The appointment is for 19 pm Italian time, 10 am in California, when it will be possible to follow the presentation of Apple's new models and new services online from Apple Park. A long-awaited event anticipated by a shower of previews both on the characteristics of the new i Phone 12 line plus the Mini with a 5,4-inch diagonal. Not to mention the innovations in the iWatch sector: the possibility of measuring the oxygen level in the blood is not missing, at a price of 399 dollars. But the real novelty is the debut in 5G accompanied by the debut of Smart Data Mode technology: given that 5G consumes a lot, apps will choose whether they need 5G or if they can do without it using a slower network that has less impact on the battery .
All of this explains, at least in part, the fever on the eve. On Monday at the Nasdaq, the Apple stock scored a rise of 6,4%, with a leap in capitalization of 128 billion dollars, a record already broken in overnight trading in Tokyo and this morning in Europe where the stock is traded over the 127 dollars (+2,7%) waiting for Tim Cook to lift the curtain on Apple's latest creature. All discounted? Absolutely not. The stock's run raises many questions about the nature of the rally and the characteristics of the market. Let's see why.
- Monday's rise is linked to the options boom which make it possible to focus on the growth of the stock in the near future. The Robinhooders, i.e. the small investors (or speculators) went wild on the "zero cost" platforms, taking advantage of the Columbus Day holiday of many Americans. In just one day, four million were purchased, about double what it is seen on average in one sitting.
- A movement of this type also offers many opportunities to professionals. The financial intermediaries who have sold the call options, to hedge against the upside risk usually buy securities on the market with the result of raise volatility as happened at the end of August, when the bets of the Japanese Softbank had moved the stocks.
- Will it be like this again this time? We will find out soon, even if the spotlights of the sheriffs of the Stock Exchange but even more the size of the capital moved by the Apple make the sting unlikely in a day, among other things, in which Wall Street will be grappling with the launch of the quarterly campaign and with Amazon's Prime Day business flood, destined to relegate the electoral campaign of Donald Trump, the great enemy of Jeff Bezos, to the shadows.
