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
Today, we are using the stock screener to find stocks with a Buy rating and then looking at a couple of bullish option trade ideas.
Yesterday, with Cisco Systems (CSCO) trading at $77.55, the January put option with a strike price of $77.50 was trading around $1.86. Traders selling this put would receive $186 in option premium.
MicroStrategy stock (MSTR) has been in a major down trend since November. MSTR stock is down 70% from its all-time high and 50% in the last three months.
Tech stocks came under serious selling pressure on Friday with the market concerned about Oracle’s (ORCL) debt issuance and general AI capital expenditures. With those risk factors in play, it might...
Markets enter a critical week still reeling from Friday's sharp selloff in technology and AI stocks following disappointing reactions to Oracle and Broadcom earnings that raised questions about AI infrastructure...
Covered calls are a great strategy to add to any portfolio, and can offer enhanced yield from stock holdings, in some case, that can be a significant increase.
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Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock is a highly rated growth stock with strong analyst ratings. One bad thing about MRVL stock is that it has a low dividend yield of just 0.26%.
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Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start. Wells Fargo has been a strong performer in 2025 and is up 28.22% so far this year....
Earnings season is starting to wind down but we still have some big names due to report Q3 numbers. This week, we have Costco (COST), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe Systems (ADBE) and Oracle (ORCL) all set to...
Markets face the year's final major policy week as the Federal Reserve's December meeting Wednesday afternoon will determine whether the central bank delivers another rate cut or pauses its easing cycle...
