This is the Secret to Becoming a Successful Covered Call Option Writer
Wow! The stock market is certainly interesting these days. Many people, including me, have given up trying to predict the direction of the market. Thankfully, I've found myself in the position to be able to say "Who cares!"
This attitude is not due to the fact that I have essentially surrendered to the stock market and relegated my future to fate. It is simply due to a fundamental change I've made in my investment strategy.
The world is full of people that fail to see the advantages to covered call writing. My favorite piece of advice I get from these so called market experts is that "covered call writing fails because the market takes away your winners and leaves you with the losers". I find this hilarious. If I enter a trade with the potential to earn 8% for the market calls my stock that means I locked in that gain. Who cares if the stock continues to rise in value, I just made 8% for the month!
The average investor needs to remain focused on their goal in order to be successful using covered calls. Forget about what could have been. Don't focus on the unforeseen benefits that you never received as this will cause you to lose site of why you entered into the trade to begin with. Consistent monthly returns of 2% to 10% gains will definitely more than make up for any appreciation at you lost when the stock was called away. Making money is your goal, keep focused on that!
Now that we've addressed the fallacy about the market taking the winners, let's focus in on the losers. Please be aware that stocks decline at a faster rate than they go up. Fear and panic sometimes force people to act on emotion and not on logic. It is critical that the covered call option writer protect himself in this situation. How is this done? It can be done rather easily, but the answer is beyond the scope of this article.
What if you can use a strategy to protect yourself when the market goes down thereby locking in those same gains. Think about it, knowing what your gain will be even before you enter into a trade! I call that taking control of your investments. I am here to tell you that you can do that reliably and that I do that very thing month after month.
The key to being a successful covered call option seller is to remain focused on your goal and protect the downside. You must find a proven strategy that will allow you to stick to a plan regardless of which direction the stock market is moving in. Now you need to make a decision. Do you want to be the kind of investor that gambles on hopes of finding the next super stock? Or do you want to be the investor the builds wealth and becomes rich by using systematic, low risk strategies to beat the market month after month?
I've made my decision.
This attitude is not due to the fact that I have essentially surrendered to the stock market and relegated my future to fate. It is simply due to a fundamental change I've made in my investment strategy.
The world is full of people that fail to see the advantages to covered call writing. My favorite piece of advice I get from these so called market experts is that "covered call writing fails because the market takes away your winners and leaves you with the losers". I find this hilarious. If I enter a trade with the potential to earn 8% for the market calls my stock that means I locked in that gain. Who cares if the stock continues to rise in value, I just made 8% for the month!
The average investor needs to remain focused on their goal in order to be successful using covered calls. Forget about what could have been. Don't focus on the unforeseen benefits that you never received as this will cause you to lose site of why you entered into the trade to begin with. Consistent monthly returns of 2% to 10% gains will definitely more than make up for any appreciation at you lost when the stock was called away. Making money is your goal, keep focused on that!
Now that we've addressed the fallacy about the market taking the winners, let's focus in on the losers. Please be aware that stocks decline at a faster rate than they go up. Fear and panic sometimes force people to act on emotion and not on logic. It is critical that the covered call option writer protect himself in this situation. How is this done? It can be done rather easily, but the answer is beyond the scope of this article.
What if you can use a strategy to protect yourself when the market goes down thereby locking in those same gains. Think about it, knowing what your gain will be even before you enter into a trade! I call that taking control of your investments. I am here to tell you that you can do that reliably and that I do that very thing month after month.
The key to being a successful covered call option seller is to remain focused on your goal and protect the downside. You must find a proven strategy that will allow you to stick to a plan regardless of which direction the stock market is moving in. Now you need to make a decision. Do you want to be the kind of investor that gambles on hopes of finding the next super stock? Or do you want to be the investor the builds wealth and becomes rich by using systematic, low risk strategies to beat the market month after month?
I've made my decision.
About the Author:
Visit Marc's website for more information on successful Covered Call writing in a down stock market