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We write an out-of-the-money (OTM) covered call and share price moves up but does not breach the OTM strike by expiration Friday, so the option expires worthless. What price do we enter on Monday for the next expiration cycle? The original price, the price at expiration...


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Large cash premiums can attract us into making trades that are not in our best interest. We must be able to calculate the returns over both short and longer timeframes, as well as measure the risk inherent in our trades. In this podcast, a $6,000.00 premium was tempting, but once analyzed, painted a completely different picture. A real-life example with INTC was used ...


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Covered call writing & selling cash-secured puts lower our cost-basis and generate cash flow. These are low-risk (not no-risk) option selling strategies. In this article, a 12-day real-life (from 1 of my portfolios) series of trades will be analyzed with NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq...


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Hi Alan & Barry,

Please see the attached sequence of trades I executed with HWM. My question is as follows: In recording the trade into the TMC, I was able to successfully input the original trade and the subsequent roll-out/down adjustment. However, where do I record the third and final transaction, that is the $4 BTC transaction? Unless I’m missing somet...


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In previous publications, laddering covered call strikes with the same expiration dates was discussed. This article will address scenarios when the ITM strikes remain ITM and the OTM strikes remain OTM at expiration. A real-life example with Alamos Gold Inc. (NYSE: AGI)...


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