Long call and covered call approaches both involve call options, but they serve very different purposes in a portfolio. A long call is typically a speculative strategy, allowing investors to profit ...

Exchange-traded funds using options to generate income have become popular. They take a variety of approaches to providing income and growth. Exchange-traded funds that use covered call options to ...

Covered calls let investors earn income from stocks while limiting potential upside Covered calls let investors earn income from stocks they already own by selling the right to buy them at a set price ...

XYLD replicates the S&P 500 index and sells monthly at-the-money SPX covered calls to generate results similar to the Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index. Overall, historic performances have been good with a ...