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Why I Shorted AVGO In A “Technically” Bullish Market

I recently shorted AVGO in my Weekly Options Profits paid membership program. And I’ve been getting a lot of questions about that. You’ve probably heard me say: “We always trade in the same direction as the broad market.” And that’s true. It’s a GREAT rule of thumb. But that’s the

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Free Covered Call Idea

A few weeks ago, wrote some tutorials on covered calls for you. (If you missed them, you can get them here: Part 1, Part 2.) You’ve had a couple of weeks to practice, so I figured I’d give you a free covered call trade idea. Here’s the deal, though: In

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How I Find Stocks To Short

Last week, I analyzed the broad market for you using three ETFs that track the three major indexes: In that post, I showed you how I could tell the broad market was weakening… or at least how it wasn’t as bullish as it had been for the last few months.

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Rolling With The Punches

A few weeks ago, I posted a survey asking for feedback on some of the articles I’ve been writing for you. Today I want to cover one of the questions I got, because it’s probably one of those most common — and important — questions I get. Here’s the question:

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Spreads: Crafting Your Exit Plan

Important, Before we get started:As with any trading strategy, I highly suggest using your platform to paper trade it before you use real money. This allows you to not only fully understand the strategy, but to work out any kinks with knowing how your platform works, which buttons to push,

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Upping Your Odds with Spreads

Important, Before we get started:As with any trading strategy, I highly suggest using your platform to paper trade it before you use real money. This allows you to not only fully understand the strategy, but to work out any kinks with knowing how your platform works, which buttons to push,

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