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Explaining Delta and How to Use it to Craft Our Option Trades – June 30, 2025
Delta is one of the option Greeks. These are mathematical factors that estimate the risk of stock options. We can take advantage of Delta stats when establishing our covered call and...
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In 54-Days, My Stock Was Up $0.71/Share, but I Made $7.66/Share with Options – June 23, 2025
Selling covered calls and cash-secured puts lower our cost-basis and places us in a position to significantly beat the market. Mastering stock selection, option selection and position management are essential in...
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The Collar Strategy Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator + A Sample Trade Video – June 16, 2025
The Collar Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy where a protective put is added to the trade, thereby establishing a floor and a ceiling with a maximum gain and a...
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A Real-Life Defensive Weekly Cash-Secured Put Trade with THC + A Sample “Alan Trade” Video – June 9, 2025
Cash-secured put trades can be crafted to be traditional, aggressive or defensive, depending on the degree the put strike is out-of-the-money (OTM). In our BCI methodology, we almost always use OTM put...
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A Real-Life Monthly Covered Call Trade with AVGO – June 2, 2025
Each week, BCI provides our premium members with a sample covered call writing or cash-secured put trade taken from one of Alan’s portfolios or from that of a member....
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Laddering Covered Call Strikes with CMG – May 27, 2025
When we sell multiple covered call or cash-secured put contracts, we can use numerous strikes to enhance the diversification process. In this article, I will use a real-life example...
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Using In-The-Money Covered Calls Around Ex-Dividend Dates – May 19, 2025
A covered call writing strategy commonly used by hedge funds involves using ITM covered call strikes which expire immediately after an ex-dividend date. This may be appropriate only if...
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Covered Call Writing Insurance Policies We Pay for and Those that are Free – May 12, 2025
Covered call writing trades can be crafted to be aggressive or defensive. Cautionary approaches include writing in-the-money (ITM) call strikes and adding protective puts to the covered call trades...
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Calculating Collar Trades Using the BCI Trade Management Calculator (TMC) – May 5, 2025
The Collar Strategy is a covered call writing-like strategy where a protective put is added to the trade, thereby establishing a floor and a ceiling with a maximum gain and a...
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Aggressive and Defensive Cash-Secured Put Trades – April 28, 2025
Much like our covered call writing trades, our cash-secured put trades can also be crafted to be aggressive or defensive. Factors to consider include overall market assessment, chart technical indicators,...
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