LEAPS are long-term options that have expiration dates between nine months and two and a half years out. The term is an acronym for Long Term Equity AnticiPation Securities. Once […]
Mechanics of LEAPS
Posted on November 14, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
LEAPS and Covered Call Writing: A Review and a Hypothetical Example/ Contest Application
Posted on October 31, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
A covered call writing-like strategy involves buying deep in-the-money LEAPS options and then selling short-term slightly out-of-the-money call options. Leaps become a stock surrogate. The term Leaps stands for Long […]
LEAPS And Covered Call Writing
Posted on April 27, 2013 by Alan Ellman in Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing entails buying a stock and then selling an option. But what if I buy a call option instead of the stock and then sell a call option […]
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