There are numerous ways that investors use to create a watch-list of companies for them to trade. There is not a right or wrong way, more of a personal preference. A top down approach is a method where we start at the top, looking at the whole market and then work our way down until we end up with some individual companies to add to our list. First, we take a look at the overall market, usually based on the S&P 500. The purpose of this is to determine whether […]

A Naked Put is considered to be an income strategy that involves creating or writing a put contract. The strategy is a bullish strategy that requires level 4 options approval from your broker. This is the same level required to do a credit spread. When you sell a naked put, you sell someone a right. That right gives someone the right to sell the stock to you or “put” the stock to you at the strike price by the expiration date. This means that you have an obligation. You agree […]