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Options Expiration Week, Let The Games Begin
On February 17, 2012, it will be options expiration. The days
leading up to the actual expiration will usually make for a lot of
volatility in many of the popular and highly traded stocks. Traders
and investors must understand that this week is notorious for
rumors and game playing by the large financial institutions.
You see, it is the institutions that move market indexes and
stocks, it is not the individual at home with an online account
that cause the popular stocks to rally or decline. This is a week
when traders will see a lot of choppy action in stocks such as
Apple Inc
(
AAPL
),
Netflix Inc
(
NFLX
),
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc
(
GMCR
),
Amazon.com Inc
(
AMZN
) and many others popular equities.
If there are too many small retail options traders owning calls
or puts at a popular strike price, the large institutions will
usually drive the price away from that level. It is important to
remember that the large institutions have enough capital on hand to
move stocks anyway that they see fit to make a profit.
One of the worse mistakes that a small retail options trader can
make is that they will buy options that are expiring at the end of
the week. The institutions also know that the the small retail
options trader will normally try and capture a gain in the premium
paid and will rarely want to take possession of the stock.
Most small retail options traders do not have the capital to buy
the stock and the option trade is a cheaper way for them to play
the market. Once again, the institutions know this and will
capitalize by moving the stock away from the popular strike price.
This game happens every month by the large institutions.
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