If you’re new to options, there are two strategies that are generally less likely to blow up your account than outright speculation. The first is the covered call, where you own 100 shares of…
Are you tired of paying ETF providers a fat management fee to sell covered calls for you? If you think you can do better yourself, especially using a zero-commission brokerage, there is always the…
The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) is one of the most popular ETFs among options traders. It offers daily-expiring options, dozens of strike prices, high open interest, narrow bid-ask spreads, and substantial implied volatility. All…
One of the most important concepts investors can learn is tail risk.Tail risk refers to the possibility of an extreme market event that sits far out on the edges, or “tails,” of a probability…
Believe it or not, Volmageddon is now almost eight years behind us, but it is still fresh in my mind whenever I look at short-volatility products. For newer investors, Volmageddon refers to the volatility…
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is the largest ETF on the U.S. market, with just over $1 trillion in assets under management. It got there because of several compounding factors: the strong performance…
One of the classic ways to earn income from Treasury bills is through a Treasury ladder. You take a lump sum and divide it across multiple maturities, such as three-month, six-month, nine-month, and 12-month…
The Magnificent Seven stocks are among the most popular names for covered call investors. That isn’t surprising. Their options chains are highly liquid, there’s no shortage of strike prices and expiration dates, and their…
There are really three dates that matter for ETF income investors. First comes the declaration date, when the ETF sponsor announces how much will be paid. Next comes the ex-distribution date. This is the…
ETF distributions have come a long way. Depending on the fund, investors can receive income annually, semi-annually, quarterly, monthly, or even weekly. As of June 2026, however, there still isn’t a ETF that pays…
The Magnificent Seven stocks have become popular covered call candidates for a few reasons. First, they have highly liquid options chains with dozens of strike prices and expiration dates, making it easy to enter…
As a general rule of thumb, covered call ETFs tend to underperform their long-only counterparts. The tax drag from frequent distributions, the higher fees, and the simple reality that your upside is capped while…
Artificial intelligence and robotics remain among the most popular investment themes on the market. Rather than trying to identify the next moonshot startup before everyone else, thematic ETFs offer a more structured entry point.…
If you own an ETF tracking the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq-100, the Magnificent Seven are unavoidable. They’re a major part of both benchmarks, where a handful of technology giants continue to dominate index…
Artificial intelligence (AI) remains one of the most popular investment themes on the market. But if you’re going to invest in a thematic ETF, I think the first consideration should be position sizing. In…
As of June 9, Bitcoin is firmly in a bear market. I’m literally watching the price as I write this. It has slipped below $62,000 and is now sitting around $61,790 per coin. That…
As of June 9, 2026, after the market close, Bitcoin is down 29.3% year-to-date and trading at approximately $61,798 per coin. That also represents a decline of roughly 50% from its all-time high of…
There are a lot of different ways to make money from Bitcoin. Some traders attempt to profit from every up and down move, often using leverage. Others simply buy and HODL, trusting that over…
Reddit investors never cease to amuse me with their short-termism and tendency to performance chase. Case in point is the subreddit dedicated to the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI). Yes, one of the…
The launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States in January 2024 did more than simply make cryptocurrency easier to access. It also created a regulated ecosystem around Bitcoin that could support options…
