The Modern Stock & Options Trading Show

Mar 06 2025 99 ep. 24 mins 218
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Welcome to the Modern Stock and Options Trading Show. This is the podcast where portfolio manager and professional investment educator, Russ Mathews, shows you how to trade with an edge in today's markets. To powerfully BOOST your portfolio and manage the downside risk.

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Episode #99: Be Greedy When Others are Fearful

Mar 06 2025 29 mins  
In this episode, Russ explains the current volatility in today’s equity markets. He gives some context with data points over the past 150 years. He also lays out the analysts who are bullish and bearish (from the Money Show in Las Vegas, etc.) and their views. He explains his actions and lays out what he is doing now (seeling cash backed puts, etc.) Don’t Forget to subscrib

Episode #98: The Money Is In the Rollout.

Jan 22 2025 15 mins  
In this episode, Russ explains what to do on a covered call trade when you are wrong and trying to protect your shares and the stock takes off. He uses what happened to Tesla since the US Election results as an example (the stock has gone up 85% since the election and we had written a $15 up covered call expiring in December 2024). Russ discussed how you can roll out and up profi

Episode #97: 5 Themes for 2025

Dec 07 2024 25 mins  
Season #6 begins. In the episode, Russ explains whether thins rally has legs and can continue as well as the top 5 themes for stocks (& their options) for 2025. The investment landscape we are in is covered. Then the 5 themes covered include: 1.) AI – and the 4 sub areas of this trend 2.) Cryptocurrency – boom 3. EV’s (& Robotics 4.) ) Healthcare Innovation and the aging

Episode #96: Current Markets – What To Do Now

Oct 10 2024 12 mins  
In the episode, Russ explains what to do now with a Presidential election about 26 days away. Market indexes are also at or near all-time highs. What do we do? Russ covers 5 topics on this episode (or five courses of action) including: 1.) Writing covered calls – at higher (sometimes stretched) prices - OTM (out of money) by 3%-5%. 2.) Selling (or writing) cash backed put optio

Episode #95: The Science vs. the Art of Investing.

Aug 13 2024 16 mins  
In the episode, Russ explains why the stock market is 50% science and 50% art. Everyone seems to want to use logic and mathematical formulas to control (or solve) the stock market. What they don’t realize is that there are millions of individuals all playing in the same place at the same time with different ages, objectives, risk tolerances, etc.. Add in their emotions (of fea

Episode #94: The. Box Spread Options Strategy

Jul 08 2024 24 mins  
In the episode, Russ explains the Box Spread options strategy. This strategy is another 4 -legged options strategy in that it puts two spread trades together. It is like the Iron Condor options strategy on the credit spread side, but the Box strategy is two debit spreads put together. Russ discusses the type of interest rate environment to use this strategy in and also shows tw

Podcast #93 - How to Protect (Adjust) Covered Calls

Jun 13 2024 17 mins  
Russ discusses this adjustment / ptotection strategy with markets at all-time highs. He discusses when and why one may want to adjust and protect their covered call trades. If the underlying stock (or ETF) has gained and is strongly above the call strike price written when you are already into a trade, is there anything you can do if you wish to protect your covered call trade? T

Episode #92: Using Options to Create Synthetic Stock Positions Without Ownership

May 21 2024 24 mins  
Russ discusses how to use a combination of options strategies to simulate the risk & return graph of a stock. He also discusses the wrinkle he adds to the core strategy to cut off the downside below a certain percentage. He also gives an example. You can use this strategy to simulate multiple stocks as well in a portfolio. Don’t Forget to subscribe to the show!

Episode #91: Reg-T Margin vs. Portfolio Margin

Apr 12 2024 26 mins  
Episode #91: Reg-T Margin vs. Portfolio Margin Russ discusses the types of accounts margin is used for, the pros and cons of each and the differences between Regulation-T margin and Portfolio Margin. The origins of Portfolio Margin are covered and the types of strategies to use this type of leverage on. Remember margin, of all types, is a loan from the broker-dealer to you base

Episode #90 - Mega ROTH IRA vs. the BACKDOOR Roth IRA

Feb 14 2024 28 mins  
Episode #90: Mega ROTH Ira vs. The Backdoor ROTH IRA Russ discusses the differences between the Mega ROTH IRA and the Backdoor IRA. Overfunding your workplace retirement plan and funding your Traditional IRA conversion to a backdoor ROTH IRA. Why you would want to do this and the mechanisms how to do so. The income limitations for Contribution limits for the workplace retirement