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| Profiting in a Choppy Market Our bear call spread strategy involves selling a call option above the current SPX price. We choose a level we don’t anticipate the index reaching before the option’s expiration. We simultaneously buy a call option above that sold call. This limits our losses if SPX rallies unexpectedly. Overall, the spread generates a credit. Since the call option we buy is further away than the index’s current level, it’s cheaper than the option we sell. The option we sell essentially pays for the option we buy. Crucially, we only place a bear call spread if we are neutral to bearish on the S&P 500. We don’t expect the market to rise to our call option levels. And in The S&P Trader, we typically use this strategy with a same-day expiration, so we know our profit or loss by the time the market closes at 4 p.m. ET. So let’s see how a trade we did last week panned out… 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. | A Same-Day Profit On Tuesday, March 3, SPX opened at 6800. But with the war in the Middle East and the oil price starting to rise, SPX didn’t seem to have much energy for an upward move. To profit, I recommended a 6840/6855 bear call spread. In other words, we sold a 6840 call option while simultaneously buying a 6855 call option. Opening the trade generated a $1.50 credit per contract (or $150 since an option contract is for 100 shares). Check out the chart… S&P 500 (SPX) 
Source: e-Signal (Click here to expand image) If SPX closed at or below 6840, that $1.50 premium would remain ours to keep. If we were wrong and SPX rallied above 6840, our trade would turn into a bigger loss the higher the index went. However, the bought 6855 call option leg capped our potential losses. In this case, the most we could have lost was the difference between the two strikes (6840 and 6855) minus the premium we received for placing the trade. That’s $15 minus $1.50, which equals $13.50 (or $1,350 per contract). At first glance, this risk-reward balance might seem out of whack. However, our win rate makes all the difference. We have won on 80% of the 1,000+ trades I’ve recommended since I launched The S&P Trader. Because our winners far exceed our losers, we can turn out impressive profits using this strategy. In this trade, SPX briefly touched 6840 at the high of the day. But my analysis proved correct, and SPX closed out the day at 6816. The premium was ours to keep. Bear call spread trades are always a balancing act. The closer to the current price level you sell your call option, the more premium you receive. But there’s a higher chance of the trade moving against you. On the other hand, if you choose a level that’s too far away, you might not earn enough premium to make the trade worth it. Over my 40+ years of using this strategy, I’ve honed my ability to find the sweet spot, enabling us to rack up our 80% win rate. And we’re currently sitting on 13 straight wins for the year. Rest assured, I’m looking forward to banking even bigger gains throughout the rest of 2026 for my members. Happy Trading, Larry Benedict
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