The #1 Stock For Wall Street’s Latest Bold Call

Dear WallStreetZen Member,

This week, our Smart Leverage Alert centers on Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW).

Gold has been one of the defining trades of 2026 — and Wall Street sees more room to run, with JPMorgan calling for $6,300 an ounce on relentless central-bank buying and global tensions. That's a powerful tailwind for the miners that pull it out of the ground, and one name just showed how much it can turn that tailwind into cash.

On September 1, Sibanye Stillwater posted record first-half results: revenue of $5.5 billion, up 64%, with adjusted EBITDA up 111% and record operating cash flow of $1.3 billion. Higher gold and platinum-group-metal prices swung the company back to a solid profit, while management cut debt 18% in just six months and declared a dividend yielding roughly 8%.

This is a turnaround hitting its stride, amplified by the metal-price cycle — Sibanye is cutting debt fast and funding lower-risk growth projects while metal prices stay strong. The handful of analysts covering it lean positive, and the stock is up more than 40% this past year.

Our Zen Ratings model confirms the strength. SBSW earns an A rating, which amounts to a Strong Buy recommendation, landing in the top 1% of more than 4,600 stocks. It's the top-rated stock in its industry.

Looking at the Component Grades that shape the overall grade, SBSW ranks in the top 15% for Sentiment, the top 11% for Growth, the top 8% for Financials, and the top 7% for Value — a financially strengthening miner with real conviction behind it.

Our Logic

With Zen Options Essentials, we use "Smart Leverage" — Deep-In-The-Money options that let you control shares for a fraction of the cost, with your maximum risk strictly defined from day one.

The "Smart Leverage" Setup: SBSW Long Call

Given the strong fundamental case and the metal-price tailwind building behind Sibanye, here's how we're structuring the trade using Smart Leverage — Deep-In-The-Money calls that move nearly dollar-for-dollar with the stock, but with strictly defined risk from day one.

Instead of committing about $5,160 to own 400 shares outright, four Deep-In-The-Money Calls let you control those same shares for about $1,500.

• The Play: $10 Strike Call (Expiring Mar 19, 2027), 4 contracts
• Delta: 0.8800 — Right in our sweet spot. This option moves nearly dollar-for-dollar with the stock. You get the upside with significantly less capital at risk.
• Intrinsic Value: ~88% — Nearly nine-tenths of what you pay is real value, not time decay. This is what separates a Smart Leverage setup from the kind of speculative options trades that blow up amateur accounts.
• Leverage Multiple: 2.12x — Every dollar moves 2.1x harder than the stock, while the deep ITM strike still keeps meaningful downside protection versus a naked speculative call.
• The Target: For this position to double (+100%), SBSW only needs to reach approximately $16.76 — a roughly 30% move in the stock that produces a 100% return on the option premium.

Why Options Over Shares?

A 30% move in SBSW stock would be a solid return for shareholders. In these Deep-In-The-Money options, that same move has the potential to double your investment while putting only about $1,500 at risk instead of $5,160.

That's the power of Smart Leverage: stock-like upside with a fraction of the capital and strictly defined risk from day one.

What To Do Next?

SBSW is just one of the setups our Zen Options Essentials TradeFinder identified this week.

And the best part? You don't need to spend hours doing research to find these trades. The TradeFinder does the heavy lifting — scanning for Deep-In-The-Money options with the optimal Delta, the right Intrinsic Value, and the right Leverage Multiple — so you can evaluate a trade like this in minutes.

How is that possible?

Because the best options trades aren't about picking exotic strategies or timing the market perfectly. They're about finding great stocks…and using Smart Leverage to control your risk while amplifying your upside.

EXACTLY what the Zen Ratings model is built to find.

EXACTLY what this methodology has been delivering.

If you'd like to see how this entire methodology works, start by watching our presentation, "Options Trading with the Zen Ratings." It walks through the Smart Leverage framework, the TradeFinder, and how we identify these opportunities step by step.

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Happy Investing,

Mijusko Sibalic

Senior Writer, Zen Options Essentials

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