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Boeing - A One Day Chart That I Now Like

Here is is. Why do I like this chart? It spiked on high volume in the morning and volume came into it on the close. So here is what I did. If you see charts like this you could be also be doing this. On a cautionary note Boeing has hit a rough patch as of late but this trade might be good for a one dollar profit. If it happens take the money and run. If you miss a four dollar move to the upsde so what. Here is a fill at 3:37 p.m. which I could have got for less a few minutes later. Here is Boeing's five day chart of torture. What might happen? Could it stumble on the morning trying to get fresh legs? Maybe.
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Why Not To Focus On Nvidia?

An earnings report is coming out this week and the stock could jump ten percent if the numbers are good. What a wild run it has had. Here is it's 30 day chart.
It's Monday morning on August 26th and here is how this weeks "out-of-the-money" 130 series of calls are trading. Over 31,000 contracts traded in the first 25 minutes. This is only one of many series.
Now here is it's five day chart.
Imagine catching it last Thursday when it dropped ove six dollars with options that expired the next day or catching it last Friday on one day options rebounding four or five dollars? That's where the real action was. Waiting now for the release of it's second-quarter earnings report after the markets close on Wednesday, August 28th is a fools game. Now a parapraph on AMC Entertainment. I don't really follow this stock however I was watching the five series of options trade trade on it last Thursday and Friday when the stock waivered around the $5.00 mark. What a seesaw. Look at how this weeks expiring five series of Calls jumped on the opening today. What's that all about?
Look at how high the Call options popped just after the opening. These same Call options closed at $.12 on Friday.
My point is that there is a sweet spot for options with a five dollar striking price. It is on Monday mornings with options that expire at the end of the week if the stock you are watching is already trading at $5.00. Don't ask me why it happens but it sometimes does. One final thought. With interest rates set to decline one beneficiary should be solar stocks. I read about is relationship frequently. Why not be in options on solar power stocks just before the markets close on a Friday afternoon?
This particular option series doubled in price from it's Friday close in the first sixteen minutes of trading. Good option traders can be finished trading by 11:00 a.m. on Monday mornings.

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