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Strike Price Selection- A Critical Covered Call Decision

Dec 31, 2011 | Stock Option Strategies

Covered call writing requires a logical sequence of stock and option decisions. Once we have screened our stocks to locate the greatest performing stocks in the greatest performing industries we must make a decision as to which strike price to use. Our choices...

Covered Call Writing: Managing Stocks That Have Gapped Down

Dec 24, 2011 | Fundamental Analysis

Every once in a while, when using our covered call writing strategy a stock will gap up or down. A gap is a break between prices on a chart that occurs when the price of a stock makes a sharp move up or down with no trading occurring in between. Gaps can be created...

Constructing Your Covered Call Portfolio During Earnings Season

Dec 17, 2011 | Option Trading Basics

From mid-January to mid-February many of our watch list stocks will be reporting earnings rendering these equities ineligible for covered call writing at least until after the report is announced. This does NOT mean that our money will stay on the sidelines for a...

Setting Up a Covered Call Portfolio-Diversification and Cash Allocation

Dec 10, 2011 | Investment Basics

A key mission statement in our Blue Collar investment strategy for covered call writing is risk management. An integral component needed to accomplish this goal is diversification and cash allocation. We want to own at least five different stocks in five different...

Constructing a Covered Call Portfolio Using Select Sector SPDRS

Dec 3, 2011 | Exchange-Traded Funds

Select Sector SPDRs are unique exchange-traded funds that divide the S&P 500 into nine sector index funds.  They have the diversity of a mutual fund, the focus of a sector fund, and the tradability of a stock. Together, the nine Select Sector SPDRs represent the...
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