Covered Calls
This section explores some of the details of this widely used strategy.
Using the Profit and Loss Simulator to Replicate a Covered Call Position
The P&L Simulator, powered by iVolatility, allows you to explore the potential profit and loss of hypothetical trades. Customize variables such as stock price, volatility, interest rates, days to expiration and dividends to model theoretical results. Note that all data for US stocks, options, dividends and interest rates are provided with a 20-minute delay.
Covered Call Risks
OIC instructor Ken Keating explains the possible risks involved in a covered call position with this example.
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Obligations of a Covered Call Writer
OIC instructor Ken Keating explains why it is important for the seller of a covered call to understand their obligations.
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Trading Covered Calls to Generate Income
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Premium Income I: Covered Calls
This rebroadcast from the OIC webinar program will provide an overview of covered calls, an option-selling strategy, as well as the potential impact of dividends.
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What is a Covered Call?
OIC instructor Ken Keating explains the covered call strategy and how it consists of writing a call that is covered by an equivalent long stock position.
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Covered Calls: What Happens at Expiration?
OIC instructor Ken Keating explains the differences between the Traditional and "Poor's Man" Covered Call at expiration.
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