Posts Tagged ‘Calls’

Options Trading 101

The individual investor will typically include some stocks in their investment portfolio. And whether they are a long term trader or in it for much quicker returns, many investors understand and feel somewhat comfortable with the concepts and techniques of trading stocks.
Options tend to be much less understood – and therefore avoided. But Options can [...]

Fellow Options Traders, Why Aren’t You Selling Options in Your Trading Account?

The only explanation which would seem acceptable is no one has shown you how to perform this marvel of printing money before, so you are a bit unsure of how to go about doing so!If this is your situation, then you are excused…But if not, you are truly missing out. Even if you are in [...]

Cashing in on Covered Calls. Investing with Stock Options (Paperback)

The most comprehensive and easy-to-follow book on stock option investing ever before on the market, Cashing in on Covered Calls is a powerful tool that will show you how to become the CEO of your own money. Learn to invest with confidence, and generate monthly returns of 2% to 4%. “Using the same [...]

Covered Calls and LEAPS–A Wealth Option + DVD: A Guide for Generating Extraordinary Monthly Income (Wiley Trading) (Hardcover)

In this one-of-a-kind “how-to” guide, Joseph Hooper and Aaron Zalewski provide step-by-step instructions for generating large monthly cash returns from almost any stock investment—while at the same time decreasing the risk of stock ownership. Filled with in-depth insights and proven techniques, this book is the definitive, rule-based guide to covered calls and calendar [...]

Understanding Equity Options

Welcome to the wonderful world of equity options. You may have heard that option trading is high risk, and indeed it is, for much the same reasons that spread betting is high risk. The instruments themselves are derivatives from the cash markets, and are highly geared, but options themselves were originally introduced to the US [...]

Covered Call Writing Using the Buy Write Strategy

The buy write covered call is a slightly different strategy from the over write strategy, although the mechanics are identical in terms of outcome and follow on actions. The difference is in the strike price you choose and the period. In a previous article using the over write strategy, we looked at an example using [...]