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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 [...]
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 stock you want [...]
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 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 long on a stock [...]
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 [...]