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BCI PODCAST 70: COMPARING CALL AND PUT SELLING STRATEGIES

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Covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts are both outstanding low-risk approaches to generating cash flow. These strategies are similar but not precisely the same. This podcast will feature the pros and cons of each strategy as well as calculations using the BCI covered call (Ellman) calculator and the BCI Put-Selling calculator. A real-life example with Paylocity Holding Corp. (PCTY) will detail the facts.

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Posted on November 10, 2021 by in Podcasts

About Alan Ellman

Alan Ellman loves options trading so much he has written four top selling books on the topic of selling covered calls, one about put-selling and a sixth book about long-term investing. Alan is a national speaker for The Money Show, The Stock Traders Expo and the American Association of Individual Investors. He also writes financial columns for both US and International publications along with his own award-winning blog.. He is a retired dentist, a personal fitness trainer, successful real estate investor, but he is known mostly for his practical and successful stock option strategies.
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2 Responses to “BCI PODCAST 70: COMPARING CALL AND PUT SELLING STRATEGIES”

  1. James P. November 12, 2021 2:59 am
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    Alan,

    BCI #70. I notice that many/most of your CC candidates are underfollowed companies like the PCTY example.

    How do you identify these and do you worry about insufficient volume w/ large spreads? I notice the chart on this one shows a rising trend and is that one of the keys?

    thanks,

    James P.

    • Alan Ellman November 12, 2021 6:43 am
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      James,

      The BCI screening process does have liquidity guidelines:

      •The underlying security must have a daily average trading volume of 250,000 shares/day.
      •There must be 100 option contracts of open interest and/or a bid-ask spread of $0.30 or less (OI is identified in our reports)

      We do a technical analysis of all our “eligible” securities and they must satisfy our trend, momentum and volume parameters. We also screen for fundamental requirements and common-sense parameters. All this information is detailed in my books and online video courses with examples.

      Alan