Tag: Cash Secured Puts
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Best Option Trading Strategy for a Portfolio Paycheck
There is an options trading strategy that offers a powerful, yet often overlooked, opportunity for generating consistent monthly income. An increasing numbers of investors use this strategy – and thousands…
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Can Option Trading Really Give You Safer Retirement Income?
Option trading may sound like a risky endeavor, but like most investments, it’s only as risky as you make it. After all, stock investing can be incredibly risky if you’re…
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How & Why to Sell Options During a Recession
Recessions and economic slowdowns often trigger a decline in stock prices, as slowing revenue growth and tighter corporate margins pressure valuations. In the current environment—marked by elevated interest rates, lingering…
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How to Protect Gains with Options
Most investors are happy with unrealized gains, but there’s always a risk of loss until they sell. Fortunately, there are a couple of options strategies that you can use to…
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How to Get Approved for Option Trading
Options have become a popular way to speculate, hedge against risk, and even generate income. If you’re interested in trading options, you must apply for special permission from your brokerage.…
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How the Wheel Option Strategy Works
There are many different options strategies designed to generate an income. While covered calls are the most popular, traders may also use iron condors, butterfly spreads, diagonal spreads or calendar…
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How Do Cash-Secured Puts Work?
Options may be notorious for their speculative use, but many investors use them to generate income or achieve other goals. For example, cash-secured puts provide you with an alternative way…
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Generating Income with Cash Secured Puts
Options are often seen as speculative instruments for traders, but many investors use them to generate income. In fact, the most sophisticated option traders use them to reduce risk, limit…
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Buying Protection with a Married Put
The stock market is known for rising during both times of euphoria and fear. For instance, the stock market hit record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic despite extremely high levels…
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Can I Trade Options on an Index
Passive investing has exploded in recent years. Investing in broad-market indexes has surged in popularity and costs less than ever before. You can take this approach to the next level…