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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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A Short Strangle Trade on This Top Gold Stock Could Net $189 in Just a Few Weeks

Newmont Mining (NEM) is currently showing above average volatility with an IV Percentile of 82% and an IV Rank of 66.15%.

NEM : 99.20 (-6.89%)
AMD : 205.27 (+2.91%)
GOOGL, NVDA, and More: Iron Condor Screener Results for March 18

Let’s take a look at Barchart’s Short Iron Condor Screener for March 18th:

NVDA : 178.56 (-1.02%)
TSLA : 380.30 (-3.18%)
ORCL : 155.52 (+1.71%)
AMZN : 208.76 (-0.53%)
COIN : 202.91 (+0.31%)
This Microsoft Stock Bear Call Spread Could Net 14% in 4 Weeks

Microsoft stock was a bearish candidate that came up on one of my Barchart Stock Screeners that searches for stocks trading below their 50-day moving average and have a high IV Percentile.

MSFT : 389.02 (-0.71%)
Turn Omega Healthcare into an Income Machine with This Options Play

With markets becoming more volatile, investors might be more interested in generating income rather than capital gains.

OHI : 46.81 (-0.93%)
Iran War, Fed Conundrum and Other Key Things to Watch this Week

Markets face one of the year's most consequential weeks as the Federal Reserve's March meeting on Wednesday at 2:00pm arrives amid extraordinary economic crosscurrents

NVDA : 178.56 (-1.02%)
LULU : 165.57 (+0.11%)
DLTR : 105.56 (-1.80%)
MU : 444.27 (-3.78%)
FDX : 356.11 (+1.82%)
CCL : 24.94 (+3.23%)
The Best Covered Call Strategy to Trade High-Yielding Pfizer Stock and Earn Extra Income

Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start. Pfizer (PFE) has been a strong performer in 2026 and is up 9.64% so far this year....

PFE : 27.41 (+0.33%)
How to Create a 24% Synthetic Dividend on Intel (INTC) Stock Using Options

Intel Corp (INTC) stock broke above the 50-day moving average on Monday and is showing positive accumulation on the breakout. One bad thing about INTC stock is that it currently doesn't pay a dividend....

INTC : 46.18 (+2.55%)
Target a Profit Zone in Microsoft Stock Between $350 and $390 with This Spread Trade

A put ratio spread is an advanced option trade and generally not suitable for beginners, but it can have its place within an option portfolio.

MSFT : 389.02 (-0.71%)
10 Bearish Option Setups That Just Triggered (March 9 Screener)

With markets in crisis, it’s a good time to check in on our bear put spread screener.

NVDA : 178.56 (-1.02%)
ORCL : 155.52 (+1.71%)
PLTR : 155.68 (+1.90%)
Iran War, CPI and Other Key Thing to Watch this Week

Markets enter a critical week following last week's February jobs report that showed the U.S. economy lost around 92,000 jobs, which was a dramatic miss that has intensified recession concerns and raised...

BABA : 124.90 (-7.09%)
ADBE : 245.99 (unch)
ORCL : 155.52 (+1.71%)

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Alibaba $BABA getting pounded to its lowest price since August 📉📉 https://t.co/pYkn8J2EbL https://t.co/b4ybJgeRSX
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$META has traded below its 200-day moving average since Halloween (except for just 5 days), the longest such period of weakness since 2022 🚨🚨 https://t.co/sof37E6cfo
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Silver getting pounded 📉📉 On track for its 7th consecutive red day, its longest losing streak since December 2023 🤯👀 https://t.co/mHnLzlzpIf
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More manipulation in the Japanese Yen market 🚨 They're gonna keep saving it aren't they? https://t.co/KaOBnavqth
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BREAKING 🚨: S&P 500 $SPX headed for its first close below the 200-day moving average since May 📉📉 https://t.co/3Y38ZiMaFl
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Almost half of all Americans fear a "total economic collapse" will occur within the next 10 years 🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/kI60NBXMxB
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CBOE Volatility Index $VIX on track for a 3rd consecutive weekly close above 25 🚨 This would be only the 3rd time that's happened since late 2022 😱👀 https://t.co/cSGfV2X2P6
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JUST IN 🚨: U.S. National Debt surpasses $39 Trillion for the first time in history 🚨 Congrats everyone, we did it 🥳🫂 https://t.co/1STyb2iGfo
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