Discover more option strategies with interactive learning tools, like the Option Essentials, available in the Education Center. Develop a strategy that uses covered calls that may help generate income by selling a call option on stocks you already own, or protective puts that can help protect your stock positions against market declines – essential options strategies to help pursue your investment goals.
Discover how option contracts work, and how to use them to help profit from investments you already own and market price movements. You can also use them as a hedge to help minimize risk in an existing position or portfolio holding.
Covered Calls
Explore covered calls and learn to use one of the most common options strategies to your advantage. Covered calls allow you to sell, or “write” a call option on shares you already have in your portfolio for a contract price that is credited to your account. You may also profit from limited stock price appreciation and dividends. The risk is that if assigned, you would have to sell your stock at the contract strike price.
Protective Puts
Learn how to use one of the most popular market hedging strategies to potentially lock in a share price and minimize downside risks. If you feel the market may decline, this options strategy can help protect individual stock positions from a price decline. There are risks, but they’re limited to the amount you pay for the put option contract.
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