Posts Tagged ‘ Covered Call ’

Options Wisdom: Looking Before LEAPing

March 3, 2010
By gray
Options Wisdom: Looking Before LEAPing

As if we need more confusion to the already-perplexing lexicon of the options world, we must also contend with LEAPS. The acronym, which stands for Long Term Equity Anticipation Security, is essentially just a long-winded way of referring to long-term options that are one to two years out. Not all optionable underlyings have LEAPS,...
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Making Money Even When a Stock Doesn’t – Covered Calls

February 7, 2010
By admin

The real beauty of the covered calls strategy is making money on a stock, even when the price of the stock doesn’t move. Yes, it’s nice to make the extra income for a covered calls position when the underlying stock increases in price and the position is rolled, but what really adds oomph to the covered calls...
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