Exit strategies for covered call writing are critical components to our overall success. One of the strategies available to us is hitting a double. This is where we buy back the short call and wait for the stock price to recover allowing us to re-sell the same option. This creates 2 income streams in the […]
Managing a Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade When Share Price Drops Below the LEAPS Strike
A typical Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) trade involves buying a deep in-the-money call LEAPS option and selling short-term out-of-the-money call options which is protected by the long LEAPS position. In April 2020, Martin shared with me a PMCC trade he executed with PPL Corp. (NYSE: PPL) where share price declined below the LEAPS strike […]
Rolling Out-And-Up: 6-Week Returns
Option calculations help guide us to an accurate assessment of our covered call writing profits. It’s more meaningful to use percentages rather than dollar amounts when executing these calculations. For example, a $1000.00 profit on a $10,000.00 investment (10%) is much more significant than a $1000.00 return on a $100,000.00 investment (1%). That’s why percentages […]
Selling Deep OTM Cash-Secured Puts with Exit Strategy Enhancements
This is a follow-up cash-secured puts article to the one published last week where I detailed how I was selling deep OTM cash-secured puts on Apple Computer (AAPL) to generate weekly cash flow. I was using strikes with Deltas below -0.10%, approximating less than a 10% of ending in-the-money. My goal was to generate 0.4% […]
When Call Strikes Move Deep In-The-Money Early in the -Contract: A Real-Life Example with BLK
Exit strategies for covered call writing is the 3rd required skill that must be mastered to achieve the highest possible returns. In January 2020, a member shared with me a trade she executed with BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). The stock was trading at a cost-basis of $500.00 when the February 21, 2020 deep out-of-the-money (OTM) […]
Am I Losing Money When I Buy Back My Deep In-The-Money Strike?
Recognizing successful covered call writing trades is just as important as executing them. On January 17, 2020, Mark wrote to me about a covered call trade that he was analyzing with SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEDG). He was concerned that if he bought back a deep in-the-money call, he would suffer a significant loss. Mark’s […]
Analyzing and Calculating a Multi-Leg Rolling-Down Covered Call Trade
Exit strategies for covered call writing will frequently allow us to convert losing trades to profitable ones. To corroborate this concept, a real-life example with Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) will be detailed. Initial trade structuring On 6/22/2020, 200 shares of NKE was purchased at $97.72 2 July 17, 2020 $99.00 calls were sold for […]
Automating the 20%/10% Guidelines
Position management is the 3rd required skill for achieving the highest level of option-selling success. One of the most important of the BCI protocols for covered call writing are the 20%/10% guidelines which assists us is closing short calls when those opportunities are presented. This allows us to mitigate situations when share price declines. These […]
Managing In-The-Money Strikes When Share Price Moves Higher
When we sell in-the-money call options, we are generating initial time-value profit that meets our stated goals plus creating downside protective of that time-value profit in the form of intrinsic -value. The disadvantage of these options is that we do not benefit from share appreciation because of our contract obligation to sell at the lower […]
Risky Stocks Can Result in Challenging Decisions
Writing covered calls with high-volatility stocks will result in higher premiums. That’s the good news. These securities may also decline substantially below the strike price and cause option premium to pale in comparison to the share depreciation. That’s the bad news. What if these shares move up exponentially, leaving the strike deep in-the-money and we […]
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- 29. How to Structure a Poor Man's Covered Call Trade
- 28. In the Money Covered Calls to Protect in Bear Markets
- 27. Using Mean Analyst rating MAR in the Stock Screening Process
- 26. Selling Cash Secured Puts to Lower Cost Basis
- 25. “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble Covered Call Writing Exit Strategies
- 24. Using Covered Call Writing and Stock Dividends in Low Interest Rate Environments
- 23. Covered Call Writing with Weekly Options Portfolio Overwriting with Weeklys
- 22. A Covered Call Writing Alternative to Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month
- 21. When To Execute Our Option Selling Trades
- How to set up a covered call writing portfolio using stock selection, option & position management
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