Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Dec 2, 2023The Significance of Breakeven When Constructing Our Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC) Trades: A…The PMCC Strategy involves buying LEAPS call options (expirations 1–2 years out) and selling short-term call options against the long…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Nov 27, 2023How to Enter & Calculate Closing a Weekly Put Trade After Rolling the Option in the Same Contract…When we sell cash-secured puts, we are undertaking the contractual obligation to buy shares at the strike price by the expiration date. The…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Aug 25, 2023When Not to Trade OptionsThere are times when the market gets ready to fall off of the earth. We typically suggest that you get long volatility, buy puts on the S&P…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Jun 26, 2023Why Use a Bull Put Spread?When the stock market is relatively flat with a chance of an upward drift, a useful options strategy is a bull put spread. Why use a bull…A response icon1A response icon1
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Dec 10, 2022Best Options Trading StrategyA novice trader may find themself seeking the best options trading strategy in order to make the most money. A seasoned trader is more…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Oct 6, 2022How to Calculate Potential Profit in an Options TradeThe point of trading options is to hedge risk (profitably) or simply make money. In the world of options there are buyers and sellers as…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Sep 23, 2022When to Take Profits in an Options TradeWhen choosing and setting up an options trade it is important to have a clear sense of where you believe the market is going over the…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Jul 20, 2022Unaffordable Housing and Your Options TradingThe ability of the average family to purchase a home has gotten worse. In fact, the affordability of US housing is back to levels not seen…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Jul 18, 2022Is the Sortino Ratio Useful for Options Trading?There are many tools that one can use in options trading. One of them helps assess volatility. While volatility is where profits generally…
Matthew "Whiz" Buckley·Dec 25, 2021How to Invest and Trade for 2022Another year is almost upon us. Among the various New Year resolutions that many of us make, or should be making, are decisions about how…
