Jan 19, 2013 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Stock Option Strategies
With more and more Blue Collar Investors using online discount brokers as their trading platforms the need to be aware of the risks of complex and leveraged exchange-traded funds has become critical. Buyer beware! Covered calls can be written on many of these...
Jan 12, 2013 | Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies
When we sell a covered call option, we are undertaking an obligation for which we are well paid. Should the option holder decide to exercise that option, we must sell our shares at the specified strike price at or prior to the expiration date. This is the nature of...
Jan 5, 2013 | Option Trading Basics, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
When studying the basics of option investing we learn that the option holder of an in-the-money strike has a certain amount of intrinsic value which appears to be profit that would never be bypassed. For example, if we (as covered call writers) sold a $50 call and the...
Dec 29, 2012 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Investing, Stock Option Strategies
When studying investment basics, the term slippage has two applications. In general, it means having a trade executed at a price less favorable to the trader. Let’s look at the two areas where we may see this term used: An order is executed at a worse-than-expected...
Dec 8, 2012 | Option Trading Basics, Stock Investing, Stock Option Strategies
For covered call writers the main stock option strategy is to purchase an equity specifically for the purpose of selling the corresponding call option. The investment time frame is one to two months as earnings reports will end the “run” of even the best performing...
Dec 1, 2012 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Stock Option Strategies
A critical requirement of my covered call writing system is to be properly diversified by stock, industry and cash allocation. No one stock or industry should represent more than 20% of your portfolio holdings. Owning five different stocks in five different industries...
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