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Pfizer - Might It Jump?

Pfizer is somewhat range bound. In my blog yesterday I gave the example of how options it's short term options doubled in price on the opening. That event was a rarity and I referred to these options as being "suicide" options. It's options are super sensitive to any small changes in the stock's price. Here is Pfizer's "year-to-date" chart. It gets worse than that. Did you know that the Pfizer stock is down over 50% in the last three years? It doesn't help much to have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the scene. In spite of these circumstances here is a statement one of their companies spokespersons was recently brave enough to say. Now look at this chart. Do you ever think it's going to break above the twenty six dollar price level by January 16th 2026? This Call last traded at $.56 or fifty six dollars. Maybe a one year chart would be better to look at than a "year-to-date" chart. Should we listening to what that Pfizer spokesperon is...
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Walmart Shines on Earnings Reports

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Look at this chart. It's the five day chart on Walmart leading into this morning's opening bell. Walmart releases it's second quarter eanings report before the opening bell. But wait, look at this chart.This wasn't that long ago. Walmart at times can stumble. Do consumers, hit by inflation have money to spend? Now also look at this one. My point is that if you guess the wrong way on Walmart you will get burnt. So now how are the cards stacked up this morning waiting for this earnings report? Here is a look at two close to the money Calls and Puts. So here is what happened about twenty minutes after the opening bell. The Puts got obliterated. The real winners were all the Call option purchasers who got in a few days ago. Here is how this option series closed the day. Why did happen this way? In a way Walmart's results act as a barometer of how the U.S. economy is doing. It's mainstream in a different way than Costco. Opportunities to make a judgement call li...
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Caterpillar Earnings Happened Two Days Ago and Now a Bounce Both Down And Up On The Opening Two Days Later.

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Look at this Caterpillar chart on a Thursday morning and what what the calls are now doing. The first printout shows Caterpillar up .67 cents 29 minutes into the trading session after first dropping on the opening and the 182.50 Call option pricings at that time. Notice how low the Call options traded down to. The 182.50 Calls dropped down to a low of $1.16. People sometimes ask me what option trading is all about. This is one very good example of how someone could have caught a swing. In option trading the action never stops. Here now is that same option series about 30 minutes later and a new chart of how the stock was then trading. Now here is how Caterpillar and these Call options closed out the day. Now a few of the earning details. All of this happened two days ago and the stock dropped over ten dollars on this news.This morning swing was somewhat predictable.
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