Doubling Our Maximum Covered Call Returns Using the Mid-Contract Unwind (MCU) Exit Strategy

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

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...
Hitting a Double and Selling the Stock Using the Trade Management Calculator

Hitting a Double and Selling the Stock Using the Trade Management Calculator

click ↑ 4 Featured Hitting a Double is a covered call writing exit strategy where the short call is bought back after share price declines and resold when share price recovers. At expiration, we may decide to buy back the 2nd short call and sell the shares. This...
Lowering Our Breakeven Price Points After Disappointing Earnings Reports: The BCI Stock Repair Calculator

Lowering Our Breakeven Price Points After Disappointing Earnings Reports: The BCI Stock Repair Calculator

click ↑ 4 Featured An important BCI rule is never to write a covered call or sell a cash-secured put if there is an upcoming earnings report … too risky if the report disappoints and we don’t want to cap the upside if the report is favorable. There are...
Integrating Cash Allocation into Our Option Portfolios

Integrating Cash Allocation into Our Option Portfolios

click ↑ 4 Featured When we construct our covered call writing and cash-secured put portfolios, we must incorporate cash allocation into our investment decisions. In this article, The BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet, the Trade Management Calculator (TMC) and the...