Recent content by Mike Parnos

How does volatility affect Options trading and is it a good or bad thing? A little violence is one's life can be very exciting, and profitable. No, I'm not suggesting you go rob your neighborhood liquor store. I'm talking about your trading life. The violence I'm referring to is the up and down...

In this article the author gives an example of how to put together all the information learnt in the past articles Covered Calls - Part 1 and Covered Calls - Part 2. It's time to put it all together - all the stuff you've learned to this point. We're going to go through the process of selecting...

The second part of the article on Covered Call Writing looks at more detail and gives some examples. Everybody screws up. It's human nature. I spent the last article explaining what TO do - and what NOT to do - when using the covered call strategy. Did it sink in? I hope so. Studies have shown...

The first of a two part look at Covered Call Writing. In this first part, we start with the basics. When you embark upon your first adventure into options trading, there are those who will tell you that "covered call writing" is the safest strategy. Even brokerage firms allow novice option...