Covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts involve both buying and selling of call and put options. We are dealing with two types of options as well as utilizing both […]

Greeks Spreadsheet Showing the Impact of Time to Expiration, Volatility and Stock Price Change on Option Value
Posted on April 9, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies

Comparing Implied Volatility and Historical Volatility During Earnings Season
Posted on March 26, 2016 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies, Technical Analysis
When selecting stocks and options for covered call writing and put-selling we factor in volatility, both implied and historical. Historical Volatility (HV) is the actual volatility of a security over a given time period. […]

A Review of Volatility and its Impact on Option-Selling
Posted on November 7, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
When we write covered calls or cash-secured puts, we are selling volatility. The time value component of a short-term option premium reflects the amount of time until expiration plus the […]

Calculating the Greeks Using an Options Calculator
Posted on September 26, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations
The Greeks are a mathematical means of estimating the risk of stock options. Delta measures the change in the option price due to a change in the stock price, Gamma […]

How To Use Implied Volatility In Our Covered Call Writing Decisions
Posted on February 28, 2015 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Stock Option Strategies
Understanding the Greeks, or factors that impact the value of our covered call premiums, is essential to mastering options trading basics and becoming an elite covered call writer. One of […]

Vega: An Option Greek And How It Impacts Our Option Pemiums
Posted on April 26, 2014 by Alan Ellman in Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies
Covered call writing generates monthly cash flow by selling short-term options. The main factor in determining the amount of this premium is the implied volatility (IV) of the underlying security. The […]

Greeks: Factors that Influence our Covered Call Premiums
Posted on July 7, 2012 by Alan Ellman in Option Trading Basics
We have all heard the term “the Greeks” as it applies to stock options. Most of us know that these factors somehow explain how certain parameters can impact the value of […]
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