Lee Lowell is the editor of The Instant Money Trader for WSD Insider. One of America's leading options professionals, Lee spent six years in the options "trenches" as a market maker on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) in New York City. Lee is the author of the popular book Get Rich with Options: Four Winning Strategies Straight From The Exchange Floor and has written numerous articles for several financial publications such as Futures magazine and Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. Learn More The Cotton Market: Why Now is the Best Time to Cash In by Lee Lowell, Investment U’s Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Wednesday, September 8, 2010: Issue #1340 Forget the dotcom sector. Forget the real estate market. If you want to see bubbles and busts on a regular basis, just head to the commodities world. [...]
Put Option Credit Spreads: Three Ways to Win – And an 80% Chance of Success by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Monday, August 16, 2010: Issue #1324 When the stock market behaves erratically and volatility is the order of the day (as it is now), what can you do to combat the upheaval? [...]
How to Buy Gold for $100… And Get $200 Back by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Tuesday, July 6, 2010: Issue #1295 It’s one of the most valuable and most actively traded assets on the planet. It boasts great intraday trading ranges, with tons of liquidity, which makes it easy to enter and [...]
Embracing Volatility… How to Use the Put-Sell Strategy to Grab Stock Discounts and Cash by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Friday, March 26, 2010: Issue #1225 When I was a floor trader on the NYMEX in the 1990s, a “big” day occurred when oil futures moved by $0.50 intraday. And it would take [...]
Four Commodities… Four Ways to Profit by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Issue #1194 So much for the oil rally. The market started 2010 in blazing fashion, with March oil futures tagging $84 a barrel. Next stop: $100, right? A price not seen since the fall of 2008. Not [...]
The Best Ways to Play Oil, Gold and Frozen Florida Oranges by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Tuesday, January 12, 2010: Issue #1173 “So what do you expect from the commodity markets in 2010?” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked this question over the past few weeks, I’d [...]
Gold and Oil: Why These Two Commodities Are Set to Blast Higher in 2010 by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Thursday, December 17, 2009: Issue #1160 If you’re looking for some calm during the market’s ongoing storm, don’t expect to find much in the commodities sector. Not that this is a bad thing. [...]
Using Put Options: How to Grab Discounts and Instant Money Everyday by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Wednesday, November 25, 2009: Issue #1145 Forget Black Friday. The stock market has 3,000 items on sale – and ready to give you cash back… instantly. Over the past few weeks, I’ve discussed how you could [...]
Oil Prices Are Headed to $90… How to Profit From the Move by Lee Lowell, Stock and Commodity Option Specialist Monday, October 26, 2009: Issue #1123 When it comes to the energy sector, this market is the undoubted leader of the pack in terms of making large intraday moves and the effect it has on [...]
How to Buy Gold… At the Price You Want & Get Paid For It by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist Tuesday, September 29, 2009: Issue #1104 So what exactly is the best way to grab profits from the important and often explosive world of commodities? In my column last week, I showed you some of the [...]