Institutional-Grade Options by Alts

No stupid scams. No naked shorts. These are some of our best ideas around options trading.

Each issue will focus on a specific investment thesis and show you how to build a trade around it.

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This week, we're looking at the newest ​meme​ stock: Trump Media ($DJT). The boys over at WallStBets are living it up.

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ($DJT)

This has been a wild ride.

And the corresponding options pricing due to the volatility is batty.

It gets even wilder with put prices.

You mathematically can't make a profit buying four-week-dated puts without the shares going down at least 57%.

Again, the chaps at WSB sum it up nicely.

Regardless of your politics, we can all agree this thing isn't trading on any fundamentals.

It's all vibes, and the play I'm looking at is how to bet on the air eventually coming out of the meme machine from both a volatility and price point of view.

The chart shows volume is already decreasing.

And zooming in shows us that prices have stabilized.

So, the strategy we want is called a Strangle, where we sell both out-of-the-money calls and we sell put options. We hope for two things to happen:

The math looks like this

But here's the rub.

This strategy has unlimited risk since the underlying asset could move significantly in either direction. If it moves upward past the call option's strike price or downward past the put option's strike price, the seller could face substantial losses.

So you may want to consider buying deep out-of-the-money calls just in case the shares go parabolic. Likewise, if you think the company might go to zero, grab some puts.

That's all for today. Happy trading!

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Cheers,

Wyatt

Disclosures:

*Disclosures: Paid for by Public Investing. Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk. Option investors can rapidly lose the value of their investment in a short period of time and incur permanent loss by expiration date. Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Prior to buying or selling an option, investors must read and understand the “​Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options​”, also known as the options disclosure document. If you are enrolled in Public's Options Order Flow Rebate Program, Public Investing will share 50% of our estimated order flow revenue for each completed options trade as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. Must activate Options Account by March 31 for revenue share. To learn more, see ​Fee Schedule​. US members only.

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