Calculating Realized & Unrealized Returns for an Expiring Worthless Covered Call Trade

Calculating Realized & Unrealized Returns for an Expiring Worthless Covered Call Trade

click ↑ 4 Featured We enter a covered call trade and share price declines, but not enough to trigger our 20%/10% BTC/ GTC limit orders (exit strategy buyback price points). The option expires worthless. There may be confusion on 2 fronts: How do we calculate our...
Strike Selection After Rolling-Out Our Portfolio Overwriting Trades

Strike Selection After Rolling-Out Our Portfolio Overwriting Trades

click ↑ 4 Featured Portfolio overwriting is a covered call writing-like trading strategy. There are 2 distinctly defined goals: generating cash flow + retention underlying shares. Since deep out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes are used to align with the goal of share...
A Defensive 4-Day Cash-Secured Put Trade Start-to-Finish

A Defensive 4-Day Cash-Secured Put Trade Start-to-Finish

click ↑ 4 Featured Cash-secured put trades can be crafted conservatively by using deep out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes. On 5/27/2025, I executed such a 4-day trade with NetEase Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES), a stock on our premium member watch list at the time. This article will...