‘Buy’ Signal Indicated for Aflac

Dear Reader,

On Friday, we looked at a Daily Price Chart of PBF Energy Inc., noting that the stock had retraced below the upper Keltner Channel, into the ‘Buy Zone’.

For today’s Trade of the Day e-letter we will be looking at a monthly chart for Aflac, Inc., stock symbol: AFL.

Before breaking down AFL’s monthly chart let’s first review what products and services the company offers.

Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. It operates in two segments, Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care, work leave, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan. The Aflac U.S. segment provides cancer, accident, short-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, long-term care and disability, and term and whole life insurance products in the United States.

Now, let’s begin to break down the monthly chart for AFL stock.

Below is a 10-Month Simple Moving Average chart for Aflac, Inc.

Buy AFL Stock

As the chart shows, in June, the AFL 1-Month Price, crossed above the 10-Month simple moving average (SMA).

This crossover indicated the buying pressure for AFL stock exceeded the selling pressure. For this kind of crossover to occur, a stock has to be in a strong bullish uptrend.

Now, as you can see, the 1-Month Price is still above the 10-Month SMA. That means the bullish trend is still in play!

As long as the 1-Month price remains above the 10-Month SMA, the stock is more likely to keep trading at new highs and should be purchased.

Our initial price target for AFL is 80.25 per share.

105.6% Profit Potential for AFL Option

Now, since AFL’s 1-Month Price is trading above the 10-Month SMA this means the stock’s bullish rally will likely continue. Let’s use the Hughes Optioneering calculator to look at the potential returns for an AFL call option purchase.

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

The Optioneering Team uses the 1% Rule to select an option strike price with a higher percentage of winning trades. In the following AFL option example, we used the 1% Rule to select the AFL 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 an AFL in-the-money option strike price, AFL stock only has to increase 1% for the option to breakeven and start profiting! Remember, if you purchase an at-the-money or out-of-the-money call 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 AFL stock is flat at 76.91 at option expiration, it will only result in a 2.7% loss for the AFL option compared to a 100% loss for an at-the-money or out-of-the-money call 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 call 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 AFL on 9/25/2023 before commissions.

When you purchase a call option, there is no limit on the profit potential of the call if the underlying stock continues to move up in price.

For this specific call option, the calculator analysis below reveals if AFL stock increases 5.0% at option expiration to 80.76 (circled), the call option would make 51.5% before commission.

If AFL stock increases 10.0% at option expiration to 84.60 (circled), the call option would make 105.6% before commission and outperform the stock return more than 10 to 1*.

The leverage provided by call options allows you to maximize potential returns on bullish stocks.

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

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Wishing You the Best in Investing Success,