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Waste Management Again

Last Friday I did a blog on Waste Managemnet showing how it closed strong on the day. I showed how it's Call options also got dragged up and my point was that two week out options are sometimes a sweet spot in the market. Here was it's one day trading chart on Friday. So this morning, a Monday morning I checked it out once again. Here is how it was trading. Now let's skip ahead to the end of the day. Here is how the same Calls are trading. So in two trading sessions they went from a low of $3.43 up to $5.60 with no thoughts about "time-value" working against you. Here now is it's five day chart. Option trading doesn't always have to be about making "all or nothing" trades. *** Earnings came out. This is a good example of pre-earning option trading.

Charts Don't Usually Do This So Quickly. FedEx

Look at this chart - it was early into a Friday morning. I am sorry I ignored it.
It was Fed Ex and I was too busy to be watching it. My first thought when I saw the drop was that here is a perfect example of how a stock can drop and then be held perfectly still at a lower level. I often see this kind of a chart formation and know that it is often a precursor to further price declines. Yet I overlooked something. It's Fed Ex and this stock has a history of over amplify bad news and then somehow discounting that news.
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The chart above shows its one year trading history. It's a power house business which has a history of getting knocked down. Now this.
Can you see how some traders were not afraid to buy in on bad news? In this case there was time after it crashed to get in on the buy side. Now a look at next weeks Calls to see the slightly different trading action.
NOW LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING SUPER IMPORTANT. Look at the open interest now in these next week Call option. OPTION TRADERS ARE SMART. THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME. Pick your battle and run. There are now only eight open contracts on this series of Calls! Yes eight. The consensus now is that this particular option series is now to risky to hold onto. (I will check back in a few days to show yu how they are doing). The end.

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