Michael Vi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Things to know - Appended Keeping the length of each article in mind, we will be looking at adding just three key learnings from the comments sections of the previous articles. 1. Best time to write covered calls? When the stock is up. AKA the green days. On green days, the stock is closer to any strike price on your covered call, no matter the strike price and the expiration date. You have higher risk of getting called away and hence the higher premium. The options chain shown below proves this point. For the same length of time (March 25th expiration last week vs. April 1st expiration right now), the premiums are consistently higher for every strike price. For example, the $13.50 strike price we picked in the previous article offered a 2.54% p