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Rising markets are good for investors who own long stocks. And covered calls are good for creating monthly income. Buy why would you want to set a limit on your upside (by writing a covered call) when stocks are going up? Well, there are a few reasons. Perhaps you are investing around a news event? Or trading on margin? There are valid arguments to be made for increasing your safety net and taking a potentially smaller gain. Here are some of the reasons why you may want to consider selling covered calls as stocks are going up:

Professional investors have always known that stock options are a good source of recurring income. They are wasting assets and so the buyers (usually non-professional investors) lose money as time goes by and the options lose value. In the last 10 years or so, however, non-professional investors have been studying how to trade options in ever bigger numbers. Calls and puts are the instruments of choice, but we’re going to talk about call options in this article.

Everyone enjoys receiving dividends. Much like receiving interest, dividends are pure passive income. The best kind of income. You get paid no matter what you’re doing — reading a book, listening to the radio, on an airplane; it doesn’t matter, you still receive the dividend. There is another kind of security that behaves almost the same way — covered calls.

One of the most important purchases you will ever make is the purchasing of a home. Regardless of what neighborhood, location, or type of house one thing reminds true- it is expensive! People can be intimidated when buying a home because of how much it costs to make a purchase such as this.