Tag: Covered Calls
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How to Select a Broker for Covered Calls
Covered calls are a great low-risk strategy to generate a predictable income from an existing portfolio. By selling call options against stocks that you own, you can generate an income…
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Weekly vs. Monthly Covered Calls
Covered calls are a great low-risk strategy to generate an income from an existing equity portfolio. By selling call options against an existing equity position, protect your downside some if…
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When Should You Roll a Covered Call?
Covered call options are often pitched as a low-risk way to generate an income on a long-term stock position. While you boost income with a covered call, there can be…
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Tips for Managing Covered Call Positions
A covered call position is a great way to generate extra income from a stock portfolio. While the strategy is fairly straightforward, there are many nuances that can make managing…
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Covered Call Funds vs. Do-It-Yourself Covered Calls
Covered calls can be an excellent way to generate monthly cash flow while reducing your risk investing in the stock market. While covered calls have been available to individual investors…
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Calls or Puts: Which Is Better for Income?
Stock options come in two different flavors, but they can be combined into countless different strategies. Option income strategies are designed to take advantage of time decay to generate a…
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Covered Calls
Here is a harsh truth: Not all investors succeed at creating a profitable portfolio. Sometimes this is due to the unpredictability in the market or various other factors, but more…
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How to Write Covered Calls With Better Yields
With traditional investing, you buy stocks, hoping the price goes up, so that when you eventually sell you can make a profit. While this type of investing can make you…
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Calls and Puts: The Basics of Trading Options
When most people think about investing, they think about trading stocks, but that’s not necessarily the only (or best) choice for those looking to generate income from an investment portfolio.…
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Best Option Trading Strategy for a Portfolio Paycheck
There’s an option trading strategy that’s practically a hidden reservoir of monthly income generation lying in your own investment portfolio’s proverbial ‘backyard.’ Becoming aware of this strategy and learning how to…