like now at 10:05 a.m. going into an earnings release this Wednesday. Ford didn't move all day and here the closing Call and Put readings. Now here is the news going into Tuesday's markets. Now a look at the Ford options twenty minutes after the opening bell. "/> It is interesting to...