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Protective Puts and Covered Call Writing plus Technical Analysis of Recessions

April 26th, 2009 · 16 Comments

As safe a strategy that covered call writing is, there is some risk…the risk is in the stock, not in selling the option. That is why some investors who utilize this strategy buy protective puts to alleviate some of the risk.
Definition of a protective put:
A put option purchased for a stock that is already owned by the [...]

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