Sep 28, 2024 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When crafting our covered call writing trades, we can do so aggressively, using out-of-the-money (OTM) call options, or defensively, using in-the-money (ITM) strikes. In this article, a real-life example with GigaCloud Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: GCT),...
Sep 21, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When we sell weekly cash-secured puts or write weekly covered calls, our trades are, typically, entered on Monday and completed on Friday. This avoids the weekend risk of longer-dated options. These Monday-Friday entries may create inflated initial...
Sep 14, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writers and put sellers frequently inquire about generating positive cash flow when the market crashes or in confirmed bear markets as we had in 2008 (real estate crash) and in 2022 (COVID-related crash). Over the years, I have written...
Sep 7, 2024 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When we sell covered calls or cash-secured puts, we access option-chains to determine the value of the premiums we are selling. This article will highlight the factors that determine these prices and compare them to the prices generated by option...
Aug 31, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured The CEO Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy, a streamlined approach to covered call writing. It is an acronym for Combining ETFs with Stock Options. It involves using only the 11 Select Sector SPDRs as underlying considerations and...
Aug 24, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured The CEO Strategy (Combining Exchange-traded funds with stock Options) is a covered call writing-like strategy where the only underlying securities considered are the 11 Select Sector SPDRs. These are ETFs that divide the S&P 500 into 11...
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