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The Modern Stock & Options Trading Show

Welcome to the Modern Stock and Options Trading Show. This is the podcast where portfolio manager and professional investment educator, Russ Mathews, shows you how to trade with an edge in today's markets. To powerfully BOOST your portfolio and manage the downside risk.

Mar 7, 2025

In this episode, Russ explains the current volatility in today’s equity markets. 

He gives some context with data points over the past 150 years.  He also lays out the analysts who are bullish and bearish (from the Money Show in Las Vegas, etc.) and their views.  He explains his actions and lays out what he is doing...


Jan 23, 2025

In this episode, Russ explains what to do on a covered call trade when you are wrong and trying to protect your shares and the stock takes off.  He uses what happened to Tesla since the US Election results as an example (the stock has gone up 85% since the election and we had written a $15 up covered call expiring in...


Dec 8, 2024

Season #6 begins. 

In the episode, Russ explains whether thins rally has legs and can continue as well as the top 5 themes for stocks (& their options) for 2025. The investment landscape we are in is covered.

Then the 5 themes covered include:

1.)   AI – and the 4 sub areas of this trend

2.)   Cryptocurrency –...


Oct 10, 2024

In the episode, Russ explains what to do now with a Presidential election about 26 days away.   Market indexes are also at or near all-time highs.  What do we do?

Russ covers 5 topics on this episode (or five courses of action) including:

1.) Writing covered calls – at higher (sometimes stretched) prices - OTM (out of...


Aug 14, 2024

In the episode, Russ explains why the stock market is 50% science and 50% art.  Everyone seems to want to use logic and mathematical formulas to control (or solve) the stock market.  What they don’t realize is that there are millions of individuals all playing in the same place at the same time with different ages,...