Using Weekly Covered Call Options to Avoid Earnings and Ex-Dividend Dates
click ↑ 4 Featured When entering our covered call trades, we should always avoid the risk of earnings report dates. If we choose to hold the stock through that ER date, that’s okay, but don’t cap the upside with a covered call. If one of our strategy objectives is to...How to Improve Results for a Rolling-Down Covered Call Trade
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...
The Poor Man’s Covered Call: Can We Use ITM Covered Call Strikes?
click ↑ 4 Featured What is the Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC)? This is a covered call writing-like strategy where LEAPS options are purchased instead of the actual stocks or ETFs and short calls are written against these long positions. LEAPS options expire...
Setting Up a Weekly CEO Portfolio
click ↑ 4 Featured The CEO Strategy is a streamlined approach to covered call writing. It is an acronym for Combining Exchange-traded funds with stock Options. The methodology uses only the Select Sector SPDRs as underlying securities. These are exchange-traded funds...
The Inverse Relationship Between Stock Price and Put Premium + Sample Trade Video
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...
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- 126. Analyzing the Status of a Rolling-Down Trade
- 124. Dividends and After-Hours News Causing Exercise of OTM Call Strikes
- 123. Implied Volatility, IV Rank and IV Percentile Defined and Practical Applications
- BCI PODCAST 122: Should I Roll-Out My Deep In-The-Money Call Option Mid-Contract?
- BCI PODCAST 121: What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)?
- 120. Using the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) in Covered Call Writing Decisions
- 119. Establishing Our Cost-Basis for Long-Term Holdings
- 118. Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation
- 117. When a Covered Call Strike Moves $1000.00 In-The-Money
- 116. How to Execute a Covered Call Trade with a Buy/Write Combination Form