Watch Video: Listen To Audio Version: After entering a covered call or put-selling trade and bad news comes out causing share price to gap-down, we must be prepared to take mitigating action. This video reviews the philosophical and practical steps we must take to ensure the highest possible strategy returns. BECOME A BCI MEMBER TODAY: […]

What Do Bernie Madoff and Covered Call Writing Have In Common?
Posted on February 6, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Podcasts, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing is my favorite stock investment strategy and Bernie Madoff is one of the world’s most infamous sociopaths. How can they exist in the same article title? This week, ABC-TV is showing a mini-series documenting the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Madoff never actually ever invested the […]

[BCI Podcast] Beginners Corner Lesson 2: Option Basics
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Alan Ellman in Podcasts
Included In This Podcast: General Definitions Covered call writing: An overview The strike price as it relates to the stock price In-the-money At-the-money Out-of-the-money The option premium or how you get paid as it relates to the strike price Intrinsic value Time value The Options Chain
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- 51. Timing Our Covered Call Trades
- 50. Exit strategies Must Be Timed Properly
- 49. Analyzing a Multi Leg Covered Call Rolling Down Series of Trades
- 48. Rolling Deep OTM Cash Secured Puts
- 47. Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month
- 46. Should Delta Be the Sole Criteria for Covered Call Writing Strike Selection
- 45. Implied Volatility and Expected price Movement During the Life of Option Contracts
- 44. Can We Use ITM Strikes to Create a No Risk Covered Call Strategy?
- 43. Converting a Covered Call Trade to a Collar Trade
- 42. Why Was My OTM Put Exercised?
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