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“Hitting a Put Triple”: Put-Selling Exit Strategies – BCI Podcast 140
Is it true that selling a cash-secured put will result in only 1 income stream ... the put premium? This podcast will demonstrate that this is not necessarily the case. A series of real-life put trades resulted in 3 income streams in the same contract cycle. Links...
Shorter Dated Options Deliver Higher Annualized Returns: The Square Root Rule
click ↑ 4 Featured When selling covered calls or cash-secured puts, using contract expirations several months out (or longer) have the appeal of large option premiums. However, when we annualize these returns, they pale in comparison to the returns generated by...
Portfolio Overwriting NVDA Using Implied Volatility
click ↑ 4 Featured When NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) split 10-for-1 in June 2024, more retail investors had the opportunity to leverage this stock to sell options. Many already owned NVDA, but now owned 10x the number of shares at 1/10 the price. Writing covered calls...
Calculating Covered Call Trades that are Converted to Collar Trades
click ↑ 4 Featured What is a Collar Trade? The collar strategy consists of 3 legs: Buy stock (long position) Sell an out-of-the-money (OTM) call option (short call- ceiling) Buy an out-of-the-money protective put (long put- floor) Since a protective put debit is added...
BCI PODCAST 139: Managing Implied Volatility Risk with an Initial Time Value Return Goal Range
Not all our option-selling securities come with the same risk. There is a wide range of implied volatility associated with our stocks and ETFs. High IV securities generate high option premiums but represent greater risk to the downside. The opposite holds true for low...
Doubling Our Maximum Covered Call Returns Using the Mid-Contract Unwind (MCU) Exit Strategy
click ↑ 4 Featured Our covered call writing trades offer 2 income streams when using out-of-the-money (OTM) call strikes. (Make that 3, if we incorporate dividends into the strategy). These consist of option premium + share appreciation from current market value up...
Generating Greater Than Maximum Returns Using Exit Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Blue Collar Investors know that there are times we shouldn't "settle" for maximum returns. In this article, a successful covered call trade with QQQM (an exchange-traded fund or ETF) will be analyzed, detailing how a maximum return was enhanced...
BCI PODCAST 138: Applying the 20%/10% Guidelines with a Broad Range of Implied Volatility Securities
In the BCI methodology, we use the 20%/10% guidelines to establish a protocol as when to buy back our covered call options if share price declines. When using riskier underlying securities with high implied volatility, the role of Delta is analyzed as to why it...
Using Delta to Determine an Ultra-Defensive In-The-Money Covered Call Strike
click ↑ 4 Featured When writing covered calls in bear and volatile markets, we may choose to take a defensive posture and use in-the-money call strikes which offer additional downside protection in the form of intrinsic value. We can take this approach to an even...
Podcast
- 126. Analyzing the Status of a Rolling-Down Trade
- 124. Dividends and After-Hours News Causing Exercise of OTM Call Strikes
- 123. Implied Volatility, IV Rank and IV Percentile Defined and Practical Applications
- BCI PODCAST 122: Should I Roll-Out My Deep In-The-Money Call Option Mid-Contract?
- BCI PODCAST 121: What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)?
- 120. Using the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) in Covered Call Writing Decisions
- 119. Establishing Our Cost-Basis for Long-Term Holdings
- 118. Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation
- 117. When a Covered Call Strike Moves $1000.00 In-The-Money
- 116. How to Execute a Covered Call Trade with a Buy/Write Combination Form
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