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While the big story on Thursday was former President Donald Trump’s conviction on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, the options market continued as usual. The day’s total option volume was 38.5 million, 8% less than the 30-day average. As for the unusual options activity, there were 1,239 with a volume of 1.25x open interest or higher. Of those, 624 were puts and 615 calls. Puts are my focus for today’s commentary, with an emphasis on short-term income generation. I’ve got three speculative stocks worth considering selling put options with DTEs of 28 days or less that can make you …

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