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20%/10% Guidelines for Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling: Same Name, Different Circumstances

20%/10% Guidelines for Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling: Same Name, Different Circumstances

Feb 22, 2020 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Put-selling, Stock Option Strategies

Exit strategies for our covered call writing and put-selling portfolios allow us to mitigate potential losses and enhance gains to even higher levels. In my books and DVDs, I detail the 20%/10% guidelines as one of the exit strategies available to us for both...
Timing Our Covered Call Trades: The Best Time to Sell Our Options After Buying the Stock

Timing Our Covered Call Trades: The Best Time to Sell Our Options After Buying the Stock

Aug 31, 2019 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution

The goals of covered call writing include generating monthly cash flow and preserving capital. We use every fundamental, technical and common-sense principle available to maximize our profits and protect our cash. Paul A. previously sent me an excellent question that...
Analyzing a Rolling Down Trade During an Extreme Short-Term Market Decline

Analyzing a Rolling Down Trade During an Extreme Short-Term Market Decline

Apr 13, 2019 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies

Exit strategy opportunities must be taken advantage of with our covered call writing and put-selling trades. When there is a significant overall market decline in the short-term, there will be losses. Our job, as option-sellers, is to mitigate those losses using our...
When Should We Execute Our Option-Selling Trades?

When Should We Execute Our Option-Selling Trades?

Apr 6, 2019 | Covered Call Exit Strategies, Exit Strategies, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Investing, Stock Option Strategies

The 3-required skills for covered call writing and selling cash secured puts are stock selection, option selection and position management. We can also add timing of our trades as a secondary factor in enhancing our overall returns. These considerations are different...
Buying Low and Selling High Also Applies to Option-Selling

Buying Low and Selling High Also Applies to Option-Selling

Sep 15, 2018 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies

Covered call writers hold two positions. We are long (own) the stock and short (sold) the call option. It is intuitive to investors that it is to our advantage if the stock price accelerates or at least does not decline in value. There are five possible outcomes in...
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