Whether we are writing covered calls, selling cash-secured puts or simply buying and selling stocks, the first important requirement is to develop or have access to a quality watch list […]
How To Generate Cash With Elite Stocks: Three Perspectives
Posted on October 29, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Investing, Stock Option Strategies
Using Delta to Determine the Amount of Risk in Our Option-Selling Positions
Posted on September 17, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts are low-risk option-selling strategies used to generate monthly cash flow. Low-risk does not mean no risk so how can we measure the degree […]
Generating Income on Stocks Already Owned
Posted on August 20, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing is a low-risk option-selling strategy that allows us to generate monthly cash flow in sheltered and non-sheltered accounts. One of the main reasons this has been the […]
Protective Puts and Earnings Reports
Posted on August 6, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
Never sell a covered call or a cash-secured put if there is an upcoming earnings report. I will continue to repeat this mandate to ensure that new members will not […]
Protective Puts: Selecting the Best Strike Price
Posted on June 4, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing involves buying a stock and selling a call option. When a put is also purchased to avoid significant downside loss, it is referred to as a protective put and the […]
What Do Bernie Madoff and Covered Call Writing Have In Common?
Posted on February 6, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Podcasts, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing is my favorite stock investment strategy and Bernie Madoff is one of the world’s most infamous sociopaths. How can they exist in the same article title? This […]
Using a Zero-Dollar Collar to Protect Low Cost Basis Stocks
Posted on December 19, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies
Using covered calls and puts in a conservative manner can benefit us in so many ways. In this article I will present a method to protect stocks in our portfolio […]
Covered Call Writing, Leveraged ETFs, Weekly Options and Protective Puts
Posted on October 5, 2013 by Alan Ellman in Exchange-Traded Funds, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
Traditional covered call writing consists of buying a stock or exchange-traded fund (ETF) and selling a call option to generate cash flow. Frequently BCI members will think outside the box […]
Protective Puts- The Collar Strategy
Posted on October 23, 2010 by Alan Ellman in Stock Option Strategies
As safe a strategy that covered call writing is, there is some risk…the risk is in the stock, not in selling the option. That is why some investors who utilize […]
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