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Stock screening for covered call writing

A Review Of Fundamental Analysis for Covered Call Writing

Fundamental analysis is our first step in evaluating securities for use in the covered call writing strategy. It is a method of evaluating a company’s stock by examining its financial […]

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Unusual options activity and covered call writing

Unusual Options Activity: Speculation or Cheating?

Covered call writers are average retail investors looking to generate monthly cash flow in small but consistent increments and then compounding those profits. In time, it could lead to financial […]

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Calculating covered call writing returns

Analyzing The Time Value Of In-The-Money Strikes

Maximizing covered call writing profits requires us to master strike price selection. Very few covered call writers outside the BCI community use in-the-money strikes and, as a result, do not […]

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Screening stocks for covered call writing

Stock Exchanges: The New Way To Calculate Trading Volume

In the BCI methodology for covered call writing, we require an average minimum daily trading volume for the underlying security of 250,000 shares or more. This is important because it […]

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Covered call writing versus the overall market

The CBOE BuyWrite Index (BXM) vs. The BCI System

Several studies have been undertaken to determine the effectiveness of the covered call writing strategy. I believe that it is important to evaluate the parameters that are used as well […]

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Covered call writing and special cash dividends

Special 1- Time Cash Dividends and Our Covered Call Positions

Every so often we will see a company declare a “special dividend” which is separate from the typical recurring dividend cycle, if there is one. It is frequently a reflection […]

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Covered call writing using the Blue collar Investor methodology

Examining A Covered Call Trade

Mastering covered call writing requires us to learn from our mistakes and not repeating them. We can then utilize a series of guidelines and rules that will guide us to […]

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stock option expiration cycles

Stock Option Expiration Cycles: Beware Of Expiration Dates

In the BCI methodology for covered call writing we use predominantly 1-month options. The reasons are as follows: Generate the highest annualized returns Allows us to avoid earnings reports, a […]

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Covered Call Writing: The Case For 1-Month Options

I sell predominantly 1-month options when selling covered calls. This decision was NOT based on anything I read or was told, but rather on experience and common sense. Most stocks with […]

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