Selling Cash-Secured Puts to Simultaneously Generate Cash Flow and Buy a Stock at a Discount

Selling Cash-Secured Puts to Simultaneously Generate Cash Flow and Buy a Stock at a Discount

Selling cash-secured puts is a low-risk option-selling strategy geared to generating cash flow and beating the market on a consistent basis. In certain scenarios an additional goal of buying the stock at a discount is added to traditional put-selling. This article...
Can Price Movement Be Explained by Profit-Taking?: A Real-Life Example with Global X Funds Infrastructure Dev. (PAVE)

Can Price Movement Be Explained by Profit-Taking?: A Real-Life Example with Global X Funds Infrastructure Dev. (PAVE)

On April 8,2021, Nathan shared with me his covered call writing trade with PAVE which was initiated 3 days earlier. This exchange-traded fund had a strong technical chart but the price started declining immediately after the trade was entered. Nathan commented that he...

Application of the 20%/10% Guidelines Within a Broad Range of Implied Volatility Securities

I recently published an article titled Managing Implied Volatility Risk by Establishing an Initial Time-Value Return Goal Range. This article served as a catalyst for several inquiries from our members asking if the BCI 20%/10% guidelines applied to high volatility...