Lets say I think XYZ will rise in the near future but I am not sure it will happen too fast.
XYZ is traded at 100, I open a calendar spread by buying week 2 110 call for 2$, and selling week 1 110 call for 1$.
I have a net debit of 1$.
Now I understand that the best thing for me is that at...
If he has programming knowledge + market knowledge then 300$ is probably what he makes just from passive investing in lets say a week.
USA salaries are around 120k$ annual, Israel salaries are around 90k$ annual, Europe a bit less but still in that zone.
people won't look at it seriously for...
It is true, in a classic covered call it will be locked indeed but when I am trading on margin it feels like it can do a bit more (it may be not worthy since I tend to do short term strategies)
But then there is a big risk that if I put that money in a stock and then get assigned I won't be able to liquidate my position without a big loss (if the stock declined), wondered if there is something that almost never drops in value but in return yields really low gain (very low risk - very...
Hey guys I like to do covered calls but I have easier time with rolling and strike choosing when I use puts.
So normally I sell "naked" puts (they are not so naked since I do have the cash to cover 70% of the position and the rest in margin).
My problem with this strategy is that I have piles...
I have mixed feeling about being short stock though, I rather play some options if I want to be bearish, it may be just because I've always heard bad things about shorting stocks
The covered call, covered ratio spread, covered strangle, and some interesting plays with collars are all methods that interest me a lot.
Thanks for the website will look if they have some more stuff like that