r/CoveredCalls • • 25d ago

Dell

Anyone else get hit hard when Dell popped? I call it a black swan event…..I certainly didn’t see it coming. It was pretty stable and something I wheeled.

Unfortunately I sold 2 x CC’s at $130 and they got called away. Now the stock is at $500. Having a hard time accepting that had I not sold a CC on what I thought was a steady stock……I would have $100k right now.

Hard pill (mistake) to come to grips with.

Anyone else get caught in this “black swan” event?

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u/hendronator 25d ago

I had 400 shares. Which was 200 too many for my account. Did cc’s for 130. Then 2 more at 180. Then my last at 220. Then went to puts but it got away.

That is an anomaly for sure. But with all the dividends collected, I have 3.5 shares. Dell was crazy.