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Prophet00 said:
The risk you run is if it starts running past $10 long before July. You are obligated to sell your shares for $10, so you are risking the potential additional gain.
With the premium, you're essentially banking on a max share price of $12.90 by then. Many people think it could run farther than that.
But it's not a bad idea, especially if you are more than comfortable selling your shares at that gain. I do it set a net free position pretty regularly if called out.
Esteban du Plantier said:
Could always give up a little premium and buy a deep otm call to protect in case it moons.
Reeeeeeally wished I knew that was a thing when I was selling $15 calls on mgni.
cptthunder said:
After missing out on big runs in MARA and another from this board I did a version of this on SNDL but actually bought a as far out $0.50 call as I could the last time it dipped way under a dollar and now just sell CCs against that way out of the money and if it goes absolutely crazy again I'll just hold off and exerciser for a whopping 50 bucks per 100 shares
SoTXAg09 said:
Could you explain this to me like I'm 5? Please and thank you.
This is the poor man's covered call.
Buy a deep in the money call a long time to expiration and you can sell calls against that closer/higher strike. Simulates owning the stock.
Sundial is cheap, so less impactful. But consider that you can buy the apple 100 option expiring 690 days out for $39, or $12 in extrinsic premium. Hell of a deal for the ability to acct like you own 100 shares of apple at a fraction of the price.
Would work really well on a huge down move and/or volatility crush. Buy the option at its absolute cheapest and wait for iv to rise, juicing the call premiums.
Edit to add: I'm not sure how this provides comfort if the stock explodes.
If you buy the .5c and sell a 2.5c, you're only making 2 if the stock breaches 2.5.
But if you sell a 2.5c but buy the 6c as protection (for example), you're giving up premium, maybe a third, but you're going to be a happy guy if the stuck goes insane.
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