Category: Investments

  • How to Screen for Options with optionDash

    How to Screen for Options with optionDash

    Covered calls are a popular way to generate income from an equity portfolio. But, of course, the challenge is finding stocks that offer the right balance of safety, yield, and…

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  • Top 5 Covered Call ETFs (2022)

    Top 5 Covered Call ETFs (2022)

    Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become a popular way for investors to access countless strategies, including covered calls. From smart beta to actively managed funds, there are many different ways for…

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  • How to Get Approved for Option Trading

    How to Get Approved for Option Trading

    Options have become a popular way to speculate, hedge against risk, and even generate income. If you’re interested in trading options, you must apply for special permission from your brokerage.…

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  • How to Find Stocks with High Option Premiums

    How to Find Stocks with High Option Premiums

    Stock options provide traders and investors with a lot of flexibility when leveraging returns or generating income. While there are many different strategies, success often boils down to a consistent,…

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  • How to Find the Right Covered Call Advisor

    How to Find the Right Covered Call Advisor

    Stocks, bonds, and funds are the most popular securities for investors to achieve their financial goals. For example, target-date retirement funds provide an easy way to balance growth, risk, and…

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  • How the Wheel Option Strategy Works

    How the Wheel Option Strategy Works

    There are many different options strategies designed to generate an income. While covered calls are the most popular, traders may also use iron condors, butterfly spreads, diagonal spreads or calendar…

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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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  • How Do Cash-Secured Puts Work?

    How Do Cash-Secured Puts Work?

    Options may be notorious for their speculative use, but many investors use them to generate income or achieve other goals. For example, cash-secured puts provide you with an alternative way…

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  • Generating Income with Cash Secured Puts

    Generating Income with Cash Secured Puts

    Options are often seen as speculative instruments for traders, but many investors use them to generate income. In fact, the most sophisticated option traders use them to reduce risk, limit…

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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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