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McDonald's. It's Difficult To Fight Strong Stocks.

Here is McDonalds five day chart at the close on Wednesday. Now here is it's three month chart. Now consider this. In two days the stock is up about twelve dollars. I often talk about Wednesdays being the one day in the week the markets can do reverals. Today the DJIA was up over four hundred points and McDonalds was down 60 cents. It dipped on the opening and came back a bit and then selling pressure came into the stock again on the closing. I personally hate McDonald's food. The internet has tens of Youtube videos saying their fries are poisonous. Yet I get it. But think about this. Whenever a new residential subdivision goes in anywhere in North America there is room for another one of their restaurants to go in. They just pop up and everyone knows what they are. Here now is a snippet I posted in a past McDonald's blog. After a lackluster trading session today McDonald's could drop in the next two days or at least on a Thursday afternoon sell off. Yet nothing m...

What is Triple Witching And Last Week's Action

It happens four times a year and it's going to happen on June 21st. It's a market reset. Do your your own research on what it is. Just stay away from trying to play one and two day options on the 19th or 20th later this week.
Look at how Tesla traded this week.
Tesla was up .53 cents on the week however it was up $14.00 in one day midweek! Now Boeing, it was down $12.97 on the week.
Now look at Caterpillar on the week. There was no news to explain why it was trading like this.
At the very same time Deere decided to rebound. Are wheat prices going up?
Nvidia this week topped the $3 trillion market value level for the first time. This stock keeps going up.
Eli Lilly also keeps going up.
Volatility like this should attract option traders however catching just the right situation is near impossible. If you have the energy watch the Tesla conference call that happened last week. Find it on Youtube. Elon Musk is telling the world that autonomous driving is just around the corner. That would be exciting. What ever happened to the "Summer Doldrums? The markets are not drifting sideways. It's difficult to keep up with all the action and some option traders are now opting to shy away from trading short term options. The triple witching thing and market "reset" thing. This could be a disappointing week for traders holding "near-to-the-money" options. To be continued.

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