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Our community is built upon the investment strategies and “how-to” trading techniques of Alan Ellman. Just like you, he utilized the power of self-education and became a successful “do-it-yourselfer” in the stock market. Over the years he has written three books on the topic of Covered Call Writing:

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Cashing In On Covered Calls

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Alan Ellman’s Complete Encyclopedia for Covered Call Writing

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Since 2008, Alan has been writing weekly articles in the blog.  You can receive notification of all blog post releases via our email newsletter.

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Playing the Bid-Ask Spread When Selling Covered Call Options

May 26th, 2012

An integral aspect of our options trade executions is to sell at the "bid" and buy at the "ask". Man[...]


Analyzing a Covered Call Trade by Barry Bergman, Director of Research, The Blue Collar Investor Corp.

May 19th, 2012

Covered call writing trades can be analyzed from many perspectives. Each analysis represents an enli[...]


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Covered Call Writing Premiums: Intrinsic Value + Time Value

May 12th, 2012

When studying option trading basics, a critical formula is: Option premium = intrinsic value + ti[...]


Entering Our Covered Call Positions Mid-Contract

May 5th, 2012

In the BCI methodology for covered call writing we use predominantly 1-month options. There are time[...]


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