Rolling a Successful Weekly Covered Call Trade
click ↑ 4 Featured When our covered call trades are expiring in-the-money (ITM), we have an unrealized (shares are not yet sold) maximum return. This consists of option premium + any unrealized share appreciation from purchase price to the strike, if an...
Hitting a Double and Selling the Stock Using the Trade Management Calculator
click ↑ 4 Featured Hitting a Double is a covered call writing exit strategy where the short call is bought back after share price declines and resold when share price recovers. At expiration, we may decide to buy back the 2nd short call and sell the shares. This...
Lowering Our Breakeven Price Points After Disappointing Earnings Reports: The BCI Stock Repair Calculator
click ↑ 4 Featured An important BCI rule is never to write a covered call or sell a cash-secured put if there is an upcoming earnings report … too risky if the report disappoints and we don’t want to cap the upside if the report is favorable. There are...
Circumventing Earnings Reports with Weekly Options
click ↑ 4 Featured Always avoid earnings reports when selling covered call or cash-secured put options. This is a BCI rule to protect against serious share price decline after a disappointing earnings release. This article will analyze a real-life example with...
Integrating Cash Allocation into Our Option Portfolios
click ↑ 4 Featured When we construct our covered call writing and cash-secured put portfolios, we must incorporate cash allocation into our investment decisions. In this article, The BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet, the Trade Management Calculator (TMC) and the...
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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