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A Brief Primer on Options: Part 3 (Two ways to enhance your dividend growth portfolio with cash-secured puts)
In part one, we discussed what options are and why you might want to use them. In part two, we discussed how to read an options table as well as how to open and close option positions. Now that we’ve made it to part 3, we’re going to look at two ways that you can use cash-secured puts to enhance your dividend growth portfolio. Cash-secured puts are my flavor of options, and after reading this, … Read entire article »
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A Brief Primer on Options: Part 2 (Reading an options table, opening and closing options)
Previously, in part 1 of our options primer we discussed what options are and why you might want to use them. Now it’s time that we move onto part 2, where we’ll focus on how to read an options listing and how to go about selling cash-secured puts and covered calls. We’ll also cover how to escape from an option that you no longer want and remind you once again of the risks of dabbling … Read entire article »
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A Brief Primer on Options: Part 1 (What are options?)
I love options. I particularly love selling cash-secured put options. But the best place to start is the beginning. So for the purposes of this post, I’m going to walk us through the basics of options. What they are, how do they work, and why you might be interested in them. A word of caution before we begin. Options trading can become super complicated. The more complicated the trades, the more sophisticated you need to be … Read entire article »
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