Category: Selling Put Options

A recent forum posting from a member asks questions on the functioning of the Best Bets Tool. This article for members, looks at his questions and presents answers on understanding better how the tool functions. Understanding The Best Bets Tool ....... Read More

A recent email from an investor posed questions on how to exit trades in Moderna. The investor has a large profit in both positions. The exiting strategies discussed in this article can be applied to any stock including Moderna Stock ....... Read More

On the members forums I was asked about the timing of buying the long put in credit put spreads. Let's review the questions asked and then look at some answers. Investor Questions: These questions were posted Oct 29 2020. Hi ....... Read More

An email received from an investor needs a reply as he got caught selling naked puts with an expiry date after earnings last week (Thursday Oct 8) in Domino's Pizza Stock (DPZ). This investor sold put options before earnings were ....... Read More

On the members only forums an investor asked about allocation of his capital which is actually touching on the topic of understanding risk, use of credit put spreads and protection of capital both invested and that held outside of equities. ....... Read More

Nucor Corp reported 36 cents a share in earnings on revenue of $4.33 billion for the quarter which ended Jun 2020. This was a significant decline quarter over quarter for the company. Here is the latest outlook along with trade ....... Read More

With MasterCard Stock (MA) struggling this morning to try to bounce back, my focus is not on the decline from yesterday but instead on continuing to generate more income to grow my portfolio. To do that a couple of simple ....... Read More

Here are some further trades done in Johnson and Johnson Stock (JNJ) today as the stock stays under pressure due to the ongoing legal struggles. I think this provides an opportunity. The rest of this Johnson and Johnson Stock ....... Read More

Johnson and Johnson announced strong earnings results with revenue coming in at $20.5 billion. They raised their full year guidance but also indicated that generic drugs would impact the company's earnings. Here are some further trades done in Johnson and ....... Read More

This morning before markets started trading I discussed a trade in Pfizer Stock (PFE). Pfizer (PFE) Earnings They report earnings on July 30 which are expected to show a decline of 6 cents to 75 cents from 81 cents on ....... Read More

Further to my article this morning on the collapse of Merck Stock last night, the stock continued its decline today but volume is drying up. I expanded upon the original trade idea from this morning when entering these trades in ....... Read More

Johnson and Johnson Stock (JNJ) is dealing with continued claims of their baby powder links to cancer. Today the stock plunged on a report that a criminal probe by the DOJ is underway over whether the company lied about the ....... Read More

One stock that is quite speculative is Alibaba Stock (BABA). This is a full analysis of the stock along with the trade entered today.  The rest of this Alibaba Stock (BABA) article is for FullyInformed Members. Alibaba Stock (BABA) Trade ....... Read More

As oil prices continue to look like they may recover to at least $59 by next week, I placed this covered calls trade in Exxon Mobil Stock (XOM). Here is a covered calls trade that can earn double what selling ....... Read More

On the members forum, an investor had a few questions on the timing of rolling short put options as well as the Put Selling ladder strategy. That strategy in particular is an excellent choice when selling options for income. This ....... Read More

On Friday stocks took a tumble when the non-farm payroll number was released. This week we have a number of "economic" reports being released which could make the second week of March a very volatile week. Market dips such as ....... Read More

When it comes to selling options for income, there is nothing like volatility and market gyrations to drive up put option premiums and fatten my portfolio. But for many investors, selling options for income when markets are in turmoil can ....... Read More

Nucor Corp reported a 68.5 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit this morning beating estimates by a wide margin. A significant portion of the gains came from the 25% steel tariffs on imports which pushed steel prices 21% higher adding to ....... Read More

The collapse of Johnson and Johnson Stock (JNJ) on Friday stunned a lot of investors. The report was nothing knew but it was the strength of the allegations from Reuters that caught investors by surprise and led to the collapse ....... Read More

The collapse of Johnson and Johnson Stock (JNJ) today is setting up to be the worst single day since 2002. This is back to the baby talc issue of whether the product did contain low levels of asbestos which may ....... Read More