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selling cash-secured puts

The Mysteries of a Put Sale

On 8/19/2017, Ron sent me an email detailing a cash-secured put trade he initiated in a virtual account. I saved the email to use in an article because I felt it would be instructive on several fronts.   Ron’s trade with Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD)   8/10/2017: Sell August 17 $155.00 put (sale price not […]

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covered call writing and put-selling with weekls

How To Use Weekly Options To Avoid Earnings Reports

In the BCI methodology, we never sell a covered call or cash-secured put on a stock with a projected earnings report date prior to contract expiration. When selling our traditional monthly options this means we are only able to use a particular stock for eight months of the year because most companies report earnings on […]

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WHEN TO BUY BACK YOUR OPTION – EXPIRATION FRIDAY DILEMMA plus Industry in the Spotlight

Picture this: It’s on or near Expiration Friday and your stock or ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) is above the strike price. You know that if you do not act to institute an Expiration Friday Exit Strategy your stock will be assigned (sold). So what are the factors that will determine whether or not you buy back […]

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