Bear Call Spread Options Strategy – Russell 2000 (IWM) As I have stated over the past few weeks, bear call spreads are a good strategy for this market environment. And with implied volatility up again, the bearish-leaning options strategy looks even more attractive, whether as a hedge or simply to act on a directional bias.… Read more »
As I stated last week, bear call spreads are a good strategy for this market environment. And with implied volatility up over 30%, the bearish-leaning options strategy looks even more attractive, whether as a hedge or simply to act on a directional bias. Remember, as I’ve discussed on a few occasions, with a bear call… Read more »
Trade Idea: Learn How to Trade a Bear Credit Spread on IWM A few weeks ago, I posted a “Trade Idea” using a bear call spread in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY). On August 23, 2021, we went over a trade example in SPY selling the October 15, 2021 463/468 bear call spread for… Read more »
Here are the top earnings options plays for next week (8/9 to 8/13). Courtesy of Slope of Hope Of the 71 stocks above, I’ve chosen to highlight seven stocks, with highly liquid options in the table below. Earnings season is winding down so we should see less and less opportunities over the next several weeks.… Read more »
Many of you have asked that I give a bearish call spread example in the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). I’m not going to get into the weeds on bear call spreads today, but if you wish to learn more about my approach to the bear call spread option strategy, including another bearish call spread… Read more »
I’ve been receiving a lot of emails about the risk-defined strategies I use, namely bull put spreads, bear call spreads and iron condors. As a result, I’m going to go over several examples this week, starting with a bullish put spread example in SPY. I’m not going to get into the nitty-gritty of the strategy here,… Read more »
Here are the top earnings options plays for next week (8/2 to 8/6). Courtesy of Slope of Hope Of the 80 stocks above, I’ve chosen to highlight ten stocks, with highly liquid options in the table below. As I stated last week and will every week during earnings season, my hope is that, by going… Read more »
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