Protect Your Gains During a Crash! (Put Options Trading 101)

Here's how options can protect your portfolio amid volatility.

Protect Your Gains During a Crash! (Put Options Trading 101) Adam O'Dell, Chief Investment Strategist It’s been a shaky start to the year for stock prices. Major indexes sank up to 2% on Thursday. But even when markets trend lower, we can find ways to protect our gains — and maybe even profit. I hit on it in a recent episode of Ask Adam Anything on our YouTube channel. So, let’s talk about the power of put options. Suggested Stories: Real Estate Investing: Most Profitable Tips + Pitfalls to Avoid Use Green Zone Ratings to Find Market-Crushing Stocks FROM OUR PARTNERS Forget Dogecoin... This Is What You Should Buy In 2022 Did you miss out on Dogecoin's 12,000% run Well, today one of the world's most sought after crypto analysts is coming forward with a new call ... one potentially set to kick-start a $544 trillion investing opportunity. Click here to learn more. Marijuana Market Update Should Midterm Elections Influence Your Cannabis Investing? Matt Clark, Research Analyst In this Marijuana Market Update, I answer whether midterm elections should influence your investing. I also discuss the Cannabis Growth ETF (NYSE: BUDX). Click here or the image below for the latest in the cannabis market. Suggested Stories: KMI Is a Top Energy Dividend Stock: 6.2% Yields + Strong Bullish Growth Don’t Run From Inflation! Beat It With a Strong Bullish Regional Bank Stock FROM OUR PARTNERS URGENT: Your New Crypto Book Is Awaiting Shipment If you've kicked yourself for not investing in cryptocurrency… Watching Bitcoin go from $61… To $1,000… To over $60,000… Then pay close attention. Famous crypto millionaire James Altucher just released a brand-new book on crypto… And he's releasing a limited number of books to folks who click here now. We have a copy reserved in your name, and we just need to hear back from you.  Click here now to see how to claim your copy. Chart of the Day Amber Hestla, Senior Analyst, True Options Masters Headlines Are Wrong About Inflation Expectations It’s been a challenging year for investors. Major market averages plunged in January. Tech stock indexes fell 15% or more from their recent highs, with many individual stocks in the sector falling much more. The best-performing index could be the S&P 500, which dropped just over 12%. January’s losses in the S&P 500 are a bad omen for bears, based on a widely followed indicator. But here’s why those fears are overblown. Suggested Stories: Employment Can’t Get Much Better — What That Means for Interest Rates Inventory Could Save Us From Recession 660 BCE: Emperor Jimmu founded Japan. Privacy Policy The Money & Markets, P.O. Box 8378, Delray Beach, FL 33482. To ensure that you receive future issues of Money & Markets, please add info@mb.moneyandmarkets.com to your address book or whitelist within your spam settings. For customer service questions or issues, please contact us for assistance. The mailbox associated with this email address is not monitored, so please do not reply. Your feedback is very important to us so if you would like to contact us with a question or comment, please click here: https://moneyandmarkets.com/contact-us/ Legal Notice: This work is based on what we've learned as financial journalists. It may contain errors and you should not base investment decisions solely on what you read here. It's your money and your responsibility. Nothing herein should be considered personalized investment advice. Although our employees may answer general customer service questions, they are not licensed to address your particular investment situation. Our track record is based on hypothetical results and may not reflect the same results as actual trades. Likewise, past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Certain investments carry large potential rewards but also large potential risk. Don't trade in these markets with money you can't afford to lose. Money & Markets expressly forbids its writers from having a financial interest in their own securities or commodities recommendations to readers. Such recommendations may be traded, however, by other editors, Money & Markets, its affiliated entities, employees, and agents, but only after waiting 24 hours after an internet broadcast or 72 hours after a publication only circulated through the mail. (c) 2022 Money & Markets, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and treaties. This Newsletter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution, (electronic or otherwise) in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money & Markets. P.O. Box 8378, Delray Beach, FL 33482. (TEL: 800-684-8471) Remove your email from this list: Click here to Unsubscribe