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Gavin McMaster

Fri, Jun 9th, 2023

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

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Bear Put Spread Screener Results For June 8th

A bear put spread is created through buying an out-of-the-money put and selling a further out-of-the-money put. The maximum profit is equal to the distance between the strikes, less the premium paid. The...

XOM : 108.19 (-0.31%)
GME : 21.44 (-17.89%)
BAC : 29.23 (-0.85%)
AAPL Broken Wing Butterfly Option Trade Targets A Profit Zone Between 155 and 175

Apple has had a huge rally and could be ready for a small pullback. Today we’re looking at a broken wing butterfly trade that creates a profit zone between 155 and 175. Yesterday, the stock closed around...

AAPL : 180.57 (+1.55%)
How to Buy TGT for a 6% Discount, or Achieve a 19% Annual Return

Yesterday, with TGT trading at 130.60, the July 21 put option with a strike price of 125 was trading around $2.88. Traders selling this put would receive $288 in option premium.

NKE : 106.20 (-0.83%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For June 5 - 9

It’s a very quiet week on the earnings front with just a couple of names of interest. Those include Nio (NIO), Gamestop (GME), Docusign (DOCU), Gitlab (GTLB) and Campbell Soup Company (CPB).

NIO : 7.79 (+0.39%)
GME : 21.44 (-17.89%)
DOCU : 58.48 (+2.20%)
GTLB : 45.86 (-2.59%)
VALE : 14.09 (+1.08%)
MARA : 9.57 (+0.21%)
CHPT : 9.61 (-1.74%)
AMC : 4.68 (-1.06%)
META : 264.58 (+0.37%)
LCID : 6.28 (-1.87%)
PLTR : 15.19 (+3.40%)
RIVN : 14.05 (+1.66%)
Crude Inventories, Unemployment Claims and Other Key Things to Watch This Week

Markets breathed a sigh of relief last week as it appears the debt ceiling drama has come to an end (at least for now). Even with that behind us, there are still plenty of things to watch in the upcoming...

$SPX : 4,293.93 (+0.62%)
SPY : 429.13 (+0.60%)
AAPL : 180.57 (+1.55%)
AMZN : 124.25 (+2.49%)
TSLA : 234.86 (+4.58%)
Covered Call Screener Results For June 1st

High volatility stocks have the highest return potential with covered calls, but they also have the highest risk of an adverse price movement. It’s all about finding a strategy that fits the investors...

PLTR : 15.19 (+3.40%)
AMD : 121.05 (+2.73%)
NET : 63.12 (+0.54%)
SHOP : 59.28 (-0.47%)
MRVL : 59.72 (+0.66%)
ON : 89.99 (+0.84%)
RBLX : 38.87 (+0.60%)
INTC : 31.82 (+1.73%)
Calendar Spread Screener Results For May 31st

Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike.

AVGO : 804.20 (+1.46%)
NFLX : 409.37 (+2.40%)
UNH : 490.23 (+1.68%)
TSLA : 234.86 (+4.58%)
SNOW : 174.31 (+3.10%)
ACN : 307.33 (-1.19%)
COST : 520.09 (+1.73%)
LLY : 445.66 (+2.13%)
ADBE : 439.03 (+4.95%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For May 29 – June 2

Earnings season is winding down, but we still have a couple of big names reporting including Broadcom (AVGO), Salesforce (CRM), Crowdstrike (CRWD) and Lululemon (LULU).

AVGO : 804.20 (+1.46%)
CRM : 209.53 (+1.85%)
CRWD : 151.30 (+1.39%)
LULU : 354.95 (+0.29%)
AMC : 4.68 (-1.06%)
NVDA : 385.10 (+2.76%)
AAPL : 180.57 (+1.55%)
BAC : 29.23 (-0.85%)
QCOM : 116.35 (+1.02%)
SNAP : 10.04 (-1.47%)
CSCO : 49.68 (-0.20%)
AMD : 121.05 (+2.73%)
Job Openings, Chicago PMI and Other Key Things to Watch This Week

The general market ended the week basically flat with the S&P  500  ($SPX) (SPY) being up 0.33% on the week. That does not tell the full story of the week though, there was some excitement and letdown...

$SPX : 4,293.93 (+0.62%)
SPY : 429.13 (+0.60%)
NVDA : 385.10 (+2.76%)
Salesforce Bull Put Spread Could Return 25% In 3 Weeks

Selling the June 16 put with a strike price of 195 and buying the 190 put would create a bull put spread. This spread was trading yesterday for around $1.00.

CRM : 209.53 (+1.85%)

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Small Cap stocks, specifically the Russell 2000, just experienced their most explosive rally EVER on Wednesday after finishing the trading day 3.75 standard deviations above the 50 Day Moving Average https://t.co/ORLrpmSVqV
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Tesla $TSLA has traded green in each of the last 10 trading days, the longest winning streak since January 2021 https://t.co/ZEiMcYBOKz
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S&P 500 closed above 4,292.48 which means the index has gained more than 20% since the October 12 low and the longest bear market since 1948 is officially over! https://t.co/9fDcytYUS9 https://t.co/myDWUJr2Zu
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% of Large Cap Stocks Above Their Moving Averages https://t.co/rm4dbNhwBz
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Stock Market Fear & Greed Index = 76 (Extreme Greed) https://t.co/oWEvu7RGcf
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Adobe Systems $ADBE Trader's Cheat Sheet https://t.co/X1nG4rPm4m https://t.co/Z0kuS3hGwP
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Today's Futures Heat Map Strongest: Coffee, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Silver Weakest: Palladium, Crude Oil, Gasoline RBOB https://t.co/3xb9D9w7Vy
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Stocks Push Higher As Bond Yields Fall After U.S. Jobless Claims Jump Related Stocks: $AMZN $ADBE $CAH $LVS https://t.co/3taYn0zSv7
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4 Stock Market Morning Movers: $SIG $SMAR $HCP $ADBE Check out the Details 👇 https://t.co/iReGw5900E
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Markets Today: Stocks Higher As Bond Yields Fall On Jobless Claims Surge Related Stocks: $ADBE $WYNN $LVS $CARR https://t.co/73NiqE0VOC
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Did you miss yesterday’s webinar “The Squeeze by John Carter - The King of Volatility Indicators?” No worries as it’s now available on our YouTube Channel 👇 https://t.co/nlPINumR5i
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Expect to pay more for beef this summer as drought conditions in parts of the Southwest U.S. have caused domestic cattle herd to drop to its smallest size in 8 years. Cattle Futures trading near all-time highs! https://t.co/zim1DDa0EZ
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A hard landing is coming warns billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller who believes that the Silicon Valley Bank failure was just the tip of the iceberg https://t.co/jOmGJZs5QG
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Gamestop $GME getting hit hard in after hours trading after the company reported lackluster sales and fired its CEO https://t.co/dCC5e4hvhF
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Coinbase Insider Trading Alert 🚨 Cathie Wood increased her $COIN holdings on Tuesday by investing more than $21.6 million across 3 ETFs including Ark Innovation $ARKK, Ark Next Generation Internet, and Ark Fintech Innovation
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Market Breadth improving with 54% of S&P 500 companies now trading above their 200 Day Moving Average. Still short of where it was earlier in the year however. https://t.co/ebm7qZQwA6
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% of Large Cap Stocks Above Their Moving Averages https://t.co/4RfcirQ4Jb
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Fastest Rising Asset Classes in 2023 https://t.co/EuDDQWKkhX
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The State of Economic Freedom in the World https://t.co/X03svx1aXM
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Stock Market Fear & Greed Index = 75 (Extreme Greed) https://t.co/48fbY4vgnh
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United Nat Foods $UNFI Trader's Cheat Sheet https://t.co/AVah5BzXCp https://t.co/a6hldWat5R
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Today's Futures Heat Map Strongest: Gasoline, Natural Gas, Coffee Weakest: Orange Juice, Hard Red Wheat, Wheat https://t.co/9GHdMsFJof
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