Oct 14, 2023 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Investing, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Stock options can be used to mitigate losses on shares we own at a higher price than current market value. Some investors will buy more shares at the new lower price and average-down, thereby adding more cash to an already losing trade. This article...
Oct 7, 2023 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured There are times when our covered call writing trades turn out much better than anticipated, and share price rises exponentially after trade entry. Barry R. shared with me a series of trades he executed with E.L.F. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE: ELF), where the...
Sep 30, 2023 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Just Alan, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writing is not a zero-sum strategy. Both the option-seller (call writer … us) and the call buyer can be successful. This article will provide a hypothetical example, demonstrating a scenario where both call buyer and seller end up...
Dec 22, 2012 | Stock Trading & Taxes
There has been a lot of hysteria and hyperbole surrounding the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts and how it might affect dividend income. The Blue Collar Investor’s weekly list of covered call candidates often includes a number of dividend-paying stocks as shown in...
Nov 3, 2012 | Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies
JUST BECAUSE YOU BUY ITS PRODUCTS DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD BUY ITS STOCK The KORS initial public offering was the topic du jour among my girlfriends at a holiday party last December. The ladies I know who invest in stocks were trying to figure out how to get in on the...
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