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Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Application of the 20%/10% Guidelines for ITM & OTM Strikes

One of the key methods to partially automate our covered call writing exit strategy arsenal is to place buy-to-close (BTC), good until…

3d ago

Application of the 20%/10% Guidelines for ITM & OTM Strikes

3d ago

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Multiple 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 7

Multiple Applications of the Mid-Contract Unwind (MCU) Exit Strategy: A Real-Life Example with…

Jul 7

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Analyzing 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 30

Analyzing a Covered Call Trade Over 2 Expiration Cycles: A Rea-Life Example with Interactive…

Jun 30

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Evaluating 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 24

Evaluating a Series of Multi-Rolling Covered Call Trades: A Real-Life Example with Elevance Health…

Jun 24

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Establishing Our Option Portfolios in the Heart of Earnings Season

Populating our covered call writing and put-selling portfolios during earnings season can be challenging but nothing we can’t overcome…

Jun 15

Establishing Our Option Portfolios in the Heart of Earnings Season

Jun 15

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

How to Record & Calculate ITM Covered Call Trades that Become OTM Trades

To properly analyze our covered call writing and put-selling trades, we must accurately record each step of the trades such that initial…

Jun 9

How to Record & Calculate ITM Covered Call Trades that Become OTM Trades

Jun 9

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Understanding 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 31

Understanding the Math When Rolling ITM Covered Calls Out-And-Up: A Real-Life Example with…

May 31

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

The Poor Man’s Covered Call: How to Re-Structure a Potentially Losing Trade into a Winning One

The 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 27

The Poor Man’s Covered Call: How to Re-Structure a Potentially Losing Trade into a Winning One

May 27

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Analyzing 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 16

Analyzing a Defensive Turned Aggressive Covered Call Trade: A Real-Life Example with Select Sector…

May 16

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Estimating 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 11

Estimating Our Breakeven Price Points When Establishing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call Trades: A…

May 11

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI

Author of 9 books on stock options. A guest on many financial forums and a contributor to Nasdaq.com. Passed the Series 65-Investment Advisor Rep exam.

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