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My name is Lee Lowell.
I’m the editor of the Instant Money Trader & The Triple-Zone Profit Trader as well as a regular contributor/editor to The White Cap Report’s mid-month newsletter, Xcelerated Profits Report.
I’m one of America’s leading options professionals, spending six years in the options “trenches” as a market maker on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) in New York City.
Since 1998, I’ve headed my own office-based trading firm where I trade commodity options, stock & index options, ETF options and e-mini futures options on a daily basis.
I’m also the founder of Lowell Capital Consultants, an options advisory firm that teaches investors how to use stock options to enhance their portfolios.
You may have read my popular book, Get Rich With Options: Four Winning Strategies Straight From The Exchange Floor, or read one of my numerous articles for OptionInvestor.com. I also contribute to several financial publications such as Futures magazine and Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities.
Recently, I partnered with eSignal to produce articles for the website’s educational section.
I’m one of those rare men in the investing world… who’s not about climbing the ladder at any of those hotshot trading firms (though any firm would be glad to have me).
All I had ever done up until my “retirement” (at age 31) was trade for profit – either with my own cash or for the company that entrusted me with millions in trading dollars. And for a professional trader, nothing can top the experience of being right down there “in the pit” where all the action is, six hours a day… where one facial expression can lead a seasoned trader to huge gains… and one mistake can cost tens of thousands, even millions, of dollars.
Much of my success is due to one simple fact: I know how to make money. And when you’re risking millions of dollars on a trade, you better have a strategy that will virtually assure winning. Otherwise, your days on the trading floor – indeed, your days as a trader – will be very brief.
I have proven myself through every step of my highly successful career.
At age 25, my firm was so impressed with my trading skills after just one year as a wet-behind-the-ears options clerk; I was promoted to occupy one of 816 cherished seats on the trading floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange and entrusted with millions of dollars in trading funds.
I became a market maker for my firm – the cream of the crop savvy, senior traders who establish both the sell and the buy price of a trading instrument with the goal of making money off the spread.
As you’ll discover in a moment, it’s this experience that formed the foundation of my strategy. And I’m helping readers learn how to extract thousands in routine gains from the markets with every recommendation I make.
In all, I spent six years as a floor trader making huge gains for my firm and myself. At age 31, I left the NYMEX trading floor – packed up and “retired” to Hawaii to recharge my batteries, regain my sanity… and to embark on my next professional challenge: Mastering the art of chart analysis and electronic screen trading research and distilling that information into an easy to read format so I can show readers, like you, how to make money on a regular basis.
And with my strategy perfected in late 2003, I began experimenting with it, using my own cash, amassing an impressive “73-wins-in-87-plays” track record.
The first research service I started, The Triple-Zone Profit Trader, makes trades in all different kinds of commodity options. And it’s humming like a fine-tuned race car – generating 36 winners out of 47 since 2007… an impressive 77% win-rate during this historic market fluctuation. That includes 25 double-digit winners and 9 triple-digit winners… (Gains from 99% in 10 days… to 239% in 34 days)
And just a year ago, I started a new research service – Instant Money Trader – that is proving to be as informative and profitable as my previous and current undertakings.
In fact, since I launched the Instant Money Trader – the portfolio has had an amazing 88% win-rate… despite the current market volatility.
No doubt, the last year has been very volatile in the markets – with all the tough news about the economy, unemployment and the housing crisis…
But during that time, Instant Money Trader subscribers were able to book an 88% win-rate…15 out of 17 on Disney, Microsoft (two different recommendations – both winners), General Electric (two winners), Dow Chemical, Citigroup (two winners), US Natural Gas Fund and a few other recommendations…
Put-Option Selling As Easy as 1-2-3
The Instant Money Trader uses a little known technique called “put-option selling” that focuses on giving you an opportunity to acquire some of the best-known companies traded on the major stock exchanges… at prices you never imagined possible, while getting paid instant cash upfront just for your “troubles.”
Here are the basics of put option contracts…
Options contracts come in two types – call options and put options. Since we only focus on put options with the Instant Money Trader, we won’t be talking about call options here.
How does it work?
Well, the buyer of a put option contract has a bearish outlook for the intended stock and the seller of a put option has a bullish outlook. Since we will be selling put option contracts, we ultimately have a long-term bullish outlook on our chosen stock.
When someone buys a put option contract, they are giving themselves the opportunity to sell a specific stock at a specific price by a specific time in the future.
Here’s an example…
Let’s say someone buys a Company X put option contract that expires six months from now. The strike price of the option (this is the price which the option buyer can eventually sell Company X at in the future) is the $80 put option. Currently, Company X is at $122 per share.
The cost of the option is $3.50. What this person is doing is speculating that sometime in the future, they believe Company X might fall below $80 per share. It’s at $122 now, so it has to fall by at least $42 in the next six
months.
In order to buy this option, it costs the investor $350 for every option contract purchased. Option contracts trade on a $100 multiplier, so even though the option cost $3.50, in real terms it costs $350.
Every option contract consists of 100 shares of stock, so this option contract gives the person the right to sell 100 shares of Company X at $80 per share at anytime in the next six months.
This investor has bought what’s called an “out-of-the-money” option contract.
An OTM (out-of-the-money) put option contract has its strike price set below the current price of the stock. Since Company X is currently at $122 per share, then the $80 strike price is considered OTM.
If Company X is at $122 now, why would anyone want to sell it at $80?
Because they are protecting themselves against a catastrophic event in the very rare case that Company X falls that far in the amount of time left before option expiration (all options have an expiration date).
What if Company X comes out tomorrow with horrible earnings and the stock falls to $78 per share? The option buyer could now exercise his right to sell Company X for $80 per share and then turn around and go into the market and buy it back for $78.
He would have just made himself $200 on the trade, but since he paid $350
upfront, he really incurred a loss of $150 plus commissions. Not that great of a trade.
But what happens if Company X doesn’t fall below $80 per share, let alone $78 per share by the expiration date?
If that’s the case, then the put option will expire worthless and the buyer loses his full $350. In the options world, it’s been estimated that up to 90% of those OTM option contracts will eventually expire worthless, leaving the option buyer dejected and thinner in the wallet.
So who’s on the other side of that trade and who gets that $350? That’s us, the option sellers.
We receive the $350 upfront and hold an obligation to buy 100 shares of Company X at $80 per share at anytime before expiration day.
With the $3.50 we received upfront, our actual cost-basis would be $76.50 if we
had to fulfill our obligation to buy the Company X shares.
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to buy Company X at $80 per share when just a short while ago it was at $122? Of course it would and that’s exactly what we do here at the Instant Money Trader.
In this example, not only are you getting a chance to buy the company at $42 per share cheaper than it was just a short while ago, but someone gave you $350 just for the effort.
We’re interested in selling put options on stocks that we want to own for the long run, and on stocks that have great track records and great products.
And if we aren’t called upon to buy the stocks, because the options expired worthless, then we just get to keep the money the option buyer paid and we’ll repeat the process.
The put-sell order is a much smarter way to use your time and effort than a straight stock limit buy order because you’re getting paid to wait. When you sell a put option, you’re practically getting free money upfront.
Two important items to know before you start trading put options…
First, if you are not currently set up to trade options and you decide to follow the recommendations, then you need to have a broker get you started.
And if you’re new to the options world – one of the fastest growing areas of the market – you’ll need approval from your broker before you can start trading them.
But this just involves filling out a simple form and then you’re good to go. Most brokers today understand the risk/rewards of put selling so they should be accommodating without too much hassle.
Secondly, when selling put options, you will be required to have a margin account that keeps cash on hold while you have a put-sell position active. If you are ever assigned on the options and are required to buy the shares at that time, you need to have money in your account to cover the cost of those shares.
100% Win Rate since Inception
Fact is… for Instant Money Trader subscribers… the current market volatility has provided lots of opportunities…
And there’s no reason why you can’t apply my put option strategy to jump on some irrefutable long-term trends at very good prices.
I’m looking over the Instant Money Trader model portfolio right now and honestly my track record of 100% winners since inception is a heck of a lot better than most strategies on the market.
And whether you get to buy the shares or not before the put option expires, you can still deposit immediate passive income into your accounts using my put option strategy.
There’s a reason why this research service is called the Instant Money Trader, because that’s exactly what you get.
In fact, you could have pocketed $5,870 upfront (based on selling 10 put option contracts each on just nine of our recommendations) into your trading account for doing just about nothing…
- $1,000 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 28% in less than two months time on the Disney trade.
- $300 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 44% in one month on the Citigroup trade.
- $1,150 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 11% in three months on the Microsoft trade.
- $720 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 19% in two months on the GE trade.
- $400 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 11% in two months on the second Microsoft trade.
- $600 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 37% on the Dow trade.
- $400 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 11% in two months on the second Microsoft trade.
- $400 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 4% on the US Natural Gas Fund trade.
- $650 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 28% in just over one month on the second GE trade.
- $650 pocketed upfront and a return on margin of 39% in just under two months on the second Citigroup trade.
And if everything goes according to plan, you’ll keep the entire upfront payout from your put option trades. But even if things go otherwise and you have to purchase the stock, then you’ll get that stock you’ve been wanting for years… at a price that’s too good to be true.
Either way, you win.
I’m first and foremost committed to keeping my strategy focused on selling put option contracts on high-quality, blue-chip Dow Industrial and S&P 500 companies – with 99.9% of the portfolio always remaining with stock recommendations.
I will keep repeating these types of recommendations over and over again, while padding your accounts with passive income.
But… from time to time… I’ll dip into categories outside of stocks, as we have done with the natural gas play… if it proves beneficial to our members. I always keep the best interests of the research service at the forefront and try to pick plays that will bring you the most profitability.
My mission here at the Instant Money Trader is to get your hands on the upfront money that is being shelled out by out-of-the-money put option buyers, while giving you a chance to buy quality stocks at extremely low prices.
And right now, I am monitoring a handful of potentially lucrative put-sell recommendations… even in this seesaw market.
Fact is, I am adapting my put option strategy to help you capitalize on the opportunities this market is handing us – opportunities ideally suited for my strategy. And I’m confident we’ll continue to succeed – no matter what the market throws at us.
These are times like no other with great opportunities available. And I really want you to be here for the gains I firmly believe lie ahead.
Our Readers Weigh In…
Subscriber Lou Garner writes…
“I have been a member of Lee Lowell’s service from day one and have made money on every single trade. Let me say that again I have made money on every single trade. I am not a big investor but have collected $11,591 so far. Keep the money rolling in Lee! Thanks!”
Subscriber Ruth Richards writes…
“Your excellent strategy has provided my sons college account with constant positive gains as I have fully understood your techniques.
Your book GET RICH WITH OPTIONS has garnered my admiration in trading using less risk, entails lesser capital and utilizing different option strategies. I am sharing the book with my co-worker who is a novice trader so as not to experience the pitfalls we have encountered in trading.”
Subscriber Colin Lewis writes…
“I joined Lee’s service but did not enter any trades. I just did not believe it and actually thought it was some kind of scam. I finally got a chance to call my broker and he told me that it is absolutely legal. I immediately entered three trades and collected $2589. It’s like printing money. Thanks Lee.“
Amazing Way to Make Profits
The Instant Money Trader is designed for individuals and investors of all levels who want to get more bang for their buck by boosting income through options in a relatively safe, conservative way.
This is a much better way to use your time and money compared to putting in a limit buy order below the current market and hoping that the stock gets down to your buy price. I’d rather get paid now than sit and hope.
Find out more about how to subscribe to the Instant Money Trader here. If you’d rather activate your subscription by phone, please call our VIP Services team at 888-570-9830 or 410-454-0498 and offer Priority Code: WIMTL102.
Regards,
Lee Lowell
Editor, Instant Money Trader
P.S. The last year has been very volatile in the markets – with the weak economy, high unemployment and the housing crisis… But during that time, Instant Money Trader subscribers were able to book an 88% win-rate… 15 out of 17… using our put option strategy. In addition, with this strategy, you could get your hands on the upfront money that is being shelled out by out-of-the-money put option buyers and get a chance to buy quality stocks at bargain prices.