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 […]
[BCI Podcast] Beginners Corner Lesson 2: Option Basics
Included In This Podcast: General Definitions Covered call writing: An overview The strike price as it relates to the stock price In-the-money At-the-money Out-of-the-money The option premium or how you get paid as it relates to the strike price Intrinsic value Time value The Options Chain
Strike Price Selection- A Critical Covered Call Decision
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 include: in-the-money at (near)-the-money out-of-the-money Let’s look at the options chain for […]
Triple Witching Friday- Coming to YOUR Portfolio on March 20th! plus Industry in the Spotlight
Triple Witching Friday…..what a scary term! Is it the day after Halloween? NO. Is it a hazing ritual for a college fraternity? Not even close. Well then, what is it ? It is an event that takes place when stock index futures, stock index options and stock options all expire on the same day. Triple […]
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“Hitting a Double” with XBI: Earn $100 in Four Minutes + Last Week for $50 Discount
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Using the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) for Our Strike Price Selection
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Ask Alan 161 – The Importance of Delta in our Covered Call Writing Decisions
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Covered Puts Are NOT Cash-Secured Puts + Our Best-Ever Covered Call Writing Streaming DVD Program with $50 Discount Coupon
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Collar Trades When Call Strikes Move Deep In-The-Money: A Real-Life Example with TEAM
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The New Stock Market- Algorithmic and High Speed Trading
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Options That Expire Weekly and Conventional Expiration Cycles
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Why the 3% Guideline Applies to Puts but Not to Call Options
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Earnings Pre-Announcements Explained and Categorized
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Tax Implications of Writing Covered Calls against Long-Term Holdings
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Marsha Hamish, Thanks for your terrific assessment. Ma
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Hamish Hi Marsha, Good point. I've had the same
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Barry B Premium Members, This week’s Weekly Stock Scr
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Alan Ellman Cedric, This is a perfect example why we should
