Covered Calls
Covered Calls in a Down Market: What to Do When the Stock Drops
Your covered call stock is falling and you feel stuck. Here are the four calm choices you actually have, with the math to pick the right one. […]
Month: July 2026
Covered Calls
How to Choose an Expiration Date for Covered Calls and Cash-Secured Puts
Pick the right expiration for covered calls and cash-secured puts. See how days to expiration change your premium, effort, and assignment odds. […]
Education
Delta for Options Sellers: How to Use It to Pick Strikes
What delta means for option sellers, how it doubles as a rough probability of assignment, and how to use it to pick covered call and cash-secured put strikes. […]
Covered Calls
Theta Decay Explained: Why Time Is an Options Seller’s Friend
Learn how theta quietly pays option sellers every day, why decay speeds up near expiration, and how to use it to pick smarter strikes. […]
Covered Calls
Poor Man’s Covered Call (PMCC): The Capital-Efficient Version
Learn how a poor man’s covered call works, how to pick the LEAPS and short call, the real risks, and how it compares to a traditional covered call. […]
Covered Calls
How to Roll a Covered Call or Cash-Secured Put
Learn what rolling an option means, the three ways to roll, and when to roll a covered call or cash-secured put, with a clear example and honest caveats. […]
Covered Calls
What Is a Covered Call? A Plain-English Beginner Guide
A covered call means owning 100 shares and selling 1 call to collect a cash premium. Learn the mechanics, an example, the two outcomes, and the real risks. […]
Comparisons
Covered Put vs Cash-Secured Put: What Is the Difference?
Covered put vs cash-secured put: they sound alike but are opposite trades. One is a bearish short-stock position, the other a bullish income play. Here is the plain-English difference. […]
Education
Options Expiration and Assignment Explained
How options expiration works, in vs out of the money, exercise vs assignment, and what happens when you are assigned on a covered call or cash-secured put. […]
Education
Implied Volatility Explained: Why IV Matters for Options Income
What implied volatility (IV) is, how IV rank and IV crush work, and why volatility is the most important number for options sellers. […]