This is a guest post from Gavin McMaster @OptiontradinIQ Searching for income has become a challenge. Bonds have been a traditional conservative income stream for decades. Yet, bond yields are now trading at historic lows. This has led some investors and advisors to jump into lower credit “junk” bonds simply to generate any income – […]
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A covered call calculator allows an investor to enter in: Stock price Strike price Call premium Days until expiration Margin interest rate You can then see the analysis of the parameters of the covered call write: Cost of the shares. Credit received from selling call options. Total capital required for the option play. Cost basis
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An investor who holds a stock in their portfolio can write a covered call option contract on each 100 shares. This is an income producing strategy for collecting option premium on existing positions. The downside risk on a covered call write is that the underlying shares go lower than the compensation from the option premium
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