The Blue Collar Investor

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: After entering a covered call trade and the stock price accelerates exponentially, the cost-to-close our position appears prohibitively high. This podcast will use a real-life example with SolarEdge technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEDG) to break down the total premium into time-value and intrinsic-value components and detailing if and when to […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: After entering a covered call trade, share price may decline jeopardizing the success of our trade. Frequently, we must take action to mitigate. This podcast will focus in on the “hitting a double” exit strategy where the short call is bought back and the same option re-sold for a […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: After a stock is purchased, when is the best time to sell the option? Should we wait for share appreciation to make more money on the trade. This podcasts breaks down the 3 possible outcomes and incorporates the option Greeks into our understanding of how and why to manage […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Selling options against Biotech companies frequently generate impressive premium returns. This podcast will discuss the relationship between implied volatility and option premium. Option calculations, exit, strategies, and chart analysis will be addressed in this presentation BECOME A BCI MEMBER TODAY: PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP SEE BCI COURSE & PRODUCTS : BCI […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Calculations made for option-selling transactions and total position profit & loss can be quite different. This podcast examines a hypothetical trade that uses the rolling-down and the mid-contract unwind exit strategies. Calculations are discussed at various points in the trades and the Ellman Calculator assist in our trade decisions. […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: When our strike prices are in-the-money as expiration approaches and we don’t want our shares sold, we must close the current month option and roll to the next month. Rolling can include rolling-out to the same strike or rolling-out-and-up to a higher strike. This podcast breaks down the calculations […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Covered call writing and blackjack are certainly different approaches to making money but they do have at least one common thread. Both can be managed to increase returns. Examples of card and trade management are included in this podcast. BECOME A BCI MEMBER TODAY: PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP SEE BCI COURSE […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Option terminology can be tricky. The strategy of cash-secured call options can be confused with cash-secured puts of covered call writing. This strategy will be defined with pros and cons. A hypothetical trade will be established with 4 outcomes analyzed. BECOME A BCI MEMBER TODAY: PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP SEE BCI […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: The Poor man’s Covered call strategy is much more than “covered call writing, but cheaper” The are a multitude of moving parts that must be mastered to be successful. This podcast will focus in on how to set up the initial PMCC trade based on a specific formula and […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Strike price selection is one of our 3 required skills. Choosing in-the-money strikes adds an additional component to our premiums and affords greater downside protection in bear and volatile markets. Calculations are highlighted using the Ellman Calculator BECOME A BCI MEMBER TODAY: PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP SEE BCI COURSE & PRODUCTS […]