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The Week Ahead for Option Sellers: November 2-6
We sell covered calls and cash-secured puts on quality stocks we already own or would be happy to own.
The goal is to create income from your assets rather than by selling them, and it’s a rules-based process anyone can learn.
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Updated November 2, 2026, with every figure checked against IRS, Medicare and Treasury sources.
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They didn’t.
In Ju...
Stocks With the Highest Option Premiums This Week, Screened for Retirement Income
Updated November 2, 2026
This week’s highest option premiums, by annualized yield: Oracle (ORCL) at 96.5%, CrowdStrike (CRWD) at 64.6% and ServiceNow (NOW) at 63.2%.
This week’s 14 setups pay from 20.7% to 96.5% annualized, and every one...
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The Multiplier is written for people who are retired, or close to it, and want their savings to pay them a steady income without selling the shares they spent decades building.
Most readers invest through their own US...
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