Long call and covered call approaches both involve call options, but they serve very different purposes in a portfolio. A long call is typically a speculative strategy, allowing investors to profit ...

Income investors tend to gravitate towards covered calls, and blue-chip high yielding stocks are a great place to start.

Learn about backspreads, a trading strategy involving more purchased calls or puts than sold ones. Understand its workings and types for effective trading.

Learn about the long jelly roll, which is an option strategy that exploits pricing differences in options to achieve arbitrage gains with varying expiration dates.

Options are among the most popular vehicles for traders, because their price can move fast, making — or losing — a lot of money quickly. Options strategies can range from quite simple to very complex, ...

The YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF offers high monthly income by writing call options on Amazon but caps upside potential and swaps capital gains for yield. The fund uses synthetic covered ...

TSLY paid out more than $10.78 in distributions in 2024 alone, with an annualized yield cited as high as 75.31%. Generating ...

The MSTY ETF uses options-trading strategies to deliver a jaw-dropping distribution yield. Yet, investors should exercise caution as the MSTY share price is susceptible to drawdowns. Are you ahead, or ...

IGLD ETF review: synthetic covered calls on GLD deliver 11.36% monthly income but cap upside and lag GLD; ROC matters for taxes—see if it fits you.

Covered calls let investors earn income from stocks while limiting potential upside Covered calls let investors earn income from stocks they already own by selling the right to buy them at a set price ...

How to use the dividend capture strategy with call options Have you ever noticed a stock getting swarmed with heavy call selling activity just ahead of its ex-dividend date? If so, it's possible that ...

I woke up this morning feeling nostalgic. I realized it’s been three years and seven months since I wrote my first Barchart commentary about unusual options activity. I’ve always emphasized that it ...