Options Are Your Greatest Friend By Larry Benedict, editor, Trading With Larry Benedict The holidays are over. Folks are back at their desks. And everyone’s trying to figure out where stocks are headed in 2026. I remain very leery. Much of the Mag 7, the engine room of the more than three-year rally, spluttered into the end of 2025. Their valuations still look overstretched. Plus, they’re now facing pressure as big institutions rotate out of tech into industrial stocks. Caterpillar (CAT) is just one example. Its peak earlier this week (just cents off its all-time high) represented a 134.5% gain off its April 2025 low. Throw in events from Venezuela and talk of “taking Greenland,” and 2026 is shaping up as a year of heightened geopolitical risk too. Yet despite the turmoil, I’m not losing sleep. Because my preferred way to trade the markets is tried and true from my four-decade career… | Recommended Links
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| Misunderstanding Risk Some people think options are risky. To be fair, they can be risky if you don’t know what you’re doing. But when I buy an option, my maximum risk is clearly defined. It’s the premium I pay for the option. So if I buy an option for $3, the most I can lose is $300 per contract. (Each option contract is for 100 shares, so $3 × 100 = $300.) That risk doesn’t change, no matter what happens to the underlying stock. Compare that to buying shares, which often require much higher upfront capital. To own 100 shares, you might easily spend thousands of dollars. And any stock can potentially go to zero. Even a less dramatic fall can still lead to eye-watering losses. That’s why trading options has been a cornerstone of my career. You should consider options too if you’re concerned about protecting your capital – especially if and when volatility ticks higher. After all, options allow you to profit from a move in either direction. We can use calls to profit from up moves… and puts to profit from down moves. That gives us flexibility as we look at the big swings already hitting the market… Tune in to Trading With Larry Live 
Each week, Market Wizard Larry Benedict goes live to share his thoughts on what’s impacting the markets. Whether you’re a novice or expert trader, you won’t want to miss Larry’s insights and analysis. Even better, it’s free to watch. Simply visit us on YouTube at 8:30 a.m. ET, Monday through Thursday, to catch the latest. | Gold, Silver, and Oil Plenty of retail traders have rushed in to join the party in the huge bull run in gold and silver. Yet typically, the last buyers in a rally get burned. Precious metals could still rally higher from here, of course. But I see another bubble forming. So I’m looking to take the opposite view. But shorting gold or silver directly could lead to significant losses if the buying mania continues longer than expected. This is why options are so handy… When buying a put option on gold or silver, I always know my maximum risk. Even if gold or silver breaks out to new highs, the most I can lose is the option premium. This helps me better manage my risk and protect my capital. It also enables me to take multiple bites at a trade if the first attempt doesn’t go my way. That’s why, as we kick off a new year, consider trading options. They’ll enable you to take part in big swings for just a fraction of the cost of trading shares. If you want to see how I use options to consistently generate double-digit returns in any market conditions, I encourage you to tune into my Get Rich Slow briefing next Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. All you need to do is RSVP here with one click. If you’ve considered trading options but you weren’t sure how or where to get started, I’ll walk you through my strategy… and why you’ll need the right plan to profit consistently in the wild moves I expect to see in 2026. Happy Trading, Larry Benedict
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