Jan 11, 2025 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Exit strategies for covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts are critical in achieving the highest level of our trading returns. In this article, a real-life example with SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSE: XHB) will analyze a...
Jan 4, 2025 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When we sell covered call or cash-secured put options, there are 2 dates we should factor into our trade decisions. Earnings reports (ER) dates must be considered 100% of the time and ex-dividend dates are important in certain specific scenarios. In...
Dec 28, 2024 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured We sell a covered call or cash-secured put and the cash is immediately placed into our broker cash account. Next, we check our account value, and it did not go up! In some cases, it went down! Where did the option premium money go? This article will...
Dec 21, 2024 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When selling covered calls or cash-secured puts, using contract expirations several months out (or longer) have the appeal of large option premiums. However, when we annualize these returns, they pale in comparison to the returns generated by...
Dec 14, 2024 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) split 10-for-1 in June 2024, more retail investors had the opportunity to leverage this stock to sell options. Many already owned NVDA, but now owned 10x the number of shares at 1/10 the price. Writing covered calls...
Dec 7, 2024 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured What is a Collar Trade? The collar strategy consists of 3 legs: Buy stock (long position) Sell an out-of-the-money (OTM) call option (short call- ceiling) Buy an out-of-the-money protective put (long put- floor) Since a protective put debit is added...
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