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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: elann ✸✹🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 6/3 Options - remind me?
Date: 05/20/23 3:47 PM
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I can't find my internet files on the 6/3 Options. Once candidates are found, purchase ~6-month-to-expiry slightly OTM Call options and sell at ~3-months-til-expiry?

My approach for the last 24 years has been:
Use the VL Timeliness 1+2 stocks (400 stocks) as a starting point.
Remove the 10% (40 stocks) with highest 5 day return.
Rank the remaining stocks by RRS126-2s. This means ranking by regression relative strength over the last six months, minus 2* price volatility over the last 12 months. i.e. looking for stocks with high price momentum and relatively low volatility.
Select the 5 highest ranking stocks that have options available and for which I don't already own call options.
For each stock select a call option that is 0 to 10% OTM (closer to 10% is better) and has an expiry 6 to 8 months away.
Invest a total of 1/9 of the portfolio in these five options. Sell the options exactly three months after purchase, and repeat.
This is done every month on the week after option expiration. Over a three month cycle about 1/3 of the portfolio is invested in options. The rest is held in cash or something close to cash.

Elan
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