Intel Surged to New Record High, Rocketing Over 100% In April
If you lack investment discipline and don't have a plan to handle your winners and losers, you are likely fated to lose more than you should -- and to earn less than you could.Intel is up about 92% in April. A gain of that size is rare, and a gain of that size in a month is even rarer. The iShares Semiconductor exchange-traded fund, by contrast, is up about 33% over the same period.Still, Intel's advance has been so strong in such a short time that market realities could assert themselves even if the stock thesis is valid. OpenAI, for instance, has created pressure across the AI ecosystem on news the private company is growing more slowly than anticipated. When bullish momentum ebbs, stocks can plunge quickly.Because Intel's stock has been so red hot, its calls are priced with a greed premium. Anyone who buys them pays a pretty price. We want to flip that around and sell the call, essentially acting like a dealer who is satisfying demand from aggressive, unmoored investors who think In