2022
- June 25th Mitigating Losses by Rolling-Down During a Severe Market Decline: The BCI Trade Management Calculator in Action + New Book Discount Code + Free Webinar Registration Link 7 comments
- June 22nd BCI PODCAST 83: Setting Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Manner Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- June 8th Ask Alan 195: Will the Upcoming Dividend Cause My Shares to Be Sold? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- April 13th BCI PODCAST 51 Timing Our Covered Call Trades Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- February 20th Poor Man’s Covered Call: Selecting the Best LEAPS Strike 24 comments
- February 16th BCI PODCAST 43 Converting a Covered Call Trade to a Collar Trade Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- January 23rd Delta and Strike Price Selection 32 comments
- January 19th BCI PODCAST 39: Using the VIX for Strike Price Selection Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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? Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 25. “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble Covered Call Writing Exit Strategies Leave a comment
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 24. Using Covered Call Writing and Stock Dividends in Low Interest Rate Environments Leave a comment
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 23. Covered Call Writing with Weekly Options Portfolio Overwriting with Weeklys Leave a comment
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 22. A Covered Call Writing Alternative to Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month Leave a comment
- October 1st BCI PODCAST 21. When To Execute Our Option Selling Trades Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- September 9th BCI PODCAST 19. Using the Ellman Calculator to Monitor “Hititng a Double” Trades Leave a comment
- September 9th BCI Podcast 3. Converting Non Dividend Stocks to Dividend Stocks Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- August 27th BCI PODCAST 17. COMBINING Covered Call Writing and the Stock Repair Strategy Leave a comment
- August 27th BCI Podcast 16. VIX Covered Call Writing Selling Stock Options on Market Volatility Leave a comment
- August 27th BCI PODCAST 15. Strike Selection When Selling Puts Leave a comment
- August 26th BCI Podcast 2. Why CCW Outperforms Overall Market Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- August 14th BCI PODCAST 13. Adding a Short Put To a Collar Trade Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- July 8th BCI PODCAST 10. Generating Covered Call Writing + Dividend Income Leave a comment
- July 8th BCI Podcast 5. Improper Timing of our Covered Call Trades Can Lead to lost Opportunities Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- May 30th Reverse Stock Splits: Understanding Contract Adjustments 29 comments
- May 25th BCI Podcast 8. Covered Call Writing Risk Reduction Leave a comment
- May 23rd Myths and Misunderstandings About Covered Call Writing 20 comments
- May 18th BCI Podcast 7. Treasury Bond Yields and the Stock market Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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… Leave a comment
- 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 Leave a comment
- 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 32 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 60 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! Leave a comment
- December 14th Locating SAFE STOCKS in a VOLATILE MARKET 1 comment
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