• How Options Can Create Reliable Retirement Income

    How Options Can Create Reliable Retirement Income

    Options trading is often viewed as risky, but that reputation largely comes from how it’s used. Just like stocks, options can be either speculative or conservative. For retirees, the focus isn’t on chasing big wins. It is on generating steady, dependable income while protecting capital. When used thoughtfully, options can support that goal and even

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  • What Is a Poor Man’s Covered Call?

    What Is a Poor Man’s Covered Call?

    Covered calls are a popular way to generate an income from stock options, but they require a potentially large upfront investment in the underlying stock. While such an investment isn’t…

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  • How to Roll a Covered Call

    How to Roll a Covered Call

    The stock market is inherently unpredictable and even low-risk strategies can be ruined by new information. For example, covered calls provide a convenient way to boost portfolio income, but there…

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  • Add Covered Calls to Your Dividend Strategy

    Add Covered Calls to Your Dividend Strategy

    Many investors have turned to a dividend strategy as a way to generate income in today’s low interest rate environment. Unfortunately, most high-dividend strategies are relegated to specific sectors, such…

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  • How Option Greeks Affect Covered Calls

    How Option Greeks Affect Covered Calls

    The concept of a stock option is fairly straightforward: It provides the right or obligation to buy or sell a stock at a specified time and price. Of course, the…

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  • Generate an Income from Credit Spreads

    Generate an Income from Credit Spreads

    Income investing is popular among investors in or approaching retirement, but there are few good choices during periods of record-low interest rates. Exchange-traded options provide an easy way to generate…

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  • How to Construct a Collar Option

    How to Construct a Collar Option

    Covered calls are a popular way to generate income from an existing stock position, but they aren’t the best choice for every situation. For instance, covered calls have significant downside…

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  • Buying Protection with  a Married Put

    Buying Protection with a Married Put

    The stock market is known for rising during both times of euphoria and fear. For instance, the stock market hit record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic despite extremely high levels…

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  • How Dividends Impact Option Pricing

    How Dividends Impact Option Pricing

    Dividend stocks are a popular way to generate income, but they also impact several other investment strategies. For example, dividends impact option pricing. Let’s say that an investor that’s selling…

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  • Honoring Kim Snider

    Honoring Kim Snider

    It is with a heavy heart I write to you today. Sadly, Kim Snider, founder of Snider Advisors and creator of the Snider Investment Method, passed away on Sunday, July…

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  • 5 Reasons to Work Another Year Before Retiring

    5 Reasons to Work Another Year Before Retiring

    There’s no shortage of advice about how to save enough to retire early, but in some cases, you may want to consider the opposite. By deciding to work another year,…

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