Covered call writing is not for everyone. But for certain investors it can make sense. Generally speaking, there are three main benefits to writing covered calls: Immediate income from selling the ...

Selling a covered call means writing a call option against shares of a stock that you own. This combination has the same risk profile as selling a naked put option, and so it exposes you to ...

As with many complex derivative-based strategies, covered call writing can now easily be automated via an exchange-traded fund (ETF). "With a covered call ETF, the stock purchase, portfolio ...

In an IRA, the taxes on profits generated from covered call writing can be deferred or exempt. A single option, whether put or call, represents a round lot, or 100 shares, of a given underlying stock.

Covered call writing strategies are considered a low-risk type of options transaction, and they are relatively easy to implement. While it is often not advisable for the average investor to try to ...

At press time, the $5 call is the most popular strike, with a notional open interest of $3.84 million—the highest among all XRP strikes on the exchange, according to data source ...

Are you not a fan of covered call ETFs that blindly sell the same strikes across their entire portfolio at the same expiry every month? Neither am I. That approach leaves a lot of upside on the ...

A covered call strategy is an investing technique that saves one from market selloffs to quite an extent. The strategy involves holding a long position in a stock and selling call options on it to ...

The Hamilton Technology YIELD MAXIMIZER ETF offers a 10.9% yield through a covered call strategy on U.S. tech stocks, balancing income and growth potential. QMAX's strategy involves writing ...

The Fund invests in securities of energy and energy related companies in addition to writing covered call options. The call options are written out of the money and selected based on analyzing the ...