Profit No Matter How a Stock Moves You can profit from a stock's rise, fall, or even its chaos without ever owning any shares. How? Options. I know many investors will read the word "options" and feel intimidated. I get it. Options have a learning curve. But once you get the hang of them, you wield a powerful investing tool that can make you a lot of money. Trading options isn't the same as buying stocks. A regular shareholder buys a stock and hopes it goes up. If it goes up 10%, their investment goes up 10%. If it goes down, their investment goes down, and they earn what the stock earns. Options allow you to do so much more. You can use options to speculate so that when the stock rises 10%, your investment could go up 100%. Or you can use options to profit when a stock goes down rather than up. There are dozens of other arrangements you can make to earn a certain type of return when a stock does a certain thing. Options come in two main varieties: calls and puts. Calls allow you to buy a stock at a certain price in the future, while puts allow you to sell a stock at a certain price in the future. And to reiterate, you don't have to own shares of an underlying stock to trade either. Given all the market volatility lately, I specifically want to talk about the strategy of buying puts. See, if you believe a stock is going to fall, you can buy puts and actually profit from the downtrend. Let me explain with an example... Say there's a company whose shares trade for $100, but you believe the shares will drop. So you buy a put with a "strike price" of $90 that costs you $5 per share. (The strike price is the agreed-upon price at which shares may change hands in the future. This is the price at which a trader can exercise an option.) Buying the put gives you the right to sell shares for $90 each, no matter how low the stock's price may fall on the open market. Someone out there sold the put to you, so they're on the other side of the trade. If you're wrong about a decline, and the stock continues to trade above $100, you lose the $5 that you paid for the put. But if you're correct about the decline, you'll make a profit as long as shares drop below $85. (That's your $90 strike price minus the $5 you paid up front.) Say the company's shares fall to $80. You still get to sell them for $90. You can "exercise" your put, and there's nothing the buyer can do about it. They must pay you $90. And after factoring in the $5 you paid for the put, you still walk away with a $5 profit. (The $90 strike price minus the $80 current share price minus the $5 upfront cost.) This is a simplistic example, but it gets the basic point across. Obviously, your gains could be even larger depending on what strike price you choose and how much risk you're willing to take on. Basically, a put buyer is bearish. They believe a particular stock will fall in price. And by buying puts, they can profit if they're correct. My colleague Greg Diamond is a master of put-buying recommendations... For example, after Russia first invaded Ukraine, Greg recommended buying puts on the VanEck Semiconductor Fund (SMH). That trade returned 116% in 34 days. Or consider August 2022, when he told his subscribers to buy puts on chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Recession fears were high at the time, stoking volatility. Greg exploited the market's overblown worries and made 105% in five days with that trade. These aren't just one-off examples, either. Greg has shown his subscribers how to double their money or better an astounding 41 times. His secret for making large, quick gains is analyzing historical patterns and uncovering turning points before they happen. This is precisely how Greg predicted the 2020 COVID-19 crash, the 2022 tech collapse, and the 2023 banking crisis in advance. Now, he's issuing an urgent warning... Greg believes the market will top out between May 4 and May 10... and then stocks will tumble by as much as 20% in the ensuing days. If Greg is right, this drawdown would usher in enormous amounts of volatility. And it would be a breeding ground for options traders who are ready to make big moves. Put simply, the potential gains would be huge. Making the right trades on your own can be difficult, however. So if you're interested in learning more from Greg about this looming crash and how he can help you profit from it, click here. Here's to our health, wealth, and a great retirement, Dr. David Eifrig and the Health & Wealth Bulletin Research Team
March 14, 2026
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Reader question of the week... Q: Other than the obvious staining, should I worry about coffee or tea hurting my teeth? – L.H. A: A lot of things can hurt your teeth. If you're very concerned, you could try to avoid certain coffees and teas that are the most damaging... or you could consume what you'd like and take some steps to keep your teeth safe. The hazard to your teeth from these drinks is acidity, measured by pH level on a scale from 0 to 14. The lower the pH level, the higher the acidity. Our saliva is neutral, in the 6 to 7 pH range. Anything more acidic than this can wear on the enamel of our teeth, usually beginning at around 5.5 pH. Most coffees are somewhere between 4 and 8 pH. The darker the roast, the lower the acidity. Tea can range from 2 to 10 pH. Fruity teas or teas with lemon added will naturally have a higher acidity, therefore a lower pH. Black teas are typically around 5 pH, herbal teas like mint and chamomile are between 6 and 7 pH, and green teas are between 7 and 10 pH. If you suspect your coffee or tea is lower than 5.5 pH, have it with a side of water. Swishing some water after each sip can help get your mouth back to healthy pH levels. Also, avoid the temptation to brush immediately after drinking. You might be worried about staining, but acidic beverages soften our enamel. That makes them vulnerable to damage from your toothbrush. To prevent damaging the weakened layer, always wait at least 30 minutes to brush your teeth after you've had coffee or tea. Keep sending your questions, comments, and suggestions our way. We read every e-mail... feedback@healthandwealthbulletin.com.  | Trading Goals Every Investor Should Have If you want to succeed in different market conditions, you need to follow three techniques... |  | Protect Yourself From the Oncoming 'Fever' Here are seven ways to survive allergy season... without taking potentially harmful drugs... |  | Options 101 Options can be confusing, but we've broken them down in simple terms... |  | Scrub Your Arteries With This Humble Pantry Staple Oatmeal boasts some incredible health benefits... |  | The Flower That Stoked a Trading Mania Back in the 1600s, an exotic flower sent Europe into a frenzy... |
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