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Cash secured put: What 19 years of S&P 500 data say about it
A cash-secured put means you sell a put option and keep enough cash in the account to buy the 100 shares if the stock falls below the strike. You get…
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Covered call: What 24 years of S&P 500 data say about it
A covered call means you own 100 shares and sell someone the right to buy them from you at a fixed price, for a fee you keep. It turns some of a…
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Worst month for stocks: What 55 years of S&P 500 data show
September is the worst month for stocks. From 1971 to 2025 the S&P 500 lost 0.90% in an average September and closed the month higher in only 44% of…
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Is day trading gambling? What the numbers actually say
For most people who try it, day trading works like gambling: the expected result after costs is a loss. Two large studies of real accounts say so. In…
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Death cross in stocks: What 27 S&P 500 signals since 1971 show
A death cross is when the 50-day moving average of a stock or index closes below its 200-day moving average. It sounds like the end of the world, and…
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RSI divergence: What 20 years of S&P 500 data say about it
RSI divergence is when price and the Relative Strength Index disagree: price makes a higher high while RSI makes a lower high (bearish), or price…