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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Put Option Selling: Get Paid to Buy the Stocks You Want by Lee Lowell, Guest Contributor, Investment U Thursday, November 6, 2008: Issue #882 Did you know that you could get paid to buy stocks at the price you want? That’s right, someone will actually hand you cash today for your promise to buy any [...]
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 [...]
Selling Call Options: How To Instantly Turn Your Stocks Into Passive Income by Lee Lowell, Advisory Panelist, Investment U November 13, 2006: Issue #607 Editor’s Note: Excerpts of this article were originally published in the November 10, 2006 issue of the Smart Profits Report, from the editors at Mt. Vernon Research. If you’re an investor who’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]