Tag: Covered Calls
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Can Option Trading Really Give You Safer Retirement Income?
Option trading may sound like a risky endeavor, but like most investments, it’s only as risky as you make it. After all, stock investing can be incredibly risky if you’re…
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Can I Trade Options on an Index
Passive investing has exploded in recent years. Investing in broad-market indexes has surged in popularity and costs less than ever before. You can take this approach to the next level…
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Can I Trade Options in an IRA?
Many individual investors wish to utilize options trading to generate income but are unsure of whether or not they can trade options in an IRA. Most individual retirement accounts (IRAs)…
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Are Buy-Write Funds a Good Hedge Against Volatility?
There are many different ways to minimize volatility in a portfolio, including diversification into multiple asset classes, but buy-write funds have become a popular alternative for stock investors looking to…
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Selling Call Options: Popular Strategies & Alternatives
Stock options may be risky and unfamiliar for many traditional investors. For example, they may be uncomfortable with the idea of losing their entire investment or be unsure of how…
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How to Find Covered Call Opportunities
Covered calls have become one of the most widely used option strategies for generating income. While simpler than most option strategies, finding the right covered call opportunities can be challenging—especially…
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The Importance of Asset Allocation
Most people are familiar with asset allocation even if they don’t recognize the term. For example, the SEC’s Beginners’ Guide to Asset Allocation uses the example of a street vendor selling both sunglasses and…
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Should You Trade Covered Calls Around Earnings?
Covered calls are a great strategy for investors looking to generate an income from a stock portfolio—such as retirement investors living on a fixed income. By selling the right to…
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How to Calculate Covered Call Outcomes
Covered calls are one of the most popular option strategies used by both short-term traders and long-term investors. In fact, The Snider Investment Method uses covered calls at its core to generate…
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The Impact of Dividends on Covered Calls
More than 80 percent of large-cap companies in the S&P 500 index pay dividends, along with about 70 percent of mid-cap companies and just over half of small-cap companies. Many…