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Gavin McMaster

Fri, May 10th, 2024

Gavin McMaster

Gavin McMaster

Gavin McMaster has a Masters in Applied Finance and Investment. He specializes in income trading using options, is very conservative in his style and believes patience in waiting for the best setups is the key to successful trading. He has been trading options since 2004 and teaching traders since 2010. Follow him on Twitter at @OptiontradinIQ

Most Recent Stories

Earnings Strategy: Leveraging WMT Volatility with a Pre-Earnings Put Option Sale

Selling put options before a company's earnings announcement can be a valid strategy for options traders seeking to capitalize on volatility.

WMT : 60.44 (+0.23%)
Short Straddle Screener Results for May 8th

A short straddle is an advanced options strategy used when a trader is seeking to profit from an underlying stock trading in a narrow range.

QCOM : 180.54 (-0.01%)
MU : 117.81 (-1.27%)
XOM : 118.44 (+1.97%)
MSFT : 412.32 (+0.43%)
NVDA : 887.47 (-1.84%)
UBER : 67.93 (+2.30%)
AMD : 152.39 (-0.80%)
GOOG : 171.58 (+0.25%)
SNOW : 155.87 (-1.21%)
2 Covered Call Ideas on Pfizer Stock

Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start.

PFE : 28.18 (-0.32%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For May 6 - 10

Earnings season continues in earnest this week with plenty of big names reporting. This week, we have Palantir, Walt Disney, Robinhood Markets, Uber Technologies, Shopify, Datadog and Airbnb all reporting....

PLTR : 21.14 (-1.95%)
DIS : 105.80 (+0.34%)
HOOD : 17.30 (-3.08%)
UBER : 67.93 (+2.30%)
SHOP : 62.45 (-0.45%)
DDOG : 115.87 (-1.20%)
ABNB : 147.05 (-6.87%)
AAPL : 184.57 (+1.00%)
COIN : 210.45 (-0.36%)
NVDA : 887.47 (-1.84%)
DKNG : 44.03 (+2.85%)
FSLR : 193.61 (+1.52%)
Earnings, the Yen and Other Key Things to Watch This Week

This week is relatively quiet on the news front, but there are still earnings due out and plenty of other macro factors to watch.

AAPL : 184.57 (+1.00%)
DIS : 105.80 (+0.34%)
SHOP : 62.45 (-0.45%)
DUK : 103.02 (+0.63%)
BP : 38.04 (+1.36%)
ET : 16.23 (-0.12%)
2 Bear Call Spread Trade Ideas For This Thursday

ENPH stock is rated an 88% Sell with a strongest short term outlook on maintaining the current direction.

ENPH : 111.13 (-1.09%)
TSM : 142.79 (-0.56%)
Microsoft Iron Condor Could Net 49% In 2 Weeks

Microsoft (MSFT) is sitting right between the 50 and 200-day moving averages, and that could mean it’s a good time for an iron condor trade.

MSFT : 412.32 (+0.43%)
Options Watchlist: 10 Stocks Showing High IV Percentile

IV Percentile is a measure of implied volatility where current implied volatility is compared to the past implied volatility range.

DELL : 131.68 (+0.05%)
EMR : 115.59 (+2.61%)
PANW : 295.67 (-2.42%)
ZTS : 168.13 (+1.95%)
FTNT : 58.11 (-2.55%)
SBUX : 75.68 (+2.97%)
AMGN : 312.86 (+1.81%)
AMD : 152.39 (-0.80%)
AMZN : 189.50 (+0.80%)
QCOM : 180.54 (-0.01%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For April 29 – May 3

It’s another massive week on the earnings front with 39 companies of interest reporting. That’s not quite as many as last week’s 52, but it’s still a lot and could be potentially market shaping...

AAPL : 184.57 (+1.00%)
AMZN : 189.50 (+0.80%)
AMD : 152.39 (-0.80%)
COIN : 210.45 (-0.36%)
SMCI : 799.70 (-2.79%)
PYPL : 64.45 (+1.00%)
SBUX : 75.68 (+2.97%)
MSFT : 412.32 (+0.43%)
META : 475.42 (+0.60%)
INTC : 30.09 (+0.30%)
GOOGL : 169.96 (+0.34%)
NVDA : 887.47 (-1.84%)
FOMC, Earnings and Other Can't Miss Items This Week

This week's earnings are still a strong theme and in addition Non-Farm Payrolls, JOLTs, and the big one, The Fed Funds rate.

TSLA : 171.97 (-1.57%)
META : 475.42 (+0.60%)
GOOGL : 169.96 (+0.34%)
AAPL : 184.57 (+1.00%)
MA : 455.49 (+0.16%)
AMZN : 189.50 (+0.80%)
MSTR : 1,263.64 (+2.48%)

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Magnificent 7 Insider Sales this year excluding Zuckerberg $META and Bezos $AMZN https://t.co/Bp3UKc65fX
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Biden Administration set to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs! Helpful for Tesla $TSLA? 🤔 https://t.co/oBda1TYykV
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Apple $AAPL needed 3 months to reclaim its 200D moving average but it's doing a solid job of holding it as support now https://t.co/ymJwhG1m9F
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ETFs w/ most active options trading: $SPY - 7.2M $QQQ - 2.8M $IWM - 927k $SLV - 464k $HYG - 291k $GDX - 243k $TLT - 225k $EWZ - 211k $TQQQ - 190k $FXI - 188k $GLD - 173k $EEM - 144k $SQQQ - 131k $TMF - 118k $XLF - 117k $KWEB - 102k $SOXL - 101k $IEF - 96k $LQD - 83k $DIA - 77k
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Stocks w/ most active options trading: $ET - 2.4M $TSLA - 1.4M $NVDA - 1.3M $AAPL - 1.1M $AMZN - 948k $HOOD - 644k $AMD - 431k $ARM - 378k $PLTR - 373k $RBLX - 372k $INTC - 346k $META - 287k $AMC - 275k $MARA - 270k $SBUX - 246k $GME - 219k What options did you trade?
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The Unstoppable Dow Jones Industrials posts its 7th consecutive green day, its longest winning streak since December https://t.co/Nd7Njd1YVF
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Amazon $AMZN hit an all-time high of $191.70 🚨 https://t.co/hdPEfcGzQy
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CBOE Volatility Index $VIX closed at its lowest level since January 23! No FEAR despite what CNN says 😂 https://t.co/FrVMm2Ru45
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Warren Buffett’s Portfolio from the end of the Dot Com Bubble to Now https://t.co/ID982FrZfj
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