Brand New 52-Week Low for Truist

Dear Reader,

Yesterday, we looked at a Daily Price Chart of Nike Inc. noting the stock’s 24/52 Day MACD is trading below the 18-Day EMA signaling a ‘Sell’.

For today’s Trade of the Day we will be looking at a Daily Price chart for Truist Financial Corporation stock symbol: TFC.

Before breaking down TFC’s daily price chart let’s first review which products and services are offered by the company.

Truist Financial Corporation, a holding company, provides banking and trust services in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. The company operates through three segments: Consumer Banking and Wealth, Corporate and Commercial Banking, and Insurance Holdings. Its deposit products include noninterest-bearing checking, interest-bearing checking, savings, and money market deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts.

Now, let’s begin to break down the Daily Price chart for TFC. Below is a Daily Price Chart with the price line displayed by an OHLC bar.

Sell TFC Stock

The Daily Price chart above shows that TFC stock has been hitting new 52-Week Lows regularly this week.

Simply put, a stock does not just continually hit a series of new 52-Week Lows unless it is in a very strong bearish trend.

The Hughes Optioneering team looks for stocks that are making a series of 52-Week Lows as this is a good indicator that the stock is in a powerful downtrend.

You see, after a stock makes a series of two or more 52-Week Lows, the stock typically continues its price downtrend and bearish positions should be initiated.

Our initial price target for TFC stock is 40.00 per share.

86.5% Profit Potential for TFC Option

Now, since TFC stock is currently making a series of new 52-Week Lows this means the stock’s bearish decline will likely continue. Let’s use the Hughes Optioneering calculator to look at the potential returns for a TFC put option purchase.

The Put Option Calculator will calculate the profit/loss potential for a put option trade based on the price change of the underlying stock/ETF at option expiration in this example from a flat TFC price to a 12.5% decrease.

The Optioneering Team uses the 1% Rule to select an option strike price with a higher percentage of winning trades. In the following TFC option example, we used the 1% Rule to select the TFC option strike price but out of fairness to our paid option service subscribers we don’t list the strike price used in the profit/loss calculation.

Trade with Higher Accuracy

When you use the 1% Rule to select a TFC in-the-money option strike price, TFC stock only has to decrease 1% for the option to breakeven and start profiting! Remember, if you purchase an at-the-money or out-of-the-money put option and the underlying stock closes flat at option expiration it will result in a 100% loss for your option trade! In this example, if TFC stock is flat at 43.04 at option expiration, it will only result in a 5.1% loss for the TFC option compared to a 100% loss for an at-the-money or out-of-the-money put option.

Using the 1% Rule to select an option strike price can result in a higher percentage of winning trades compared to at-the-money or out-of-the-money put options. This higher accuracy can give you the discipline needed to become a successful option trader and can help avoid 100% losses when trading options.

The goal of this example is to demonstrate the powerful profit potential available from trading options compared to stocks.

The prices and returns represented below were calculated based on the current stock and option pricing for TFC on 9/27/2022 before commissions.

When you purchase a put option, there is virtually no limit on the profit potential of the put if the underlying stock continues to decline in price.

For this specific put option, the calculator analysis below reveals if TFC stock decreases 5.0% at option expiration to 40.89 (circled), the put option would make 40.7% before commission.

If TFC stock decreases 10.0% at option expiration to 38.74 (circled), the put option would make 86.5% before commission and outperform the stock return nearly 9 to 1*.

The leverage provided by put options allows you to maximize potential returns on bearish stocks.

The Hughes Optioneering Team is here to help you identify profit opportunities just like this one.

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