May 10, 2025 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writing trades can be crafted to be aggressive or defensive. Cautionary approaches include writing in-the-money (ITM) call strikes and adding protective puts to the covered call trades (converting the covered call trade to a collar...
Apr 26, 2025 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Much like our covered call writing trades, our cash-secured put trades can also be crafted to be aggressive or defensive. Factors to consider include overall market assessment, chart technical indicators, personal risk tolerance and initial...
Apr 19, 2025 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Prior to executing our cash-secured put trades, we must establish our initial time-value return goal range. This will lead us to the most appropriate strike. This article will focus on a real-life trade with Marvel Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVL),...
Apr 5, 2025 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Cash-secured put and covered call writing trades can be winning or losing trades. When executed and managed properly, we will have many more winners than losers. Some trades will offer the opportunity to initiate exit strategy trade adjustments. In...
Mar 1, 2025 | Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Put-selling
click ↑ 4 Featured When selling our cash-secured puts, understanding the correlation between stock price and our put premiums is critical to maximizing the success of our trades. For covered call writing, the relationship is direct … if share price increases, so...
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...