The S&P 500 lost 2.2% in Wednesday trading. The index is now down over 10% in 2025 and within five percentage points of ...

Buying a put at a lower strike price against the short put provides protection, but it also caps the [downside] profit ... max loss ahead of time, which can be more capital efficient for accounts with ...

When a quality company has a minor pullback like this, I like to use a strategy called a diagonal put spread. This option ... payoff graph with the blue line representing the profit or loss ...