How to Sell Covered Calls to Create Portfolio Yield
With the Fed holding steady on interest rates, you need to get creative to find yield. One way to do it is to sell covered calls. Here's how it works.
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Using Options to Increase Your Portfolio Yield
There are two options strategies any investor can use to create yield that far exceeds traditional avenues: Covered Calls and Writing Puts.
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Hedge Your Portfolio with Options If the Trump Trade Unravels
It's too early to panic, but you may want to hedge your portfolio with options in case the ongoing Trump rally collapses.
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What’s the Difference Between Cabot Options Trader and Cabot Options Trader Pro?
Today, I tackle one of the questions I get most frequently: What is the difference between Cabot Options Trader and Cabot Options Trader Pro?
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Options for Hedging and Boosting Yield
Here are some ways you can use options to hedge or create additional yield in your portfolio. In addition to covered calls, which generate additional income on stocks you already own, I also share hedging strategies using puts and spreads.
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More on Covered Calls
A covered call is a strategy in which the trader holds a long position in a stock and writes (sells) a call option on the same stock in an attempt to generate income or lower the cost basis on the stock purchase.
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Selling Calls
Many of us are holding personal stock positions that have taken a beating this year. If you are long too many stocks in the wrong sector, the pain has been extreme. So how can you start to "dig out" of these holes? can...
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Call Selling
Cabot Options Trader Pro Editor Jacob Mintz on how selling calls through volatility can be a powerful tool.
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Call Selling
Cabot Options Trader Editor Jacob Mintz on how selling calls through volatility can be a powerful tool.
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Options Liquidity and Width: InvenSense (INVN)
Option liquidity is a major issue in a stock like INVN versus GE. On average, GE trades close to 100,000 options per day. INVN on the other hand, only trades a couple thousand contracts a day. The time until expiration is another key to...
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An Easy Way to Double Your Yield
One yield-boosting strategy that’s increased in popularity is writing covered calls on dividend paying stocks.
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