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Ask Alan

Should We Get the Kleenex or the Champagne? A Real-Life Trade with Bilibili Inc. (Nasdaq: BILI) - Comments (19)
ASK ALAN #181 How Delta Factors into our Strike Price Selection - Comments (0)
Ask Alan #167 What is “Seeking Alpha?” - Comments (4)
2016 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions from The Blue Collar Investor - Comments (1)
Protected: Ask Alan #115- “Differences between Call and Put Premiums - Comments (17)
A look back at the FIRST Ask Alan Video… - Comments (0)
Ask Alan – Early Exercise of Covered Call Options - Comments (2)
Ask Alan – Finalizing Our Covered Call Watch List and Stock Selection - Comments (1)
Ask Alan – Low Open Interest & Large Bid Ask Spread - Comments (7)
Ask Alan – Delta and Covered Call Writing - Comments (1)

Covered Call Exit Strategies

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator - Comments (7)
When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? - Comments (10)
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments - Comments (8)
Should I Allow Exercise & Repurchase the Stock or Roll the Option?: A Real-Life Example with Tesla, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) - Comments (9)
How to Enter and Archive a Covered Call Trade with 1 Exit Strategy that is Closed at Expiration - Comments (21)
Should We Get the Kleenex or the Champagne? A Real-Life Trade with Bilibili Inc. (Nasdaq: BILI) - Comments (19)
How to Adjust a Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) Trade to Align with the BCI Trade Initialization Formula - Comments (13)
Evaluating a Series of Multi-Rolling Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) - Comments (9)
Analyzing a Covered Call Trade Over 2 Expiration Cycles: A Rea-Life Example with Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) - Comments (13)

Exchange-Traded Funds

Exit Strategies

Fundamental Analysis

Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades - Comments (12)
How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day - Comments (9)
Review of Dividend Dates & Their Impact on Our Covered Call Trades - Comments (16)
Comparing Nasdaq 100 ETFs: Real-Life Examples with QQQ & QQQM - Comments (9)
What is a Delta-Neutral Portfolio?: A Real-Life Example With InMode Ltd. (Nasdaq: INMD) + Free Webinar Registration Links - Comments (10)
Understanding 1-Time Special Cash Dividends and Our Current Trade Status: A Real-Life Example with OMF - Comments (25)
Comparing Implied Volatility and Delta When Establishing Projected Trading Ranges During Our Option Contracts - Comments (44)
Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report Can Result in Impressive Returns: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (21)
Should Good News Discourage Us From Entering a Covered Call Trade? - Comments (14)
Best Technology ETFs for Our Option-Selling Portfolios: QQQ and XLK - Comments (18)

Investment Basics

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios - Comments (6)
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator - Comments (7)
When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? - Comments (10)
Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades - Comments (12)
How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day - Comments (9)
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments - Comments (8)
Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike for an AAPL Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade - Comments (16)
What is the Single Best Delta to Use When Selecting My Covered Call Writing Strikes? Answer: None - Comments (4)
The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (18)

Just Alan

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
Should We Get the Kleenex or the Champagne? A Real-Life Trade with Bilibili Inc. (Nasdaq: BILI) - Comments (19)
Put-Call Parity and Arbitrage Opportunities - Comments (23)
What Covered Call Writing Has Meant To Me: A Financial Advisor’s Perspective by Guest Author Kevin Crowe - Comments (25)
Protected: Ask Alan #115- “Differences between Call and Put Premiums - Comments (17)
Alan’s 2015 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions - Comments (2)
Alan’s 2014 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions - Comments (4)
Just Alan – Behind The Scenes Preview of AAII Event - Comments (2)

Option Trading Basics

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios - Comments (6)
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator - Comments (7)
When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? - Comments (10)
Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades - Comments (12)
How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day - Comments (9)
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments - Comments (8)
Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike for an AAPL Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade - Comments (16)
What is the Single Best Delta to Use When Selecting My Covered Call Writing Strikes? Answer: None - Comments (4)
The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (18)

Options Calculations

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios - Comments (6)
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator - Comments (7)
When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? - Comments (10)
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments - Comments (8)
Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike for an AAPL Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade - Comments (16)
What is the Single Best Delta to Use When Selecting My Covered Call Writing Strikes? Answer: None - Comments (4)
The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (18)
How to Create 3-Income Producing Portfolios Using Covered Call Writing and Dividend Generating Stocks - Comments (8)
Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Part II - Comments (11)

Options Trade Execution

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios - Comments (6)
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator - Comments (7)
When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? - Comments (10)
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments - Comments (8)
Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike for an AAPL Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade - Comments (16)
The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (18)
How to Create 3-Income Producing Portfolios Using Covered Call Writing and Dividend Generating Stocks - Comments (8)
Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Multiple Applications: Part I + Tuesday’s Webinar Registration Link - Comments (7)
3 Approaches to Strike Selection When Portfolio Overwriting Existing Stocks: A Real-Life Example with Dow, Inc. (NYSE: DOW) + July 11th Webinar Registration Link - Comments (7)

paper trading

How to Select the Best Strike Prices for Collar Trades: Real-Life Example with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) - Comments (31)
Mitigating Losses After a Disappointing Earnings Pre-Announcement - Comments (41)
ETF Index Tracker Proposed Strategy: A Risk-Free Investment? - Comments (43)
Psychology of Stock and Option Investing: Ten Years of Observations - Comments (19)

Podcasts

BCI PODCAST 111: Rolling Down on a Sharp Market Decline at the end of a Contract - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 110: Exit Strategies Are Important But Must Be Timed Properly - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 109: Delta and Strike Selection for Covered call Writing - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 108 Establishing Our Cost-Basis in a Multi-Step Managed Trade - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 107: Even and Odd Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments - Comments (1)
BCI PODCAST 106: “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble: A Covered Call Writing Exit Strategy - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 104: Special 1 Time Dividends and Contract Adjustments - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 103: The Collar Strategy Using Long-Term Put Expirations - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 102: Analyzing Market Assessment Based on Portfolio Setup - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 101: Covered Call Writing: “Hitting a Double” on the Last day of a Contract - Comments (0)

Put-selling

How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios - Comments (6)
The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (18)
Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Part II - Comments (11)
Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Multiple Applications: Part I + Tuesday’s Webinar Registration Link - Comments (7)
Establishing 84% Probability of Success Put Trades in Bear Markets - Comments (25)
How to Enter and Archive Cash-Secured Put Trades Around an Earnings Report - Comments (22)
How to Manage Cash-Secured Put Trades Around an Earnings Report: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) - Comments (20)
How to Use the Capital Adjustment Section of the Trade Management Calculator When Executing Multiple Exit Strategies in the Same Contract Cycle - Comments (14)
How to Enter & Calculate Rolling-Out-And-Down Cash-Secured Put Trades: A Real-Life Example with Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ) - Comments (14)
Rolling-Up Our Cash-Secured Put Trades: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) - Comments (16)

Stock Investing

How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day - Comments (9)
Review of Dividend Dates & Their Impact on Our Covered Call Trades - Comments (16)
Exercising Call Options to Capture Dividends: A Reasonable Action or Investor Error? - Comments (2)
Will My Stock Be Sold Because of the $2.00 Dividend? A Real-Life Example with Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK) - Comments (12)
Should Good News Discourage Us From Entering a Covered Call Trade? - Comments (14)
Managing Implied Volatility Risk by Establishing an Initial Time-Value Return Goal Range + Webinar Login Link - Comments (19)
How to Set Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Approach - Comments (30)
What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)? - Comments (44)
Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation - Comments (43)
Spinoffs and Stock Splits: How Multiple Corporate Events Can Impact Share Price - Comments (32)

Stock Option Strategies

Is Covered Call Writing an Option Zero-Sum Strategy? + See Our New “Featured Product” Section - Comments (9)
How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios - Comments (6)
Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator - Comments (7)
When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? - Comments (10)
Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades - Comments (12)
How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day - Comments (9)
Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments - Comments (8)
Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike for an AAPL Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade - Comments (16)
What is the Single Best Delta to Use When Selecting My Covered Call Writing Strikes? Answer: None - Comments (4)
The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) - Comments (18)

Stock Trading & Taxes

How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day - Comments (9)
How to Calculate Dividends into Our Covered Call Writing Calculations - Comments (12)
Compounding Our Option-Selling Profits To The Highest Levels - Comments (24)
Shorting a Stock: A Viable Bear-Market Strategy? - Comments (33)
Long-Term Capital Gains Enhanced with Covered Call Writing - Comments (27)
Tax Implications of Writing Covered Calls against Long-Term Holdings - Comments (72)
Indexing: A Key Component to Successful Long-Term Investing - Comments (23)
What is the Best Time to Execute Our Trades? - Comments (41)
Evaluating the Performance of our Mutual Funds and Financial Advisors - Comments (22)
Reverse Splits and Unreliable Options Chains - Comments (17)

Technical Analysis

Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades - Comments (12)
Technical Analysis for Options: A Real-Life Example with Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NYSE: DECK) - Comments (11)
Technical Analysis and Our Option-Selling Portfolios: A Real-Life Example with Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) - Comments (15)
Should Good News Discourage Us From Entering a Covered Call Trade? - Comments (14)
Best Technology ETFs for Our Option-Selling Portfolios: QQQ and XLK - Comments (18)
Can Price Movement Be Explained by Profit-Taking?: A Real-Life Example with Global X Funds Infrastructure Dev. (PAVE) - Comments (38)
How to Set Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Approach - Comments (30)
Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report: A Real-Life Example with Atlassian Corp. (Nasdaq: TEAM) - Comments (28)
How to Use Technical Analysis and Market Assessment for Strike Selection Guidance - Comments (30)
Adjusting Target Goals with ETFs - Comments (25)

Uncategorized

Ask Alan # 210: What If I Close My Covered Call Writing Position Early When Share Price Rises? - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 105: The Poor Man’s Covered Call: Rolling Options - Comments (0)
Ask Alan 195: Will the Upcoming Dividend Cause My Shares to Be Sold? - Comments (0)
Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation - Comments (43)
Poor Man’s Covered Call: Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike - Comments (26)
Creating a Portfolio of Weekly Cash-Secured Puts - Comments (31)
BCI PODCAST 15. Strike Selection When Selling Puts - Comments (0)
BCI PODCAST 13. Adding a Short Put To a Collar Trade - Comments (0)
Automating the 20%/10% Guidelines - Comments (49)
Market Volatility and Our Option-Selling Trades: Using the VIX to Achieve Higher Returns - Comments (49)