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Jan 2, 2012
Weekly Options
An introduction to weekly options and their potential in the safe-option trader's toolkit.
Barrons's has a nice piece extolling the virtues of covered calls, buy-writes, and put selling. From the article: " ...investors must master a simple options-trading strategy—known as the "buy-write" or "covered call"—that was proven in 2011 to make a silk purse from a sow's ear". Thanks to Jeff Partlow for calling attention to this in the Yahoo! Group "Just Covered Calls".
Here's a few ideas to consider going into 2012: Consider acquiring more stocks via cash-secured puts. Quality is important: make sure you are using financially strong underlyings for your safe options selling programs. Think about longer-dated covered calls; the premiums are richer. And finally, total return comes from the sum of options premium, capital gain, and dividend income. Best wishes for a prosperous 2012.
Dec 24, 2011
Seasons Greeting
A blessed Christmas season to all!
Dec 10, 2011
Wall Street Journal Article on Covered Calls
Here's an interesting article about covered calls that recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to Jeff Partlow for calling our attention to this on the Yahoo! Group "Just Covered Calls".