There is a new options product that will begin trading on March 18th which has the potential to add great flexibility to our covered call writing strategy. They are called […]

Inverse Exchange-Traded Funds and Covered Call Writing
Last month I published an article titled Complex and Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds. I discussed the goals and risks associated with many of these products. One of the topics examined was Inverse […]

Put-Call Parity: Understanding Option Pricing
One of the mission statements of The Blue Collar Investor is to share information so that we can master option trading basics and become better investors. Many times I will […]

Complex and Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds
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 […]

Early Exercise and Assignment of Options
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 […]

Covered Call Writing and Exchange-Traded Funds
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% […]
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