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Rolling & Position Management

What Rolling Means and When It Makes Sense

Somewhere around your third or fourth covered call cycle, you'll encounter the word "roll." The app might surface roll guidance. Another seller might mention it. You'll see it in options forums described variously as a lifesaving technique and a way to dig yourself into a deeper hole.