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How To Avoid Early Exercise When Dividends Are About To Be Distributed

How To Avoid Early Exercise When Dividends Are About To Be Distributed

Aug 30, 2014 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies

Covered call writing is a low-risk strategy that allows us to generate monthly cash flow by selling stock options. Since we are obligated to sell our shares to the option buyer (holder), one of the understood possibilities is that we will “lose” our shares...
Special 1- Time Cash Dividends and Our Covered Call Positions

Special 1- Time Cash Dividends and Our Covered Call Positions

Jun 15, 2013 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies

Every so often we will see a company declare a “special dividend” which is separate from the typical recurring dividend cycle, if there is one. It is frequently a reflection of exceptionally strong earnings and/or a company with a large cash balance. It is a positive...
In-The-Money Strikes and Covered Call Writing

In-The-Money Strikes and Covered Call Writing

Aug 11, 2012 | Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations

Option trading basics incorporates fundamental, technical and common sense decisions. One of these, as it relates to covered call writing, is selecting a strike price for the short options position. In bearish and volatile markets I tend to favor the in-the-money...
Out-Of-The-Money Strike Prices: Pros and Cons for Covered Call Writing

Out-Of-The-Money Strike Prices: Pros and Cons for Covered Call Writing

Jun 18, 2012 | Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies

Whenever a study is performed on covered call writing a stock is selected and the nearest out-of-the-money (O-T-M) strike price is sold. This is repeated over and over and then the results are compared to the overall market performance. The usual conclusion is that...

Strike Price Selection- A Critical Covered Call Decision

Dec 31, 2011 | Stock Option Strategies

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...
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