Lee Lowell is editor of Instant Money Trader and The Triple-ZoneTM Profit Trader for The White Cap Research Group and a regular contributor/editor to... Learn More These Three Commodities Are Set to Move… Are You Ready to Profit?
by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Tuesday, August 25, 2009: Issue #1075
If you’re looking for what I call a “blast-off” move, look no further than the sugar market.
Since April, the commodity has embarked on an extreme upside move, shooting to highs not seen since [...]
Commodity Futures: Playing The Grains & Orange Juice Markets
by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Saturday, August 1, 2009: Issue #1056
I’d like to focus today’s segment on the markets that typically see heightened activity during the summer months, due to the fact that it’s their prime growing season.
Specifically, that means the grains and orange juice markets.
As we’ve [...]
Using a Put Selling Strategy: A Step-By-Step Lesson On Selling Options
by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Stock and Commodity Analyst, Mt. Vernon Research
Monday, June 29, 2009: Issue #1029
Let’s say you’ve been interested in buying Microsoft stock and you feel $20 is a good price to pick up some shares. It currently trades at $23.50 per share, so [...]
Selling Naked Put Options: How to Get Paid to Buy Stocks
by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Stock and Commodity Analyst, Mt. Vernon Research
Friday, June 26, 2009: Issue #1027
Right now, bunches of savvy investors are getting paid cold, hard cash for nothing more than agreeing to buy stocks. Investors are giving them money to buy stock that they [...]
Strangle Options: Your Stock Is Poised For A Big Move… So Strangle Some Profits From It
By Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Friday, October 5, 2007: Issue #462
“Wow, you see what the market’s doing today?” “Hey, check out Stock X – it’s flying!” Boy, if I collected a dollar for every time someone said this to me whenever [...]
Selling Covered Calls – Getting Cash for Stocks You Already Own
By Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist, Mt. Vernon Research
Tuesday, December 27, 2005: Issue #270
If you own at least 100 shares of stock, and you’re not selling call options against it, then you are throwing away free money. How’s that?
Well, there are other traders out [...]
Option Credit Spreads: Sell First, Buy Second for 50% Better Odds
By Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist, Mt. Vernon Research
Thursday, December 15, 2005: Issue #267
Much of my own option trading occurs from the short side. I’m not referring to a bearish directional outlook, but rather a trading strategy that involves the selling of options instead of buying [...]
Out of the Money Options – Buyer Beware, Seller… Take The Money
By Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist, Mt. Vernon Research
Tuesday, November 1, 2005: Issue #255
About a year and a half into my days as an options market maker on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), I discovered the strategy of selling short-term, out-of-the-money [...]
Fair Value Sheets: Quote, Trade and Hedge… In Less Than 30 Seconds
By Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Tuesday, October 4, 2005: Issue #247
Before becoming an options market-maker on the NYMEX, I never anticipated the initial pain that my legs would feel after having stood in the same spot for five and a half hours a day. That’s [...]
Market Maker Survival: The Options Pit “Caste System” Revealed
By Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist
Tuesday, September 20, 2005: Issue #243
So you want to know what market maker survival is all about? What it’s like being a market maker? Well, you’ve come to right place… I spent many years as a market maker on the floor of the [...]