The Blue Collar Investor

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: High implied volatility means higher premiums but also greater risk. This podcast analyzes lessons learned after the crash of 2008 as well as the corona virus crisis of 2020. Implied volatility stats and comparison charts are utilized to provide clarity to this important issue. BECOME A BCI MEMBER TODAY: […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: When we add a protective put to a covered call trade we now have a collar trade. There are 3 legs to this trade: long stock, short call (the ceiling) and long put (the floor). Since we pay for the protective put insurance, our returns will suffer. This podcast […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Trading decisions are based on our goals and personal risk-tolerance. We enter our covered call trades with specific initial-time-value return goals and exit based on the cost-to-close as it relates to our initial trade structuring. This podcast uses a real-life trade with Facebook, Inc. to study these calculations and […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Position management for option-selling is critical to achieving the highest possible returns. Both covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts have 20%/10% guidelines but are used differently; one for mitigating losses and the other for enhancing gains. The relationship between share price and option value as well as the […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: Covered call writing has a multiplicity of applications depending on strategy goals and personal risk-tolerance. This podcast focuses in on how we can make only 4 covered call trades per year to allow non-dividend stocks to simulate their dividend counterparts. A real-life example with Paycom Software, Inc.is used to […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: There are multiple exit strategies available to us as covered call writers or put-sellers. In this podcast, 2 such strategies will be discussed using a real-life series of trades with Veeva Systems, Inc. (VEEV). BCI calculators will be used to highlight the most important trading decisions. BECOME A BCI […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: There are several types of covered call writing calculations we must understand and not confuse. We have initial trade structuring, final calculations, long stock and short call calculations. Capital gains and losses can be realized or unrealized. A real-life example with Guidewire Software, Inc. (GWRE) is highlighted to explain […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: There are several types of covered call writing calculations we must understand and not confuse. We have initial trade structuring, final calculations, long stock and short call calculations. Capital gains and losses can be realized or unrealized. A real-life example with Guidewire Software, Inc. (GWRE) is highlighted to explain […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: The reason covered call writing allows us to beat the market on a consistent basis is that it lowers our cost-basis. In bear and volatile markets we may choose to structure the strategy to provide even greater protection. This may include the use of in-the-money call strikes which add […]

Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: When calculating our covered call writing returns, there are 2 sets of computations that shouldn’t be confused. One is the calculations we use to make the best trading decisions at any given point in time. The other relates to analyzing the overall success of our trading. A real-life example […]