Mar 22, 2025 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exchange-Traded Funds, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Rolling down is a frequently used covered call writing exit strategy to mitigate when share price declines. The original sold option is closed (bought back), while simultaneously opening another at a lower strike in the same contract cycle. When...
Mar 1, 2025 | Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling
click ↑ 4 Featured When selling our cash-secured puts, understanding the correlation between stock price and our put premiums is critical to maximizing the success of our trades. For covered call writing, the relationship is direct … if share price increases, so...
Feb 15, 2025 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Establishing our covered call trades require a sequential process including stock selection, option selection and position management. This article will analyze the procedures using a real-life example with Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC). Stock...
Jan 25, 2025 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exchange-Traded Funds, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Market volatility can cause our covered call trades to whipsaw up and down, much like a roller-coaster. In this article, a real-life trade with The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLI) will be analyzed. In this series of trades, shared...
Jan 11, 2025 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Exit strategies for covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts are critical in achieving the highest level of our trading returns. In this article, a real-life example with SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSE: XHB) will analyze a...
Dec 7, 2024 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
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...
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