Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Aug 29Why Option-Sellers are Positioned to Beat the Market on a Consistent BasisCovered call writers and sellers of cash-secured puts are implementing low-risk option strategies which creates the potential to outperform…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Jun 13What is the Best Delta to Select for a Defensive Cash-Secured Put Trade?When a cash-secured put is sold, the goal is to avoid share price moving below the breakeven price (strike — put premium). One of the…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Jun 6How to Establish a Bear Market Cash-Secured Put TradeWhen we sell cash-secured puts, we are contractually obligated to buy shares at the strike price by the expiration date, should the option…
Peter Pru Prusinowski·Jan 3Cash-Secured Puts vs. Naked Puts: Is Margin Worth The Risk?Why “capital efficiency” is often just a fancy word for “going broke faster.”
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Nov 10, 2025The Importance of the 3% Guideline When Selling Cash-Secured PutsWhen we sell cash-secured puts (CSPs), we are undertaking the contractual obligation to buy shares at the strike price by the expiration…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Oct 4, 2025The Importance of the 3% Guideline When Selling Cash-Secured PutsWhen we sell cash-secured puts (CSPs), we are undertaking the contractual obligation to buy shares at the strike price by the expiration…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Feb 22, 2025Selling Weekly Puts After Disappointing Earnings Reports: A Real-Life Example with Microsoft Corp.We can leverage our knowledge of cash-secured puts to take advantage of common scenarios. In this article, we will detail how to take…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Jan 13, 2025How to Manage Near-The-Money Put Strikes as Expiration ApproachesMany option traders who sell cash-secured puts prefer not to take possession of the underlying shares. Typically, when a trade is…
Dr. Alan Ellman, President of BCI·Jan 14, 2024Calculating Mid-Contract Put-Selling Trade StatusAfter entering our put-selling trades, we can calculate the current status of our trades mid-contract with a few simple entries into our…
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…
