SPGI: ‘Buy’ this Capital Markets Leader

Dear Reader,

On Friday, we looked at a Daily Price Chart of Colgate-Palmolive Co., noting that CL stock has been making a series of higher highs and higher lows recently.

For today’s Trade of the Day e-letter we will be looking at a monthly chart for S&P Global Inc. stock symbol: SPGI.

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

S&P Global Inc. is a leading provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. The company operates through four reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices.

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

Below is a 10-Month Simple Moving Average chart for S&P Global Inc.

Buy SPGI Stock

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

This crossover indicated the buying pressure for SPGI 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 SPGI is 500.00 per share.

Profit if SPGI is Up, Down, or Flat

Now, since SPGI’s Monthly Price is currently trading above the 10-Month SMA and will likely rally from here, let’s use the Hughes Optioneering calculator to look at the potential returns for a SPGI call option spread.

The Call Option Spread Calculator will calculate the profit/loss potential for a call option spread based on the price change of the underlying stock/ETF at option expiration in this example from a 7.5% increase to a 7.5% decrease in SPGI stock at option expiration.

The goal of this example is to demonstrate the ‘built in’ profit potential for option spreads and the ability of spreads to profit if the underlying stock is up, down or flat at option expiration. Out of fairness to our paid option service subscribers we don’t list the option strike prices used in the profit/loss calculation.

The prices and returns represented below were calculated based on the current stock and option pricing for SPGI on 7/15/2024 before commissions.

Built in Profit Potential

For this option spread, the calculator analysis below reveals the cost of the spread is $565 (circled). The maximum risk for an option spread is the cost of the spread.

The analysis reveals that if SPGI stock is flat or up at all at expiration the spread will realize a 77.0% return (circled).

And if SPGI stock decreases 7.5% at option expiration, the option spread would make a 77.0% return (circled).

Due to option pricing characteristics, this option spread has a ‘built in’ 77.0% profit potential when the trade was identified*.

Option spread trades can result in a higher percentage of winning trades compared to a directional option trade if you can profit when the underlying stock/ETF is up, down or flat.

A higher percentage of winning trades can give you the discipline needed to become a successful trader.

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