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
There was some wild volatility last week as PPI came in hotter than expected and CPI came in just under expectations on the monthly basis. This small decrease in the inflation rate was enough for Fed heads...
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Is Nvidia (NVDA) the most important stock in the world? It sure feels that way at times.
Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike.
Snowflake (SNOW) is due to report earnings next Wednesday after the closing bell. The Barchart Technical Opinion rating is a 48% Sell with a weakest short term outlook on maintaining the current direction....
Earnings season is slowing down, but we still have a few big names reporting. This week, we have Alibaba, Home Depot, Walmart, Cisco and Deere & Company all reporting.
We are in full swing during the earnings season, with again many mixed results around earnings and guidance. This past week many names came out with decent earnings but poor guidance stating that some...
Selling put options before a company's earnings announcement can be a valid strategy for options traders seeking to capitalize on volatility.
A short straddle is an advanced options strategy used when a trader is seeking to profit from an underlying stock trading in a narrow range.
Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start.
Earnings season continues in earnest this week with plenty of big names reporting. This week, we have Palantir, Walt Disney, Robinhood Markets, Uber Technologies, Shopify, Datadog and Airbnb all reporting....
