The market finally has a green day on 28th January as it rebounded from its recent selloff. Most of the stocks in my watchlist closed in green (with gains).
While the rebound happened for big tech and chip companies, some of my growth stocks that are currently on covered call contracts have fallen in share price since the time I sold covered call on them 2 days ago (26th Jan 2022).
So, I took the opportunity to close them, locked in my profits, and opened new covered call contracts with different strike prices. See bold bracket for final premium / % returns collected after closing the respective contract.
| Name of Stock | Strike Price (USD) | Premium Collected (USD) | Returns (%) |
| 27 | 224 —-> (16) | 3.68 (0.26) | |
| Nio | 23 | 151 —-> (123) | 3.56 (2.90) |
| Palantir | 11 | 14 x 232 = 3248 —-> (756) | 11.9 (2.77) |
Nio was my biggest gainer among these 3 contracts as I earned a 2.9% return in 2 days. This was due to Nio’s share price falling the previous day on 27th Jan, dragged down my Tesla’s 11.55% drop in share price after earnings were released. Remember, when the share price dropped, it is a good thing for the covered call option sellers.
For Palantir, I managed to get a decent 2.77% return in 2 days and for Pinterest, the return was negligible as the share price stayed pretty much the same as it was on 26th Jan.
I open up new covered call contracts with the same expiry date (4th Feb 2022) but I adjusted the strike prices, with the view that stock could rebound further next week.
| Name of Stock | Strike Price (USD) | Premium Collected (USD) | Returns (%) |
| 28 | 170 | 2,79 | |
| Nio | 21 | 109 | 2.56 |
| Palantir | 13 | 14 x 40 = 560 | 2..05 |
This is how I am trading in a volatile and bearish market. When the share prices are falling, I keep rolling my covered calls to a lower strike price or a further expiration date and lock in the profits. When the share price rises, I close my positions to prevent losing the shares at a loss as the strike price is way below my breakeven price. This is also how I am generating returns when I do not have any more capital to buy new shares or open new options contracts after spending more than USD 100k to buy the dip in December.
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