Managing In-The-Money Strikes When Share Price Moves Higher

Managing In-The-Money Strikes When Share Price Moves Higher

When we sell in-the-money call options, we are generating initial time-value profit that meets our stated goals plus creating downside protective of that time-value profit in the form of intrinsic -value. The disadvantage of these options is that we do not benefit...
Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month: Comparing Before and After Scenarios

Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month: Comparing Before and After Scenarios

Rolling up is a useful exit strategy for both covered call writing and put-selling. However, in my humble opinion, it rarely benefits us to roll up in the same contract month. The main reason for this conclusion is that we are dealing with a stock that has...