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Opening (IRA): TQQQ March 21st 68 Covered Call... for a 64.63 debit. Comments: Starter position on weakness, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with built-in short call defense. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 64.63 Max Profit: 3.37 ROC at Max: 5.21% 50% Max: 1.69 ROC at 50% Max: 2.61% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I currently have on, and/or roll out short call if my TP is not hit.
NASDAQ:TQQQLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): SOXL March 21st 20 Covered Call... for an 18.21 debit. Comments: Adding to my current position at strikes better than what I have on, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with built-in short call defense. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 18.21 Max Profit: 1.79 ROC at Max: 9.83% 50% Max: .90 ROC at 50% Max: 4.91% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals assuming I can get in at strikes better than what I currently have on, and/or roll out short call if my TP is not hit.
AMEX:SOXLLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): SOXL March 21st 23 Covered Call... for a 20.87 debit. Comments: High IVR/IV. Adding to my position at a break even better than what I currently have on. Selling the -75 call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 20.87 Max Profit: 2.13 ROC at Max: 10.21% 50% Max: 1.07 ROC at 50% Max: 5.11% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals (assuming I can get in at a break even better than what I currently have on), and/or roll out the short call in the event take profit is not hit.
AMEX:SOXLLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TQQQ March 21st 71 Covered Call... for a 67.75 debit. Comments: Starter position, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 67.75/share Max Profit: 3.25 ROC at Max: 4.80% 50% Max: 1.63 ROC at 50% Max: 2.40% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals (assuming I can get in at break evens/strikes better than what I currently have on), and/or roll out short call if my take profit is not hit.
NASDAQ:TQQQLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TAN February 21st 32 Covered Call... for a 31.17 debit. Comments: Still in the top 5 underlyings for IV on my ETF board, with 30-day at 35.0%. Adding at strikes better than what I currently have on after exiting the 33's at 50% max. Selling the -75 delta call against stock to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 31.17/share Max Profit: .83 ROC at Max: 2.66% 50% Max: .42 ROC at 50% Max: 1.33% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max.
AMEX:TANLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TNA March 21st 38 Covered Call... for a 36.24 debit. Comments: Adding in at strikes better than what I currently have on, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 36.24/share Max Profit: 1.76 ROC at Max: 4.86% 50% Max: .88 ROC at 50% Max: 2.43% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals (assuming I can get in at break evens/strikes better than what I currently have on), and/or roll out short call should my take profit not hit.
AMEX:TNALong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): IBIT March 21st 50 Covered Call... for a 47.78 debit. Comments: High IVR/IV. Selling the -75 call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 47.78 Max Profit: 1.22 ROC at Max: 2.55% 50% Max: .61 ROC at 50% Max: 1.28% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals (assuming I can get in at a break even better than what I currently have on), and/or roll out the short call in the event take profit is not hit.
NASDAQ:IBITLong
by NaughtyPines
2
Opening (IRA): TQQQ March 21st 69 Covered Call... for a 65.42 debit. Comments: High IV + weakness. Selling the -75 call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 65.42 Max Profit: 3.58 ROC at Max: 5.47% 50% Max: 1.79 ROC at 50% Max: 2.74% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals (assuming I can get in at a break even better than what I currently have on), and/or roll out the short call in the event take profit is not hit.
NASDAQ:TQQQLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): XBI January 17th 92 Covered Call... for a 90.47 debit. Comments: IVR/IV isn't fantastic here at 11.1/26.3%, but there is some IV skew to take advantage of on the call side -- 31.34% at the 92 call relative to 26.62% at the 92 put. Selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put to take advantage of the IV skew and the built-in defense of the short call. From a charting standpoint, the break even sets up nicely with the "RFK, Jr. low" in November. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 90.47 Max Profit: 1.53 ROC at Max: 1.69% 50% Max: .77 ROC at 50% Max: .85
AMEX:XBILong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TMF Feb 28th 35 Covered Call... for a 33.98 debit. Comments: High IVR/IV at 40.7/44.2, which is no surprise, since this is a bullish 3 x leveraged 20 year paper exchange-traded fund. It does have a dividend that pays out quarterly in March, June, September, and December (annualized yield of 4.71%). Selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Using the February 28th expiry to keep things in that 45 DTE wheelhouse and will look to add at intervals, assuming I can get in at strikes/break evens better than what I currently have on. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 33.98/share Max Profit: 1.02 ROC at Max: 3.00% 50% Max: .51 ROC at 50% Max: 1.50% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, roll in-profit short call out to reduce my break even.
AMEX:TMFLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TLT April 17th 82 Covered Call... for an 80.60 debit. Comments: Laddering out at strikes better than what I currently have on (Feb 87's, March 84's). Selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short calls. Plus, gotta be in shares to grab that divvy. Metrics: Break Even/Buying Power Effect: 80.60/shares Max Profit: 1.40 ROC at Max: 1.74% (excluding dividends) Ordinarily, I take profit at 50% max, but will wait until the dividend immediately preceding the monthly expiry drops before considering taking profit.
NASDAQ:TLTLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TLT February 21st 87 Covered Call... for a 85.97 debit. Comments: Going long at or near November lows, selling the -75 call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, with the built-in defense of the short call. I'm also looking to snag the January and potentially the February dividends here. This is a bit longer-dated than I ordinarily like to go, but I'm not doing a ton here besides waiting for January setups to come in/be managed. The obvious variant is to sell the standard -30 delta against: TLT Feb 21st 94 covered call, 89.72 debit, 4.28 max. 4.77% ROC at max where the short call is paying >1% of the strike price in credit. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 85.97/share Max Profit (ex. dividends): 1.03 ROC at Max: 1.20% 50% Max: .52 ROC at 50% Max: .60% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max after at least the January dividend drops.
NASDAQ:TLTLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): SOXL March 21st 29 Covered Call... for a 26.85 debit. Comments: High IV; starter position. Selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 26.85 Max Profit: 2.15 ROC at Max: 8.01% 50% Max: 1.08 ROC at 50% Max: 4.00% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, add at intervals if I can get in at better strikes/better break evens than what I currently have on, and/or roll out the short call if take profit is not hit.
AMEX:SOXLLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): XBI February 21st 85 Covered Call... for an 83.01 debit. Comments: Adding at strikes/break evens better than what I currently have on, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 83.01/share Max Profit: 1.99 ROC at Max: 2.40% 50% Max: 1.00 ROC at 50% Max: 1.20% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, roll out short call on take profit point test.
AMEX:XBILong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): IBIT February 28th 49.5 Covered Call... for a 47.52 debit. Comments: High IV/IVR. Back into IBIT on a little bit of weakness here, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. The March monthly is still a bit long in duration for my tastes, so going with a weekly. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 47.52/share Max Profit: 1.98 ROC at Max: 4.17% 50% Max: .99 ROC at 50% Max: 2.09% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, roll out short call on take profit test, add at intervals, assuming I can get in at break evens better than what I currently have on.
NASDAQ:IBITLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): TLT March 21st 81 Covered Call... for a 79.98 debit. Comments: Adding a "rung" in March at a break even better than what I currently have on, selling the -75 delta call against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with the built-in defense of the short call. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 79.98/share Max Profit (Excluding Dividends): 1.02 ROC at Max (Excluding Dividends): 1.28% Generally looking to roll out-of-the-money short call down and out for a credit that is greater than the amount of strike destruction at expiry to generate a quasi-free cash flow setup consisting of (a) short call premium; and (b) dividends. This differs somewhat than what I would ordinarily do, which is generally money/take/run at 50% max.
NASDAQ:TLTLong
by NaughtyPines
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Opening (IRA): URTY January 17th 51 Covered Call.. for a 49.25 debit. Comments: With my usual leveraged go-to TQQQ in kind of the IV doldrums (IVR 18.1/IV 49.6), opting for a play in URTY with its 63.4% 30-Day IV instead. It's not as liquid and doesn't have nearly as robust an options chain as TQQQ, but I will make do. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 49.25/share Max Profit: 1.75 ROC at Max: 3.55% 50% Max: .88 ROC at 50% Max: 1.78% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, roll out short call on test of take profit price, and add should I be able to get in at strikes/break evens better than what I currently have on.
AMEX:URTYLong
by NaughtyPines
Opening (IRA): URTY February 21st 41 Covered Call... for a 39.07 debit. Comments: Adding in at strikes better than what I currently have on, selling the -75 delta against shares to emulate the delta metrics of a 25 delta short put, but with built-in short call defense. I would prefer using TNA, since it's more liquid and has more expiries available, but already have a position on in TNA where the short call strike is at or above the -75, so don't want to add here. Metrics: Buying Power Effect/Break Even: 39.07/share Max Profit: 1.93 ROC at Max: 4.94% 50% Max: .97 ROC at 50% Max: 2.47% Will generally look to take profit at 50% max, roll out the short call if the setup doesn't hit my take profit.
AMEX:URTYLong
by NaughtyPines