Most traders who consider options have heard of the popular strategy, the covered call. This is a very safe options strategy because it produces a profit better than just owning stock in most possible outcomes. A “covered” call exists when you own 100 shares of the underlying stock, and sell a call....
Michael C. Thomsett has written more than 70 books on investment and financial topics, including The Options Trading Body of Knowledge, Options Trading for the Conservative Investor, Stock Profits: Getting to the Core, Winning with Options, The Leaps Strategist, and the best-selling Getting Started in Options. His Investment and Securities Dictionary was named Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine.