Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Exit strategies are critical to achieving the highest degree of trading success. This podcast will highlight a trade executed with XLV where there was […]
How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios
When we plan our covered call writing and cash-secured puts trades, we must focus in on diversification and cash allocation. In order to accomplish these goals, in April 2023, BCI […]
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator
The Collar Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy where a protective put is added to the trade, thereby establishing a floor and a ceiling with a maximum gain and […]
Ask Alan # 210: What If I Close My Covered Call Writing Position Early When Share Price Rises?
———- Mhen share price rises significantly, opportunities are created to close the covered call trade prior to contract expiration and use the freed-up cash to initiate a second income stream […]
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When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade?
Which %, if any, of our original covered call writing initial time-value return, should we use to close both legs of the trade, and guarantee a realized return? 60%? 75%? […]
BCI PODCAST 110: Exit Strategies Are Important But Must Be Timed Properly
Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: In this podcast, a series of real-life covered call writing trades will be analyzed with MGM. Initial trade structuring, exit strategy implementation and trade […]
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Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades
In our BCI methodology, we have a 3-pronged approach to stock selection for our covered call writing trades: Fundamental analysis Technical analysis Common-sense principles (minimum trading volume, avoiding earnings reports, […]
BCI PODCAST 109: Delta and Strike Selection for Covered call Writing
Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Should our covered call writing strikes be determined by the delta of those strikes? This podcast will make a case that our strikes should […]
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How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day
The parameters of our covered call trades are often changed when certain corporate events result in option contract adjustments. These events include stock splits, mergers & acquisitions as well as […]
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments
Covered call writing versus cash-secured puts in bull markets … which is better? This article will present the arguments for both and make a case why I prefer covered call […]
Podcast
- 111. Rolling Down on a Sharp Market Decline at the end of a Contract
- 110. Exit Strategies Are Important But Must Be Timed Properly
- 109. Delta and Strike Selection for Covered call Writing
- 108. Establishing Our Cost Basis in a Multi Step Managed Trade
- 107: Even and Odd Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments
- 106. "Hitting a Double" with Procter & Gamble: A Covered Call Writing Exit Strategy
- 105. The Poor Man's Covered Call: Rolling Options
- 104. Special 1 Time Dividends and Contract Adjustments
- 103. The Collar Strategy Using Long-Term Put Expirations
- 102. Analyzing Market Assessment Based on Portfolio Setup
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