Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIHow to Adjust a Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) Trade to Align with the BCI Trade Initialization…The PMCC is a covered call writing-like strategy where LEAPS options act as surrogates for the underlying stock or ETF. It is technically…3d ago3d ago
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIShould We Get the Kleenex or the Champagne? A Real-Life Trade with Bilibili Inc. (Nasdaq: BILI)On 12/9/2022, Patrik sent me an email he titled “Covered Call Panic” He shared with me information on his trades and was distraught at the…Aug 3Aug 3
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIHow to Enter and Archive a Covered Call Trade with 1 Exit Strategy that is Closed at ExpirationAfter entering our covered call trades, we immediately go into position management mode. Frequently, we can take advantage of a covered…Jul 27Jul 27
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCIShould I Allow Exercise & Repurchase the Stock or Roll the Option?:The crafting and managing of our covered call writing trades are directly dependent on our pre-defined goals. In this article, we will…Jul 20Jul 20
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…Jul 13Jul 13
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