Covered Calls Bear Market?
Notice that this section refers to declining markets, not necessarily a secular bear market. Just as there can be substantial, multi-month up-legs during a …
How To Invest Automatically
Hands-off investing is the holy grail. You put your money to work and then, like magic, dividends pay your bills forever more. But how do you make that …
What Are The Best Stocks For Covered Call Writing?
Once upon a time, finding the good ones was difficult, to say the least. Only a few institutions or asset management firms, perhaps, had access to a data feed …
Covered Calls For Dummies
We humans like lists of things to do. At the risk of oversimplification, I have recapped the factors that make a stock bad, better or best. Keep in mind that …
7 Challenges Businesses Face When Moving To The Cloud
Businesses are steadily accepting cloud computing. The cloud computing market is predicted to grow globally at a 30% CAGR extending to $270 billion in 2020. It …
How To Analyze Covered Call Trades
The previous articles covered in detail where losses come from in covered calls, as well as the elements of trade selection that really matter. While there …
Should You Trade Covered Calls During Earnings?
It is an exaggeration that you should avoid all stocks posting earnings before expiration of your short call. Here are the factors to consider if you intend to …
What Is Earnings Per Share?
The money that a profitable company makes is referred to as its earnings. A commonly used metric for comparing earnings – and the one the market focuses on …
What Is The Stock Market?
The “stock market” actually is a blend of different major indices, listed below. There are too many indices to cover, but following are the major …
How To Pick Stocks Using Technical Analysis
An important element of covered call writing is technical analysis, a review of the chart and chart indicators. Those who write calls from a more technical …
How To Use Fundamental Analysis To Pick Stocks
Now that we know the risk factors that cause losses in covered call positions (later we will look at the investor’s own actions that cause losses), it is …
Today’s Hottest Commercial Real Estate Markets
Commercial real estate is a hot topic for investors, with plenty of opportunity for making money when done correctly. But when an investor makes a poor choice …
How To Increase Your Trading Odds
It is difficult to describe all the many variables that come into play when one is writing covered calls. Investing involves a lifetime of learning; …
9 Reasons Trades Go Bad
Many regard the stock market as a loser’s game in which only the lucky or wicked can prosper. Stock-picking and technical analysis don’t work, they will …
How To Find The Best Covered Calls
“Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person can pick stocks as well as, if not better than, the average Wall Street expert.” …
Which Chart Time Frame Should You Use?
A common mistake made by those new to covered call writing is to consult a daily chart only. However, it is necessary to also view a weekly chart to get a …
Trump Tax Plan
The GOP Tax Plan was announced today and the talking points include a reduction in tax rates for corporations and individuals. Individual tax rates will remain …
What Is Open Interest?
Open Interest is the number of contracts open (outstanding) in a unique option series (Example: the Microsoft DEC 30 Call). Open interest (OI) is the best …
Technical Chart Retracement
Stock prices never go straight up, or straight down, as the preceding charts show. They typically move in stair-step movements involving many small pullbacks …