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.
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.
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Amazon looks ready to bounce back from the recent bout of selling and looks like a good bullish candidate for the remainder of the year.
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With earnings set for May 20th after the market close, implied volatility on NVDA stock is through the roof. Implied volatility is sitting at 77% compared to a twelve-month low of 31.73%.
It’s a quite week on the earnings front, but all eyes will be on Nvida who are due to report on Wednesday after the closing bell. Other big names reporting this week include Walmart, Home Depot, Target...
Markets face a reasonably quiet week, but it will be dominated by Wednesday's Nvidia (NVDA) earnings and Alphabet's two-day developer conference, creating a critical test for AI infrastructure investment...
Calendar spreads are a versatile options strategy that allows traders to capitalize on time decay and changes in implied volatility.
Using the June 18th expiry, the trade would involve buying the 17 strike call, selling two of the 25 strike calls and buying one of the 33 strike calls. The cost for the trade would be $268 which is the...
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Intel Corp stock has been in a huge uptrend for the last two months and could be due for a pause here.
On Friday, with Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) trading at $105.47, the June put option with a strike price of $90 was trading around $5.55. Traders selling this put would receive $555 in option premium....
Markets enter a potentially pivotal week as geopolitical developments dominate with both U.S.-Iran negotiations and a highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit creating binary outcomes that could dramatically...
