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.
With market volatility on the rise, put premiums are highly elevated, so it’s a good time to check in on Barchart’s Naked Put Screener.
Markets face a complex week as SpaceX begins its first full trading week following Friday's historic IPO, creating ongoing capital flow dynamics and liquidity pressures that could amplify volatility across...
With the stock market under pressure, it’s a good time to check in on our bear put spread screener.
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In the current market environment, investors might be more interested in generating income rather than capital gains.
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Let's say I have $11,000 to invest into RKLB stock, I could simply buy 100 shares and hope the stock rises. But, if I want a more conservative play, I could sell a December 18 put with a strike price of...
Options can be used to generate extra income like in this cash secured put trade on Crocs, Inc. (CROX). But they can also be used to protect a stock holding from a large drop in price.
Markets face a pivotal week marked by a significant structural shift away from richly valued AI and technology stocks toward lagging sectors, evident in Friday's steep Nasdaq and S&P 500 plunges that signal...
A bear put spread is a vertical spread that aims to profit from a stock declining in price. It has a bearish directional bias as hinted in the name. Unlike the bear call spread, it suffers from time decay...
The price of Adobe Systems stock has under pressure in 2026 with the stock down 25% year-to-date and the company is due to report earnings on June 11th after the market close.
with Crocs, Inc. trading at $119.28, the July put option with a strike price of $110 was trading around $4.10. Traders selling this put would receive $410 in option premium. In return for receiving this...
