Mar 14, 2026 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writers know to avoid the “shiny object” of long-dated options total dollar premiums and to annualize the initial returns to get a fair assessment as to how much cash flow we are generating. But is that the only benefit of...
Mar 7, 2026 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured You’re selling 4, 1-month covered call contracts for the $100.00 strike and generating $1000.00 in premium. Pretty good, right? But wait a minute … if I sell 4, 6-month $100.00 strikes, I can make $2,500.00. Seems like a no-brainer to...
Feb 28, 2026 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When using high implied volatility (IV) stocks and ETFs in our covered call and cash-secured put portfolios, there are tremendous opportunities to score significant returns, but with significant risks to the downside. We must be particularly focused...
Feb 21, 2026 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Portfolio overwriting is a form of covered call writing where share retention, capital preservation and generation of modest cash flow are specified goals. We are looking to generate an additional option premium income stream while retaining the...
Feb 14, 2026 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured In a previous publication, a high implied volatility (IV) ETF, URA was analyzed as how to use it in a defensive manner while still generating significant covered call writing returns. In this article, a real-life cash-secured put trade with Solaris...
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