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A Random Walk In The Park On A Monday Morning. A Caution. Monday Mornings Are Often Not An Option Players Best Friend

Let's start with this. It's now 10:26 a.m. A bet on Caterpillar rebounding by the end of the week. There are no takers. Why have to watch the screen for the next four days in agony waiting for a rebound which if happens is just a "break even trade"? But Wait. I made a mistake. The market is actually now down 668 points. What else can we look at? Interactive Brokers. These kind of stocks always do poorly on days with the threat of margin calls. Yet there is something interesting about the printout I am about to show. It is that these options are "one-month-out" Calls. These longer term options trade differently than short term options. (these options trade in one month intervals). If the stock we are following stops it's freefall the value of the options will nudge up ten, fifteen or twenty percent. A seven dollar option Call might creep back up to $8.00 or $9.00 at which time it could be sold. In contrast with a five day option a slight reversal in ...

Auto Talks - Ford

Strong profits and strong vehicle demand. Investors in Ford have opted to discount the cost of future labor demands. Management might have a different slant. Take a hit on plants closing and let the demand for new vehicles heat up (or help reduce the need for dealers to offer incentives). Interesting times. Tesla seems be running with more efficiences.**Barron's coverpage on Sept 18th reads.The EV Wars, As General Motors and Ford confront a UAW strike, they're falling behind rival Tesla in the battle over electric vehicles. Can they catch up? Their article notes that in July, Ford increased it's EV division's full-year projected loss to 4.5 billion from 3 billion, while pushing back a goal of producing roughly 50,000 EVs a month from the end of 2023 to some point in 2024. In the U.S., Ford sold some 32,000 EVs in the first seven months of the year, up 3.5% compared with 2022. (Tesla sells more than 58,000 cars a month in the U.S. and produces 150,000 EVs every month around the globe).( Evs now account for about 7% of new vehicle sales in the U.S. and 22% in California ).

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