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BCI PODCAST 36. Timing Our Covered Call Trades
Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: After a stock is purchased, when is the best time to sell the option? Should we wait for share appreciation to make more money on the trade. This podcasts breaks down the 3 possible outcomes and incorporates the option Greeks into...
Special Cash Dividends and Equity Distributions: Understanding Contract Adjustments
Contract adjustments to the terms of our covered call writing and put-selling options are due to corporate actions like mergers and acquisitions, special dividends and stock splits. This article will highlight the contract alterations resulting from special dividends...
BCI PODCAST 35. Covered Call Writing with Biotech Companies
Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Selling options against Biotech companies frequently generate impressive premium returns. This podcast will discuss the relationship between implied volatility and option premium. Option calculations, exit, strategies, and chart...
The Poor Man’s Covered Call: Rolling Options in the Current Contract Month + 15% Holiday Discount Expiring Soon
Exit strategies are critical to our overall success whether using traditional covered call writing or the Poor Man's Covered Call (PMCC). In this article, we will evaluate scenarios when share price both declines and accelerates creating rolling-down and rolling-up...
BCI PODCAST 34. Exit Strategy and Final Covered Call Writing Calculations
Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Calculations made for option-selling transactions and total position profit & loss can be quite different. This podcast examines a hypothetical trade that uses the rolling-down and the mid-contract unwind exit strategies....
“Hitting a Double” With The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) + 15% Holiday Discount
After entering our covered call writing trades, we immediately enter our 20% buy-to-close (BTC) limit orders. This will automate the process to close our short calls in the first half of a monthly contract should share price decline significantly. This article will...
BCI PODCAST 33. Rolling Covered Call Trades Out And Up
Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: When our strike prices are in-the-money as expiration approaches and we don't want our shares sold, we must close the current month option and roll to the next month. Rolling can include rolling-out to the same strike or...
Even and Odd Stock Splits: Understanding Contract Adjustments
Contract adjustments to the terms of our covered call writing and put-selling options are due to corporate actions like mergers and acquisitions (see the thread on last week's blog commentary regarding AAN), special dividends and stock splits. Stock splits fall into 3...
Analyzing LEAPS for The Poor Man’s Covered Call + Free Webinar Registration Link
The Poor Man's Covered Call (PMCC), also known as a long call diagonal debit spread, is where deep in-the-money (ITM) LEAPS options are used in place of the long stock position. As with all strategies, the PMCC has its advantages and disadvantages but the main reason...
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- 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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