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exit strategies for covered call writing

Should I Roll My Option When The Stock Price Is DEEP In-The-Money?

Exit strategy execution is a critical skill every covered call writer should master. In addition to managing positions where share price has decreased there are also situations where we can benefit when price has dramatically accelerated. Let’s look at a trade recently executed by one of our Premium Members: Our member generated a nice 1-month [...]

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Ask Alan – How to Compute Final Covered Call Returns-Part 1

Alan answers a question posed collective my many of the BCI member family, who ask about calculating final returns after the trade has been completed. This is part 1 of a 3 part series. If you want more “Ask Alan” videos, you can view the archive. More Video: For those new to Alan’s system of [...]

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Technical analysis for covered call writing

Binary Options Are The Latest Rage, But Barely Like Traditional Options by Guest Author Tom Cleveland

Over the past few years, the popularity of traditional options has grown exponentially, as investors have been more willing to experiment with a broader set of investment genres. The market has responded to this more expansive behavior by creating a myriad of new products such as “weeklys” and “minis”, topics Alan has addressed on this [...]

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