Gold fluctuates upward, how to use options to realize returns?
Michael Widmer, head of metals research at Bank of America, expects gold to remain a key portfolio hedge in 2026, with prices likely to average an ounce$4538, and silver may be inUS $135-309Range-bound. Widmer pointed out that falling gold supply and rising production costs will support prices, while producer profitability will be greatly improved.He believes that there is still room for underinvestment in the gold market, and the bull market may continue. Investment demand only needs to increase by 14% to push the gold price to $5,000. He emphasized that the allocation ratio of gold in the investment portfolio is low, and both retail investors, high-net-worth investors and central banks can obtain diversified returns by increasing gold allocation.In addition, silver may outperform gold at
How to bet on a reversal after Tesla's continuous decline?
$Tesla (TSLA) $It opened higher last Friday, but turned down quickly during the session. The stock price of Tesla (TSLA) has been weak in the past two weeks (2025-12-22 to 2026-01-05), with a cumulative decline of 10.4%, mainly driven by factors such as lower-than-expected delivery volume, intensified competition, and negative market sentiment.Model 3/Y deliveries in the fourth quarter were 406,585, compared with market expectations of 421,796. Automobile production in the fourth quarter was 434,358 units, compared with market expectations of 470,780 units; Model 3/Y production was 422,652 units, compared with market expectations of 452,494 units. For the full year of 2025, Tesla delivered 1.64 million vehicles, compared with 1.79 million in 2024.The
Use an iron eagle strategy to deal with the downturn
Near the end of the year, the U.S. stock market has gradually entered the rhythm of holiday trading, the activity of institutional funds has declined, and the overall trading volume has continued to decline. Indexes and individual stocks have generally shown a narrow range of fluctuations, and directional opportunities have been significantly reduced. In an environment of weak liquidity and limited volatility, the winning rate of simply betting on rising or falling decreases, while the option strategy with "range judgment" as the core has more advantages. Based on the current market characteristics of light transactions in U.S. stocks at the end of the year and the lack of trend in stock prices, investors can consider$Google (GOOG) $On options, a sel
Baidu has soared, how to make money with sell put?
$Baidu Group-SW (09888) $It rose more than 7% during the session. As of press time, the stock price rose 6.97% and is now quoted at HK $127.40, with a turnover of HK $977 million.On December 22, American online ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft announced that they had reached a cooperation with Baidu and planned to launch a pilot project of driverless taxis (Robotaxi) in the UK in 2026. According to public information, at present, the number of unmanned orders of Carrot Kuaipao per week has exceeded 250,000, and the cumulative number of travel services provided worldwide has exceeded 17 million. The cumulative number of service orders has surpassed Waymo, becoming the world's number one self-driving travel service provider.It is worth noting that
Precious metals plummet, how to use options to get on the car?
In early trading on December 29th, Beijing time, precious metals fluctuated sharply again, especially the short-term sharp rise and fall of international silver prices. After breaking through the US $83/oz mark in early trading, they quickly turned down, with the maximum intraday fluctuation reaching about 9%.In the past two trading days, the volatility of silver prices has been significantly enlarged. Last Friday (December 26th), the silver price rose by about 10% in a single day, the largest single-day increase since 2008. So far in 2025, the largest annual increase in silver prices has exceeded 185%. Even if it falls back from the early high, the year-to-year increase in silver prices is still around 170%, and it is expected to achieve its best annual performance since 1979.Driven by ti
On Dec.26, U.S. stocks are often "still celebrating the holidays"
Judging from historical data, the US stock market$S&P 500 (. SPX) $It usually shows a relatively strong performance on December 26th of each year.According to the analysis of long-term historical data by market statistics agencies (such as Bespoke Investment Group), with the normal market opening on December 26, the S&P 500 index has only fallen in a very few years (about 6 times) in the past 39 years or so, and has never recorded a one-day decline of more than-0.5%. Relevant data show that the average increase of this trading day is about +0.5%, and the median increase is about +0.4%, which ranks among the top among all trading days in the whole year, showing a high probability of rise and a relatively stable positive return characteristics.
After Micron's surge, how to hedge at a high level
Recently,$Micron Technology (MU) $The stock price performed strongly, continuously hitting new historical highs. As of December 24, 2025, it closed at US $276.27, and once hit US $281.86 during the session. The cumulative increase in three days exceeded 22%, and the trading volume was also significantly enlarged, indicating that the market heat remains high. In terms of fundamentals, the company's profitability has steadily improved, with TTM earnings per share reaching US $10.54, a P/E of 26.21 times, higher than the industry average; The price-to-sales ratio is 7.35 x, indicating that investors are highly recognized for its revenue growth prospects. Management's performance guidance is optimistic. It is expected that the median revenue in the next fi
U.S. stocks' rebound momentum weakens, how to hedge
Last week (December 15 to December 21, 2025), the U.S. stock market as a whole showed a trend of differentiation. Led by continued strength in tech stocks, the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) rose 1.42%, the S&P 500 (SPY) edged up 0.60%, while the traditional cyclical-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) fell 0.35%. Although the index level still maintains a rebound pattern, the rise is mainly concentrated in the technology sector. The strength and weakness within the industry are obviously differentiated, and the market as a whole has not formed a consistent upward trend.From the perspective of drivers, AI-related themes and the rebound of large technology stocks have become the core support of the Nasdaq and S&P. The Nasdaq recorded its largest one-day gain of 1.45% in the week on December
Last Friday, the U.S. stock AI sector rebounded as a whole, and the sentiment picked up significantly. As one of the core targets of the highly elastic AI narrative,$Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) $With a gain of more than 4% on the day, the share price is back above 190. This rebound is more reflected in the restoration of risk appetite and the return of funds at the sector level, rather than the new fundamental changes at the company level. In the context of highly crowded AI concepts and generally high valuations, such rebounds are often more likely to become a rise in sentiment in a volatile structure than the starting point of a new round of trend market.From the perspective of trend structure, PLTR has formed an obvious high and wide fluctua
Take Apple as an example, how to sell iron eagle options
Sell Iron Eagle Strategy1. What is the selling iron eagle strategy?Sell Iron Eagle =Sell a call spread + sell a put spread at the same timeThe essence is:Bet that when the price expires, it will fall within a range that will not rise much or fall sharplyFrom the beginning, youPremium received, as long as the expiration price is within the range, you can make a profit.2. Strategic structure (four legs)Assume that the target is a certain stock/ETF/index (such as SPY, AAPL, etc.)Put spread Put Credit SpreadSellPut with higher strike price (close to current price)BUYPut with lower strike price (further imaginary value)Call spread Call Credit SpreadSellCall with lower strike price (close to current price)BUYCall with higher strike price (further imaginary value)👉 Four options have the same expi