May 4, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Some members of our BCI community have expressed to me that meaningful income cannot be generated selling weekly covered call or put options during a holiday-shortened trading week. This article is designed to debunk that hypothesis, using a...
Apr 27, 2024 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When we sell cash-secured puts, we have 2 possible outcomes. If unexercised, we generate cash flow or, if exercised, we buy the underlying security at a discount. This article will provide a blueprint as how to craft our put-selling...
Apr 20, 2024 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured The Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) is a covered call writing-like strategy where LEAPS options are purchased instead of actual stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Weekly or monthly short calls are written against the long calls. LEAPS...
Apr 13, 2024 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured We enter a covered call trade and share price rises exponentially, leaving the strike deep in-of-the-money (ITM). Should we close the position since we cannot benefit from additional share appreciation? Should we take no action and continue to...
Apr 6, 2024 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When we execute our covered call writing trades, we base our decisions on sound fundamental, technical and common-sense principles. To master our option strategies and elevate our returns to the highest possible levels, we must analyze our trades to...
Mar 30, 2024 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Using covered call writing exit strategies is an essential skillset needed to achieve the highest possible returns. The calculations for rolling-out-and-up to in-the-money call (ITM) strikes is a bit more complicated than some of our other...
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