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How To Avoid Early Exercise When Dividends Are About To Be Distributed

How To Avoid Early Exercise When Dividends Are About To Be Distributed

Aug 30, 2014 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies

Covered call writing is a low-risk strategy that allows us to generate monthly cash flow by selling stock options. Since we are obligated to sell our shares to the option buyer (holder), one of the understood possibilities is that we will “lose” our shares...
Expanded Weekly Options: When Should We Enter A Trade?

Expanded Weekly Options: When Should We Enter A Trade?

Aug 23, 2014 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies

With the rising popularity of stock option strategies and covered call writing in particular, we have seen the creation of more option products like weekly stock options. Weeklys expire each Friday of the month whereas the more traditional monthlys generally expire...
Rolling Down And Stock Splits: A Real Life Example

Rolling Down And Stock Splits: A Real Life Example

Aug 16, 2014 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies

Covered call writing positions can be altered by exit strategies or contract adjustments. Contract adjustments are alterations that are typically made to option contracts when the underlying stock undergoes a stock split, pays a special cash and/or stock dividend or...
Calculating Future Returns Using Delta

Calculating Future Returns Using Delta

Aug 9, 2014 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies

Understanding option calculations is an integral part of the BCI methodology. Using the Ellman Calculators (Basic and Elite versions) will facilitate the process but knowing the “how” and “why” of these numbers will make us all better...
Covered Puts Versus Covered Calls

Covered Puts Versus Covered Calls

Aug 2, 2014 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies

Covered call writing is the main focus of this site and the BCI methodology. Based on member demand and similarity of strategies we have been adding information on selling cash-secured puts, the topic of my upcoming 5th book. Recently I have received inquiries on...
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