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timing covered call trades

Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Lost Opportunity to Generate Cash with Facebook + Black Friday Discount through Monday

Our covered call options should be sold simultaneously with the purchase of our stocks. If we have evaluated a stock and have a bullish assessment for our covered call portfolio, we next check an option-chain to see if the initial time-value returns meet our goals ( for me, it’s 2% – 4% per month). By […]

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“Hitting a Double” with XBI: Earn $100 in Four Minutes

Position management (exit strategies) is one of the 3-required skills for successful covered call writing and put-selling. “Hitting a double” involves buying back the short call using our 20%/10% guidelines and then re-selling that same option when share price recovers. On 3/13/2019, Mario was kind enough to share with us his trades with SPDR S&P Biotech […]

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Using The Ellman Calculator to Monitor “Hitting a Double” Results

One of our BCI covered call writing exit strategies is titled “hitting a double” This opportunity arises when share price declines after a covered call position is opened, short calls are bought back using our 20%/10% guidelines and then the same option is re-sold when share price rises. This article will highlight how to use […]

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Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH”

When entering our covered call trades with new positions, we buy the stock and immediately sell the option. This can be accomplished by legging-in or using a buy-write combination form. This is an important guideline because we will be assured of capturing our initial time value return goals. On August 6th, 2018, Joanna shared with […]

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“Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator

One of the BCI exit strategies that helps distinguish us from all other covered call writers is known as “hitting a double” We use this position management technique when share value declines such that option value drops to 20% (in the first half of a monthly contract) or 10% (in the second half of a […]

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“Hitting a Double” Using a Lower Strike Price

One of the exit strategies for covered call writing that allows us to enhance portfolio returns is known in the BCI community as “hitting a double”. We implement this position management technique when option value meets our 20%/10% guidelines. The initial short call is closed (buy-to-close) as share value declines early to mid-contract and then […]

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stop losses for covered call writing

Setting Stop Loss Orders for Covered Call Writing

After entering our covered call writing trades, we immediately go into position management mode. For most of us who started our stock investment careers buying and selling stock, this may include setting stop loss orders to mitigate losses when share price declines. For example, if we purchase a stock at $40.00, we may set a […]

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Real Life Covered Call Trade With PRLB

Part of our covered call writing education involves looking back on both successful and unsuccessful trades and learning from them. A few months ago I shared with a premium member a trade I had executed the previous month and saved it (I have a collection of dozens of email responses for future blog articles or […]

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Bullish covered call writing exit strategy

“Hitting a Double”- A Bullish Early-Contract Exit Strategy

Maximizing covered call writing returns requires the use of a series of exit strategies. One of the most common mistakes covered call writers are guilty of is not managing trades during the contract cycle. I was guilty as charged when I first started using this great strategy and learned my lessons the hard way. I […]

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Covered Call Writing and Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report

With expiration Friday and earnings season fast approaching our common sense principles (see chapter 8 of my latest book) become even more important. Never sell a covered call option with an upcoming earnings report is a critical BCI rule. But what if  you own a stock and love it!  Hopefully, your admiration for the stock […]

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