When to Roll a DPMCC Short Call covered calls dpmcc leaps options management pmcc risk management

A short call in a DPMCC can become uncomfortable quickly when the underlying stock rallies.

The stock moves higher.

The short call gains value.

The call moves closer to the money.

Or it moves in the money.

Expiration gets closer.

And eventually, the trader has to decide what to do.

Close th

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DPMCC vs. PMCC: What Is the Difference? covered calls dpmcc leaps options strategy pmcc risk management

A Dynamic Poor Man’s Covered Call and a standard Poor Man’s Covered Call use the same basic options structure.

Both use a long-dated call.

Both sell a shorter-term call against it.

Both are designed to create long exposure while collecting premium from the short call.

So why use two different

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How to Choose a LEAP for a DPMCC covered calls dpmcc leaps options strategy pmcc risk management

The long LEAP is the foundation of a Dynamic Poor Man’s Covered Call.

It is the part of the position that creates the long exposure.

It is the part that can lose the most value when the underlying falls.

And it is the part that determines whether the short-call income process has a strong found

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Dynamic Poor Man’s Covered Call: Complete DPMCC Strategy Guide covered calls dpmcc leaps options income pmcc risk management

A Dynamic Poor Man’s Covered Call is designed to create stock-like exposure with a long-dated call while generating premium through shorter-term call sales.

That sounds simple.

Buy a long call.

Sell a shorter-term call against it.

Collect premium.

Repeat.

But the strategy becomes much more c

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Poor Man’s Covered Call: Complete PMCC Strategy Guide covered calls leaps options strategy pmcc risk management

A Poor Man’s Covered Call is often presented as a lower-cost version of a covered call.

Buy a long-dated call.

Sell a shorter-term call against it.

Collect premium.

Repeat.

That sounds simple.

And mechanically, it is.

But a PMCC is not simply a covered call with less capital.

You do not ow

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The DPMCC Under Pressure — How the Strategy Performs in a Pullback dpmcc leaps

Today was one of those days.

Futures opened lower. Bond yields pushed higher. The market had just printed fresh all-time highs, and then suddenly the tone changed.

You know the type of day I'm talking about.

Everything feels calm for weeks, then one red day shows up and suddenly traders start sta...

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LEAP Options Explained: A Beginner's Guide to Long-Term Options beginner's guide call option implied volatility leaps options income options strategy position sizing put option risk management

LEAP options give traders more time than standard short-dated options, but more time does not make a trade automatically safer.

A LEAP can have an expiration date one year or more into the future.

That longer time horizon can reduce the immediate pressure of time decay.

It can give a bullish or

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