Gold is Soaring: How to Use Options to Maximize Gains

With gold prices gleaming in 2025, we took a look at gold strategies tailored for options traders, including how to capitalize on price movements by trading gold ETFs with options. To better understand gold market trends, how to trade gold options, how to manage risk, and other key strategies, click below! We also compiled a list of gold-adjacent individual stocks that could be worth trading, providing leveraged exposure to gold price movements.

ETFs to Watch as Summer Doldrums Begin

“Sell in May and go away” is officially underway, an annual pattern of expected underperformance and lower volume on Wall Street between May 1 and the end of August. With May now in the rearview mirror, we’re looking at the “go away” period for the summer for those who might not be ready to exit the trading-sphere just yet (or at all). Click the link below to dive into a list of 25 exchange traded funds (ETFs) to watch that tend to outperform in summer seasonality.

Steel Tariffs: Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics Shares Pop

President Donald Trump announced plans over the weekend to double steel tariffs to 50% from 25%, effective on Wednesday. The move attracted criticism from the European Union (EU) and added to global trade tensions, but U.S.-based steel stocks Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) and Steel Dynamics (STLD) soared as options traders chimed in.

2 Options-Related Indicators Favor Bear This Week

The S&P 500 (SPX) held a key level last week, even as bond yields rose and trade tensions simmered. Senior V.P. of Research Todd Salamone identifies two options-centric indicators that favor bears in the short term; put/call ratios flashing a seasonal signal, and an uptick in shorter-term call open interest. However, elevated short interest could cushion any major technical breakdowns.

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