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The LEAPS Collar: A Smarter Way to Protect Your Position

Learn how to protect Microsoft (and other stocks/ ETFs) using LEAPS collars with $11,770 instead of $40,000. Step-by-step guide with real numbers, strike selection & management.

PMCC Management Rules

A practical PMCC management playbook covering LEAPS selection, short call rules, roll triggers, dividend-related assignment risk, and the sizing discipline that keeps capital efficiency from becoming concentration risk.

JNJ PMCC Strategy Review: How One LEAPS Position Produced 93% "Dividend Replacement" Income While the Stock Gained 32%

A real JNJ Poor Man's Covered Call trade breakdown, with real numbers, real bruises, and a repeatable framework you can apply to your own watchlist.

The Probability Stack: How Professional Options Sellers Think About Risk

Learn how Expected Move, Delta, Prob. OTM, and Prob. Touch work together to form a complete risk management system for options trading. Master the Probability Stack used by professional premium sellers.

The Jade Lizard: High-Probability Income When Volatility Pays You to Wait

Master the jade lizard strategy: sell puts + call spreads with limited upside risk. Complete guide with URA example, probability analysis, and management rules.

Building an All-Weather PMCC Portfolio

Learn how to build a diversified "All-Weather" portfolio using Poor Man's Covered Calls (PMCCs): ETF selection, LEAPS rules, short-call overlays, and risk controls that actually work.

The 11 Essential Educational Corner Articles of the Year: Your Complete Options Strategy Playbook

Discover the 11 best options strategy articles from The Option Premium's Educational Corner. Master The Wheel, PMCCs, vertical spreads, cash-secured puts, and risk management with this complete playbook for systematic income generation.

📚 Educational Corner: How to Choose LEAPS Contracts: Strike Selection, Expiration, and Volatility

Master LEAPS selection with systematic framework: 0.75 to 0.85 delta strikes, 18 to 30 month expiration, extrinsic value analysis. Probability-based approach.

📚 Educational Corner: LEAPS and the Wheel: Blending Long-Term Calls with Short-Term Premium

Combine LEAPS exposure with Wheel-style puts and covered calls to stack long-term growth with short-term income, step by step.

📚 Educational Corner: PMCC - Expected Move for Picking Short Calls

Use expected move to choose short-call strikes that pay and protect.

📚 Educational Corner: Retirement Income with Options: Safe Strategies for Seniors

Generate retirement income with options. Expert guide covers risk-defined strategies, position sizing, and realistic returns for seniors seeking steady cash flow.

📚 Educational Corner: Limit vs. Market Orders for Options Traders

Learn how sloppy options execution costs traders $6,000+ yearly. Master limit orders, avoid slippage, and keep more profit with this complete guide.

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