Apr 7, 2012 | Investment Basics
Part of learning investment basics is to understand the relationship between interest rates and our investment decisions. That’s why it is important to educate ourselves about Yield Curves. These are lines that plot the interest rates of (most frequently)...
Mar 31, 2012 | Stock Option Strategies, Technical Analysis
Stock options strategies, including covered call writing, factor in a multitude of parameters including fundamental and technical analysis as well as many common sense principles. In my books, DVDs and seminars I discuss determining market tone before making any...
Mar 24, 2012 | 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 we want taken, we submit a customer order. These orders can take several different forms...
Mar 17, 2012 | Covered Call Exit Strategies
Covered call writers can be good at what they do or great at it. They can generate decent returns or the highest possible returns. One of the mission statements of The Blue Collar Investor is to assist each other in achieving the greatest levels of success. The...
Mar 10, 2012 | Options Calculations
Selling stock options is all about generating a cash flow. Calculating our initial profit, the potential for more profit (upside potential) and the protection of our initial profit (downside protection as opposed to breakeven of the entire position) is critical in...