Posts

Showing posts from April, 2024

Featured

The Auto Industry Is Under Control

Look at this printout. Almost every stock on this list was totaly flat. Tesla up fifteen cents. Do you know how seldom this happens? It never does. Yet it happened today. Now this, a chart of how Telsa traded on the day. Look at the three hour price swing between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Now this. The 30 day out Call options on Tesla. Now the thirty day out Put options. They mimic the same kind of price swings. Intraday price swings of $7.20 and $6.97 on these two series of options. So why is this important? Watching thirty day out options is increasingly becoming a smarter way of churning out profits. In these examples one is putting out sums of money like $2,000.00 U.S. with the expections of daily returns, well in this case about $700.00. I know what you might be thinking. You might be thinking that the risk/reward aspect of the equation doesn't make sense. In response to those concerns I would say employing this strategy works best for traders already engaged in trading ot...

Roku Jumped in Anticipation Of A Good Earnings Report

Image
Only to fall again. Look at this five and thirty day chart. ................................................... Yet thats only part of the story. Look at it's year to date chart. How bad was their earnings report? Do you think their pain and suffering is all now behind them? The stock is down 38% on the year. All I know is that they still seem to be making a pile of money. On a different note and in a different industry a stock named "First Solar" was stuck in neutral a few months back because interest rates where to seemingly high and companies in that industry were cutting back on the size and number of projects they were working on. Since that time and for whatever reason the stock in on fire. Both Boeing and Caterpillar also crashed last week on earning report releases. There seemed to be a hint of danger present in both companies releases. It's almost as if there was a domino effect. Next question? Why is Netflix gettng beat up? Look at it's chart. Is ...

Caterpillar - It's First Quarter Earnings Report And Traders Are Staying Away. A Read Which Might Be A Good Reference Point Going Forward.

Image
Boeing rallied yesterday on the release of it's earnings report only then to tank. Caterpillar is tanking this morning in the premarkets. Let's begin with it's 5 day and 30 day chart. ... The world needs to be rebuilt and Caterpillar is there to help. It's growing, it's got a good reputation, it's not laying off employees and it's doing just fine. If it misses a beat on it's earnings report so what? Life goes on. Then there are those pesky analyst who are known to offer a convoluted spin on things. If you like Caterpillar just buy it on the dips and put it away. So the markets will be opening on the commentary by the companies C.E.O of "sales about flat". Phrasing it that way is a recipe for short term disaster. ..... The two printouts above show some of the early morning action in one Put series and in One Call series. What happened the next day? A slight rebound with next to no traders trying to capitalize on a rebound. What does this tell ...