Quote from volente_00:
Gary, I traded WMT from 1999 to 2005 both swing trading and day trading and options on it as well. Unless the option interest seriously changes the stock will gravitate back to fill that gap at 47.80 and then on to 50 min by mid Jan. Maybe this time will different, but from my years of trading it, the odds are highly against you for shorting or buying puts in the 4th quarter into jan. Good luck with your trade. I do know for a fact that the analyst at the big firms, were bearish back when it was at 43 a few months ago and they were telling retail customers to dump it then and next thing you know it ran 20%.