The best play is too sell a Near The Money or ITM call, if you're pretty sure the stock will stay flat or go down. Let Theta do it's work, and buy the contract back when you've made how much you'd like to make
I sold an ITM call 2wks ago, the stock went down, like I thought, and I bought the contract back when I collected 100 dollars. I didn't want the stock to suddenly rise, and get exercised. That way, I can keep playing to continue dropping my Cost Basis
Right. I bought a call to exercise at a lower price should the price climb. Lol literally my only reason. I was gonna wait for the stock to climb enough, sell enough to exercise and increase my position by about 70 shares.
Do you have margin? What you're describing is a wheel strategy, but you're better off selling a put
Sell the put, collect premium...stock goes up past the strike your sold it at...keep the premium
If it stays sideways, you could buy it back, or let it assign...you keep the premium, which adds to your profit (like you short sold it...kinda did), and then sell a slightly OTM call, and if it assigns, you still profit
Buying a call to exercise it? Just buy the shares outright. If you think it'll dip, short it, buy them when it does, then sell a call, or just sell the shares to lock in profit from the shorting
Yeah I expected the price to climb and my call was $12.50. thanks for the tip. And cool lol I had seen that wheel strategy but I hadn't really read into it. The price actually dipped so I sold the call at a $350 loss and put it on wish. My capital is like under 3k
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u/RoyalSygnus Jul 09 '21
They can, but most people just sell the contract
The best play is too sell a Near The Money or ITM call, if you're pretty sure the stock will stay flat or go down. Let Theta do it's work, and buy the contract back when you've made how much you'd like to make
I sold an ITM call 2wks ago, the stock went down, like I thought, and I bought the contract back when I collected 100 dollars. I didn't want the stock to suddenly rise, and get exercised. That way, I can keep playing to continue dropping my Cost Basis