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Gavin McMaster

Thu, May 25th, 2023

Gavin McMaster

Gavin McMaster

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

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Salesforce Bull Put Spread Could Return 25% In 3 Weeks

Selling the June 16 put with a strike price of 195 and buying the 190 put would create a bull put spread. This spread was trading yesterday for around $1.00.

CRM : 209.06 (+1.17%)
2 Bearish Option Ideas To Consider This Wednesday

Yesterday, we looked at some bullish trades, so today, we are going to look for some bearish candidates.

BA : 199.27 (-1.64%)
V : 222.25 (-1.04%)
Bull Call Spread Screener Results For May 23rd

With markets looking strong, it’s a good time to run the Bull Call Spread Screener. A bull call spread is an options strategy that a trader uses when they believe the price of an underlying stock will...

AMC : 4.88 (-2.98%)
PLTR : 12.23 (-3.24%)
MSFT : 313.85 (-0.45%)
CHPT : 8.36 (-1.53%)
DKNG : 24.15 (-0.49%)
AAPL : 171.84 (+0.16%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For May 22 - 26

It’s a somewhat quiet week on the earnings front this week, with Nvdia (NVDA), Costco (COST), Lowes (LOW), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Snowflake (SNOW) and Marvell Technology (MRVL) headlining.

NVDA : 305.38 (-0.49%)
COST : 482.76 (-0.44%)
LOW : 203.63 (-1.46%)
ZM : 62.63 (-4.60%)
SNOW : 177.14 (+1.13%)
MRVL : 45.98 (-1.31%)
PLTR : 12.23 (-3.24%)
INTC : 29.00 (-1.73%)
NIO : 7.92 (-9.49%)
AMC : 4.88 (-2.98%)
PLUG : 8.46 (-3.97%)
TSLA : 182.90 (-1.54%)
Yellen, FOMC Minutes and Other Key Themes to Watch This Week

It was a great week in the overall market this week. The S&P 500  ($SPX) (SPY) finished up over 1% with most of that run coming in the second half of the week.

$SPX : 4,115.24 (-0.73%)
SPY : 411.09 (-0.72%)
NVDA : 305.38 (-0.49%)
How to Buy NKE for a 9% Discount, or Achieve a 17% Annual Return

Traders selling this put would receive $330 in option premium. In return for receiving this premium, they have an obligation to buy 100 shares of NKE for $110.

NKE : 108.29 (-0.45%)
3 Calendar Spread Trade Ideas For This Wednesday

Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral,...

XOM : 107.59 (+1.12%)
MSFT : 313.85 (-0.45%)
AAPL : 171.84 (+0.16%)
How To Increase The Yield On Bond Investments

With interest rates continuing to remain elevated, investors can once again generate significant income from their bond investments.

TLT : 100.53 (-0.49%)
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For May 15 - 19

Another week of earnings, although we are most of the way through the season now. Some key names reporting this week include Home Depot (HD), Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Cisco (CSCO), Deere & Company...

HD : 291.10 (-1.30%)
WMT : 147.63 (-0.46%)
TGT : 143.10 (-2.76%)
CSCO : 48.41 (-1.02%)
DE : 354.08 (-1.78%)
AMAT : 121.73 (-2.22%)
FL : 26.16 (-3.50%)
AMC : 4.88 (-2.98%)
PBR : 11.97 (+1.53%)
GOOGL : 120.90 (-1.35%)
AMZN : 116.75 (+1.53%)
SOFI : 5.31 (+0.38%)
Banking Stress, Manufacturing Index and Other Key Themes to Watch This Week

Another week, another bank is on the brink of collapse. This past week Pacific Western Bank was in the news for being on the brink of collapse.

PACW : 7.20 (-2.44%)
$SPX : 4,115.24 (-0.73%)
SPY : 411.09 (-0.72%)
TSLA : 182.90 (-1.54%)

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History in the making 👇 $NVDA https://t.co/eJe3xKPFhK
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Do Triple Top Chart Patterns exist? (Doing a poll as there appears to be some debate from the earlier Gold tweet)
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Nvidia $NVDA is expected to derive 50-60% of its 2023 revenue from artificial intelligence according to research from JP Morgan. Here is a list showing the % of revenue other companies expect to earn this year from AI: https://t.co/2zbQ0y7dyq
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Potential Triple Top for Gold? H/T: @Callum_Thomas https://t.co/06Cyi4QuSM
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Updated Nvidia $NVDA Trader's Cheat Sheet based on yesterday's closing price https://t.co/mnCQkWqY7c
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Treasury Bills maturing around the U.S. Treasury's "X" date are yielding more than 6% which is higher than some corporate bonds sold by junk-rated companies https://t.co/GzprhP5gHM
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Food inflation proving sticky in the UK as the average cost of an English Breakfast is up an average of 22% year-over-year. In fact, every single item that makes up Bloomberg's Breakfast Index has increased since April 2022. https://t.co/pPdQYJqp5R
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Expectations of a Federal Reserve June interest rate hike are increasing. Fed swaps are now pricing in a 40% chance of a 25bps hike in June. https://t.co/oAw2rwUUcC
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Did you miss today's webinar "Barchart's Indispensable Tools for Trading the Futures Markets?" No worries as it's now available on our YouTube Channel 👇 Link: https://t.co/ALIauEbvMG https://t.co/ALkessSiUD
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Fed Governor Christopher Waller believes additional interest rate hikes are coming and won't support a pause right now https://t.co/Ny5iinaycM
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The Treasury Yield Curve (10Y-3M) is a perfect 8/8 in forecasting recessions since 1968. Duke University Professor Campbell Harvey believed it was showing a false warning in January. He now believes it is real and only questions how deep the recession will be. https://t.co/rgWiTZ4aNj
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A U.S. credit rating downgrade is being considered by Fitch Ratings https://t.co/MxZOb10QKv
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7 Fear & Greed Indicators: * Market Momentum (Greed) * Stock Price Strength (Neutral) * Stock Price Breadth (Fear) * Put and Call Options (Extreme Greed) * Market Volatility (Neutral) * Safe Haven Demand (Greed) * Junk Bond Demand (Greed) https://t.co/qRmhZnyEa8 https://t.co/G0EZ5FBfky
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Here is how much money you need to be among the Top 1% in the World's 10 Richest Countries: https://t.co/BWuQwM3qZA
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ETFs w/ most active options trading: $SPY - 9.076M $QQQ - 3.153M $IWM - 1.022M $XLI - 387k $HYG - 382k $KRE - 308k $TQQQ - 253k $EEM - 243k $UVXY - 243k $SLV - 234k $XLF - 203k $SQQQ - 197k $EWZ - 192k $TLT - 142k $ARKK - 124k $EFA - 123k $SOXL - 116k $GLD - 101k $XHB - 76k
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Stocks w/ most active options trading: $TSLA - 2.178M $NVDA - 930k $AMZN - 837k $AAPL - 722k $NU - 422k $AMD - 396k $PLTR - 385k $BABA - 358k $NIO - 330k $NFLX - 315k $GOOGL - 295k $DIS - 285k $META - 283k $MSFT - 279k $PFE - 267k $ETRN - 226k What options did you trade?
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% of Large Cap Stocks Above Their Moving Averages https://t.co/qoXV3Chkvo
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Stock Market Fear & Greed Index = 61 (Greed) https://t.co/EuG3dB1zK3
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Dividends from the world's largest 1,200 publicly traded companies hit a record $326.7 billion during the 1st quarter, a 12% increase YOY https://t.co/iTXZT7eLkK
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Central Banks bought 1,079 tonnes of gold bullion in 2022, the most ever since record keeping began in 1950. https://t.co/9uPBBZPFL0 https://t.co/GlOwh0NP7Y
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