Sep 14, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writers and put sellers frequently inquire about generating positive cash flow when the market crashes or in confirmed bear markets as we had in 2008 (real estate crash) and in 2022 (COVID-related crash). Over the years, I have written...
Sep 7, 2024 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When we sell covered calls or cash-secured puts, we access option-chains to determine the value of the premiums we are selling. This article will highlight the factors that determine these prices and compare them to the prices generated by option...
Aug 31, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured The CEO Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy, a streamlined approach to covered call writing. It is an acronym for Combining ETFs with Stock Options. It involves using only the 11 Select Sector SPDRs as underlying considerations and...
Aug 24, 2024 | Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured The CEO Strategy (Combining Exchange-traded funds with stock Options) is a covered call writing-like strategy where the only underlying securities considered are the 11 Select Sector SPDRs. These are ETFs that divide the S&P 500 into 11...
Aug 17, 2024 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured Option trading and covered call writing, in particular, have become increasingly popular over the past several years. As our membership has been growing more than ever, we have a large number of Blue Collar Investors who are relatively new to the...
Aug 10, 2024 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies
click ↑ 4 Featured When selling covered calls or cash-secured puts, we must be appropriately diversified, as well as allocating a similar amount of cash per position. This will protect our portfolios from significant price decline in 1 or 2 of our positions. When we...
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