Why I Use Covered Calls: Monthly Income, StrategyDescription:
In this video, I break down why I use covered calls as part of my long-term investing strategy—especially inside tax-advantaged accounts like Roth IRAs. Whether you're looking to generate steady monthly income, reduce downside risk, or are open to selling your stocks at a premium, covered calls can be a powerful tool.
🧠 What You'll Learn:
Why covered calls are ideal for long-term holders who want extra income
The basic requirements (100 shares, option approval, etc.)
Why volatile stocks yield better premiums than dividend stocks
My personal method: targeting 0.20 delta strike prices on a monthly timeframe
Risks like being assigned and limiting your upside
💡 Key Takeaway:
If you’re not using a tax-advantaged account, your capital gains are taxable—so consider strategies like this inside an IRA.
📌 Coming Soon:
In a future video, I’ll dive into the Wheel Strategy and selling puts to generate income from cash reserves.
Beyond Technical Analysis
EUR_AUD WILL GO DOWN|SHORT|
✅EUR_AUD price grew again
To retest the resistance of 1.7640
But it is a strong key level
So I think that there is a high chance
That we will see a bearish move down
SHORT🔥
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S&P 500 Index -- Weekly Volatility Potential Good Afternoon!
This week, I want to talk about the CBOE:SPX and its weekly potential for how I read historical volatility to weight it then to implied volatility -- this creates my custom trading ranges.
Implied ranges for this week are calculated at 4 DTE using my strength of IV method. You can find out more how I do this over at my highlights page on 'X' - Find me @askHVtobidIV
We are entering a short week, with IV currently in the 89th percentile for the year ( 18.31% ) and resonating between bi-weekly ( 19.36% ) and monthly ( 15.13% ) historical values. Quarterly volatility trends ( 31.79% ) have risen more than 10% this year alone due to macro concerns and increased news from tariff uncertainties. This is creating a volatile environment that, in turn, only increases our trading ranges. Something I personally like.
Near-term trends are above the currently high IV environment, suggesting further expansion. This provides premium value on what is happening to what is projected to happen and a “strength of IV” of >100% indicating rising volatility, slowly towards quarterly means, while resonating around monthly trends.
If price action drives downwards, our gap from May 16th could fill around $5,692.56 with confluence of HV21 trends at $5,710.91.
Conversely, I can see HV10 ranges with rising pricing action and good macro news with EU tariffs breaking $5,971.33—Expanding to the price of $5,995.95 with continuing expansion and regression towards means.
Come back next weekend as I will review the chart to see how we developed!
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ETHUSD long - prebreakout formationI am seeing a 'pre-breakout buildup' on ETHUSD. Price is being carried by the 50ema for extended periods. The preceding trend before this sideways movement was bullish (so is bitcoin). There is a squeeze in progress, and we are seeing consistently higher lows.
I see this PA as a high probability breakout potential in the next week or so.
GBP_AUD PULLBACK AHEAD|SHORT|
b]✅GBP_AUD has retested
A resistance level of 2.1036
And we are seeing a bearish reaction
With the price going down so we are
Bearish biased now and we will be
Expecting the pair to go further down
SHORT🔥
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LYFT Two-Stage Trade Plan
LYFT Two-Stage Trade Plan
Setup: Head & Shoulders Breakdown → Bull Flag Recovery
Based on analysis of multiple LYFT 15-minute and daily charts, we’ve identified a potential head and shoulders pattern forming with a neckline at $16.30. A breakdown below this level could trigger a short opportunity early in the week (Tuesday). However, if price holds or reclaims this level into Wednesday or Thursday, it could reestablish a bull flag pattern — setting up a strong continuation move to the upside.
This trade plan allows for tactical short exposure if the bearish breakdown occurs, while preparing to pivot bullish on a reclaim, turning a fakeout into a breakout.
Technical Breakdown
• Left Shoulder: Formed around May 20
• Head: Higher high around May 21–22
• Right Shoulder: Lower high on May 27
• Neckline Support: ~$16.30 (key pivot zone)
• Bearish trigger: Breakdown and close below $16.25
• Bullish trigger: Reclaim and hold above $16.30
• Volume context: Elevated volume near $16.30 suggests it’s a high-stakes decision level
Trade Plan A — Bearish Breakdown (Tuesday)
Scenario: LYFT breaks below neckline and triggers short opportunity.
• Entry: ~$16.25 on breakdown
• Stop: ~$16.50 (above right shoulder)
• Target 1: $16.00
• Target 2: $15.85 (full measured move from head to neckline)
• Risk/Reward: Strong 2:1 or better if risk is held tight
Rationale: Breakdown from neckline of head and shoulders pattern. Traders react bearishly, and momentum takes price lower into support zones near $15.90.
Trade Plan B — Bull Flag Reclaim (Wednesday–Thursday)
Scenario: LYFT shakes out below neckline temporarily but reclaims support, resetting a bull flag.
• Setup: Post-fakeout recovery; price rebounds off $15.90–$16.00
• Entry: On reclaim and close above $16.30
• Stop: Below $16.00 or the recent higher low
• Target 1: $16.65 (recent high)
• Target 2: $17.00+ (bull flag extension move)
Rationale: A failed breakdown traps bears and reverses higher. Reclaim of support confirms accumulation and trend continuation, potentially into Thursday or Friday.
Monthly closing above 43.10 would be a positive sign. GWLC-Closed at 42.95 (27-05-2025)
Monthly closing above 43.10 would be a
positive sign.
Weekly Closing should be above 42.
a Bullish Inverse H&S pattern is formed & it
would be valid only if 40.60 is not broken.
Upside targets (if 44.80 is Crossed), can be 50+
Bull Flag Forming on ETH/BTC – Altcoins About to Explode?$ETH/BTC just broke a key resistance line and is now forming a bullish flag — this is big for altcoins.
Why? Because when ETH starts gaining strength against BTC, it often signals the beginning of an altcoin rotation. Ethereum usually leads the pack — and when its BTC pair is bullish, altcoins tend to follow with strong momentum.
The breakout followed by a bull flag consolidation suggests continuation is likely. If ETH/BTC pushes higher from here, we could see capital flow from Bitcoin into altcoins, igniting the next leg of altseason.
Altcoins may be gearing up — stay sharp.
NNFX USDCAD Short Full Signal Signal: Short — Full Signal
Context: Price Breaks through with Volume, Full Signal 2 days behind C2
Probability: Normal to Weak - Signal 2 candles into C2 but huge volume short
Risk: Base 1%
R:R Plan: 0.72R, 75% scale-out at TP - Huge Range to Trend into 2R and opportunity to severely reduce risk within the first 24 hours.
Notes:
At first glance the R is not too great, but this is mainly due to breakout meaning stops are placed at full 1.5x ATR Away from entry but supported by the candle structure.
The range for this trade is large though, beyond 1xATR and even beyond 2x ATR. Opportunity to reduce risk to the order zone halfway through the candle which will make the R instantly positive. Reduced Risk to match the lower probability of this trade and other USD pending trades.
It's been a bad week for ADI, but that's what makes it tastyLong today after the close at 210.40.
Historically, ADI has been a top 20 performer for my trading system, so a 1 week slump doesn't faze (NOT phase) me a bit. Long term, it has a dazzling track record for what I do, so short term struggles just look like an opportunity for me.
Historically, this particular setup is 359-1 (the one would be a trade from late February that would be down about 12% right now. Including that loser, the median trade in ADI has produced a return of 1.9% and taken 2 trading days. Some of these trades CAN take a very long time. Included in that data are 2 trades that would have taken over 15 YEARS to become profitable after the dot.com crash. But those are EXTREME anomalies. 90% of the trades closed in 3 weeks or less, and 77% closed in one week or less. That covers every trade going all the way back to 1970.
I don't anticipate the signal occurring multiple times before the trade closes, but it does happen occasionally. If it does, I will add to the position. I will generally close the trade at the first profitable close, as long as the profit is > 0.10%.
As always - this is intended as "edutainment" and my perspective on what I am or would be doing, not a recommendation for you to buy or sell. Act accordingly and invest at your own risk. DYOR and only make investments that make good financial sense for you in your current situation.
Nothing to love about this chart - but I'm a quant trader...If you've been following me for any length of time, you know what a trader-crush I have on TSCO. The success I've had with it over time has been about as good as any stock I trade.
This is a sad chart, when you look at it. There's really nothing here that screams buy right now. But the chart doesn't tell the whole story. While I'm not using my typical algo for this trade, I still have data on my side, and for me, that is what matters.
This situation has occurred 210 times in the history of TSCO and has paid off every single time. The results are even better, historically, than with the algo I usually use. The average gain is 2.14% in an average of 6.2 days. That's .34% per day held, or 86% annualized, and nearly 8x the average daily return of the market. But that's not the best part. Almost 80% of trades closed in 1 week or less, 92% in 3 weeks or less, and over 50% closed in one day.
I entered long at today's closing price of 49.67. The entry situation doesn't usually stick around for multiple days, but should it do so, I'll add to the position. While in this case, I usually close the trade on the close of the first bar the trade becomes profitable, if the gain is less than 0.1%, I will extend the trade.
As always - this is intended as "edutainment" and my perspective on what I am or would be doing, not a recommendation for you to buy or sell. Act accordingly and invest at your own risk. DYOR and only make investments that make good financial sense for you in your current situation.
KASPA wave C of Expanding Flat. Bullish!This is my bullish elliott wave scenario for kaspa, currently beginning wave 3/3/5 of wave C so should be a nice ride up to clear our extreme of wave A at 0.12012. Conservative invalidation at the bottom of wave B 0.10159. THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. Its simply my opinion based on Elliott Wave Theory
I like, not love, META on a quick flip - long at 640.34As a short term mean reversion trader, I don't like charts that go straight up. Since late April, that's what META has done. With just a small pullback from its recent highs, this is a spot where if the trade works, it should work quickly, playing off the stock's recent momentum. But if it doesn't pay off quickly, the risk is that I'm getting in near the top of a 35% run in under a month and those trades typically take a LONG time to pay off when that happens. So more so than usual, I'd suggest spectating on this one.
When my biggest reason for taking the trade is that there just weren't any other options today, that's not a position I like to be in. That said, META has some things going for it.
1) momentum. the same momo that scares me would have scared me half of this run ago.
2) it hasn't yet closed below the trendline in place since the beginning of this run.
3) it bounced off of support today from the March 25 intermediate high.
4) it's trading above its 200d MA - always a good thing.
5) the signal has been nearly infallible to this point. it has produced a 91%+ win rate (1.8 profit factor) on 373 trades since last June that I've posted on here.
All of that is great, but I won't stop being nervous about this one until the trade is closed. This will definitely be a FPC exit on this one.
As always - this is intended as "edutainment" and my perspective on what I am or would be doing, not a recommendation for you to buy or sell. Act accordingly and invest at your own risk. DYOR and only make investments that make good financial sense for you in your current situation.