Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIApplication of the 20%/10% Guidelines for ITM & OTM StrikesOne of the key methods to partially automate our covered call writing exit strategy arsenal is to place buy-to-close (BTC), good until…3d ago3d ago
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIMultiple Applications of the Mid-Contract Unwind (MCU) Exit Strategy: A Real-Life Example with…Covered call writing exit strategies allow us to mitigate trade losses and enhance trade profits. On 11/30/2022, Paul shares with me a…Jul 7Jul 7
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIAnalyzing a Covered Call Trade Over 2 Expiration Cycles: A Rea-Life Example with Interactive…Covered call writing exit strategies can involve trade adjustments over 1 or more expiration cycles. This article will analyze a series of…Jun 30Jun 30
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIEvaluating a Series of Multi-Rolling Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Elevance Health…In this article, we will analyze a series of covered call trades shared with me by a BCI premium member. These trade executions involve…Jun 24Jun 24
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIEstablishing Our Option Portfolios in the Heart of Earnings SeasonPopulating our covered call writing and put-selling portfolios during earnings season can be challenging but nothing we can’t overcome…Jun 15Jun 15
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIHow to Record & Calculate ITM Covered Call Trades that Become OTM TradesTo properly analyze our covered call writing and put-selling trades, we must accurately record each step of the trades such that initial…Jun 9Jun 9
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIUnderstanding the Math When Rolling ITM Covered Calls Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with…All strategies, including covered call writing and selling cash-secured puts, have their pros and cons. The same holds true for the exit…May 31May 31
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIThe Poor Man’s Covered Call: How to Re-Structure a Potentially Losing Trade into a Winning OneThe Poor Man’s Covered Call is a covered call writing-like strategy where a LEAPS option is used as a surrogate for the actual stock or…May 27May 27
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIAnalyzing a Defensive Turned Aggressive Covered Call Trade: A Real-Life Example with Select Sector…When we craft our covered call trades, we must decide if a defensive (in-the-money or ITM calls) or aggressive (out-of-the-money or OTM)…May 16May 16
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIEstimating Our Breakeven Price Points When Establishing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call Trades: A…When initiating our Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) trades, we can estimate our breakeven (BE) price points. It gets more complicated as…May 11May 11