Thank you. Thats the drawback on covered writes. You have to watch it on the dividend dates if you want to capture the dividend and you have...
I will take one more wack at this. Say I have an in the money call calendar spread. I have little time premium left and I am exercised on...
If you are the writer you are responsible for delivery of the dividend along with the stock. That is what they mean by dividend risk in call...
If you are called out of the postion and there is a dividend in play at the call out you pay the dividend because your short calls. You are not...
I agree that you should not go out farther than three months. You want to capture the time decay in a rather short period. Personally I would...
The back month of your calendar spread will be the most sensitive to volatility. The father out you go the more volatility you will be buying....
I agree with what has been posted. If you are buying options make sure you buy something deep in the money with at least a 75-80 delta. That way...
Each option strategy has it's own plusses and minuses. There is no panacea as they all will work from just buying a put or call to vertical rolls...
I would start out with simple directional credit spreads, calendar spreads and cover calls or cash secured puts. Going into more advanced things...
I agree, above average hurricane season predicted by NOA, refinery utilization down, OPEC cuts by 2%, China and India, summer driving season, will...
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