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11/10/05: Trade of the week: New trade of the week today on Amdocs. Trade targetting a 6.4% return with 12% downside protection.

10/24/05: We closed out our November Apple 60 calls. Made a nice little 25% return on this trade. See trade.

10/24/05: We added a new weekly pick today. Today's pick is a December 45/40 credit spread on Carpenter Technology and is targetting a 5.3% return using 16.3% downside protection. See write-up

10/19/05: We added a new weekly pick today. Today's pick is on Altria and is targetting a 4.2% return using 17.8% downside protection. See write-up

10/10/05: We added a new weekly pick today. Today's pick is on NetEase and is targetting a 4.2% return using 29.5% downside protection. See write-up - We also added a new weekly article. Readers can use this weeks example to get an insight on using Calendar Spreads and how to profit from these amazing income generators.

10/07/05: We added a new weekly pick. Today's pick is on Netflix and is targeted for an 8.7% return and has a built in 26.3% downside protection. Not too bad!

Updated: Tuesday, July 25, 2006

5:30 PM EDT... Continental Airlines (CAL ) has had a pretty good track record lately. We are going to look at the September 22.50 / 20 bull call debit spread for 2.25 per contract. This trade will produce a 11.1% return with 22.2% downside protection!

No? You are probably thinking this sounds too good to be true. Come find out how you can start to add value to your portfolio today using a strategy known as the bull-put-credit spread.

Our analyst's illustrate the method behind this investment approach before going into how to set up such a trade. Learn the advantages to using this method, including adding money to your portfolio TODAY! If 45 day hedged investments with yields of 10+ or greater sounds good to you, you should read what our writers have prepared for you on this investment approach
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Calendar spreads can be powerful tools if used correctly in your portfolio’s. What I really like about this strategy is that you are able to control a lot of stock with a much smaller amount of working capital, as well as the recurring income these trades can bring into your accounts.

We will first look at the strategy, discuss the advantages and disadvantages, and then present a real time example of a trade for you too use as a guide.

If you want to learn more, please take a couple minutes to read over this weeks article. it can start to save you money today! To read on, click here!