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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
How to Use Barchart's Tools to Create My Favorite Low-Risk, High-Reward Options Trades
I've been writing here at Barchart about my appreciation for a strategy known as an 'option collar.' That's where you buy a stock or exchange-traded fund (ETF), and for every 100 shares you own, you can buy a put option and sell a 'covered' call option. That little three-piece suit fits very comfortably in a market that seems determined to test many investors' risk tolerance. That brings us to my favorite topic to write and speak about: risk management. Because we all know how to buy stocks and pursue profits. The bigger the better, right? WFC Earnings Play: Profiting from Volatility with a Naked Put Options Volume Surges for Molson Coors (TAP) as Statistical Sentiment Shifts Chewy Stock Is Off its Highs After Earnings - Time to Buy CHWY? Markets move fast. Keep up by reading our FREE midday Barchart Brief newsletter for exclusive charts, analysis, and headlines. However, the older we get, the more important it is to also think not just about pursuing profits, but about not losing money in the process. Protecting yourself from losses doesn't mean you have to substantially cap your upside potential. Does that sound too good to be true? It's not, and I have a quick step-by-step guide to using options collars to filter through the noise. This guide is geared toward maximizing profits while simultaneously minimizing losses. Specifically, let's examine the tech landscape. The Nasdaq-100 Index ($IUXX) and the Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) have done well recently, but the individual stocks within those benchmarks have once again become vulnerable. With fresh cash to deploy, we can sit these tech stocks out. Or, we can try to find a stock which has the potential to do well relative to the QQQ itself. We are looking for a stock with the potential to make money without wagering too much following a run-up in the QQQ. Step #1: Make a watchlist containing QQQ's 100 component stocks. This merely involves looking up QQQ and creating a watchlist by clicking on 'Constituents.' This page displays all of the ETF's constituents, and you can create your own watchlist from that page by hitting 'Save as Watchlist.' Here's that watchlist: Step #2: Now we can use the Barchart option screener and reference that newly created watchlist as the set we want to scout for option collars within. Choosing 'Protective Collar' from the menu below will take you to the base page, from which a wide range of filters can be custom-built. I used my typical screening process which emphasizes a high ratio of maximum profit to maximum loss. Step #3: Next, it's time to run the numbers and do some analysis. As my slogan for my favorite NHL team, the Florida Panthers, goes, 'time to hunt!' In this case, not for another Stanley Cup title, but for options with an excellent up/down ratio. I sort the 'Protective Collar Option Screener' by the Risk/Reward column. That reads as follows: 0.10 to 1 means that my maximum upside on that collar is 10 times that of my maximum downside, in percentage terms. I normally look for at least a 2:1 up/down ratio, and often land around 4:1. Here, that would be '0.50 to 1' to '.25 to 1.' So everything on this page is a much better deal than that. Step #4: Select the collar, analyze further, and trade as you wish. Change filter parameters, use Barchart's associated tools to stress test, chart the stock to identify key levels, etc. There is an infinite number and range of choices here, but I'll pick out one example. I sorted this filter result from shortest time to expiration to longest, so the shorter ones show up on this first page. They all expire in January 2026. To keep the example simple, let's just look at the very first one. The parameters: Call and put both expire on 1/16/26 (I often set up 'forward' collars to knock the cost down, by having the call sale expire later than the put purchase. There are pros and cons to every wrinkle, so if many readers request, I can follow up and drill down on that aspect of collar investing). Google, the stock in question, closed Wednesday, June 11 at $177.35. The call is struck at $220, the put at $185. Both are above the current price. It will cost $14 a share to put this one. But that 'cost' essentially allows for selling GOOGL at $185, no matter how low it goes by that January expiration date. The $14 is the sum of the $19.10 cost to buy the puts, and the $5.10 received from selling the calls. Over the 220 days until expiration, the best-case scenario is a 16.15% gain on GOOGL. If the stock is called away from me at $220, that would be my net gain. That's an annualized return of more than 25%, and I always have the 'option' of resetting the collar to avoid being called. Or I can buy more stock or buy call options on GOOGL to replace the lost position. The worst-case scenario on the downside is only 3.58%. Below is the chart of GOOGL since the start of this year. The range has been $140 to $210. And it's only June! This is a great time to look around for non-traditional ways to own stocks. As I see it, collaring does not impede my progress much, if at all. But the downside protection in times like these is priceless. On the date of publication, Rob Isbitts did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. 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CBS News
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Blue Moon is getting into the lip balm business
In an unusual pairing, beer maker Blue Moon and personal care product company eos have teamed up to create a new orange-flavored lip balm. The Valencia Orange Lip Balm debuted Tuesday and is available exclusively on Blue Moon and eos' websites. It comes in a round shell typical of eos' style but with a twist: A small Blue Moon label is printed on the orange casing. In the online description of the product, the companies say the lip balm was designed to enhance the flavor of Blue Moon beer, a Belgian-style wheat beer known for its citrusy flavor. "This limited-edition balm doesn't just resemble a Valencia orange, it delivers the same refreshing, juicy taste," Blue Moon and eos said in a statement. While the product does not contain any alcohol, the companies say it is intended for an audience 21 and older. The balm retails for $4.99 and is available while supplies last, according to the companies' statement. Blue Moon is owned by Molson Coors Beverage Company, whose beer brands include Coors, Coors Light, Miller High Life and Miller Lite. "Through this unexpected partnership with eos, we're giving fans a whole new way to enjoy that iconic citrus taste," Courtney Benedict, vice president of marketing at the Molson Coors, said in a statement.
CBS News
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Blue Moon partners with eos for new orange-flavored lip balm
In an unusual pairing, beer maker Blue Moon and personal care product company eos have teamed up to create a new orange-flavored lip balm, The Valencia Orange Lip Balm debuted Tuesday and is available exclusively on Blue Moon and eos' websites. It comes in a round shell typical of eos' style but with a twist: A small Blue Moon label is printed on the orange casing. In the online description of the product, the companies say the lip balm was designed to enhance the flavor of Blue Moon beer, a Belgian-style wheat beer known for its citrusy flavor. "This limited-edition balm doesn't just resemble a Valencia orange, it delivers the same refreshing, juicy taste," Blue Moon and eos said in a statement. While the product does not contain any alcohol, the companies say it is intended for an audience 21 and older. The balm retails for $4.99 and is available while supplies last, according to the companies' statement. Blue Moon is owned by Molson Coors Beverage Company, whose beer brands include Coors, Coors Light, Miller High Life and Miller Lite. "Through this unexpected partnership with eos, we're giving fans a whole new way to enjoy that iconic citrus taste," Courtney Benedict, vice president of marketing at the Molson Coors, said in a statement.
CNN
11-06-2025
- Business
- CNN
Blue Moon, the orange-flavored beer, is being turned into a lip balm
The vibrant burst of orange flavor emanating from a Blue Moon is so lip-smacking good that it's being turned into a lip balm. The Molson Coors-owned brand is partnering with Eos, a popular beauty company, to make a lip balm inspired by the punchy, Valencia orange flavor that's brewed into a Blue Moon beer. The limited-edition product is 'intended' for legal-aged drinkers and goes on sale Wednesday at Eos' and Blue Moon's website for $4.99. The citrus-inspired balm is packaged in Eos' orange-colored sphere and 'delivers the same refreshing, juicy taste' of the beer, according to a press release. The orange-shaped product is debuting during the summer, when beer — and Blue Moon — sales typically peak as people stock up on brews for their summertime activities. 'The Valencia orange is more than a garnish. It's a core part of our identity and what makes a Blue Moon a Blue Moon,' Courtney Benedict, vice president of marketing for Molson Coors' Above Premium Beer, said in the release. The lip balm is a small part of Molson Coors' larger plan to revive the brand, which has declined amid a broader slowdown in craft beer sales. Blue Moon has lost market share of the total dollars spent at US restaurants and bars over the past year by about half a percentage point, according to data compiled by Fintech and the National Beer Wholesalers Association. However, it's still the country's top-selling craft beer brand. The decline has prompted Molson Coors to re-examine the 30-year-old brand, rolling out refreshed packaging that re-emphasizes the Valencia orange along with a new marketing campaign. The company also has added a light version and a non-alcoholic beer to Blue Moon's portfolio in an effort to attract new and lapsed drinkers. Molson Coors (TAP) recently reported dismal earnings, including a 42% drop in first-quarter net income. It also cut full-year guidance over tariffs concerns and economic uncertainty that it says is causing people to cut back on beer. Shares are down nearly 9% for the year.
CNN
11-06-2025
- Business
- CNN
Blue Moon, the orange-flavored beer, is being turned into a lip balm
The vibrant burst of orange flavor emanating from a Blue Moon is so lip-smacking good that it's being turned into a lip balm. The Molson Coors-owned brand is partnering with Eos, a popular beauty company, to make a lip balm inspired by the punchy, Valencia orange flavor that's brewed into a Blue Moon beer. The limited-edition product is 'intended' for legal-aged drinkers and goes on sale Wednesday at Eos' and Blue Moon's website for $4.99. The citrus-inspired balm is packaged in Eos' orange-colored sphere and 'delivers the same refreshing, juicy taste' of the beer, according to a press release. The orange-shaped product is debuting during the summer, when beer — and Blue Moon — sales typically peak as people stock up on brews for their summertime activities. 'The Valencia orange is more than a garnish. It's a core part of our identity and what makes a Blue Moon a Blue Moon,' Courtney Benedict, vice president of marketing for Molson Coors' Above Premium Beer, said in the release. The lip balm is a small part of Molson Coors' larger plan to revive the brand, which has declined amid a broader slowdown in craft beer sales. Blue Moon has lost market share of the total dollars spent at US restaurants and bars over the past year by about half a percentage point, according to data compiled by Fintech and the National Beer Wholesalers Association. However, it's still the country's top-selling craft beer brand. The decline has prompted Molson Coors to re-examine the 30-year-old brand, rolling out refreshed packaging that re-emphasizes the Valencia orange along with a new marketing campaign. The company also has added a light version and a non-alcoholic beer to Blue Moon's portfolio in an effort to attract new and lapsed drinkers. Molson Coors (TAP) recently reported dismal earnings, including a 42% drop in first-quarter net income. It also cut full-year guidance over tariffs concerns and economic uncertainty that it says is causing people to cut back on beer. Shares are down nearly 9% for the year.
