The Blue Collar Investor

When a cash-secured put is sold, the goal is to avoid share price moving below the breakeven price (strike ...

After selling an out-of-the-money (OTM) covered call and share price rises up to, or beyond the OTM strike, there is little or no opportunity to generate addition premium profit. When the price increase is substantial, there is also concern for profit-taking and subsequent pri...

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Option sellers are often enticed by ETFs (exchange-traded funds) that use the covered call writing strategy. One such ETF is QQQI, which shouldn’t be confused with one of my favorite ETFs, QQQ. Let’s define the 2 funds and then analyze the efficacy of using one versus the othe...

In order to achieve the highest returns when selling cash-secured puts (covered calls, too), we must have an elite plan in place that checks all the available investment boxes. In this article, a $150k cash-secured put portfolio will be developed using the