TL;DR The best time to sell covered calls is 30 to 45 days to expiration, on high implied volatility days, immediately after a strong up move, and never into a known earnings announcement. Monthly expirations (third Friday) deliver the tightest spreads, deepest liquidity, and the best risk-adjusted income for most retirement portfolios. Weekly covered calls… Continue reading When Is the Best Time to Sell Covered Calls? Timing Strategies That Work
Earnings Season Can Be the Most Profitable Time for Covered Call Writers — Or the Most Dangerous Every quarter, like clockwork, the market enters a six-week window where nearly every major stock reports its earnings. And every quarter, I get the same question from students: “Mark, should I keep my covered calls open through earnings,… Continue reading How to Trade Covered Calls During Earnings Season (The Right Way)
Learn how implied volatility affects your covered call premiums and how to use IV Rank and IV Percentile to sell smarter. Includes premium comparison tables, ideal IV ranges, and portfolio construction tips.
Learn how implied volatility drives covered call premiums, how to use IV Rank and IV Percentile to time your trades, and five rules for maximizing options income in any volatility environment.
Tariff Refund Chaos and Market Volatility: A Clear Way to Think About Your Portfolio $166 billion. That’s about how much U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collected from a set of tariffs that courts have now said should be refunded. (AP News) Here’s the wild part: CBP told the court they can’t refund that… Continue reading Tariff Refund Chaos and Market Volatility: How Covered Calls Can Turn Uncertainty Into Income
When the market turns red, a lot of traders try to be heroes. They try to pick bottoms. They guess. They hope. That’s usually how people get hurt. In this update, Mark Yegge walked through what he showed his friend “Juicy Joe” (a covered call income trader). The main point was simple: In a… Continue reading Red Market Playbook: Fortress Covered Calls, Bearish Watchlist, and Bullish Setups
