[21 Jan Trades] Making Money Through Rolling Covered Calls As Market Falls

On 21 Jan 22, the stock market continued to fall and there seem no signs of recovery in sight. The silver lining is that share price dropping is good news for CALL options sellers as the premium drops with the share price. I closed my covered call positions that I started just 2 days ago on 19 Jan 22 and here are the profits that I have secured (see bold brackets in the table below).

Name of Stock	Strike Price (USD)	Premium Collected (USD)	Returns (%)
Nio	29	130 —–> (62)	2,85 (1.35)
Palantir	15	14 x 49 = 686 —-> (378)	2.27 (1.25)

I also close my Pinterest covered call position that I sold on 14 Jan 22 as the expiry date was 21 Jan 22, thus securing the profits below

Name of Stock	Strike Price (USD)	Premium Collected (USD)	Returns (%)
Pinterest	33	72 —–> (69)	1.11 (1.06)

I then open up new weekly covered call positions for these 3 stocks, expiring next Friday (28 Jan 22), and collected a total premium of USD1k. The returns for the 7 day-contract are as follow:

Name of Stock	Strike Price (USD)	Premium Collected (USD)	Returns (%)
Pinterest	30	112	1.78
Nio	28	118	2.65
Palantir	14	14 x 55 = 770	2.66

If the share prices of these 3 stocks remain the same (at this time of writing) or fall even lower at the expiration date, I will not be obliged to sell any of my shares.

If the share price continues to fall lower before the expiration date, I will keep repeating this process of closing the positions and opening up new positions with a longer expiration date or a lower strike price.

This strategy helps me to keep generating returns when the share prices are falling and helps to reduce the average (breakeven) prices of the stocks that I own. The risk of this strategy is covered in my previous article and you can read more about it here:
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In the month of January 2022, the returns I made from selling covered calls are USD2.27k, not including USD1k from the 3 contracts that are still open. I also lost USD276 trying to buy back the CALL contracts when the prices spike up at certain stages. The total capital used to achieve this is USD39.6k, which comprises 100 Nio, 100 Pinterest and 1400 Palantir shares.

If the continual market correction is making you feel depressed, do take some time out to relax and recharge. Life is more than just accumulating wealth as there are more important things in life to pursue. If we strip ourselves off the material things that we own, we are all flesh and blood yearning for love and support from the people we love most. So, take good care of your mental and physical health so that you can last the long run.

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