In this episode of The Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host Russ Mathews will discuss the mindset shift that takes place between 'growing your account' vs. conversion into 'monthly income generation.' In other words, should you care about the fluctuations in the prices of the underlying assets (stocks, etc.) when you are generating monthly income? If so, what are the ratios? How much of your portfolio should be used to generate income? Russ will cover these and illustrate the lessons with 10 examples.

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In this episode of The Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host Russ Mathews will unpack the 3 choices you have in managing options trades: Exercising the option, closing out the options itself (by entering the opposite trade as the one you opened with), or letting the option expire worthless. He will cover the four rules for selection and also illustrates the decisions with three examples.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host Russ Mathews will show you a new stock & options strategy, called The Covered Combination Strategy. This strategy puts together two of his favorite strategies – writing covered calls and selling cash-backed puts. He discusses when to use the trade, the two obligations to the trader and the maximum gain and loss. Russ also illustrates the trade with two examples.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host Russ Mathews will show you the three ways he manages emotions during turbulent markets. In addition, he resets on the arguments for some tactical (or active) portfolio management vs. all passive investing.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host Russ Mathews will show you how to buy many new hot market themes – through Exchange Traded Funds ("ETF's") at lower prices. You can sell cash-backed puts at lower prices and get paid now and only have to buy the ETF. Russ breaks downs the strategy and gives several examples.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, you will be introduced to host Russ Mathews' method & techniques for selecting stocks to trade. These include the specific stocks that he does his options trading strategies on. Russ will teach you how to break stocks into the eleven S&P 500 industry sectors and what "homework" is needed on each company to stay on top of the key metrics. He also covers how many stocks to include in your 'Basket of Stocks."

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, you will be introduced to a specific options trading strategy for select moments, called the Straddle Trade. It is the trade when you expect a large move in a stock (or ETF) either up or down but you don't know which way it will go. It is best used when there is an event looming with a binary outcome. In this situation, where a large move is expected, this is one of host Russ Mathews favorite trading strategies. Russ will teach you the strategy, the proper mechanics to frame the trade and provide two examples.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, Host Russ Mathews provides his insights and perspective on two of the most powerful portfolio leverage tools available today, margin (also known as regulation-T margin) and portfolio margin. The risks of trading on margin are covered in the episode, along with the potential power to leverage up your account using money lent to you from the brokerage firm. In addition, rules to protect the downside at certain levels is covered.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host, Russ Mathews unpacks the three main drivers affecting markets right now: the US Election, the

Covid-19 vaccine and Stimulus for Us citizens and small businesses. He builds the case for remaining cautiously bullish for the remainder of the year and he breaks down the themes to focus on.

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In this episode of the Modern Stock & Options Trading Show, host Russ Mathews continues Season #2 by unpacking the controversial investment philosophy of 'Buy & Hold.' In other words, buying and holding a diversified portfolio of funds and securities and just hanging in there for decades. He makes the case for protecting the downside and sidestepping large drawdowns combined with superior strategies on the growth side. In addition, he describes why this combination can help the individual investor have a strong chance to consistently beat the market averages.

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