Bit of an intro below to my personal trading strategies: (future idea's will be much shorter in text and to the point)....
Most if not all of my trades are based on finding the best Option Combinations for Stocks , Indexes or ETF's which I believe follow a particular trading range. This 'expected' trend is based less on technical indicators and more on the underlying fundamentals of the equities, market psychology and simple supply and demand. To date my preferences for investing in equities goes mainly to the energy market (mainly gas), gold, silver and commodities (uranium, copper and rare earth metals) and last but not least semiconductors while the AI hype lasts.
It doesn't matter if the trend is bullish, bearish or trending sideways, there are always option combinations that can be applied, such as Strangles, Bull or Bear Put/Call spreads, Butterflies, Iron condors, Covered Calls etc. etc.
The interesting aspects of trading in options is that the Risk/Reward ratio can be high. For Put or Call spreads for example, one can easily double/triple the input, depending on the option combination. For butterflies the ratio can even go up to 1:10 or higher (i.e. input $1000 may end up at $10,000 if the butterfly combination comes true). On the other hand, one could easily lose the full invested amount if the underlying equity does not follow your expected trend, but in most cases you will always know the maximum amount you can lose for these option strategies and as such base your trading strategy on these risk/reward levels.
This XME Bull Put is a simple spread to profit while from the S&P Metals & mining ETF if this remains bullish.