Greetings, fellow tigers! Today, I want to shed some light on a powerful strategy that can potentially help you earn money in the financial markets - selling put options. While options trading may seem complex, selling put options can be a lucrative and relatively straightforward approach to generating income. So, let's dive into the basics and understand how you can leverage this strategy to your advantage. [Sly] 📚 Understanding Put Options Before I delve into selling put options, let's grasp the concept of what a put option is. A put option is a financial contract that grants the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying asset (such as stocks) at a specified price (strike price) within a predetermined period (expiration date). When you sell a put opt
Despite yesterday's decline, I still maintain my view that the market is in a mild correction. The reason is that I don't see many big put orders. At present, the whole is still dominated by sell calls, and the sell call market is mainly dominated by sideways. It seems that the bears were scared in the first half of the year, and now they dare not show their faces easily.Look at the news recently some media began to worry about the stability of the US banking system, and then luckily yesterday there was such a big order:sell $XLF 20250117 31.0 PUT$buy $XLF 20250117 25.0 PUT$Wall Street is again taking the pressure off the Fe
As we approach the end of the June, some investors begin to forecast the stock market in the next half. Let’s look back at how we did the analysis at the beginning of the 2023.Most retail investors gained information by reading the report and outlooks released by institutions. Let’s find out if Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are right or wrong in forecasting economy and stock market in 2023. The source are from Goldman and JPMorgan’s official website.Both of them are wrong at predicting the stock market trends in the first half as $S&P 500(.SPX)$ are trading at 4300.They are also wrong in terms of interest rates and inflation. The benchmark rate is now at the range of 5%-5.25% and the market is expecting at least another 25bps.May CPI is 4%, highe