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126. Analyzing the Status of a Rolling-Down Trade

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124. Dividends and After-Hours News Causing Exercise of OTM Call Strikes

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123. Implied Volatility, IV Rank and IV Percentile Defined and Practical Applications

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BCI PODCAST 122: Should I Roll-Out My Deep In-The-Money Call Option Mid-Contract?

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BCI PODCAST 121: What is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)?

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120. Using the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (VOLQ) in Covered Call Writing Decisions

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119. Establishing Our Cost-Basis for Long-Term Holdings

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118. Adjusting Our Portfolio Mix to Achieve Diversification and Cash Allocation

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117. When a Covered Call Strike Moves $1000.00 In-The-Money

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116. How to Execute a Covered Call Trade with a Buy/Write Combination Form

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115. Establishing Our Cost Basis When Rolling-Out-And-Up On 2 Different Days

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114. The Poor Man's Covered Call Selecting the Best LEAPS Strikes

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113. How to Select the Best Strikes for Collar Trades

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112. Using Covered call Options and Stock Dividends in Low Interest Rate Environments

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111. Rolling Down on a Sharp Market Decline at the end of a Contract

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110. Exit Strategies Are Important But Must Be Timed Properly

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109. Delta and Strike Selection for Covered call Writing

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108. Establishing Our Cost Basis in a Multi Step Managed Trade

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107: Even and Odd Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments

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106. "Hitting a Double" with Procter & Gamble: A Covered Call Writing Exit Strategy

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105. The Poor Man's Covered Call: Rolling Options

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104. Special 1 Time Dividends and Contract Adjustments

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103. The Collar Strategy Using Long-Term Put Expirations

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102. Analyzing Market Assessment Based on Portfolio Setup

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101. Covered Call Writing: "Hitting a Double" on the Last day of a Contract

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100. Analyzing LEAPS for The Poor Man's Covered call Strategy (PMCC)

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99. Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split

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98. Analyzing LEAPS Options for the Poor Man's Covered Call

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97. Managing Our Poor Man's Covered Call Trades When Share Price Drops Substantially

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96. Protecting Our Covered Call Trades: Protective Puts and In-the-Money Strikes

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95. Covered Call Writing to Generate Premium and Dividend Income

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94. Covered Call Writing Net Debit Limit Orders

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93. WHEN CALL STRIKES MOVE DEEP ITM EARLY IN A CONTRACT

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92. Selling Deep OTM Cash-Secured Puts to Create High-Probability Returns

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91. Portfolio Overwriting Analyzed

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90. Entering a Collar Trade

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89. Am I Losing Money When I Buy Back My Deep ITM Covered Call Options?

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88. Creating a Portfolio of Weekly Cash-Secured Puts

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87. Bear Market Concerns and Our Option Selling Portfolios

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86. How to Use Technical Analysis and Market Assessment for Strike Selection

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85. Automating the 20% /10% Guidelines for Covered Call Writing

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84. Analyzing and Calculating Multi Leg Rolling Down Covered Call Trades

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83. Setting Up a Portfolio of Nasdaq and S&P 500 Stocks in a User-Friendly Manner

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82. Risky Stocks Can Result In Challenging Decisions

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81. Managing ITM Covered Call Strikes When Share Price Moves Higher

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80. Using the VIX to Achieve Higher Option-Selling Returns

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79. Adjusting Target Goals with ETFs

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78. REITS: Good Covered Call Writing Candidates?

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77. Buyers Have Rights and Sellers Have Obligations- Covered Call Writing Explained

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76. 5 Top Myths and Misunderstandings about Covered Call Writing

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75. Reverse Stock Splits Understanding Contract Adjustments

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74. Strike Selection Using Technical Analysis and Market Assessment

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73. Mid Contract Unwind Exit Strategy at the End of a Contract

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72. Rolling Covered Call Options on Expiration Friday

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71: Dividend Yield Should Be a Secondary Factor for Covered Call Writing

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70. COMPARING CALL AND PUT SELLING STRATEGIES

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69. Technical Analysis with The Wendy's Company NASDAQ WEN

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68. Volatility A Friend or Enemy to Covered call Writers and Put Sellers?

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67. Should We a Short Put to Help Fund a Collar Trade?

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66. Comparing the Cost-To-Close Covered Call Trades with Time-Value Return Goals

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65: The 20%/10% Guidelines for Covered call Writing and Selling Cash-Secured Puts

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64. Creating Dividend Like Income for Non Dividend Stocks

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63. Rolling Decisions on Expiration Friday

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62. Should I Unwind My Covered Call Trade 1 Week Prior to Contract Expiration?

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61. Realized Versus Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses) for Covered Call Writing

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60. Combining ITM Call Strikes & Stock Dividends to Protect in Bear Markets

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59. ANALYZING 2 Month and 4-Day Covered Call Trades

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58. Is This Trade a Winner or a Loser?

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57. Evaluation Stock Purchase Price and Breakeven When Rolling Options

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56: Selling Deep In-The-Money Calls to Exit Stock Positions

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55. Expiration Dates Versus Expiration Times Clarifications

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54. Selecting the Best Strike Prices for Our Collar Trades

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53: ITM Cash-Secured Puts: Allow Exercise or Roll the Option?

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52. Making Money Selling Options with Technology Stocks

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51. Timing Our Covered Call Trades

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50. Exit strategies Must Be Timed Properly

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49. Analyzing a Multi Leg Covered Call Rolling Down Series of Trades

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48. Rolling Deep OTM Cash Secured Puts

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47. Rolling Up in the Same Contract Month

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46. Should Delta Be the Sole Criteria for Covered Call Writing Strike Selection

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45. Implied Volatility and Expected price Movement During the Life of Option Contracts

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44. Can We Use ITM Strikes to Create a No Risk Covered Call Strategy?

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43. Converting a Covered Call Trade to a Collar Trade

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42. Why Was My OTM Put Exercised?

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41. Collar Trades When Call Strikes Move Deep In The Money

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40. Covered Puts are Not Cash Secured Puts

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39. Using the VIX for Strike Price Selection

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38: Evaluating the Cost-To-Close When a Strike Moves Deep In-The-Money

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37: Selling the Same Option Twice in the Same Contract Month

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36. Timing Our Covered Call Trades

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35. Covered Call Writing with Biotech Companies

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34. Exit Strategy and Final Covered Call Writing Calculations

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33. Rolling Covered Call Trades Out And Up

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32. Covered Call Writing and Blackjack A Valid Analogy?

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30. What are Cash Secured Call Options?

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29. How to Structure a Poor Man's Covered Call Trade

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28. In the Money Covered Calls to Protect in Bear Markets

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27. Using Mean Analyst rating MAR in the Stock Screening Process

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26. Selling Cash Secured Puts to Lower Cost Basis

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25. “Hitting a Double” with Procter & Gamble Covered Call Writing Exit Strategies