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Is there enough liquidity and volatility to trade option on leveraged U.S. ETFs? Would there be enough volatility to make day trades? Buy options on the volatility index instead. This index is six times more volatile than the S&P 500. He thinks (not sure) that there are options on a 2x volatility index in the U.S. which means 12x the leverage.
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(A Top Pick Aug 02/18, Up 4%)A covered call. He suggested buying Apple and selling a $200 call on it. $6.45 on the call, so the cost of your shares are $195. The options expired in August, so the stock were trading under and weren't called. Then, Apple tanked. It would have been hard to hang onto it, but if you had, you would have done great. Today, he'd write options on it again.
electrical
electronic
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(A Top Pick Aug 02/18, Up 13%)An August covered call. He sold an August call. He thought that the market was ahead of itself and he took some money off the table. The price in August was $338.50 and the option to sell at $360. It never got there. You wouldn't kept the stock. Your cost was $317, hence the 13% return.
Technology
BUY
This or buy gold itself? He prefers this ETF over gold itself--but he doesn't like gold. XGD tracks the price of gold closely. GLD tracks the actual gold in the U.S., and he doesn't like it as much though you can write covered calls with this, though the market is illiquid.
E.T.F.'s
HOLD
How far out would you write a covered call on this? That's a tough one. He wouldn't write a covered call on this. So, if you believe the US economy will grow above-average in coming years, then Canada will benefit. Sit tight and use it as a core holding. Wait till there's a trade deal--and it will happen. It's all bluster now.
investment companies
funds
COMMENT
A perpetual strategy using a call and a put option to protect a portfolio against downside risk. Say stock X reaches a top at $60 and it falls below $50. No. You're talking about buying a put option to protect a stock you own. If X peaks at $60, you could buy a $60 put option with a 6-month term, that'll cost you $1. If the stock falls, put option rises in value, which is equivalent to a short. He doesn't like this strategy. If you're worried about a stock at a certain point, then go back and examine why you bought it. Otherwise, why keep it? Sell it.
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