If You’re Not Tracking Every Dollar of Premium, You’re Flying Blind Here’s something I’ve observed across 40-plus years in the markets: the income investors who succeed long-term all share one habit. It’s not a particular stock they buy or a specific strike price they choose. It’s this — they track everything. Every premium collected. Every… Continue reading How to Track Your Covered Call Income: The Simple System for Consistent Results
Most People Learn Covered Calls on One Stock — Here’s Why That’s Just the Beginning I remember the first time a student came back to me after their initial covered call trade and said, “Mark, it worked. I collected the premium and the stock stayed below the strike. What do I do now?” My answer:… Continue reading How to Build a Covered Call Portfolio From Scratch (Step-by-Step)
Most Investors Overlook the Strategy That Lets You Collect Covered Call Income With a Fraction of the Capital Here’s a question I get constantly from students: “Mark, I love the covered call strategy, but I don’t have enough capital to buy 100 shares of NVDA or AMZN. What do I do?” My answer is always… Continue reading LEAPS Covered Calls: How to Generate Monthly Income With 70% Less Capital
Learn how to build a diversified covered call income portfolio with the three-tier framework: foundation ETFs, growth stocks, and opportunistic plays. Includes a sample $150K portfolio generating ~$2,770/month.
5 Options Income Strategies That Actually Work for Conservative Investors After 40+ years in the markets, I’ve tested every options income strategy you can name. Some work brilliantly. Others sound great on paper but fall apart the moment volatility spikes or a position moves against you. The question I get most often from my students… Continue reading 5 Options Income Strategies That Actually Work for Conservative Investors
Why I Stopped Chasing Dividends — and Started Selling Covered Calls Instead I spent decades in the markets — started at 12, founded a Wall Street software company, retired at 39. I’ve tried every income strategy out there. And for years, I thought dividend investing was the gold standard for building passive income. Then I… Continue reading Covered Calls vs Dividend Investing: Why I Switched to Selling Premium for Income
Learn the exact portfolio math, position sizing, and strategy framework for targeting $10,000 a month in covered call income. Includes a complete 5-position sample portfolio using AAPL, META, AMZN, GLD, and NVDA at current March 2026 prices.
