I have 800 shares of $AMZN for long term

On Aug 1, 2022 I started selling Covered Calls against these shares

✅ My objective: To get premiums without losing my shares

✅ 9 month summary:

Premiums: $9,780
No shares lost
No active calls

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The premiums received in the amount of $9,780 is on top of the capital gains or losses in the $AMZN stock since Aug 1

I was going to hold these shares anyway

I don’t try to time the market with my core stocks by getting in and out of the stock

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It wasn’t a smooth ride up in this journey of selling $AMZN Covered Calls

There were a few times where the stock spiked up beyond my strike price

I had to carefully maneuver and manage through the Rollovers

Had to stay patient a LOT

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The last three earnings calls were a roller coaster

Big movements up and down

Even this past week the ride during AFTER HOURS after earnings was crazy

But in the end all active calls expired

In these 9 months I haven’t lost any $AMZN shares

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My cost basis for these shares is $92

So in 9 months I got a 13.2% return from JUST selling Covered Calls

The gains/losses are in top of that in these 9 months

But the point is that as a long term holder of $AMZN I would have held these shares anyway Image
Essentially selling Covered Calls allowed me to lower my cost basis in $AMZN by $12+

Covered calls become a great hedge against a stock going down

It helps you recover the capital losses in the stock for long term holders

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May 1
Selling Cash Secured Puts are not without risks

A hidden risk is LOST OPPORTUNITY

An example:

I had sold a $129 CSP on $AAPL in December that I rolled down a couple of times to $126

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I received $220 in premiums

In 4 weeks

I never let the $AAPL shares get assigned to me at $129

I rolled down to $126

$AAPL then went up beyond $129 and never came down to $126

I LOST MY OPPORTUNITY to buy $AAPL at $129

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Today $AAPL is above $165

I made 1.7% in premiums in 4 weeks

$220 on $12,900 collateral

But that’s nothing compared to the lost opportunity in Capital Gains in $AAPL

Maybe $AAPL comes back down to the $120s again?

But who knows 🤷‍♂️
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Apr 29
$PLTR Covered Call Update

A brief thread 🧵 on the ups and downs of $PLTR and all the maneuvering I had to do with my Call Option

Premium: $528
Risk: $9600

5.5% return in ~4 months

16.5% annualized return

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Sold a 1/27 $PLTR $7.5C on Jan 9

12 contracts (1200 shares)

Premium added: $72

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On Jan 27 I rolled over the $PLTR call

$PLTR was above $7.6 and I didn’t want to lose my shares

Rolled the call over by one week to:

- 2/3 $7.5C
- Premium: $216 Image
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Apr 25
🔥 $SQ Covered Call Journey🔥

A thread 🧵 on two separate calls that I had sold against my 200 $SQ shares

Cost Basis: $69 per share

Initial calls sold on Jan 17 and 20:

1/27 $77C
1/20 $78C
Premiums: $123

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On Jan 20 $SQ reached beyond my strike price of $78 expiring that day

So to protect my shares I rolled over the call

To 2/3 $80

Added premium: $111 Image
By Jan 27 $SQ was almost at $84

I could let my 1/27 $77C expire and take the capital gain loss

But I wanted to capture the upside in the stock so I didn’t want to lose the shares

No idea how far up $SQ would go

So I rolled way up and over: 6/16 $97.5

Premium: $78 Image
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Apr 24
When you sell a Covered Call you always make money

Right?

Wrong

But you always get PAID for selling that call so HOW do you lose money?

If the stock runs up way beyond your strike price you LOST capital gains

It’s important to account for such losses when you sell CCs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Technically yes not LOST money but gains limited. But the CC lost you money compared to if you hadn’t done anything. At least for the time being.

If you buy the shares back at exactly the same price as you lost them, then you erased your losses
My point is that you need to account for this LOST OPPORTUNITY somewhere

If it was a stock that you would have sold anyway, then yes doesn’t matter and no need to account for that
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Apr 23
Looking to sell Options?

Like Covered Calls or Cash Secured Puts?

Then knowing the Greeks can help you make more informed decisions

The Greeks are a set of metrics that measure different aspects of options contracts

A brief thread 🧵 on the Greeks

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What is Delta?

Delta measures how much the price of an option changes in relation to a change in the price of the underlying asset

A high delta means the option is more sensitive to changes in the underlying asset's price
What is Theta?

Theta measures how much the price of an option declines as time passes

It's also known as the "time decay" of an option

A high theta means the option's value will decrease rapidly as time passes
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Apr 22
All rollovers are NOT the same when you Sell Options

What are rollovers?

You BUY back an option that you sold and then you SELL another option at a different strike price and/or expiry

Here are a few different types of rollovers

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Forced Rollover

Your option is already at a LOSS

Your option is about to be called or assigned

But you don’t want that

So you are FORCED to roll it over to the future at the same strike price or higher

Example: $AAPL Image
The price of $AAPL is above the strike price of the call option

To prevent my shares being called at a value below my strike price I ROLLOVER the option

I kept the same strike price and only went out by a week

I could have chosen a higher strike and more distant expiry
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