Offset Inflation with This Income Strategy

[Archives]( Live]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( [Discord]( [Tiktok]( Got $100? That’s all you need – on average – to target a 100% gain every single day. I’m talking about the potential to turn $100 into $200 Monday through Friday. You could end the week with an extra 500 bucks… every week. [Learn How Right Here]( MAIN STORY Offset Inflation with This Income Strategy By Tom Gentile. Dear Reader, I didn’t want to ruin your Thanksgiving dinner appetite, so I waited until after to show you how much more you paid for your Thanksgiving meal this year. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading came in at 7.7%, and the media was touting “the smallest year-over-year inflation increase for the food index,” which would be great news except that the index increased 12.4% from a year ago. The overall food index is higher year-over-year, but here’s what has happened to Thanksgiving dinners since last year’s holiday: - Turkey’s – up 21% - Stuffing – up 69% - Other Ingredients – up 20% As you look at the graph below it’s clear we have quite a way to go, which can take months, and possibly years to achieve. When inflation runs significantly higher without adequate income increases, it only reduces your buying power – your dollars won’t get you as much as they used to. Let me tell you about a strategy that can be used to offset inflation. The strategy involves selling puts on stocks you do not own, but wouldn’t mind owning in the future, and which means getting a credit in your account immediately. And, over the past three years, my win/loss ratio speaks highly of the strategy: 2020 – 100% 2021 – 94% 2022 – over 90%... so far By comparison, the S&P 500 fluctuated between 30% downturns to 27% gains throughout these same years. This means this income generating strategy works well in a wide variety of market conditions. Let me tell you about it… Selling Put Options for Income The first thing to know is that by selling put options you’ll be under an obligation to buy stock at a specific price (strike), at a specific date (expiration). To get a little more comfortable with what that means, let’s break down the parts of a put contract so you’ll get an idea of the terminology. In the illustration below you’ll see that we sold 1 option contract. Its expiration is December 23, 2022 and the strike price is $40 – which is the amount we’ll pay to buy the stock in the future if we want to. The credit our account will receive from selling this put is $128. Now, since we hold an obligation to buy shares when selling puts, it’s possible that we could be “assigned” shares of the stock before expiration, but that’s the exception, not the rule. This simply means we should only sell puts on stocks we are willing to invest in. Potential Outcomes of Selling Puts for Income There are two potential outcomes when selling puts for income, and it depends on where the stock lands when the option expires – the stock’s price will be either above or below your strike price. For the first scenario, let’s assume the stock’s price closes below the $40 strike price at its expiration. If this happens, the option is considered to be “In-The-Money,” which essentially means the contract will be exercised – and we will own shares unless we buy back the option before expiration to be released from the obligation. If assigned, we’ll end up with 100 shares of the stock for each contract and we’ll pay $40 per share for the stock. However, we’ll also keep the $128 of income we received when we first sold the contract. Another scenario is possible as well – the stock may close above our strike price, in which case the option would expire worthless. In this second scenario we’ll have earned our $128 income and we’re now ready to move on by selling another option for another credit – thus, creating a regular stream of income for our account. The vast majority of these income trades have resulted in receiving income to the portfolio. As one of the easiest option strategies to learn and employ, selling puts is a great way to help offset the high cost of inflation. Until next time, Tom Gentile America's #1 Pattern Trader Join Tom each Monday through Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. ET as he discusses a range of strategies to make money in a strained market environment. Did you miss the Live session? Watch Tom’s replays!   FEATURED ARTICLES [The Rally Won't Last - Here's What to do.]( [Five Indications the Market has NOT Bottomed]( [This Bear Market Rally Could Prompt a 2001-style Crash](   GET STARTED [Options 101: The Easiest Options Guide You’ll Ever Read]( With anything and everything you’ll ever need to know about trading options, this is the best guide to making money in the markets you can get. [Straddles – How to profit up or down!]( Is there a way to trade options regardless of market direction? The answer is YES! Straddle trading takes the guess work out. Straddles can profit if the stock’s price rises OR falls on speculation. [Earnings: The IV Crush]( Trading options is a zero-sum game, meaning there will always be a winner and a loser on either side of a trade. Trading through an earnings report and losing in spite of the fact that the underlying stock price went in your intended direction can feel like getting stung by the biggest bee in the hive – Ouch! There is a right way to trade earnings. [The All-in-One Chart]( Welcome to my guide on the All-in-One Chart. The charting tools are made available for you to utilize in Tom’s Option’s Tools. My All-in-One Chart is made up of several components to help evaluate charts. Although there are many other factors involved in decisions regarding trades, chart analysis is a part of the process. [How to set up a Microcurrency Account]( Currencies make up the biggest market in the world today. In fact, every single day, up to $6.6 trillion is traded in the currency market. But there’s something extraordinary happening in this massive global market… It’s all hidden in a tiny offshoot that’s helping regular, everyday Americans become rich in the blink of an eye. They’re called microcurrencies – and it’s your turn to take advantage of these major moneymakers by setting up your own Microcurrency trading account.   CASH COURSE For the first time ever, I’m letting a small amount of new readers get 100% free access to my Cash Course. This cornerstone course will show you – in just seven simple steps — everything you need to know about trading options. Plus, you’ll learn how to make the perfect trades using the same methods I’ve used to train over 300,000 readers. So get ready – I’m about to show you how to cash in on any market – whether it’s up, down, or sideways. [Get Started Now](   TOM'S PUBLICATIONS [AICI Membership]( [AICI Membership]( [Weekly Cash Clock]( [Microcurrency Trader]( [Operation Surge Strike]( [Quantum Data Profits]( [Operation Surge Strike](   5 Smart Ways Americans Are Crushing Inflation Your money is in grave danger. But there’s no reason you have to be a victim. [What You Need To Know]( You are receiving this e-mail at {EMAIL}, as part of your subscription to Power Profit Trades. To remove your email from this list: [unsubscribe here](. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. To cancel, or for any other questions or requests, please contact our Customer Service team: Online: [Customer Service Form]( Phone: 888-384-8339 (North America) 443-353-4519 (International) Mail: Power Profit Trades | Attn: Member Services | 1125 N Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 Fax: 410-622-3050 Our Customer Service team is available Monday - Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM ET. © 2022 Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Nothing in this email should be considered personalized financial advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed as personalized financial advice. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after on-line publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended in this letter should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. This Newsletter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of: Money Map Press. 1125 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. [Website]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms & Conditions](