After entering our covered call writing trades, we immediately go into position management mode. For most of us who started our stock investment careers buying and selling stock, this may […]
Setting Stop Loss Orders for Covered Call Writing
Posted on January 27, 2018 by Alan Ellman in Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
How To Negotiate Better Option Prices Using The “Show Or Fill Rule” / $30 Rebate Expiring
Posted on June 20, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution
Covered call writers generate cash flow by selling call options associated with a stock or exchange-traded fund. Our goals are to generate the highest possible returns with low-risk trades and […]
“Negotiating” The Best Prices When Buying And Selling Options
Posted on November 9, 2013 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
Our covered call writing strategy involves both buying and selling options. Mastering our options trade executions can bring our profit level to even higher levels. We know that a general […]
Executing A Covered Call Trade: A Step By Step Look At Our Broker Statement
Posted on August 24, 2013 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution
Executing a covered call trade and understanding the accounting procedures on our online discount broker statements can be confusing to the new option trader. I have recently received a few […]
How Our Trade Orders Are Executed For Covered Call Writing
Posted on June 30, 2012 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Options Trade Execution
Executing our stock and call option trades is fast and efficient. But what actually goes on behind the scenes after we enter market or limit orders? Once we type our […]
Covered Call Writing: Types of Customer Orders
Posted on March 24, 2012 by Alan Ellman in Option Trading Basics, Options Trade Execution
Executing covered call trades begins when we instruct our online discount brokers what we want them to do for us. When instructing our online discount broker as to the actions […]
Types of Customer Orders plus Industry in the Spotlight
Posted on August 22, 2009 by Alan Ellman in Options Trade Execution
When instructing our online discount broker as to the actions we want taken, we submit a customer order. These orders can take several different forms depending on our investment strategies […]
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