Strategy Discussion
Protective Put

Example:
XYZ, a major media company is at $47. You are long 100 shares as of last week and want to be in it for the long run. However, news has just been reported that internal conflict may result in selling a portion of the company. If this occurs, there may be a financial slowdown until the end of the second quarter.

Outlook:
Bullish on XYZ but concerned that with this latest report a sell-off of XYZ may be severe.

Possible strategy:
Protective Put:

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