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You Are Smarter Than You Think !

That is when it comes to you being able to access what might happen to Exxon options. It's Friday morning. What's going to happen over the weekend to all the oil tankers caught up in the middle east tension? It's scary times. So Exxon opened lower on Friday morning. Isn't that kind of strange? One would think that oil prices could surge over the weekend if the bombings in the Middle East continue. Higher oil prices are now here and that is good news for Exxon, at least in the short term. Here is a chart showing how Exxon's stock opened. It could be somewhat difficult to understand because it is a five day chart and I am only asking you to hone in on the Friday morning activity. That starts at 9:30 a.m.. Can you see the drop during it's first five minutes of trading? The following one day Friday chart shows this drop better. Now this. Look at how low the 155 series of Exxon Calls traded down to on Thursday the previous day. It's to scare you and point out...

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Ok. I am guilty of falling asleep at the switch. Caterpillar had great earning report this morning and the stock tanked on the opening. Here is it's five and one day chart. Now the highlights of the report. So now what do I want to show. How the different series of Call options traded. Notice the volumes in the 200 and 202.50 Calls. Next to no volume. Notice the rewards on the higher priced "out-of-the-money" Calls. Big rewards. In the ninety minutes of trading this morning the stock was off slightly. What an opportunity missed!