# Wheel Strategy for Retirement Income (Running Covered Calls and Cash Secured Puts)

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Podcast: [Peter Pru | Option Sellers School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/peter-pru-option-sellers-school-7298973)
Published: 2026-04-15T19:00:03+00:00
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Duration seconds: 550

## Resource

🖥️ Register For A Workshop + Free Calculators: 👉 https://onlypeterpru.com/ark-options-workshop?utm_source=pod&utm_id=social 🚨Get Trade Ideas & Market Updates: 👉 https://theweeklywheel.beehiiv.com/ Most people running the wheel strategy in a retirement account are using the same tickers, the same aggression, and the same strike selection they use everywhere else — and in a retirement account, that approach creates a category of risk that a 30-year-old can absorb but a 50 or 60-year-old simply cannot. This video walks through exactly how the wheel strategy needs to be adjusted for an IRA or Roth IRA, including why broad index exposure through SPY and QQQ is almost always the right underlying, how to select strikes deep enough that assignment is genuinely welcome rather than stressful, and why the covered call phase after a market correction is actually one of the most favorable income environments available.

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