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.
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...
Earnings season is winding down, but we still have a couple of big name companies reporting. This week we have Broadcom, Crowdstrike, Palo Alto Networks, Medtronic and Ciena Corp all reporting.
Markets face a big week focused almost entirely on labor market assessment as comprehensive employment data builds toward Friday's May jobs report at 8:30am that will provide crucial insights into whether...
Amazon has been a strong performer in the last three months with the stock up 29% in that time. However, the options market is hinting that a lower stock price might be just around the corner.
Alphabet (GOOGL) has been holding up well and just bounce right at the 20-day moving average.
With the market coming into a seasonally weak time of year, Bear Call Spreads could be an interesting trade to consider.
Earnings season is winding down, but we still have a couple of big name companies reporting. This week we have Dell Technologies, Marvell Technology, Snowflake, Salesforce and Costco all reporting.
Markets enter the final week of May with a holiday-shortened trading schedule following Memorial Day Monday closure, compressing important economic data and high-profile earnings into four sessions.
The long call butterfly spread is a defined-risk, limited-profit options strategy designed for traders who expect minimal price movement in the underlying asset.
