Writing a put obligates you to buy the underlying stock at the strike price any time until expiry if you are assigned. short put is created when long stock position is combined with a short call of the same series. It is so named because the established position has the same profit potential a short put. Limited Profit Potential The formula for calculating maximum profit … [Read more...]
Advantages and Limitations of writing covered calls
Advantages of Covered Call Writing One of the best features of writing covered calls is that it can be done in any kind of market, although doing so when the underlying stock is relatively stable is somewhat easier. But writing covered calls is an excellent method of generating extra investment income when the markets are down or flat. If Harry in the above example were to … [Read more...]