Trading Club

U.S. President Donald Trump fired Fed governor Lisa Cook, and Cook sued back. The president has even spoken of firing Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell, labeling him a “stubborn moron.” For investors who previously found reporting on monetary policy dry and boring: Be careful what you ask for!

On May 30, we launched The Trading Club to show subscribers exactly how safe trading strategies work using a live $100,000 trading account. As of Friday, August 15, we’re up 9.7% to $109,705 in the first 77 days, or a 55% annualized rate of return, with relatively low volatility along the way. Here is some background on the strategies that helped this performance.

On May 30, we launched The Trading Club to show subscribers exactly how safe trading strategies work using a live $100,000 trading account. As of Friday, August 15, we’re up 9.7% to $109,705 in the first 77 days, or a 55% annualized rate of return, with relatively low volatility along the way.

When used correctly, selling puts is an incredibly powerful strategy that gives everyday investors the chance to generate income, reinvest in other opportunities, or to purchase equities at below-market prices. But if used indiscriminately, this strategy can easily wipe out a portfolio. Today, we discuss how to do it the right way.

In this inaugural issue of The Trading Club, we have selected nine stocks that fall right in our sweet spot of the mispriced options zone: they have low fundamental risks at their current valuation, but an higher option prices that we don’t believe is warranted, creating a lucrative trading opportunity.