Using the Zero-Dollar Collar to Protect Greatly Appreciated Shares
click ↑ 4 Featured We can use put options as a hedge against share price decline of our long stock positions. This may be particularly useful after exponential price acceleration, and we want to protect our unrealized gains. This would represent an insurance policy...
How to Set Up a Defensive Cash-Secured Put Trade in Challenging Market Conditions
click ↑ 4 Featured Cash-Secured Put and covered call trades can be established as traditional, aggressive or defensive. In March 2025, there was market uncertainty regarding the imposition of multiple tariffs and their potential negative impact on our economy and the...
How To Negotiate Better Option Prices Using The “Show or Fill Rule”
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writers & sellers of cash-secured puts generate cash flow by selling options, leveraging elite-performing stocks and ETFs. Options prices are published in option chains in the form of bid-ask spreads. We sell at the “bid” price and...
Selling Calls & Puts with the Same Stock in Mixed Market Conditions
click ↑ 4 Featured Covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts trades can be structured to be more aggressive (out-of-the-money-OTM) covered calls and slightly OTM cash-secured puts or to lean defensive (in-the-money- ITM) covered calls and deep OTM...
Using Bitcoin to Create a Low-Risk, High Initial Return Cash-Secured Put Trade
click ↑ 4 Featured The most well-known form of cryptocurrency is Bitcoin. I am frequently asked about the use of crypto with our covered call and cash-secured put trades. In this article, a 1-week cash-secured put trade is analyzed, using Bitcoin, to construct a...
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- 126. Analyzing the Status of a Rolling-Down Trade
- 124. Dividends and After-Hours News Causing Exercise of OTM Call Strikes
- 123. Implied Volatility, IV Rank and IV Percentile Defined and Practical Applications
- BCI PODCAST 122: Should I Roll-Out My Deep In-The-Money Call Option Mid-Contract?
- BCI PODCAST 121: What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)?
- 120. Using the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) in Covered Call Writing Decisions
- 119. Establishing Our Cost-Basis for Long-Term Holdings
- 118. Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation
- 117. When a Covered Call Strike Moves $1000.00 In-The-Money
- 116. How to Execute a Covered Call Trade with a Buy/Write Combination Form