Success with covered calls is about timing and selection. Pick a VRX and I don't care how much premium you took in because losing 90% of your...
How about providing me with the Cliff Notes version of what you think the takeaway is from that link. Reading 36 pages of a study is a bit much...
Underlying plus long put is synthetically equivalent to long call (similar results) so if placing the two legs simultaneously, buy the call....
The opening of a new series has an OI of zero. Not a problem in a stock where near the money series are active. But that's a small nitpicky one...
It makes sense if you want income over growth and you're willing to accept the asymmetric R/R ratio.
Many claim that all they have to do is buy a dividend stock and they can live off of the dividends. The DGI crowd is fanatical about this but...
Yes, you sure showed me what Total Return will be ** IF ** Verizon rises $4.50 But what's your Total Return if it doesn't rise ???
Since I retired young, my income is variable and all over the place. I'm just happy to be worth $1 more this year than I was a year ago and...
First, thanks for sharing all of your personal information. Nice story line but it all has nothing to do with Yield versus Total Return. You...
I don't litter. You don't pay taxes. Neither of which have anything to do with with the difference between yield and total return. At this...
There's no magic there in terms of whether you do some simultaneous stock market strategy or not. When MM rates get back to 4-5%, you earn what...
Also known as "With short puts and covered calls, most of the time you eat like a bird and sometimes you sh*t like an elephant." Yes, spreads...
And yet the public is sold a bill of goods that selling covered calls (equiv to short put) is a safe strategy. Safe for the broker, not the investor.
And yet you sell covered calls which is equivalent to short puts. Unless you leverage yourself, it's the same result, good or bad. No one can...
What money market accounts pay has nothing to do with covered calls. The dividend you receive comes out of the cost basis of your stock. Don't...
If it were only that simple. Making money with options involves good timing and selection. If you are into equities rather than indexes, you can...
In the narrow focus of placing your bet and going golfing for a number of years, it doesn't make much of a difference. But if you have some...
Across the web I often see the statement that 90% of options expire worthless so you should be a seller not a buyer. These tend to be sites that...
I don't think so about better than sex but it might be one of many things where it's the most fun that you can have with your clothes on! String...
Selling option premium is income. Dividends are not since they are yield not total return (stock exchange reduces share price on ex-div).
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