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Integrating Cash Allocation into Our Option Portfolios – October 7, 2024
When we construct our covered call writing and cash-secured put portfolios, we must incorporate cash allocation into our investment decisions. In this article, The BCI Portfolio Setup Spreadsheet, the Trade Management Calculator (TMC) and the Premium Stock...
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Aggressive and Defensive Covered Call Writing Trades – September 30, 2024
When crafting our covered call writing trades, we can do so aggressively, using out-of-the-money (OTM) call options, or defensively, using in-the-money (ITM) strikes. In this article, a real-life example...
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How to Best Calculate Weekly Call or Put Trades to Generate Accurate Annualized Initial Returns – September 23, 2024
When we sell weekly cash-secured puts or write weekly covered calls, our trades are, typically, entered on Monday and completed on Friday. This avoids the weekend risk of longer-dated...
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Can We Make Money Selling Options in a Confirmed Bear Market? / New Video – September 16, 2024
Covered call writers and put sellers frequently inquire about generating positive cash flow when the market crashes or in confirmed bear markets as we had in 2008 (real estate...
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How Our Option Prices are Determined
When we sell covered calls or cash-secured puts, we access option-chains to determine the value of the premiums we are selling. This article will highlight the factors that determine these prices and...
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How to use the CEO Strategy with Inverse ETFs in Extreme Bear Markets – September 3, 2024
The CEO Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy, a streamlined approach to covered call writing. It is an acronym for Combining ETFs with Stock Options. It involves using only the 11 Select Sector...
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Selling Weekly Covered Calls Using the CEO Strategy – August 26, 2024
The CEO Strategy (Combining Exchange-traded funds with stock Options) is a covered call writing-like strategy where the only underlying securities considered are the 11 Select Sector SPDRs. These are ETFs that...
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Executing Your First Covered Call Trade – August 19, 2024
Option trading and covered call writing, in particular, have become increasingly popular over the past several years. As our membership has been growing more than ever, we have a large...
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Bullish & Bearish Covered Call Trade Executions When Selling Multiple Contracts on the Same Stock – August 13, 2024
When selling covered calls or cash-secured puts, we must be appropriately diversified, as well as allocating a similar amount of cash per position. This will protect our portfolios from...
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Why Wasn’t My Deep In-The-Money Covered Call Exercised? – August 5, 2024
When we write covered calls, our expectation is that if the strike expires in-the-money (ITM), even by $0.01, our shares will be sold at the strike price as a result...
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