Why Weekly Options Are Like Gambling
Contrary to popular belief, options trading is a good way to reduce risk. Weekly options? That's more akin to a roll of the dice.
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Jacob Mintz
Jacob Mintz is a professional options trader and editor of Cabot Options Trader. Using his proprietary options scans, Jacob creates and manages positions in equities based on unusual option activity and risk/reward.
Jacob developed his proprietary system during his years as an options market maker on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, where he ran several trading crowds for nearly 10 years.
After a successful career on the trading floor Jacob was tasked with setting up a trading desk at a top-tier options trading company, trading against the most sophisticated hedge funds and institutions in the world.
Today Jacob trades for himself, coaches and teaches about options trading, and runs our Cabot Options Trader and Cabot Options Trader Pro advisories. Jacob lives in North Carolina with his wife and two kids who keep him very busy with their sports and social calendars.
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Articles by Jacob Mintz
Cabot Profit Booster 207
After a stellar 2021, the bears took over the first week of 2022 as the Dow lost 0.3%, the S&P 500 fell 1.9% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq tumbled 4.5%. The bearishness continued throughout most of Monday’s trading session.
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How to Insure Your Investment Portfolio with Put Options
Much like home and auto insurance, buying put options is a way to protect your portfolio from sudden disaster. Here's how it works.
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Cabot Profit Booster 206
The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq closed 2021 up 26.9%, 18.7% and 21.4%, respectively.
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How to Play Tesla Stock with Options
Wall Street seems divided on Tesla stock on the heels of a massive run. Here's how to put a bullish or bearish options trade on TSLA.
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Unusual Options Activity Scanner: Uncover What Big Hedge Funds Are Doing
My most successful strategy throughout my 20-year options trading career has been using my unusual option activity scanner. Here’s how it works.
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LEAP Options for Investing in Oil
When investing in oil you have the option of buying oil companies, ETFs, or futures, but long-term option investments may be the best play of the group.
Investing in oil relies on more than just consumer demand. You'll contend with high day-to-day volatility that to...
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 12/22/2021
Last Friday the Goodyear Tire (GT) December 23 call that we sold in late November for $1.17 expired worthless, leaving us with a stock position, and without a new call sale.
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Cabot Profit Booster 205
This past week was another up/down/down/down type of week as the indexes continue to be wild day-to-day, but big picture have been losing some ground. And while the losses in the leading indexes haven’t been dramatic, as has been the case since Thanksgiving majority...
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This Facebook Options Trade is an Easy Way to Make $6,000 a Year
Want to know an easy way to profit in this high-inflation environment? Try this low-risk Facebook options trade.
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How to Write Covered Call Options
Writing covered call options is a great way to boost your yield on stocks you already own, and involves a lot less risk than most investors think.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 12/16/2021
Tomorrow is the expiration of our December covered calls, and I’m not going to sugar coat it—this month has not been kind to our stocks/trades. As @StockCats sarcastically said on Twitter, “It's a stock picker's market as long as you only pick the stocks...
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Cabot Profit Booster 204
Before we dive into this week’s idea, it’s time to move on from our ZoomInfo (ZI) and Camping World Holdings (CWH) covered call trades. Over the last two weeks as growth stocks, and most stocks in general, have come under intense pressure, ZI CWH...
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Cabot Profit Booster 203
As traders returned from the holiday-shortened week they were greeted with a brutal attack by the bears. Every attempt by the bulls to rally the market and individual stocks was quickly met by selling pressure.
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Hedging a Portfolio with Options
A few Cabot Options Trader subscribers have asked me about ways to protect their portfolios, so here are a couple of strategies.
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Using Options to Increase Your Portfolio Yield
There are two options strategies any investor can use to create yield that far exceeds traditional avenues: Covered Calls and Writing Puts.
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Should I Pay Off My Mortgage, or Put that Cash in the Stock Market?
I want to pay off my mortgage early, but there are pros and cons to doing so. And if you're an options trader, there's a better alternative.
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Buying Call Options in Amazon (AMZN)
Buying call options is a good way to gain upside exposure to a hot growth stock. When the market is at a high, it's a particularly good time.
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Cabot Profit Booster 202
The holiday-shortened week started out fairly mundane, but ended with fireworks, as news of a new Covid-19 strain, Omicron, hit the stock market. The thinly traded equity markets didn’t take kindly to the news as the market saw its worst one-day loss in months...
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Why Iron Condors are the Safest Way to Make a Quick Profit
Iron condors are a low-risk, yield-creating options strategy that can reliably net a quick profit. Here's how to execute an iron condor trade.
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