2023
- September 23rd How to Use the BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet to Craft Our Put-Selling Portfolios + Final Days of New Book Discount Coupon 5 comments
- September 16th Collar Calculations Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator + New Book Discount Coupon 7 comments
- September 13th Ask Alan # 210: What If I Close My Covered Call Writing Position Early When Share Price Rises? Leave a comment
- September 9th When Should I Take My Profits with a Successful Covered Call Writing Trade? 10 comments
- September 6th BCI PODCAST 110: Exit Strategies Are Important But Must Be Timed Properly Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 110: Exit Strategies Are Important But Must Be Timed Properly
- September 2nd Using Technical Analysis for Our Stock & Option Selection in Covered Call Writing Trades 12 comments
- August 30th BCI PODCAST 109: Delta and Strike Selection for Covered call Writing Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 109: Delta and Strike Selection for Covered call Writing
- August 26th How Our Covered Call Trades are Impacted When Regular and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends Come on the Same Day 9 comments
- August 19th Comparing Covered Call Writing & Cash-Secured Puts in Bull Market Environments 8 comments
- August 12th Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike for an AAPL Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade 16 comments
- August 5th What is the Single Best Delta to Use When Selecting My Covered Call Writing Strikes? Answer: None 4 comments
- August 2nd BCI PODCAST 108 Establishing Our Cost-Basis in a Multi-Step Managed Trade Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 108 Establishing Our Cost-Basis in a Multi-Step Managed Trade
- July 29th The Collar Strategy: 2 BCI Spreadsheets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) 18 comments
- July 26th BCI PODCAST 107: Even and Odd Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments 1 comment
- July 22nd How to Create 3-Income Producing Portfolios Using Covered Call Writing and Dividend Generating Stocks 8 comments
- July 15th Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Part II 11 comments
- July 7th Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Multiple Applications: Part I + Tuesday’s Webinar Registration Link 7 comments
- July 1st 3 Approaches to Strike Selection When Portfolio Overwriting Existing Stocks: A Real-Life Example with Dow, Inc. (NYSE: DOW) + July 11th Webinar Registration Link 7 comments
- June 24th Should I Allow Exercise & Repurchase the Stock or Roll the Option?: A Real-Life Example with Tesla, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) 9 comments
- June 21st BCI PODCAST 106: “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble: A Covered Call Writing Exit Strategy Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 106: “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble: A Covered Call Writing Exit Strategy
- June 17th How to Enter and Archive a Covered Call Trade with 1 Exit Strategy that is Closed at Expiration 21 comments
- June 10th Should We Get the Kleenex or the Champagne? A Real-Life Trade with Bilibili Inc. (Nasdaq: BILI) 19 comments
- June 6th BCI PODCAST 105: The Poor Man’s Covered Call: Rolling Options Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 105: The Poor Man’s Covered Call: Rolling Options
- June 3rd How to Adjust a Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) Trade to Align with the BCI Trade Initialization Formula 13 comments
- May 27th Evaluating a Series of Multi-Rolling Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) 9 comments
- May 24th BCI PODCAST 104: Special 1 Time Dividends and Contract Adjustments Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 104: Special 1 Time Dividends and Contract Adjustments
- May 20th Analyzing a Covered Call Trade Over 2 Expiration Cycles: A Rea-Life Example with Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) 13 comments
- May 13th Multiple Applications of the Mid-Contract Unwind (MCU) Exit Strategy: A Real-Life Example with Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI) 18 comments
- May 5th Application of the 20%/10% Guidelines for ITM & OTM Strikes + Registration Form for Thursday’s Webinar 13 comments
- May 3rd BCI PODCAST 103: The Collar Strategy Using Long-Term Put Expirations Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 103: The Collar Strategy Using Long-Term Put Expirations
- April 29th Analyzing a Defensive Turned Aggressive Covered Call Trade: A Real-Life Example with Select Sector SPDR Utilities (NYSE: XLU) 12 comments
- April 26th BCI PODCAST 102: Analyzing Market Assessment Based on Portfolio Setup Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 102: Analyzing Market Assessment Based on Portfolio Setup
- April 22nd The Poor Man’s Covered Call: How to Re-Structure a Potentially Losing Trade into a Winning One 14 comments
- April 15th Understanding the Math When Rolling ITM Covered Calls Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLU) + Save the Date May 11th 12 comments
- April 8th How to Record & Calculate ITM Covered Call Trades that Become OTM Trades 6 comments
- April 5th BCI PODCAST 101: Covered Call Writing: “Hitting a Double” on the Last day of a Contract Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 101: Covered Call Writing: “Hitting a Double” on the Last day of a Contract
- April 1st Establishing Our Option Portfolios in the Heart of Earnings Season 9 comments
- March 29th BCI PODCAST 100: Analyzing LEAPS for The Poor Man’s Covered call Strategy (PMCC) Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 100: Analyzing LEAPS for The Poor Man’s Covered call Strategy (PMCC)
- March 25th Technical Analysis for Options: A Real-Life Example with Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NYSE: DECK) 11 comments
- March 18th Establishing 84% Probability of Success Put Trades in Bear Markets 25 comments
- March 11th How to Calculate Dividends into Our Covered Call Writing Calculations 12 comments
- March 8th BCI PODCAST 99: Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 99: Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split
- March 4th Estimating Our Breakeven Price Points When Establishing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) 16 comments
- February 25th Analyzing a 3-Income Covered Call Writing Trade: A Real-Life Example with Ready Capital Corp. (NYSE: RC) 8 comments
- February 22nd BCI PODCAST 98: Analyzing LEAPS Options for the Poor Man’s Covered Call 2 comments
- February 18th Review of Dividend Dates & Their Impact on Our Covered Call Trades 16 comments
- February 11th How to Enter and Archive Cash-Secured Put Trades Around an Earnings Report 22 comments
- February 4th How to Manage Cash-Secured Put Trades Around an Earnings Report: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) 20 comments
- February 2nd BCI PODCAST 97: Managing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call Trades When Share Price Drops Substantially Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 97: Managing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call Trades When Share Price Drops Substantially
- January 28th Calculating Realized Option & Unrealized Stock Covered Call Returns at the End of a Contract Cycle 14 comments
- January 25th BCI PODCAST 96: Protecting Our Covered Call Trades: Protective Puts and In-the-Money Strikes Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 96: Protecting Our Covered Call Trades: Protective Puts and In-the-Money Strikes
- January 21st Rolling-Out Poor Man’s Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) 11 comments
- January 14th How to Use the Capital Adjustment Section of the Trade Management Calculator When Executing Multiple Exit Strategies in the Same Contract Cycle 14 comments
- January 7th How to Enter & Calculate Rolling-Out-And-Down Cash-Secured Put Trades: A Real-Life Example with Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ) 14 comments
- January 4th BCI PODCAST 95: Covered Call Writing to Generate Premium and Dividend Income Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 95: Covered Call Writing to Generate Premium and Dividend Income
2022
- December 31st Rolling-Up Our Cash-Secured Put Trades: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) 16 comments
- December 28th BCI PODCAST 94: Covered Call Writing Net Debit Limit Orders Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 94: Covered Call Writing Net Debit Limit Orders
- December 24th Exercising Call Options to Capture Dividends: A Reasonable Action or Investor Error? 2 comments
- December 17th Calculating Mid-Contract Put-Selling Trade Status + A New Covered Call Writing Strategy Coming Soon 7 comments
- December 10th Calculating Mid-Contract Covered Call Writing Trade Status: A Real-Life Example with Bristol-Myers Squibb Comp. (NYSE: BMY) 19 comments
- December 7th BCI PODCAST 93: WHEN CALL STRIKES MOVE DEEP ITM EARLY IN A CONTRACT Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 93: WHEN CALL STRIKES MOVE DEEP ITM EARLY IN A CONTRACT
- December 3rd Reverse Covered Call Writing: A Reasonable Bear Market Strategy? A Real-Life Example with SPDR S&P ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) 9 comments
- November 26th The Significance of Breakeven When Constructing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) Trades: A Real-Life Example with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) 6 comments
- November 21st BCI PODCAST 92: Selling Deep OTM Cash-Secured Puts to Create High-Probability Returns Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 92: Selling Deep OTM Cash-Secured Puts to Create High-Probability Returns
- November 19th Entering and Adjusting Our Covered Call Trades Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator: A Real-Life Example with WBA 12 comments
- November 12th 20%/10% Guidelines: “Hitting a Double” in the Same Day: A Real-Life Example with Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP) 21 comments
- November 4th BCI PODCAST 91: Portfolio Overwriting Analyzed Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 91: Portfolio Overwriting Analyzed
- November 4th Why Did Option Value Decline After Stock Price Accelerated? A Real-Life Example with United Health Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) 8 comments
- October 29th Evaluating Pre- and Post-Market Opening Calculations; A Real-Life Example with The Simply Good Foods Company: (Nasdaq: SMPL) 8 comments
- October 26th BCI PODCAST 90: Entering a Collar Trade Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 90: Entering a Collar Trade
- October 22nd How to Select the Best Covered Call Writing Strikes in Bear & Volatile Markets 9 comments
- October 15th Setting Our 20%/10% Guidelines After Rolling an Option Out or Out-And-Up 7 comments
- October 8th Portfolio Overwriting in High Implied Volatility (IV) Markets + Alan’s Wealth365 Webinar Registration Link 12 comments
- October 5th BCI Podcast 89: Am I Losing Money When I Buy Back My Deep ITM Covered Call Options? Comments Off on BCI Podcast 89: Am I Losing Money When I Buy Back My Deep ITM Covered Call Options?
- October 1st How to Enter & Calculate Closing a Weekly Put Trade After Rolling the Option in the Same Contract Cycle + Alan’s Wealth365 Webinar Registration Link 8 comments
- September 24th Dividend Stripping & Selling Cash-Secured Puts: A Real-Life Example with Walmart, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) 6 comments
- September 17th How to Manage a 5.3% Mid-Contract Unrealized Gain: A Real-Life Example with BHP Group Limited (NYSE: BHP) + Alan’s Wealth365 Webinar Registration Link 15 comments
- September 14th BCI PODCAST 88: Creating a Portfolio of Weekly Cash-Secured Puts Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 88: Creating a Portfolio of Weekly Cash-Secured Puts
- September 10th How to Enter Our Rolling-Out-And-Up Trades into Our Monthly Trading Logs 7 comments
- September 3rd How to Enter Our Rolling-Out Trades into Our Monthly Trading Logs 15 comments
- August 27th Comparing Nasdaq 100 ETFs: Real-Life Examples with QQQ & QQQM 9 comments
- August 24th BCI PODCAST 87: Bear Market Concerns and Our Option Selling Portfolios Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 87: Bear Market Concerns and Our Option Selling Portfolios
- August 20th Technical Analysis and Our Option-Selling Portfolios: A Real-Life Example with Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) 15 comments
- August 13th Will My Stock Be Sold Because of the $2.00 Dividend? A Real-Life Example with Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK) 12 comments
- August 10th BCI PODCAST 86: How to Use Technical Analysis and Market Assessment for Strike Selection Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 86: How to Use Technical Analysis and Market Assessment for Strike Selection
- August 6th Covered Call Writing & Selling Cash-Secured Puts: Strategies or Exit Strategies? A Real-Life Example with T-Mobile US Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) 16 comments
- July 30th Rolling-In Covered Call Trades + New Book Discount Offer Expiring 18 comments
- July 27th BCI PODCAST 85: Automating the 20% /10% Guidelines for Covered Call Writing Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 85: Automating the 20% /10% Guidelines for Covered Call Writing
- July 23rd How to Enter Our Rolling-Out Cash-Secured Put Trades into Our Trading Logs + New Book Discount Offer 6 comments
- July 16th Why are We Receiving a Higher Return When We’re Expecting a Lower Return? 7 comments
- July 13th BCI PODCAST 84: Analyzing and Calculating Multi Leg Rolling Down Covered Call Trades Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 84: Analyzing and Calculating Multi Leg Rolling Down Covered Call Trades
- July 9th Hitting a Double: The BCI Trade Management Calculator in Action + Final Chance to Register for Tuesday’s Webinar 12 comments
- July 2nd Enhancing Gains with the Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy: The BCI Trade Management Calculator in Action + Free Webinar Registration Link 8 comments
- June 25th Mitigating Losses by Rolling-Down During a Severe Market Decline: The BCI Trade Management Calculator in Action + Free Webinar Registration Link 9 comments
- June 22nd BCI PODCAST 83: Setting Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Manner Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 83: Setting Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Manner
- June 18th Exit Strategy Choices After Exercise of a Cash-Secured Put: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) + Free Webinar Registration Link 29 comments
- June 11th Selling 10-Delta Puts with 4-Day Expirations + 2 Free Webinar Registration Links 10 comments
- June 8th BCI Podcast 82. Risky Stocks Can Result In Challenging Decisions Comments Off on BCI Podcast 82. Risky Stocks Can Result In Challenging Decisions
- June 8th Ask Alan 195: Will the Upcoming Dividend Cause My Shares to Be Sold? Comments Off on Ask Alan 195: Will the Upcoming Dividend Cause My Shares to Be Sold?
- June 4th Using The Put-Call-Put (PCP) Strategy to Create Downside Protection on Steroids 8 comments
- May 28th Rolling-Up in the Same Contract Month: A Real-Life Example with Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) 13 comments
- May 25th BCI PODCAST 81: Managing ITM Covered Call Strikes When Share Price Moves Higher 1 comment
- May 21st Using Implied Volatility to Determine Safe Strikes for Portfolio Overwriting: A Real-Life Example with PayPal Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PYPL) 19 comments
- May 14th Rolling Out and Up to ITM and OTM strikes: A Real-Life Example with Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ) + Trade Management Calculator Coupon Expires 5/15/2022 13 comments
- May 11th BCI PODCAST 80: Using the VIX to Achieve Higher Option-Selling Returns Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 80: Using the VIX to Achieve Higher Option-Selling Returns
- May 7th Determining Our Goal Before Unwinding Both Legs of a Covered Call Trade: A Real-Life Example with Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) + Trade Management Calculator Discount Coupon Expiring Soon 4 comments
- April 30th Exit Strategy Considerations When a Strike Moves Deep ITM Early in a Contract + The BCI Trade Management Calculator/New Book Now Available- Discount Coupons 25 comments
- April 27th BCI PODCAST 79: Adjusting Target Goals with ETFs Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 79: Adjusting Target Goals with ETFs
- April 23rd Analyzing the Cost-To-Close a Covered Call Trade Mid-Contract: A Real-Life Example with NVDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) 15 comments
- April 16th Rolling-Out to Impressive Profits: A Real-Life Example with NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) 17 comments
- April 13th BCI PODCAST 78: REITS: Good Covered Call Writing Candidates? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 78: REITS: Good Covered Call Writing Candidates?
- April 9th Analyzing a Multi-Faceted Series of Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) 20 comments
- April 2nd Large Returns Can Be Enticing: We Must Do the Math to Make Sensible Trades + Free Webinar Registration Link + New Book & Calculator 10 comments
- March 26th Covered Call Writing Strike Selection in Bull, Bear and Neutral Markets: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) + April Free Webinar Registration Link 15 comments
- March 19th A 6-Income Stream Monthly Cash-Secured Put: A Real-Life Example with InMode Ltd. (Nasdaq: INMD) 35 comments
- March 12th What is a Delta-Neutral Portfolio?: A Real-Life Example With InMode Ltd. (Nasdaq: INMD) + Free Webinar Registration Links 10 comments
- March 9th BCI PODCAST 77: Buyers Have Rights and Sellers Have Obligations- Covered Call Writing Explained Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 77: Buyers Have Rights and Sellers Have Obligations- Covered Call Writing Explained
- March 5th Collar Trades: The Rationale for Maximum Gains and Losses 11 comments
- February 26th Generating a 3-Income Stream Put Trade: A Real-Life Example with ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) 15 comments
- February 23rd BCI PODCAST 76: 5 Top Myths and Misunderstandings about Covered Call Writing Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 76: 5 Top Myths and Misunderstandings about Covered Call Writing
- February 19th Making a Great Covered Call Trade Even Better: A Real-Life Example with Revolve Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV) 22 comments
- February 12th The Poor Man’s Covered Call LEAPS Selection: A Real-Life Example with SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) 13 comments
- February 9th BCI PODCAST 75: Reverse Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 75: Reverse Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments
- February 5th Using Implied Volatility to Establish Reliable Trading Ranges for Our Option Contracts 21 comments
- January 29th When to Roll Options on Successful Trades: A Real-Life Example with iShares MSCI India ETF (BATS: INDA) 20 comments
- January 26th BCI PODCAST 74: Strike Selection Using Technical Analysis and Market Assessment 2 comments
- January 22nd Rolling Weekly 10-Delta Put Options Prior to a Holiday Weekend: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) 24 comments
- January 15th Understanding 1-Time Special Cash Dividends and Our Current Trade Status: A Real-Life Example with OMF 25 comments
- January 12th BCI PODCAST #73: Mid Contract Unwind Exit Strategy at the End of a Contract Comments Off on BCI PODCAST #73: Mid Contract Unwind Exit Strategy at the End of a Contract
- January 8th Comparing Implied Volatility and Delta When Establishing Projected Trading Ranges During Our Option Contracts 44 comments
- January 1st Collar Strategy Using Weekly Calls and Monthly Puts: A Real-Life Example with LABU 19 comments
2021
- December 25th Closing a Covered Call Trade Mid-Contract: A Real-Life Example with Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) 37 comments
- December 18th Selling Cash-Secured Puts Exit Strategies: The 3% Guideline: A Real-Life Example with NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) 11 comments
- December 11th Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report Can Result in Impressive Returns: A Real-Life Example with Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) 21 comments
- December 8th BCI PODCAST 72 Rolling Covered Call Options on Expiration Friday 2 comments
- December 4th Was I Correct to Close My Successful Covered Call Trade? A Real-Life Example with Revolve Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV) 26 comments
- December 2nd BCI PODCAST 71: Dividend Yield Should Be a Secondary Factor for Covered Call Writing Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 71: Dividend Yield Should Be a Secondary Factor for Covered Call Writing
- November 27th Analyzing Covered Call Writing Trades to Enhance Our Trading Skills: A Real-Life Example with The Clorox Company (Nasdaq: CLX) 26 comments
- November 20th Game Plan When Our Cash-Secured Puts are Exercised 19 comments
- November 13th Monitoring Our Collar Trades with the BCI Collar Calculator 26 comments
- November 10th BCI PODCAST 70: COMPARING CALL AND PUT SELLING STRATEGIES 2 comments
- November 6th Rolling-Down to an ITM Strike in the Last Week of a Monthly Contract 14 comments
- October 30th After-Hours and Pre-Monday Morning Market Trading Bid-Ask Spreads 22 comments
- October 27th BCI PODCAST 69 Technical Analysis with The Wendy’s Company NASDAQ WEN Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 69 Technical Analysis with The Wendy’s Company NASDAQ WEN
- October 23rd Should Good News Discourage Us From Entering a Covered Call Trade? 14 comments
- October 16th Explaining “Bought-Up” Value When Rolling a Covered Call Out-And-Up 27 comments
- October 12th BCI PODCAST 68 Volatility A Friend or Enemy to Covered call Writers and Put Sellers? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 68 Volatility A Friend or Enemy to Covered call Writers and Put Sellers?
- October 9th Best Technology ETFs for Our Option-Selling Portfolios: QQQ and XLK 18 comments
- October 2nd Exit Strategies for Covered Call Writing: “Hitting a Triple” with XLU 20 comments
- September 29th BCI PODCAST 67: Should We Use a Short Put to Help Fund a Collar Trade? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 67: Should We Use a Short Put to Help Fund a Collar Trade?
- September 25th “Hitting a Put Triple” with Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) 9 comments
- September 18th Stock Repair Strategy: A Real-Life Example with Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYFT) 22 comments
- September 11th The Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC): Explaining Upside Potential + Premium Membership News 38 comments
- September 8th BCI PODCAST 66 Comparing the Cost To Close Covered Call Trades with Time Value Return Goals Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 66 Comparing the Cost To Close Covered Call Trades with Time Value Return Goals
- September 4th Selling Cash-Secured Puts to Simultaneously Generate Cash Flow and Buy a Stock at a Discount 20 comments
- August 28th Rolling-Down with a Few Hours to Expiration: A Real-Life Example with Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE) 24 comments
- August 25th BCI PODCAST 65: The 20%/10% Guidelines for Covered call Writing and Selling Cash-Secured Puts 2 comments
- August 21st Can Price Movement Be Explained by Profit-Taking?: A Real-Life Example with Global X Funds Infrastructure Dev. (PAVE) 38 comments
- August 14th Application of the 20%/10% Guidelines Within a Broad Range of Implied Volatility Securities 20 comments
- August 11th BCI PODCAST 64 Creating Dividend Like Income for Non Dividend Stocks Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 64 Creating Dividend Like Income for Non Dividend Stocks
- August 7th Managing Implied Volatility Risk by Establishing an Initial Time-Value Return Goal Range + Webinar Login Link 19 comments
- July 31st Rolling Covered Calls Out-And-Up Means Adding Cash to the Position 23 comments
- July 29th BCI PODCAST 63 Rolling Decisions on Expiration Friday Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 63 Rolling Decisions on Expiration Friday
- July 24th Using the Elite-Plus Calculator for “Hitting a Double” Results: A Real-Life Example with Redfin Corp. (NASDAQ: RDFN) 21 comments
- July 17th Understanding Brokerage Statements for Covered Call Writing: A Real-Life Example with Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLE) 24 comments
- July 14th BCI PODCAST 62 Should I Unwind My Covered Call Trade 1 Week Prior to Contract Expiration? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 62 Should I Unwind My Covered Call Trade 1 Week Prior to Contract Expiration?
- July 10th Reversing Delta with the PCP Strategy: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) 32 comments
- July 3rd Converting High Volatility ETFs to Conservative Cash-Generating Positions: A Real-Life Example with Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (NYSE: LIT) 19 comments
- June 30th BCI PODCAST 61- Realized Versus Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses) for Covered Call Writing Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 61- Realized Versus Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses) for Covered Call Writing
- June 26th Analyzing a Rolling-Up Covered Call Writing Trade: A Real-Life Example with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) 20 comments
- June 19th Unusual Strike Prices and Contract Adjustments: A Real-Life Example with ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSE: ARKW) 18 comments
- June 16th BCI PODCAST 60: Combining ITM Call Strikes & Stock Dividends to Protect in Bear Markets Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 60: Combining ITM Call Strikes & Stock Dividends to Protect in Bear Markets
- June 12th Understanding the Math of Unwinding Covered Call Writing Trades Early: A Real-Life Example with Invesco Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) 20 comments
- June 9th BCI PODCAST 59. ANALYZING 2 Month and 4-Day Covered Call Trades Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 59. ANALYZING 2 Month and 4-Day Covered Call Trades
- June 5th Selecting the Best ITM Strikes for Covered Call Writing: A Real-Life Example with Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY) 15 comments
- June 2nd BCI PODCAST 58: Is This Trade a Winner or a Loser? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 58: Is This Trade a Winner or a Loser?
- May 29th Dividends and After-Hour News Causing Exercise of OTM Call Strikes: A Real-Life Example with Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF) 21 comments
- May 26th BCI PODCAST 57. Evaluation Stock Purchase Price and Breakeven When Rolling Options 3 comments
- May 22nd Using Delta to Create Low-Risk/ High-Return Put-Selling Trades: A Real-Life Example with ETSY, Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY) 28 comments
- May 19th BCI PODCAST 56 Selling Deep In The Money Calls to Exit Stock Positions Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 56 Selling Deep In The Money Calls to Exit Stock Positions
- May 15th Status of a Rolling-Down Trade with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) 29 comments
- May 12th BCI PODCAST 55 Expiration Dates Versus Expiration Times Clarifications 2 comments
- May 8th How to Set Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Approach 30 comments
- May 5th BCI PODCAST 54 Selecting the Best Strike Prices for Our Collar Trades 1 comment
- May 1st Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report: A Real-Life Example with Atlassian Corp. (Nasdaq: TEAM) 28 comments
- April 28th BCI PODCAST 53: ITM Cash-Secured Puts: Allow Exercise or Roll the Option? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 53: ITM Cash-Secured Puts: Allow Exercise or Roll the Option?
- April 24th Using the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) in Covered Call Writing Decisions: A Real-Life Example with Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ) 26 comments
- April 21st BCI PODCAST 52. Making Money Selling Options with Technology Stocks 2 comments
- April 17th What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)? 44 comments
- April 14th ASK ALAN #181 How Delta Factors into our Strike Price Selection Comments Off on ASK ALAN #181 How Delta Factors into our Strike Price Selection
- April 13th BCI PODCAST 51 Timing Our Covered Call Trades Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 51 Timing Our Covered Call Trades
- April 10th Should I Roll-Out When My Option is DITM Mid-Contract? 26 comments
- April 6th BCI PODCAST 50 Exit strategies Must Be Timed Properly Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 50 Exit strategies Must Be Timed Properly
- April 3rd Implied Volatility (IV), IV Rank and IV Percentile: Defined and Practical Applications 16 comments
- March 30th BCI PODCAST 49 Analyzing a Multi Leg Covered Call Rolling Down Series of Trades Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 49 Analyzing a Multi Leg Covered Call Rolling Down Series of Trades
- March 27th How to Execute a Covered Call Trade with a Buy/Write Combination Form 18 comments
- March 23rd BCI PODCAST 48 Rolling Deep OTM Cash Secured Puts Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 48 Rolling Deep OTM Cash Secured Puts
- March 20th When Our Covered Call Strike Moves $1000.00 In-The-Money 29 comments
- March 16th BCI PODCAST 47 Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 47 Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month
- March 13th Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation 43 comments
- March 9th BCI PODCAST 46 Should Delta Be the Sole Criteria for Covered Call Writing Strike Selection Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 46 Should Delta Be the Sole Criteria for Covered Call Writing Strike Selection
- March 6th Establishing Our Cost-Basis for Long-Term Holdings 32 comments
- March 2nd BCI PODCAST 45 Implied Volatility and Expected price Movement During the Life of Option Contracts Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 45 Implied Volatility and Expected price Movement During the Life of Option Contracts
- February 27th How to Select the Best Strike Prices for Collar Trades: Real-Life Example with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) 31 comments
- February 23rd BCI PODCAST 44 Can We Use ITM Strikes to Create a No Risk Covered Call Strategy? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 44 Can We Use ITM Strikes to Create a No Risk Covered Call Strategy?
- February 20th Poor Man’s Covered Call: Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike 26 comments
- February 16th BCI PODCAST 43 Converting a Covered Call Trade to a Collar Trade Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 43 Converting a Covered Call Trade to a Collar Trade
- February 13th Establishing Our Cost-Basis When Rolling Out-And-Up on 2 Different Days 35 comments
- February 9th BCI PODCAST 42 Why Was My OTM Put Exercised? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 42 Why Was My OTM Put Exercised?
- February 6th Spinoffs and Stock Splits: How Multiple Corporate Events Can Impact Share Price 32 comments
- February 2nd BCI PODCAST 41 Collar Trades When Call Strikes Move Deep In The Money Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 41 Collar Trades When Call Strikes Move Deep In The Money
- January 30th Establishing Our Cost-Basis in a Multi-Step Managed Trade 29 comments
- January 26th BCI PODCAST 40 Covered Puts are Not Cash Secured Puts Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 40 Covered Puts are Not Cash Secured Puts
- January 23rd Delta and Strike Price Selection 32 comments
- January 19th BCI PODCAST 39: Using the VIX for Strike Price Selection Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 39: Using the VIX for Strike Price Selection
- January 16th Exit Strategies are Important but Must Be Timed Properly + Free Webinar Link 35 comments
- January 12th BCI PODCAST 38: Evaluating the Cost-To-Close When a Strike Moves Deep In-The-Money Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 38: Evaluating the Cost-To-Close When a Strike Moves Deep In-The-Money
- January 9th Rolling-Down On a Sharp Market Decline at the End of a Contract 22 comments
- January 5th BCI PODCAST 37: Selling the Same Option Twice in the Same Contract Month Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 37: Selling the Same Option Twice in the Same Contract Month
- January 2nd Using Covered Call Options and Stock Dividends in Low-Interest Rate Environments 37 comments
2020
- December 29th BCI PODCAST 36. Timing Our Covered Call Trades 5 comments
- December 26th Special Cash Dividends and Equity Distributions: Understanding Contract Adjustments 14 comments
- December 22nd BCI PODCAST 35. Covered Call Writing with Biotech Companies Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 35. Covered Call Writing with Biotech Companies
- December 19th The Poor Man’s Covered Call: Rolling Options in the Current Contract Month + 15% Holiday Discount Expiring Soon 25 comments
- December 14th BCI PODCAST 34. Exit Strategy and Final Covered Call Writing Calculations 3 comments
- December 12th “Hitting a Double” With The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) + 15% Holiday Discount 26 comments
- December 6th BCI PODCAST 33. Rolling Covered Call Trades Out And Up 5 comments
- December 5th Even and Odd Stock Splits: Understanding Contract Adjustments 39 comments
- November 28th Analyzing LEAPS for The Poor Man’s Covered Call + Free Webinar Registration Link 52 comments
- November 22nd BCI PODCAST 32. Covered Call Writing and Blackjack A Valid Analogy? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 32. Covered Call Writing and Blackjack A Valid Analogy?
- November 21st “Hitting a Double” on the Last Day of a Contract 33 comments
- November 15th BCI PODCAST 30. What are Cash Secured Call Options? Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 30. What are Cash Secured Call Options?
- November 14th Analyzing Market Assessment Based on Portfolio Setup 24 comments
- November 8th BCI PODCAST 29. How to Structure a Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade 2 comments
- November 7th The Collar Strategy: Using Longer-Term Put Expirations 13 comments
- November 2nd BCI PODCAST 28. In the Money Covered Calls to Protect in Bear Markets 5 comments
- October 31st Covered Call Writing with TLT: Generating Premium and Dividend Income 19 comments
- October 26th BCI PODCAST 27. Using Mean Analyst rating MAR in the Stock Screening Process Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 27. Using Mean Analyst rating MAR in the Stock Screening Process
- October 24th Protecting Our Covered Call Trades: Protective Puts Versus In-The-Money Strikes 34 comments
- October 17th Managing a Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade When Share Price Drops Below the LEAPS Strike 45 comments
- October 16th How to set up a covered call writing portfolio using stock selection, option & position management Comments Off on How to set up a covered call writing portfolio using stock selection, option & position management
- October 10th Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split 15 comments
- October 3rd Rolling Out-And-Up: 6-Week Returns 30 comments
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 26. Selling Cash Secured Puts to Lower Cost Basis Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 26. Selling Cash Secured Puts to Lower Cost Basis
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 25. “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble Covered Call Writing Exit Strategies Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 25. “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble Covered Call Writing Exit Strategies
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 24. Using Covered Call Writing and Stock Dividends in Low Interest Rate Environments Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 24. Using Covered Call Writing and Stock Dividends in Low Interest Rate Environments
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 23. Covered Call Writing with Weekly Options Portfolio Overwriting with Weeklys Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 23. Covered Call Writing with Weekly Options Portfolio Overwriting with Weeklys
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 22. A Covered Call Writing Alternative to Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 22. A Covered Call Writing Alternative to Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 21. When To Execute Our Option Selling Trades Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 21. When To Execute Our Option Selling Trades
- September 26th Selling Deep OTM Cash-Secured Puts with Exit Strategy Enhancements 41 comments
- September 19th Selling Deep OTM Weekly Cash-Secured Puts to Generate Substantial Annualized Returns 21 comments
- September 12th When Call Strikes Move Deep In-The-Money Early in the -Contract: A Real-Life Example with BLK 37 comments
- September 9th BCI PODCAST 20. Rolling Down When There is a General Market Decline Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 20. Rolling Down When There is a General Market Decline
- September 9th BCI PODCAST 19. Using the Ellman Calculator to Monitor “Hititng a Double” Trades Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 19. Using the Ellman Calculator to Monitor “Hititng a Double” Trades
- September 9th BCI Podcast 3. Converting Non Dividend Stocks to Dividend Stocks Comments Off on BCI Podcast 3. Converting Non Dividend Stocks to Dividend Stocks
- September 5th Analyzing Buy/Write Net Debit Limit Orders 38 comments
- August 29th Creating a Portfolio of Weekly Cash-Secured Puts 31 comments
- August 27th BCI PODCAST 18. Market Assessment Analysis Based on Portfolio Composition Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 18. Market Assessment Analysis Based on Portfolio Composition
- August 27th BCI PODCAST 17. COMBINING Covered Call Writing and the Stock Repair Strategy Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 17. COMBINING Covered Call Writing and the Stock Repair Strategy
- August 27th BCI Podcast 16. VIX Covered Call Writing Selling Stock Options on Market Volatility Comments Off on BCI Podcast 16. VIX Covered Call Writing Selling Stock Options on Market Volatility
- August 27th BCI PODCAST 15. Strike Selection When Selling Puts Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 15. Strike Selection When Selling Puts
- August 26th BCI Podcast 2. Why CCW Outperforms Overall Market Comments Off on BCI Podcast 2. Why CCW Outperforms Overall Market
- August 26th BCI Podcast 1. Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator 2 comments
- August 22nd Am I Losing Money When I Buy Back My Deep In-The-Money Strike? 24 comments
- August 15th Entering a Collar Trade: A Real-Life Example with iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) + New Product with Discount Coupon 47 comments
- August 15th BCI PODCAST 14. Analyzing a Covered Call Trade Trade with a 5000% Return Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 14. Analyzing a Covered Call Trade Trade with a 5000% Return
- August 14th BCI PODCAST 13. Adding a Short Put To a Collar Trade Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 13. Adding a Short Put To a Collar Trade
- August 8th What Do Covered Call Writing and Steroids Have in Common? 34 comments
- August 1st Portfolio Overwriting with Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL) 19 comments
- July 25th Analyzing and Calculating a Multi-Leg Rolling-Down Covered Call Trade 34 comments
- July 18th Automating the 20%/10% Guidelines 49 comments
- July 12th BCI PODCAST 12. Mean Analyst Rating MAR Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 12. Mean Analyst Rating MAR
- July 11th How to Use Technical Analysis and Market Assessment for Strike Selection Guidance 30 comments
- July 9th BCI PODCAST 11. The Collar Strategy with Long Term Protective Puts Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 11. The Collar Strategy with Long Term Protective Puts
- July 8th BCI PODCAST 10. Generating Covered Call Writing + Dividend Income Comments Off on BCI PODCAST 10. Generating Covered Call Writing + Dividend Income
- July 8th BCI Podcast 5. Improper Timing of our Covered Call Trades Can Lead to lost Opportunities Comments Off on BCI Podcast 5. Improper Timing of our Covered Call Trades Can Lead to lost Opportunities
- July 4th Bear Market Concerns and our Option-Selling Portfolios 25 comments
- June 27th Market Volatility and Our Option-Selling Trades: Using the VIX to Achieve Higher Returns 49 comments
- June 20th Managing In-The-Money Strikes When Share Price Moves Higher 30 comments
- June 13th Risky Stocks Can Result in Challenging Decisions 30 comments
- June 7th BCI Podcast 10. Generating Covered Call Writing + Dividend Income Comments Off on BCI Podcast 10. Generating Covered Call Writing + Dividend Income
- June 6th Setting Up a Portfolio of NASDAQ and S&P 500 Stocks In a User-Friendly and Time-Efficient Manner + New Products and Discount Coupons 19 comments
- June 1st BCI Podcast 9. Timing Our Covered Call Trades Comments Off on BCI Podcast 9. Timing Our Covered Call Trades
- May 30th Reverse Stock Splits: Understanding Contract Adjustments 29 comments
- May 25th BCI Podcast 8. Covered Call Writing Risk Reduction Comments Off on BCI Podcast 8. Covered Call Writing Risk Reduction
- May 23rd Myths and Misunderstandings About Covered Call Writing 20 comments
- May 18th BCI Podcast 7. Treasury Bond Yields and the Stock market Comments Off on BCI Podcast 7. Treasury Bond Yields and the Stock market
- May 16th Buyers Have Rights, Sellers Have Obligations: Covered Call Writing in a Nutshell 31 comments
- May 11th BCI Podcast 6. Trade Management with BRKS Comments Off on BCI Podcast 6. Trade Management with BRKS
- May 9th REITS: Good Covered Call Writing Candidates? A Real-Life Example with PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) 17 comments
- May 2nd Adjusting Target Goals with ETFs 25 comments
- April 27th BCI Podcast 4. Managing News Drive Gap Downs Comments Off on BCI Podcast 4. Managing News Drive Gap Downs
- April 25th Dividend Yield Should Be a Secondary Factor When Selecting Stocks for Our Covered Call Writing Portfolio 38 comments
- April 18th Put-Call Parity and Arbitrage Opportunities 23 comments
- April 11th Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy at the End of a Contract 49 comments
- April 4th Strike Selection Using Technical Analysis and Market Assessment 25 comments
- March 28th Collar Calculations: Adding Protective Puts to our Covered Call Trades 40 comments
- March 21st Volatility and the Post-Crash Decade 32 comments
- March 14th Technical Charts: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words- A Real-Life Example with The Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ: WEN) 25 comments
- March 7th Comparing Call and Put Strategies with Paylocity Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: PCTY) 20 comments
- February 29th Creating “Dividends” for Non-Dividend Stocks: A Real-Life Example with PAYC 24 comments
- February 22nd 20%/10% Guidelines for Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling: Same Name, Different Circumstances 47 comments
- February 15th Comparing the Cost-to-Close with Initial Trade Goal 27 comments
- February 12th Ask Alan #167 What is “Seeking Alpha?” 4 comments
- February 8th Protective Puts and The Poor Man’s Covered Call 21 comments
- February 1st Comparing ITM Calls and OTM Puts in Bear Markets 34 comments
- January 25th Realized Versus Unrealized Capital Gains: A Real-Life Example with GWRE 29 comments
- January 18th Covered Call Writing Quiz: Evaluating a Series of Trades 17 comments
- January 11th Should I Unwind My Covered Call Trade 1 Week Prior to Contract Expiration?: A Real-Life Example with Alibaba Group 34 comments
- January 4th Rolling Decisions on Expiration Friday: A Real-Life Example with Veeva Systems 22 comments
2019
- December 28th Evaluating Stock Purchase Price and Breakeven When Rolling Out-And-Up 16 comments
- December 21st Is This Trade a Winner or a Loser?: A Real-Life Example with XLE 34 comments
- December 14th Analyzing 4-Day and 2-Month Trades with XBI 20 comments
- December 7th Combining In-The-Money Strikes and Stock Dividends to Provide Protection in Bear Markets + Holiday Discounts 18 comments
- November 30th Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Lost Opportunity to Generate Cash with Facebook + Black Friday Discount through Monday 54 comments
- November 23rd Making Money with Technology Stocks: Investing with QQQ 20 comments
- November 16th In-The-Money Cash-Secured Puts: Allow Exercise or Roll the Option When Using the PCP Strategy? 36 comments
- November 9th Expiration Dates versus Expiration Times: Important Clarifications 15 comments
- November 2nd Selling Deep In-The-Money Calls to Exit Stock Positions 27 comments
- October 26th Implied Volatility and Expected Price Movement of our Stocks During the Life of a Contract 47 comments
- October 19th Delta as the Sole Criteria for Covered Call Writing Strike Selection 30 comments
- October 12th Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month: A Real-Life Example with KMX 10 comments
- October 5th Rolling Deep OTM Puts to a Higher Strike: A Viable Mid-Contract Strategy? 23 comments
- September 28th Why Was My Short Out-Of-The-Money Put Exercised? 39 comments
- September 21st Converting a Covered Call Trade to a Collar Trade: An Analysis Using ALXN 24 comments
- September 14th Stock Selection: Using Secondary Parameters from Our Premium Stock Reports 23 comments
- September 7th Can We Manage Our In-The-Money Strikes to Create a No-Risk Investment Strategy? 15 comments
- August 31st Timing Our Covered Call Trades: The Best Time to Sell Our Options After Buying the Stock 20 comments
- August 24th “Hitting a Double” with XBI: Earn $100 in Four Minutes 18 comments
- August 17th Using the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) for Our Strike Price Selection 40 comments
- August 10th Covered Puts Are NOT Cash-Secured Puts 16 comments
- August 3rd Collar Trades When Call Strikes Move Deep In-The-Money: A Real-Life Example with TEAM 39 comments
- July 27th Blackjack and Covered Call Writing: Throwing the Odds in Our Favor with PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) 46 comments
- July 20th Rolling Out-And-Up: Explaining “Bought-Up” Value 33 comments
- July 13th Interpreting Exit Strategy Calculations Versus Final Calculations 26 comments
- July 6th Covered Call Writing with a Biotech Company: A Real-Life Example with Argenx (NASDAQ: ARGX) 26 comments
- June 29th In-The-Money Covered Calls: Intrinsic Value Protects Time Value: A Real-Life Example with TEAM + New Tool Coming Soon 27 comments
- June 22nd Structuring a Poor Man’s Covered Call Trade with The Coca-Cola Company 28 comments
- June 15th Cash-Secured Call Options 38 comments
- June 8th Let’s Take a Test: Can You Answer Correctly? 13 comments
- June 1st Stock Repair Strategy: Breakeven Versus Loss-Reduction Objectives 36 comments
- May 25th “Hitting a Double” or “Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy”: Which Exit Strategy Did I Just Use? 29 comments
- May 18th Portfolio Overwriting with Weekly Options 30 comments
- May 11th Selling Cash-Secured Puts to Lower Cost basis 20 comments
- May 4th Mean Analyst Ratings (MAR) 24 comments
- April 27th Combining Covered Call Writing and the Stock Repair Strategy 37 comments
- April 20th Using The Ellman Calculator to Monitor “Hitting a Double” Results 31 comments
- April 13th Analyzing a Rolling Down Trade During an Extreme Short-Term Market Decline 28 comments
- April 6th When Should We Execute Our Option-Selling Trades? 21 comments
- March 30th Should We Add a Short Put to Our Collar Trades? 22 comments
- March 23rd Mean Analyst Rating (MAR): A New Addition to Our Premium Reports 18 comments
- March 16th An Annualized Return of 5000% and Feeling Miserable: Interpreting Our Covered Call Trades 42 comments
- March 9th Strike Price Selection When Selling Cash-Secured Puts: A Real-Life Example with WWE 24 comments
- March 2nd VIX Covered Call Writing: Selling Options Against Market Volatility 22 comments
- February 23rd Treasury Bond Yields and the Stock Market 27 comments
- February 16th Trade Management: A Real-Life Example with Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) 31 comments
- February 9th Volatility Skews: Defined, Explained and Updated 27 comments
- February 2nd Timing Our Covered Call Trades: Joanna’s Tale of “DOH” 23 comments
- January 26th Managing News-Driven Gap-Downs: A Real-Life Example with Stamp.Com 33 comments
- January 19th Converting Non-Dividend Stocks Into Dividend Stocks 14 comments
- January 12th Why Covered Call Writing Outperforms the Overall Market 22 comments
- January 5th “Hitting a Double” Calculations with The Ellman Calculator 12 comments
2018
- December 29th Managing Earnings Reports on Long-Term Holdings 13 comments
- December 22nd What Covered Call Writing Has Meant To Me: A Financial Advisor’s Perspective by Guest Author Kevin Crowe 25 comments
- December 15th Protective Puts and the Collar Strategy: Selecting the Best Strike Prices/ Last Chance for Holiday Orders 10 comments
- December 8th Understanding the “Paid-Up” Risk When Rolling Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with FIVE 21 comments
- December 1st “Hitting a Double” Using a Lower Strike Price 27 comments
- November 24th Multi-Leg Option Trades: Understanding Calculations and Results 23 comments
- November 17th Evaluating an Initial Covered Call Writing Portfolio 23 comments
- November 10th Price Charts Tell a Story and Provide Guidance in Formulating Our Investment Strategies 25 comments
- November 3rd After-Hours Bid – Ask Spreads Can Be Deceiving 35 comments
- October 27th Dow 30 Stocks and Covered Call Writing: Implementing the Premium Blue Chip Report 32 comments
- October 20th Increasing Capital Gains When Selling Stock: Another Use for Covered call Writing 25 comments
- October 13th Stock Repair Strategy: Using Stock Options to Reduce Losses When Stock Price Declines 50 comments
- October 6th Covered Call Writing with Only One Security 22 comments
- September 29th Strike Selection for Portfolio Overwriting Low Cost-Basis Stocks 31 comments
- September 22nd Establishing Our Option-Selling Goals: Total Portfolio Versus Individual Stock Perspectives 30 comments
- September 15th Buying Low and Selling High Also Applies to Option-Selling 23 comments
- September 8th Compounding Our Option-Selling Profits To The Highest Levels 24 comments
- September 1st Rolling Out-And-Up And Then Stock Price Declines 26 comments
- August 25th Early Exercise Due to Dividend Capture: Theoretical and Practical Applications 20 comments
- August 18th Factors to Consider When Closing a Trade Early: A Real-Life Example with ATVI 16 comments
- August 11th Position Management in the Final Week of a Contract: A Real-Life Example with FIVE 15 comments
- August 4th Evaluating the Success of our Covered Call Trades 24 comments
- July 28th Understanding the Impact Implied Volatility has on Delta 28 comments
- July 21st Is There Less Risk Using Deep In-The-Money Long Calls versus Covered Call Writing? 33 comments
- July 14th Rolling Down Our Put Positions: When and Why? 25 comments
- July 7th Evaluating a Portfolio from a Numerical Perspective 22 comments
- June 30th American Depository Receipts and Special 1-Time Cash Dividends/ Discount Coupons for New Book & Calculators 20 comments
- June 23rd Generating 2% – 4% in Bull Markets: How to Take Advantage of Out-Of-The-Money Strikes 32 comments
- June 16th Combining Dividend Capture with Covered Call Writing: Pros and Cons 17 comments
- June 9th The Mysteries of a Put Sale 21 comments
- June 2nd Technical Analysis Impacting Stock Eligibility for Option-Selling 21 comments
- May 26th Rolling Out-And-Up: Explaining the “Bought-Up” Value of our Stocks 26 comments
- May 19th In-The-Money Call Strikes: Intrinsic Value Protects Time Value 44 comments
- May 12th The Covered Strangle: Selling Both Call and Put Options while Owning the Underlying Stock 30 comments
- May 5th What Criteria Should We Use to Close our Covered Call Positions Early? 32 comments
- April 28th Should We Close Our Deep-In-The-Money Strike or Allow Assignment? 25 comments
- April 21st Selecting Deep In-The-Money Strikes: A Real-Life Example 48 comments
- April 14th Writing Naked Calls on Poorly-Performing Stocks 37 comments
- April 7th Inverse Exchange-Traded Funds versus Shorting Stocks 19 comments
- March 31st Reasons for Early Exercise 21 comments
- March 24th Special 1-Time Cash Dividends and Strike Prices of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) 31 comments
- March 17th Hitting a Double with News-Related Market Overreactions 36 comments
- March 10th Protecting Unrealized Profits When Share Price Accelerates 25 comments
- March 3rd Stocks Moving On and Off our Premium Stock List: A Technical Perspective 28 comments
- February 24th Stock Splits Can Cause Panic: Relax, All is Well 42 comments
- February 17th Market Volatility and VIX-Based Exchange-Traded Notes 26 comments
- February 10th Seeking the Highest Option Premiums is a Losing Strategy 31 comments
- February 3rd Rolling Option Considerations: A Real-Life Example with BEAT 46 comments
- January 27th Setting Stop Loss Orders for Covered Call Writing 26 comments
- January 20th Shorting a Stock: A Viable Bear-Market Strategy? 33 comments
- January 13th Managing Winning Trades for High Implied Volatility Stocks 29 comments
- January 6th The Collar Strategy from a Delta Perspective 52 comments
2017
- December 30th Volume Versus “Deliverable Volume” Explained and Analyzed 36 comments
- December 23rd Arbitrage: Part II 25 comments
- December 16th Arbitrage: Part I 55 comments
- December 9th Should Ex-Dividend Dates Be Treated the Same as Earnings Report Dates? 38 comments
- December 2nd Price Gaps and the Need for Exit Strategy Execution 42 comments
- November 25th Russell Rebalancing Day: A Cause for Concern? 54 comments
- November 18th Beware of High Premium Returns 68 comments
- November 11th Mitigating Losses After a Disappointing Earnings Pre-Announcement 41 comments
- November 4th Executing Trades Based on Ex-Dividend Dates 23 comments
- October 28th Rolling Out-And-Up in Our Buy-And-Hold Portfolios 51 comments
- October 21st Pros and Cons of Covered Call Writing: Calculation Perspective 69 comments
- October 14th Long-Term Capital Gains Enhanced with Covered Call Writing 27 comments
- October 7th Buying Back Put Options When Share Price Gaps Up: A Real-Life Example with AVGO 56 comments
- September 30th Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report: A Real-Life Example with AVGO 44 comments
- September 23rd Earnings Reports and Rolling Options 38 comments
- September 16th Selecting the Best Put Strike Based on Overall Market Assessment 33 comments
- September 9th Why Would a Call Buyer Exercise, Rather than Sell, an In-The-Money Call Option? 38 comments
- September 2nd ETF Index Tracker Proposed Strategy: A Risk-Free Investment? 43 comments
- August 26th Naked Options versus Covered Options: Where Should We Take a Stand? 45 comments
- August 19th Why Option Buyers Pay More for In-The-Money Strikes 58 comments
- August 12th Determining the Delta of our Strikes Using the Airport Formula 28 comments
- August 5th When Strikes Move Deep In-The-Money: A Real-Life Trade 58 comments
- July 29th Writing Covered Call Options to Compensate for Share Depreciation 54 comments
- July 22nd Earnings Pre-Announcements Explained and Categorized 84 comments
- July 15th Why the 3% Guideline Applies to Puts but Not to Call Options 89 comments
- July 8th Tax Implications of Writing Covered Calls against Long-Term Holdings 72 comments
- July 1st Special 1-Time Cash Dividends for Stocks with Improving Technicals 49 comments
- June 24th Temporary Self-Loans for the Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy 66 comments
- June 17th Managing Great Stocks After Disappointing Earnings Reports 42 comments
- June 10th Selling LEAPS and Covered Call Writing 28 comments
- June 3rd Using Technical Indicators to Assist with Strike Selection 30 comments
- May 27th Setting Up a Covered Call Trade by First Selling an Out-Of-The-Money Put 30 comments
- May 20th Indexing: A Key Component to Successful Long-Term Investing 23 comments
- May 13th Is Covered Call Writing a Zero Sum Game? Let’s Do the Math 46 comments
- May 6th Should We Favor Put-Selling Over Covered Call Writing? 37 comments
- April 29th Calculations When an Unexpected Earnings Report is about to be Released 39 comments
- April 22nd Covered Calls and Dividends: A Proposed Strategy 41 comments
- April 15th New Broker Rule: The Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule for Retirement Accounts 21 comments
- April 8th Probability Analysis when Using Covered Call Writing or Selling Cash-Secured Puts 24 comments
- April 1st Mini Options for Equities and Exchange-Traded Funds: A Failing Product 39 comments
- March 25th When Do We Keep a Stock that has Declined in Value? 24 comments
- March 18th What is the Best Time to Execute Our Trades? 41 comments
- March 11th Put-Selling in Margin Accounts 50 comments
- March 4th Establishing a Blue Chip Covered Call Portfolio 14 comments
- February 25th Short-Term Trades with High Returns: Evaluating a Real-Life Example 25 comments
- February 18th Selling In-The-Money Puts to Generate Higher Premiums: Evaluating a Real-Life Trade 39 comments
- February 11th Avoiding Earnings Reports: Two Common Sense Perspectives 25 comments
- February 4th Exit Strategy Selectivity: Can We Implement Too Many Exit Strategies? 19 comments
- January 28th 20%/10% Guidelines: Calculating Cost Basis and Option Premium After Rolling Out And Up 24 comments
- January 21st Technical Analysis Indicators for Long and Short-Term Portfolios 28 comments
- January 14th Over-Trading Our Option Positions: Good for Brokers, Not Good For Us 22 comments
- January 7th Evaluating the Performance of our Mutual Funds and Financial Advisors 22 comments
2016
- December 31st Rolling Out-and-Up After Understanding the Math 36 comments
- December 23rd Reverse Splits and Unreliable Options Chains 17 comments
- December 17th Executing Exit Strategies in a Timely Manner 23 comments
- December 10th Comparing Covered Call Writing and Selling Cash-Secured Puts 22 comments
- December 3rd Cost To Close Our Short Option Positions: Calls and Puts 37 comments
- November 26th Earnings Pre-Announcements: Overview and Practical Application 37 comments
- November 19th Using Multiple Premium Reports to Fund our Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling Portfolios 22 comments
- November 12th Expiration Friday Exit Strategy Decisions For In-The-Money Strikes 25 comments
- November 5th Psychology of Stock and Option Investing: Ten Years of Observations 19 comments
- October 29th How To Generate Cash With Elite Stocks: Three Perspectives 20 comments
- October 22nd Leveraged ETFs and Margin Accounts for High-Risk Traders Only 26 comments
- October 15th Locating Stocks During the Heart of Earnings Season 22 comments
- October 8th Will My Broker Automatically Exercise Options That Expire In-The-Money? 17 comments
- October 1st Poor Man’s Covered Call: Practical Application 46 comments
- September 24th Exercise Of Options From The Call Buyer’s Perspective 21 comments
- September 17th Using Delta to Determine the Amount of Risk in Our Option-Selling Positions 22 comments
- September 10th Calculation Rules: Making Sense Of A Trade That Makes No Sense 17 comments
- September 3rd Employee Stock Options Compared to Listed Options 23 comments
- August 27th Open Interest: How it’s Calculated and Why it’s Important 20 comments
- August 20th Generating Income on Stocks Already Owned 35 comments
- August 13th Rolling Options Using the Ellman Calculator 31 comments
- August 6th Protective Puts and Earnings Reports 17 comments
- July 30th Setting the 20%/10% Guidelines After Rolling out-And-Up 22 comments
- July 23rd GAAP versus Non-GAAP Earnings: Challenges of Fundamental Analysis 26 comments
- July 16th Why and When We are NOT Losing Money If We Buy Back an Option for More Money than We Received 27 comments
- July 9th The Relationship Between Delta and the Time Value of our Options 26 comments
- July 2nd Rolling Up When Selling Puts To Buy A Stock At A Discount 38 comments
- June 25th Why We Should Avoid ATM and ITM Put Strikes in Bear Markets + A Discussion of Brexit 26 comments
- June 18th Naked Call Sellers VS. Covered Call Writers: Different Perspectives 23 comments
- June 11th Exchange-Traded Fund Option-Selling in Bear Markets 34 comments
- June 4th Protective Puts: Selecting the Best Strike Price 19 comments
- May 28th Gamma: The Delta of Delta Impacting Exit Strategy Opportunities 9 comments
- May 21st Jim Cramer’s Stocks and Covered Call Writing 35 comments
- May 14th Portfolio Overwriting: Should We Sell 1-Month or 2-Month Expirations? 24 comments
- May 7th When is it Appropriate to Use Covered Call Writing? A New Perspective 21 comments
- April 30th Defensive Call and Put Positions in Bear and Volatile Markets 24 comments
- April 23rd Delta Defined from Three Perspectives 25 comments
- April 16th Comparing Similar Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling Positions 32 comments
- April 9th Greeks Spreadsheet Showing the Impact of Time to Expiration, Volatility and Stock Price Change on Option Value 24 comments
- April 2nd How Bankruptcy Impacts Call and Put Options 28 comments
- March 26th Comparing Implied Volatility and Historical Volatility During Earnings Season 18 comments
- March 19th Creating Multiple Income Streams in the Same Month when Selling Puts 21 comments
- March 12th Delta and Theta and their Impact on our Covered Call and Put-Selling Positions 33 comments
- March 5th Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month: Comparing Before and After Scenarios 28 comments
- February 27th How to Select Replacement Stocks Mid-Contract 25 comments
- February 20th The CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT): An Explanation and Evaluation of Lessons Learned 21 comments
- February 13th Gold ETFs and Implied Volatility in Bear Markets 22 comments
- February 6th What Do Bernie Madoff and Covered Call Writing Have In Common? 24 comments
- January 30th Delta and Declining Stocks: Comparing Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling 26 comments
- January 23rd Covered Call Writing and Inverse ETFs: Generating Cash in Extreme Bear Markets 33 comments
- January 16th Using Out-Of-The-Money Puts and In-The-Money Calls to Manage Bear Markets 23 comments
- January 9th Spin-offs and How they Impact Option Chains and Calculations 27 comments
- January 2nd How to Use Weeklys and the Premium Stock Reports for Covered Call Writing During Earnings Season 17 comments
2015
- December 30th 2016 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions from The Blue Collar Investor 1 comment
- December 26th Why Would Call Option Value Decline If Stock Price Rises? Evaluating Option Greeks 17 comments
- December 19th Using a Zero-Dollar Collar to Protect Low Cost Basis Stocks 17 comments
- December 12th What is Beta-Weighting? 16 comments
- December 5th Can We Use Deep-In-The-Money Puts to Buy a Stock at a Discount? 29 comments
- November 28th Moneyness of Options: Why Call and Put Premiums for the Same Stock, Strike and Expiration can be so Different/ CONTEST DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30th 20 comments
- November 21st Rolling Down with CALM: Turning Losses into Gains 25 comments
- November 14th Mechanics of LEAPS 22 comments
- November 7th A Review of Volatility and its Impact on Option-Selling 20 comments
- October 31st LEAPS and Covered Call Writing: A Review and a Hypothetical Example/ Contest Application 25 comments
- October 24th Using Volatility to Predict Future Stock Prices 41 comments
- October 17th Mergers and Acquisitions: Part II- Stock and Cash Mergers 22 comments
- October 14th Protected: Ask Alan #115- “Differences between Call and Put Premiums Enter your password to view comments.
- October 10th Mergers and Acquisitions: Part I- All Cash Mergers 16 comments
- October 3rd Myths and Misconceptions about Covered Call Writing 19 comments
- September 26th Calculating the Greeks Using an Options Calculator 25 comments
- September 19th Put-Call Parity and Synthetic Trades: Understanding Option Pricing 24 comments
- September 12th How To Use Weekly Options To Avoid Earnings Reports 26 comments
- September 5th Using Puts and SelectSector SPDRs to Create an Ultra-Conservative Option-Selling Strategy 26 comments
- August 29th VIX Volatility Options: A Place In Our Covered Call Writing Portfolio? 32 comments
- August 22nd Percentage Of Options Expiring Worthless: Debunking A Myth 17 comments
- August 21st Emergency Management Report: Dealing with Volatile and Bearish Markets:Re-Publication 2 comments
- August 15th Short Interest Explained 26 comments
- August 8th Selling Cash-Secured Puts On An Index 8 comments
- August 1st Rolling Out Decisions: Evaluating a Real Life Trade 18 comments
- July 25th Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month: Evaluating a Real-Life Trade 20 comments
- July 18th Ex-Dividend Dates: Rules for Standard and Special Dividends 28 comments
- July 11th How to Generate 10% Per Year in Bear Markets by Selling Stock Options 24 comments
- July 4th Premium Stock Reports: Final Selections for Our Option-Selling Portfolios 29 comments
- June 27th Short Selling and Covered Call Writing 16 comments
- June 20th How To Negotiate Better Option Prices Using The “Show Or Fill Rule” / $30 Rebate Expiring 33 comments
- June 13th ASHR: Exchange-Traded Fund in the Spotlight 24 comments
- June 6th Why Are Call Premiums Larger Than Put premiums For Near-The-Money Strikes? 12 comments
- May 30th How To Use Puts To Buy A Stock That Has Gapped Up 15 comments
- May 23rd Option Liquidity: When Is Vol(ume) Greater Than Open Interest? 21 comments
- May 16th Why do Call Buyers Exercise Early Prior to the Ex-Dividend Date? 30 comments
- May 9th Covered Call Writing And Dividend Capture: Evaluating A Proposed Strategy 13 comments
- May 2nd Delta And The Moneyness of Options 15 comments
- April 25th Implied Volatility of ETFs and our Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling Decisions 16 comments
- April 18th What Are Wash Sales And Wash Trading? Are They The Same? 18 comments
- April 11th Using Fundamental Analysis To Screen For Option-Selling Stocks 23 comments
- April 4th Selling Cash-Secured Puts Instead Of Placing Limit Orders 20 comments
- March 28th Evaluating Returns When Rolling Out And Up 23 comments
- March 21st Capital Gains (Losses) For Selling Cash-Secured Puts In Non-Sheltered Accounts 17 comments
- March 14th Capital Gains (Losses) For Covered Call Writing In Non-Sheltered Accounts 28 comments
- March 7th Airline Stocks Now “Banned” From Covered Call Writing And Put-Selling Strategies 22 comments
- February 28th How To Use Implied Volatility In Our Covered Call Writing Decisions 38 comments
- February 21st Using Beta To Capture Higher Premium Returns 29 comments
- February 14th Economic Reports And Our Covered Call Writing Decisions 33 comments
- February 7th How Much Did That Stock Cost Us?/ How Much Did We Receive When We Sold It?/When Options Are Exercised 20 comments
- January 31st Implied Volatility: More Important Than Historical Volatility To Covered Call Writers And Put-Sellers 16 comments
- January 24th When Do We Sell Our Covered Call Writing Stocks? 23 comments
- January 17th Exchange-Traded Funds: Funding Option-Selling Portfolios With ETFs 30 comments
- January 10th Generating Profit When Share Price Declines 10% In Two Months 23 comments
- January 3rd What Is Portfolio Margining? 27 comments
- January 1st Alan’s 2015 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions 2 comments
2014
- December 27th Option Prices: The Role Of Interest Rates And Dividends 12 comments
- December 20th Covered Combinations: Merging Covered Call Writing and Put-Selling into One Strategy 14 comments
- December 13th Using Put-Selling To Enter A Covered Call Trade At A Discount 27 comments
- December 6th Comparing Covered Call Writing And Put Selling In Bear Markets 11 comments
- November 29th Comparing Covered Call Writing And Put Selling In Bull Markets 30 comments
- November 22nd Covered Call Writing With Protective Puts: A Proposed Strategy 18 comments
- November 15th RHO: Why Interest Rates Effect Our Option Premiums 13 comments
- November 8th Implied Volatility: General Market Conditions That Make Option Values Move Up Or Down 13 comments
- November 1st Closing Our Entire Covered Call Position When Share Price Rises: The Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy 21 comments
- October 29th What I wish for you 5 comments
- October 25th Evaluating Brokerages And Comparing Their Commissions 17 comments
- October 18th Emergency Management Report: Dealing with Volatile and Bearish Markets 17 comments
- October 11th Options Clearing Corporation: Guaranteeing Our Options Trades 7 comments
- October 4th “Moneyness” Of Call And Put Options: Understanding Strike Prices 2 comments
- September 27th Should I Enter My Trades On Expiration Friday Or The Following Monday? 18 comments
- September 20th Why Covered Call ETFs Under-Perform 14 comments
- September 13th Index Options And Exchange-Traded Funds Options: A Comparison 7 comments
- September 6th How To Maximize Covered Call Writing Returns By Understanding Time Value and Theta 6 comments
- August 30th How To Avoid Early Exercise When Dividends Are About To Be Distributed 11 comments
- August 23rd Expanded Weekly Options: When Should We Enter A Trade? 30 comments
- August 16th Rolling Down And Stock Splits: A Real Life Example 35 comments
- August 9th Calculating Future Returns Using Delta 15 comments
- August 2nd Covered Puts Versus Covered Calls 20 comments
- July 26th ETF Option Trading vs. Index Option Trading 14 comments
- July 18th Writing Covered Calls On Broad Market Exchange-Traded Funds 17 comments
- July 12th Calculating 2-Month Returns When Rolling Out And Up 11 comments
- July 5th Weekly Stock Options For Covered Call Writing: Pros And Cons 14 comments
- July 4th Happy Independence Day! 1 comment
- June 28th Ellman Calculator: Enhancements Made In The 2014 Version 13 comments
- June 21st Am I Losing Money When Option Value Increases After Entering A Covered Call Position? 23 comments
- June 13th Closing A Covered Call Writing Position Mid-Contract: A Real Life Example 21 comments
- June 7th Combining Technical Analysis And Market Assessment To Determine Strike Selection 15 comments
- May 31st Simple Interest And Compound Interest 6 comments
- May 24th Deep In-The-Money Strikes: A Can’t Lose Strategy? 20 comments
- May 17th Covered Call Writing When There Is Overall Market Concern 19 comments
- May 10th Covered Call Writing With A Twist: Selling 2 Calls Per 100 Shares 9 comments
- May 3rd LEAPS As Stock Surrogates And Covered Call Writing 14 comments
- April 26th Vega: An Option Greek And How It Impacts Our Option Pemiums 15 comments
- April 19th Buy A Stock And Wait Before Selling The Option: Is This A Good Strategy? 9 comments
- April 12th The Role Of VIX and Market Volatility In Our Covered Call Writing Decisions 11 comments
- April 5th Calculating Protective Puts: The Collar Strategy 7 comments
- March 29th Exit Strategy Calculations vs. Final Calculations 11 comments
- March 22nd Option Premiums: How Intrinsic Value Protects Time Value 8 comments
- March 15th Early Exercise: I Don’t Want To Sell My AAPL Shares 10 comments
- March 8th Managing Covered Call Trades While Working A Full-Time Job 17 comments
- March 1st Achieving The Highest Covered Call Writing Returns Using The Blackjack Analogy 18 comments
- February 22nd Mini Options: The Impact Of Commissions And Liquidity On Final Returns 11 comments
- February 15th Selecting A Specific Strike Price For Our Covered Call Positions 9 comments
- February 8th Real Life Covered Call Trade With PRLB 9 comments
- February 1st Implied Volatility And Our Premium Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Report 6 comments
- January 25th Rolling Out And Up To Capture Share Appreciation: A Good Idea? 7 comments
- January 18th Earnings Reports And Covered Call Writing In Our BCI Methodology 7 comments
- January 11th When Strike Prices Disappear: Contract Adjustments 5 comments
- January 4th Rolling Weekly Options & Covered Call Writing 11 comments
- January 1st Alan’s 2014 New Year’s Greeting & Resolutions 4 comments
2013
- December 28th Weekly Options: Standard And Expanded Expirations 10 comments
- December 21st Technical Analysis and Covered Call Decisions: Looking Back At KORS 11 comments
- December 14th Covered Call Writing And Contract Adjustments + Our Premium Report Is Getting Even Better 7 comments
- December 7th Using Covered Call Writing To Increase The Returns From A Buy And Hold Portfolio: Part II 7 comments
- November 30th Using Covered Call Writing To Increase The Returns From A Buy And Hold Portfolio: Part I 10 comments
- November 23rd Covered Call Writing: 1-Month vs. 2-Month Expiration Dates 15 comments
- November 16th MACD Histogram: A Lagging and Momentum Technical Indicator: Part II 11 comments
- November 9th “Negotiating” The Best Prices When Buying And Selling Options 6 comments
- November 2nd The Mechanics Of Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds: Appropriate For Covered Call Writers? 3 comments
- October 26th Stock Investing For Students: The Book I’ve Always Wanted To Write 10 comments
- October 19th MACD: A Lagging and Momentum Technical Indicator: Part I 8 comments
- October 12th Using Cash-Secured Puts To Enter Covered Call Positions 15 comments
- October 5th Covered Call Writing, Leveraged ETFs, Weekly Options and Protective Puts 8 comments
- September 28th After Hours (AHT)and Pre-Market Trading: Is It Right for Average Retail Investors? 5 comments
- September 21st Selling Deep Out Of The Money Covered Call Options 12 comments
- September 20th A look back at the FIRST Ask Alan Video… Comments Off on A look back at the FIRST Ask Alan Video…
- September 14th Profit And Loss Graphs For Covered Call Writing 11 comments
- September 7th When And Why Will My In-The-Money Strike Be Exercised? 9 comments
- August 31st Covered Call Writing: Setting Up A Stop Loss Order 9 comments
- August 24th Executing A Covered Call Trade: A Step By Step Look At Our Broker Statement 7 comments
- August 17th Why Has Covered Call Writing Become So Popular? Ask The Baby Boomers! 12 comments
- August 10th A Review Of Fundamental Analysis for Covered Call Writing 6 comments
- July 27th Unusual Options Activity: Speculation or Cheating? 6 comments
- July 20th Why Use Technical Analysis: An Example Of A Complete Technical Breakdown 14 comments
- July 13th Option Approval Levels For Our Brokerage Accounts 7 comments
- July 6th Analyzing The Time Value Of In-The-Money Strikes 5 comments
- June 29th Stock Exchanges: The New Way To Calculate Trading Volume 7 comments
- June 22nd The CBOE BuyWrite Index (BXM) vs. The BCI System 6 comments
- June 15th Special 1- Time Cash Dividends and Our Covered Call Positions 9 comments
- June 8th Setting Up A Technical Chart + An Example Of An Ideal Chart 14 comments
- June 1st Examining A Covered Call Trade 11 comments
- May 25th Stock Option Expiration Cycles: Beware Of Expiration Dates 4 comments
- May 18th Should I Roll My Option When The Stock Price Is DEEP In-The-Money? 17 comments
- May 11th Binary Options Are The Latest Rage, But Barely Like Traditional Options by Guest Author Tom Cleveland 3 comments
- May 4th Using LEAPS Covered Calls to Increase Dividend Yield 8 comments
- April 27th LEAPS And Covered Call Writing 4 comments
- April 20th Covered Call Writing In India 11 comments
- April 13th Covered Call Writing: Generating Additional Income When A Stock Price Gaps Up 7 comments
- April 6th How Quarterly Dividends Impact Our Covered Call Option Premiums 8 comments
- March 30th Covered Call Writing: The Case For 1-Month Options 10 comments
- March 23rd Covered Call Writing – Fundamental and Technical Analysis: Earnings and Price Strength Analysis 9 comments
- March 16th Sample Covered Call Portfolio Using The Current Premium Watch List 17 comments
- March 9th Setting Up Your Covered Call Portfolio Using The Ellman Calculator 9 comments
- March 2nd Mini Options- A New Product For Retail Investors 6 comments
- February 23rd Exchange-Traded Funds: How They Operate: The Pros And The Cons 7 comments
- February 16th The 10 Most Common Mistakes Made By Covered Call Writers And How To Avoid Them 11 comments
- February 7th Margin Accounts and Covered Call Writing 8 comments
- February 2nd Inverse Exchange-Traded Funds and Covered Call Writing 13 comments
- January 26th Put-Call Parity: Understanding Option Pricing 8 comments
- January 19th Complex and Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds 12 comments
- January 12th Early Exercise and Assignment of Options 10 comments
- January 7th Just Alan – Behind The Scenes Preview of AAII Event 2 comments
- January 5th Why Some In-The-Money Strikes Are NOT Exercised; A Real Life Example 8 comments
2012
- December 29th What Is Slippage And How Does It Impact Our Trading Success? 12 comments
- December 22nd How Will the Dividend Tax Increase Affect Covered Call Writers? By Guest Author Laurie Itkin 7 comments
- December 15th Technical Analysis: Bar Charts vs. Candlestick Charts 4 comments
- December 8th Portfolio Overwriting- Selling Covered Calls on Stocks You Want to Keep. 12 comments
- December 1st Covered Call Writing and Exchange-Traded Funds 9 comments
- November 24th S&P Futures and Fair Value. 4 comments
- November 17th Executing Covered Call Trades: The Buy-Write Combination Form. 6 comments
- November 10th Factors that Influence Option Value + The Black-Scholes Model 5 comments
- November 3rd Exiting a Covered Call Position Prior to Earnings by Guest Author Laurie Itkin 6 comments
- October 27th Protective Puts: Using The Collar Strategy During Volatile Markets 10 comments
- October 20th Volatility Skew- Understanding Option Premiums Over Different Time Frames and Strikes 13 comments
- October 13th Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)- How Financial Advisors Invest Your Money 12 comments
- October 6th Mastering Covered Call Writing: Learning From Your Mistakes by guest author Laurie Itkin 9 comments
- September 29th “Hitting a Double”- A Bullish Early-Contract Exit Strategy 10 comments
- September 22nd Delta and Our Covered Call Writing Decisions 10 comments
- September 15th Compounding our Covered Call Writing Profits 13 comments
- September 12th Ask Alan – Early Exercise of Covered Call Options 2 comments
- September 8th “Pinning the Strike”: A Covered Call Writing Consideration 16 comments
- September 5th Ask Alan – Finalizing Our Covered Call Watch List and Stock Selection 1 comment
- September 1st Put Selling and Covered Call Writing 23 comments
- August 29th Ask Alan – Low Open Interest & Large Bid Ask Spread 7 comments
- August 25th Support and Resistance: Technical Analysis for Covered Call Writing 12 comments
- August 22nd Ask Alan – Delta and Covered Call Writing 1 comment
- August 19th Ask Alan – Calculating the Target Price of a Stock Comments Off on Ask Alan – Calculating the Target Price of a Stock
- August 18th Selecting The Best Strike Price 22 comments
- August 15th Ask Alan – When to Enter Your Covered Call Trades 2 comments
- August 11th In-The-Money Strikes and Covered Call Writing 16 comments
- August 8th Ask Alan – Strike Selection and Covered Call Writing 2 comments
- August 5th Ask Alan – When You Close Your Covered Call Position Prior to Expiration Friday 2 comments
- August 4th Moving Averages And Our Covered Call Selections 17 comments
- August 1st Ask Alan – IBD 7% / 8% Rule or BCI 20% / 10% Guideline 6 comments
- July 28th Covered Call Writing: The Elite Calculator and the Schedule D 17 comments
- July 21st Covered Call Writing: Should We Use Stop Loss Orders? 17 comments
- July 14th Implied Volatility and Our Covered Call Writing Premiums 18 comments
- July 7th Greeks: Factors that Influence our Covered Call Premiums 23 comments
- June 30th How Our Trade Orders Are Executed For Covered Call Writing 17 comments
- June 18th Out-Of-The-Money Strike Prices: Pros and Cons for Covered Call Writing 17 comments
- June 16th Covered Call Writing Exchange-Traded Funds 22 comments
- June 9th Open Interest and Volume plus Non-Standard Options 19 comments
- June 2nd Facebook and the Greenshoe Option 19 comments
- May 26th Playing the Bid-Ask Spread When Selling Covered Call Options 19 comments
- May 19th Analyzing a Covered Call Trade by Barry Bergman, Director of Research, The Blue Collar Investor Corp. 26 comments
- May 12th Covered Call Writing Premiums: Intrinsic Value + Time Value 23 comments
- May 5th Entering Our Covered Call Positions Mid-Contract 27 comments
- April 28th Covered Call Writing and the Blue Collar Premium Report 29 comments
- April 21st Covered Call Writing and Stock Option Expiration Cycles 40 comments
- April 14th Beta: Another Tool to Enhance our Covered Call Returns 18 comments
- April 7th Covered Call Writing and The Yield Curve 18 comments
- March 31st Covered Call Writing and The CBOE’s Volatility Index (VIX) 47 comments
- March 24th Covered Call Writing: Types of Customer Orders 26 comments
- March 17th Using Multiple Exit Strategies in the Same Contract Month 32 comments
- March 10th Covered Call Writing- Using the Multiple Tab of the Ellman Calculator 31 comments
- March 3rd Technical Analysis: How to Use Volume in our Covered Call Decisions 27 comments
- February 25th Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy: A Real Life Example 48 comments
- February 18th Covered Call Writing: Stock Options with Additional Expiration Months 42 comments
- February 11th Covered Call Writing Using The Blue Collar Methodology 51 comments
- February 4th Portfolio Management- Organized Lists To Improve Our Option Profits For Covered Call Writing 38 comments
- January 28th Covered Call Writing: Factors That Affect The Value Of Our Option Premiums 30 comments
- January 21st Covered Call Writing: Mid-Contract Unwind Exit Strategy 41 comments
- January 14th Covered Call Writing and Holding a Stock Through an Earnings Report 33 comments
- January 13th [BCI Podcast] Beginners Corner Lesson 2: Option Basics 1 comment
- January 7th The Stochastic Oscillator- A Momentum Technical Indicator 44 comments
2011
- December 31st Strike Price Selection- A Critical Covered Call Decision 22 comments
- December 24th Covered Call Writing: Managing Stocks That Have Gapped Down 21 comments
- December 17th Constructing Your Covered Call Portfolio During Earnings Season 37 comments
- December 10th Setting Up a Covered Call Portfolio-Diversification and Cash Allocation 31 comments
- December 3rd Constructing a Covered Call Portfolio Using Select Sector SPDRS 33 comments
- November 26th The Case for 1-Month Options 35 comments
- November 19th Pump and Dump Scams 24 comments
- November 12th Rolling Strategies On Or Near Expiration Friday 26 comments
- November 5th What is “Left Tail Risk” and How is it Impacting our Stock Portfolios? 51 comments
- October 29th Investor Psychology and the Need for Structured Plans 25 comments
- October 22nd Dollar-Cost Averaging- An Investment Technique for You? 41 comments
- October 15th Stock Splits and their Impact on our Option Contracts 30 comments
- October 8th Penny Stocks: I’ll Have the Salad 28 comments
- October 1st How to Read an Option Chain 61 comments
- July 30th Margin Accounts and Covered Call Writing 30 comments
- July 23rd Setting Up Your Portfolio Using the Ellman Calculator and the Premium Report 33 comments
- July 16th LEAPS and Covered Call Writing 43 comments
- July 9th The Case for 1-Month Options 34 comments
- July 2nd Common Stock vs. Preferred Stock 37 comments
- June 25th Fundamental Ratios: P/E, PEG and PEGY 30 comments
- June 4th Flash Trading- The Pros and the Cons 42 comments
- May 21st What is Our Edge? Plus Stock Chart of the Week 33 comments
- March 5th Bernie Madoff Revisited 44 comments
- January 30th Short Selling: Positives and Negatives 70 comments
- January 15th The New Stock Market- Algorithmic and High Speed Trading 95 comments
- January 1st The Risk-Reward Profile for Covered Call Writing 55 comments
2010
- December 18th The Out-Of-The-Money Strike- Pros and Cons 38 comments
- December 11th Tax Information by Guest Author Owen Sargent, CPA 47 comments
- October 29th Penny Pilot Program 64 comments
- October 23rd Protective Puts- The Collar Strategy 60 comments
- September 26th Options That Expire Weekly and Conventional Expiration Cycles 92 comments
- September 19th Types of Customer Orders plus Update on BCSI 61 comments
- September 11th The CBOEs Volatility Index (VIX) 68 comments
- September 4th Volume- A Critical Technical Analysis Indicator 27 comments
- August 22nd Factors that Determine the Value of your Option Premium 32 comments
- August 14th Portfolio Management- Organized Lists Will Improve Our Option Profits 31 comments
- June 13th Triple Witching Friday- Coming to YOUR Portfolio on June 18th! 21 comments
- June 6th Theta-Time Decay of our Option Premiums 30 comments
- January 10th The Show or Fill Rule- More Cash for Us! plus a Spreadsheet for I-T-M Strikes 49 comments
- January 3rd Non-Standard Options- What they are and why we should avoid them 48 comments
2009
- December 6th Derivatives- Stock Options and More 24 comments
- November 21st Money Market Accounts and Money Market Funds- Where is Your Money Going? plus Industry in the Spotlight 25 comments
- September 5th Interest Rates and our Stock Market Investments 18 comments
- August 22nd Types of Customer Orders plus Industry in the Spotlight 16 comments
- August 8th Technical Market Theories:More Tools for the Technical Analyst plus Industry in the Spotlight 15 comments
- July 18th Using Leading Economic Indicators in our Covered Call Decisions 28 comments
- July 5th Using Covered Call Options to Increase the Value of Your Stock 11 comments
- June 28th Beware of Leveraged ETFs; The Changing Face of Exchange-Traded Funds 13 comments
- May 24th Dark Pool Liquidity- Secrets of the Institutional Investors 20 comments
- April 4th Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Covered Call Writing 24 comments
- March 29th Reverse Stock Splits and How they Effect our Option Contracts 19 comments
- March 22nd Tax Treatment of Covered Call Writing in Non-Sheltered Accounts 13 comments
- February 22nd The Blue Collar Stock Market Meets the S&P 500 11 comments
- February 15th Triple Witching Friday- Coming to YOUR Portfolio on March 20th! plus Industry in the Spotlight 13 comments
- January 18th The Option Buyer or the Option Seller: Which should you be? 18 comments
- January 11th Stop Loss Orders- Should We Use Them When Selling Covered Calls? 11 comments
- January 4th The Basics of the Call Option plus a Current Real Life Example 9 comments
2008
- December 21st The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme: A Validation of our Blue Collar Philosophy plus Tony C. checks in on Cramer 5 comments
- December 7th The New York Stock Exchange: Part of a Global Conglomerate and a Stock to Watch 5 comments
- November 23rd RECESSION- A NORMAL Part of the Business Cycle 15 comments
- November 1st MACROECONOMICS-The Government’s Influence Over our Investment Success 5 comments
- October 26th BLUE COLLAR INVESTOR Q&A- Your Questions Answered 6 comments
- October 19th MUTUAL FUNDS – The Answer in these Volatile Times? 6 comments
- October 12th A RIDICULOUS SUBPRIME FAIRYTALE plus Tony C. Checks Out Cramer 6 comments
- October 5th Commingling of Asset Classes plus History Tells Us Not To Worry 4 comments
- September 29th THE MYSTERY OF CORPORATE BONDS 4 comments
- September 14th HEDGE FUNDS AND THEIR EFFECT ON OUR INVESTMENTS Plus CSH, a Gem in Hiding 5 comments
- August 17th Overnight Millionaire or Victim of the Rig? Plus: My Readers Pick their Favorite Stocks 8 comments
- August 10th WHEN TO BUY BACK YOUR OPTION – EXPIRATION FRIDAY DILEMMA plus Industry in the Spotlight 7 comments
- July 27th EARNINGS REPORTS ARE TELLING US TO BUY STOCKS! 6 comments
- July 20th THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE VALUE OF YOUR OPTION PREMIUM plus Our Readers Pick their Favorite Stocks 19 comments
- June 26th BEING CEO OF YOUR OWN MONEY MEANS MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS plus Industry in the Spotlight 12 comments
- May 17th USING STOCK OPTIONS TO NEUTRALIZE NEGATIVE CASH FLOW PROPERTIES/ PART III- Evaluating our Investment 5 comments
- April 29th USING STOCK OPTIONS TO NEUTRALIZE NEGATIVE CASH FLOW PROPERTIES / PART II – Real Life Example 16 comments
- April 12th USING STOCK OPTIONS TO NEUTRALIZE NEGATIVE CASH FLOW PROPERTIES 10 comments
- March 9th RECESSION AND STAGFLATION- How do we respond? 3 comments
- January 28th DEALING WITH VOLATILE MARKETS-The Media Experts vs. The Blue Collar Investor 10 comments
- January 10th HOW A BLUE COLLAR INVESTOR MANAGES A VOLITILE MARKET 3 comments
2007
- December 26th BEWARE OF WINDOW DRESSING! Comments Off on BEWARE OF WINDOW DRESSING!
- December 14th Locating SAFE STOCKS in a VOLATILE MARKET 1 comment
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