Author: Keith Kaplan, TradeSmith

Rather than let our feelings or emotions about Elon Musk answer the question, let’s run the company through my algorithms and see what the data tells us. And this is the perfect time to analyze the data because Tesla reported quarterly results last week.

Big Money is flowing into them right now, and there are opportunities for the taking.

In volatile markets, it pays to own quality, blue-chip stocks like these that both pay you cash income up front in the form of dividends AND have the potential for capital gains.

In short, I’d leverage it in a margin account to sell puts that have the highest probability of expiring worthless. I bet I could earn a 50% return in a year this way.

One of these stocks is currently considered a “buy” on its own merit.