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Gavin McMaster

Fri, Mar 21st, 2025

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

Low-Risk Income: 2 Covered Call Trades on NEM Stock

Today, we’re looking at two covered call examples on Newmont Mining stock. The first step to finding our covered call candidates is to use the Stock Scanner with the following parameters:

NEM : 47.36 (-0.84%)
How to Buy WMT For a 7% Discount, or Achieve a 21% Annual Return

Yesterday, with WMT trading at $58.59, the May 16 put option with a strike price of $82.50 was trading around $2.70. Traders selling this put would receive $270 in option premium.

NVDA : 117.70 (-0.70%)
Bear Call Spread Ideas for NKE Earnings

A bear call spread is a type of vertical spread, meaning that two options within the same expiry month are being traded.

NKE : 67.94 (-5.46%)
Netflix Options Play: Unlocking Bigger Gains with Less Risk

Netflix stock is trading in between the 50 and 200-day moving averages and is rated a 56% Buy with a Weakening short term outlook on maintaining the current direction.

NFLX : 960.29 (+0.99%)
FOMC, Nvidia Event and Other Key Things to Watch this Week

Last week brought significant market volatility with the S&P 500 suffering substantial weekly losses despite a strong Friday rebound. Here are 5 things to watch this week in the Market.

NVDA : 117.70 (-0.70%)
$SPX : 5,667.56 (+0.08%)
SPY : 563.98 (+0.03%)
Using Barchart Tools to Analyze Some Tesla Butterfly Spreads

The long call butterfly spread is a defined-risk, limited-profit options strategy designed for traders who expect minimal price movement in the underlying asset.

TSLA : 248.71 (+5.27%)
Bearish Screener Results: Bear Call Spread Trades for March 11th

US stock markets tumbled today primarily driven concerns over tariffs and cuts to the federal workforce. One way to use options to profit from declining stock prices is via a bear call spread.

AVGO : 191.66 (+0.59%)
AAPL : 218.27 (+1.95%)
QCOM : 156.82 (-0.72%)
META : 596.25 (+1.75%)
MSFT : 391.26 (+1.14%)
AMZN : 196.21 (+0.65%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For March 10-14

It’s a very light week for earnings as the Q1 season finishes up, but we still have some important names reporting which should give us some insight on the technology and consumer sectors.

DOCU : 88.06 (+3.47%)
TSLA : 248.71 (+5.27%)
DG : 83.66 (+2.44%)
MSTR : 304.00 (+0.64%)
ORCL : 152.23 (-0.32%)
ADBE : 387.26 (-0.60%)
DAL : 46.77 (-0.38%)
COIN : 189.86 (-0.27%)
Inflation, Jobs Data and Other Key Things to Watch this Week

Last week brought market volatility with tariff news causing whipsaw and before Fed Chief Jerome Powell calmed the markets somewhat on Friday. Here are 5 things to watch this week in the Market.

DG : 83.66 (+2.44%)
LEN : 115.22 (-4.04%)
$SPX : 5,667.56 (+0.08%)
ADBE : 387.26 (-0.60%)
ORCL : 152.23 (-0.32%)
SPY : 563.98 (+0.03%)
DOCU : 88.06 (+3.47%)
NFLX Broken Wing Butterfly Trade Targets A Profit Zone Between 880 and 960

Netflix (NFLX) is holding up reasonably well during this market correction and this week found support right at the 50-day moving average.

NFLX : 960.29 (+0.99%)

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BREAKING 🚨: Tesla $TSLA has now declined for 9 consecutive weeks, its longest losing streak in history 📉 https://t.co/q1GcHXjRcF
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Market on Close Show: 1) Where are stocks headed? 2) Dow Jones Transports Form a Death Cross 3) Are Small Caps Dead? 4) $META is the only Mag 7 stock above its 200D moving average 5) Today's hottest investments, including $NVDA $BTC $TSLA could plunge 99% https://t.co/8XJoPCGjit
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Let's all come back on Jan 1, 2075, and see how accurate this is!
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United States is projected to reach a Global Market Cap of $116 Trillion by 2075, more than India, Japan, UK, France, and Germany combined! And about 60% higher than China! 🚨 https://t.co/8sgvjHPZrn
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BREAKING 🚨: Nike $NKE drops to its lowest price since the onset of Covid 📉 https://t.co/OientINpCP
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50 Most Valuable Global Brands - Apple $AAPL #1 https://t.co/SZKUyJAILY
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Nasdaq $QQQ on track for its 5th consecutive red week, its longest losing streak since May 2022 🚨📉 https://t.co/pBOV1l2xbu
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$TSLA will hit $2,600 by 2029, says Cathie Wood, which would give Tesla a roughly $9 Trillion Market Cap (NOTE: This is Post-Split) https://t.co/hRFzbvsSkp
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