2022 and the Demise of Growth Stocks

2022 and the Demise of Growth Stocks

It was a bad year for the stock market but, more specifically, it was a bad year for the market in general and a terrible year for the sorts of growth stocks that had prospered for a decade. Meanwhile, traditional “value stocks” did just fine, thank you very much....
Oil Prices and Your Options Trading

Oil Prices and Your Options Trading

Energy markets have been in a state of flux ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU, USA, and others imposed sanctions on Russia, and countries like India have helped Russia get around sanctions by purchasing oil at a discount. Western sanctions on Russia were...
Why Is Option Trading Profitable?

Why Is Option Trading Profitable?

At Top Gun Options we often remind our readers that one can profit by trading options in rising, falling, and sideways-trading markets. We also preach the necessity of hedging against risk. A more basic question for anyone considering this business is why is option...
How to Choose a China ETF

How to Choose a China ETF

At Top Gun Options one of the foreign countries whose ETFs we trade is China. China is the second ranking economy in the world and the dominant industrial power. Despite the US and China sliding into a new Cold War we expect China’s economy to continue to grow which...