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Ask Alan
- Ask Alan #155 – “Overall Portfolio Evaluation” - Comments (3)
- 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 (0)
- Ask Alan – Calculating the Target Price of a Stock - Comments (0)
- Ask Alan – When to Enter Your Covered Call Trades - Comments (2)
Covered Call Exit Strategies
- Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) - Comments (9)
- Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” - Comments (23)
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator - Comments (10)
- Understanding the “Paid-Up” Risk When Rolling Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with FIVE - Comments (21)
- “Hitting a Double” Using a Lower Strike Price - Comments (27)
- Multi-Leg Option Trades: Understanding Calculations and Results - Comments (23)
- Price Charts Tell a Story and Provide Guidance in Formulating Our Investment Strategies - Comments (25)
- Increasing Capital Gains When Selling Stock: Another Use for Covered call Writing - Comments (25)
- Rolling Out-And-Up And Then Stock Price Declines - Comments (26)
Exchange-Traded Funds
- Covered Call Writing with Only One Security - Comments (22)
- Inverse Exchange-Traded Funds versus Shorting Stocks - Comments (19)
- Market Volatility and VIX-Based Exchange-Traded Notes - Comments (26)
- ETF Index Tracker Proposed Strategy: A Risk-Free Investment? - Comments (43)
- New Broker Rule: The Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule for Retirement Accounts - Comments (21)
- Leveraged ETFs and Margin Accounts for High-Risk Traders Only - Comments (26)
- Locating Stocks During the Heart of Earnings Season - Comments (22)
- Exchange-Traded Fund Option-Selling in Bear Markets - Comments (34)
- Protective Puts: Selecting the Best Strike Price - Comments (19)
- Gold ETFs and Implied Volatility in Bear Markets - Comments (22)
Exit Strategies
- Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) - Comments (9)
- Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” - Comments (23)
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator - Comments (10)
- Understanding the “Paid-Up” Risk When Rolling Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with FIVE - Comments (21)
- “Hitting a Double” Using a Lower Strike Price - Comments (27)
- Multi-Leg Option Trades: Understanding Calculations and Results - Comments (23)
- Price Charts Tell a Story and Provide Guidance in Formulating Our Investment Strategies - Comments (25)
- Increasing Capital Gains When Selling Stock: Another Use for Covered call Writing - Comments (25)
- Rolling Out-And-Up And Then Stock Price Declines - Comments (26)
Fundamental Analysis
- Position Management in the Final Week of a Contract: A Real-Life Example with FIVE - Comments (15)
- Combining Dividend Capture with Covered Call Writing: Pros and Cons - Comments (16)
- Writing Naked Calls on Poorly-Performing Stocks - Comments (37)
- Inverse Exchange-Traded Funds versus Shorting Stocks - Comments (19)
- Russell Rebalancing Day: A Cause for Concern? - Comments (54)
- Mitigating Losses After a Disappointing Earnings Pre-Announcement - Comments (41)
- Special 1-Time Cash Dividends for Stocks with Improving Technicals - Comments (49)
- Indexing: A Key Component to Successful Long-Term Investing - Comments (23)
- Psychology of Stock and Option Investing: Ten Years of Observations - Comments (19)
- Using Delta to Determine the Amount of Risk in Our Option-Selling Positions - Comments (22)
Investment Basics
- Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) - Comments (9)
- Volatility Skews: Defined, Explained and Updated - Comments (27)
- Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” - Comments (23)
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- Converting Non-Dividend Stocks Into Dividend Stocks - Comments (14)
- Why Covered Call Writing Outperforms the Overall Market - Comments (20)
- “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator - Comments (10)
- Managing Earnings Reports on Long-Term Holdings - Comments (13)
- What Covered Call Writing Has Meant To Me: A Financial Advisor’s Perspective by Guest Author Kevin Crowe - Comments (25)
- Protective Puts and the Collar Strategy: Selecting the Best Strike Prices/ Last Chance for Holiday Orders - Comments (10)
Just Alan
- 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
- Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) - Comments (9)
- Volatility Skews: Defined, Explained and Updated - Comments (27)
- Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” - Comments (23)
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- Converting Non-Dividend Stocks Into Dividend Stocks - Comments (14)
- Why Covered Call Writing Outperforms the Overall Market - Comments (20)
- “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator - Comments (10)
- Managing Earnings Reports on Long-Term Holdings - Comments (13)
- What Covered Call Writing Has Meant To Me: A Financial Advisor’s Perspective by Guest Author Kevin Crowe - Comments (25)
- Protective Puts and the Collar Strategy: Selecting the Best Strike Prices/ Last Chance for Holiday Orders - Comments (10)
Options Calculations
- Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) - Comments (9)
- Converting Non-Dividend Stocks Into Dividend Stocks - Comments (14)
- “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator - Comments (10)
- Managing Earnings Reports on Long-Term Holdings - Comments (13)
- Protective Puts and the Collar Strategy: Selecting the Best Strike Prices/ Last Chance for Holiday Orders - Comments (10)
- Understanding the “Paid-Up” Risk When Rolling Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with FIVE - Comments (21)
- “Hitting a Double” Using a Lower Strike Price - Comments (27)
- Multi-Leg Option Trades: Understanding Calculations and Results - Comments (23)
- Evaluating an Initial Covered Call Writing Portfolio - Comments (23)
- Increasing Capital Gains When Selling Stock: Another Use for Covered call Writing - Comments (25)
Options Trade Execution
- Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) - Comments (9)
- Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” - Comments (23)
- Why Covered Call Writing Outperforms the Overall Market - Comments (20)
- Buying Low and Selling High Also Applies to Option-Selling - Comments (23)
- Factors to Consider When Closing a Trade Early: A Real-Life Example with ATVI - Comments (16)
- Rolling Down Our Put Positions: When and Why? - Comments (25)
- Arbitrage: Part I - Comments (55)
- Beware of High Premium Returns - Comments (68)
- When Strikes Move Deep In-The-Money: A Real-Life Trade - Comments (58)
- Setting Up a Covered Call Trade by First Selling an Out-Of-The-Money Put - Comments (30)
paper trading
- 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
- What Do Bernie Madoff and Covered Call Writing Have In Common? - Comments (24)
- [BCI Podcast] Beginners Corner Lesson 2: Option Basics - Comments (1)
Put-selling
- Protective Puts and the Collar Strategy: Selecting the Best Strike Prices/ Last Chance for Holiday Orders - Comments (10)
- Rolling Down Our Put Positions: When and Why? - Comments (25)
- The Mysteries of a Put Sale - Comments (21)
- Writing Naked Calls on Poorly-Performing Stocks - Comments (37)
- Reasons for Early Exercise - Comments (21)
- The Collar Strategy from a Delta Perspective - Comments (52)
- Arbitrage: Part II - Comments (25)
- Buying Back Put Options When Share Price Gaps Up: A Real-Life Example with AVGO - Comments (56)
- Selecting the Best Put Strike Based on Overall Market Assessment - Comments (33)
- Naked Options versus Covered Options: Where Should We Take a Stand? - Comments (45)
Stock Investing
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- Converting Non-Dividend Stocks Into Dividend Stocks - Comments (14)
- Why Covered Call Writing Outperforms the Overall Market - Comments (20)
- Evaluating an Initial Covered Call Writing Portfolio - Comments (23)
- Price Charts Tell a Story and Provide Guidance in Formulating Our Investment Strategies - Comments (25)
- After-Hours Bid – Ask Spreads Can Be Deceiving - Comments (35)
- Dow 30 Stocks and Covered Call Writing: Implementing the Premium Blue Chip Report - Comments (32)
- Stock Repair Strategy: Using Stock Options to Reduce Losses When Stock Price Declines - Comments (50)
- Strike Selection for Portfolio Overwriting Low Cost-Basis Stocks - Comments (31)
- Compounding Our Option-Selling Profits To The Highest Levels - Comments (24)
Stock Option Strategies
- Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” - Comments (23)
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- Converting Non-Dividend Stocks Into Dividend Stocks - Comments (14)
- Why Covered Call Writing Outperforms the Overall Market - Comments (20)
- “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator - Comments (10)
- Managing Earnings Reports on Long-Term Holdings - Comments (13)
- Protective Puts and the Collar Strategy: Selecting the Best Strike Prices/ Last Chance for Holiday Orders - Comments (10)
- Understanding the “Paid-Up” Risk When Rolling Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with FIVE - Comments (21)
- “Hitting a Double” Using a Lower Strike Price - Comments (27)
- Multi-Leg Option Trades: Understanding Calculations and Results - Comments (23)
Stock Trading & Taxes
- 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)
- GAAP versus Non-GAAP Earnings: Challenges of Fundamental Analysis - Comments (26)
- What Are Wash Sales And Wash Trading? Are They The Same? - Comments (18)
Technical Analysis
- Volatility Skews: Defined, Explained and Updated - Comments (27)
- Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com - Comments (33)
- Evaluating an Initial Covered Call Writing Portfolio - Comments (23)
- Price Charts Tell a Story and Provide Guidance in Formulating Our Investment Strategies - Comments (25)
- Technical Analysis Impacting Stock Eligibility for Option-Selling - Comments (21)
- Writing Naked Calls on Poorly-Performing Stocks - Comments (37)
- Protecting Unrealized Profits When Share Price Accelerates - Comments (25)
- Volume Versus “Deliverable Volume” Explained and Analyzed - Comments (36)
- Price Gaps and the Need for Exit Strategy Execution - Comments (42)
- Writing Covered Call Options to Compensate for Share Depreciation - Comments (54)
Uncategorized
- Generating 2% – 4% in Bull Markets: How to Take Advantage of Out-Of-The-Money Strikes - Comments (32)
- Spin-offs and How they Impact Option Chains and Calculations - Comments (27)
- How to Use Weeklys and the Premium Stock Reports for Covered Call Writing During Earnings Season - Comments (17)
- 2016 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions from The Blue Collar Investor - Comments (1)
- Emergency Management Report: Dealing with Volatile and Bearish Markets:Re-Publication - Comments (2)
- Implied Volatility of ETFs and our Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling Decisions - Comments (16)
- Evaluating Brokerages And Comparing Their Commissions - Comments (17)
- Happy Independence Day! - Comments (1)
- Why Use Technical Analysis: An Example Of A Complete Technical Breakdown - Comments (14)