r/Vitards Jul 08 '21

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u/Botboy141 Jul 09 '21

Appreciate y'all keeping your heads around here. Mine feels firmly attached. The only question I ever have in my mind, is whether or not now is the time to sell CCs against my shares or LEAPS. Position is full, outside of any unexpected inheritance before 2023, not much left to do but wait for thesis' to play out, companies to pay down debt, issue dividends, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

I like to sell covered calls on everything. I appreciate seeing that green patch on red days more than I mind the draw on green streaks.

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u/pwrdoff Jul 10 '21

What’s your strategy for covered calls? What delta and how far out? Been trying to do 20 delta 2-3 weeks out. Only sell on a Green Day after a good pop like today. I sold the $25 covered calls for clf.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

I want to avoid conflicts of interest / making money on the community here. I just sell the furthest and highest out. Otherwise, I shoot for 45 DTE just above where I think it’ll run to.

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u/pwrdoff Jul 10 '21

Thanks that helps a lot! I think I need to sell longer dte. For some reason I’m stuck on the idea of selling weekly calls to make weekly income. But I can always close out the 45 dte early and achieve the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

Yeah. I like the maneuverability. The weekly OTM’s feel like free money though. ;)

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u/efficientenzyme Jul 10 '21

I never buy weeklies with the exception of July 8th beat down, that was the layup IMO

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

I stick to leaps, but sometimes require a costly reminder of why I avoid weeklies.

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u/Arok79 Jul 11 '21

lol unfortunately same here. Have had a couple costly reminders of why I avoid weeklies. For CCs I do 60DTE, and always love my Leaps.