11/29/2020 Plan: This week, we look at two bullish plays in Intel (Ticker: INTC) 11/29/2020 Plan (continued): INTC – Sell the December 18th 45 put for 0.38 or INTC – Sell the December 18th 45/42.5 put spreads for 0.26 x2 DIS – Sell the December 11th 136 put for 0.72 […]
Monthly Archives: November 2020
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This is the fifth in an series of pointing out faulty options education, primarily in Barron’s. I’ve passed on a few in the last couple months, but these basic errors need a bit of public shaming with the hope that editorial quality will improve. What happened this time? The November […]
11/22/2020 Plan: This week, we look at a couple ways to play Activision Blizzard (Ticker: ATVI) and a put sale idea. 11/22/2020 Plan (continued): ATVI – Sell the December 18th 70 put for 1+ ATVI – Sell the December 18th 72.5/70 put spreads for 0.39 x2 FITB – Sell the […]
11/15/2020 Plan: This week, we look at a couple put spread ideas and some put sales. The main trade is a put spread in Johnson and Johnson (Ticker: JNJ). 11/15/2020 Plan (continued): JNJ – Sell the December 18th 140/135 put spread for 0.56 AMD – Sell the December 18th 72.5/70 […]
11/08/2020 Plan: This week, we look at a few put sale ideas (and a put spread) in Activision Blizzard (Ticker: ATVI), Bank of America (Ticker: BAC), and Dow Inc (Ticker: DOW). 11/8/2020 Plan (continued): ATVI – Sell the November 20th 72.5 put for 0.5 or the 72 put for 0.46 […]
Can you trade options after hours? No. Rather than create the shortest article ever to a very commonly asked question, I’ll expand a bit since the full answer is a bit more complicated. This question is regularly asked, often during earnings season as traders are looking to close options after […]
11/01/2020 Plan: With the US Election this week, the low risk approach is to place no additional trades. For traders with a lower risk tolerance or smaller account size, that is this week’s recommendation. For those interested in placing trades, we look at a couple different “A” names – Activision […]