redneckag said:
I have a question about "net free". Is it as simple as buying 1000 shares of a stock at $1, then selling 500 shares once it hits $2? Is there more nuance to it? I have been following the thread for a month or 2 and have learned a lot, I appreciate everyone's insights and willingness to share.
Yep. An example: I bought 100 shares of WWR a while back at 7.00 or so. My cost basis then was 7.00. I subsequently bought 300 shares when it was around 4.00, dropping my cost basis to (1007) + (3004)/400 = 4.75 cost basis.
Once I had 400 shares, I started selling covered calls at various levels .15 here, .20 there. Each time lowers my cost basis by that amount per share until I get to 0. Then it's net free.
Goal is, if you're a small investor like me, has been to buy 100 shares of something then sell the covered calls on it until you're net free. It's not big money and requires patience but doing this has allowed me to sell covered calls until I have enough cash to buy more shares to sell more covered calls. I have to do this because this is my Rollover account for older 401k accounts I've had over the years. About 80% of it is in ETFs I don't touch and really only play this game with the remaining 20%.
Does that make sense?