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Selling short Occidental Petroleum (OXY) puts has worked for the last 2 months, as seen in my last 2 Barchart OXY articles.

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A put option (or "put"), which gives the holder the right to sell, can be contrasted with a call option, which provides the holder with the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price, ...

A call option is the right to buy a stock at a specific price by an expiration date, and a put option is the right to sell a stock at a specific price by an expiration date. That's the summary. Now, ...

Yields are drying up as rates are poised to move lower, but high-yield option trades remain interesting to us. SMH is a great candidate for selling put options. The underlying portfolio is high ...

Options can be used to generate extra income like in this cash secured put trade on Crocs, Inc. (CROX). But they can also be ...

Dividend stocks often underperform S&P 500 Index ETFs in total return. Consider using option selling for higher income and lower risk. Selling cash-secured puts during market volatility could ...