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Although cash - secured puts and
covered calls are distinct
strategies requiring different levels of options trading approval, their
risk / reward relationship is very similar.
Writing
covered calls on stocks that pay above - average dividends is a
strategy that can be used to boost returns on a portfolio, but it carries some
risk.
He points out that in a
covered call strategy, the distribution of returns is not «normal» and that standard measures such as the Sharpe ratio are not very useful in measuring
risk.
While
covered -
call strategies appear to promise «a free lunch» of increased returns with less
risk, investors who care about more than the volatility of returns will not find this an efficient
strategy.
While the
covered call strategy sounds like a clever way to supplement return with income, there are two major
risks associated with it: one on the upside and one on the downside.
To learn more about the
strategy, its
risks and potential rewards, see Simon Avery's excellent article, How
covered call options can be a profitable tool, in The Globe and Mail.
One of the biggest
risks for individuals using a
covered call strategy is that they're trading against pros.
Losing
covered call strategies include chasing high yields by buying stocks you don't want to own if not
called, as well as buying stocks that don't pay enough in
call premium to compensate you for the
risk of owning them.
Purpose Premium Yield Fund uses cash -
covered put and
covered -
call options
strategies blended with fundamentally selected equities to generate income while mitigating
risk, according to the firm's announcement released on Tuesday.
I invest in both, but I prefer stock investing because I have more tools to reduce the potential of losses, I don't have to tie up as much money for long periods of time to make a profit, I can achieve rising cash flow through dividend growth stocks and
covered call writing (a low
risk option
strategy), I can use leverage through margin or options to accelerate my returns, and I don't have to deal with tenants, insurance and building inspectors, and tradesmen.
Most investors think of options as being a very high
risk investment but when it comes to writing
covered calls you can reduce the
risk exposure and can use this
strategy to generate short - term income.
Options are a discussion for a different thread, I discussed the
covered call strategy elsewhere and show that options are not necessarily high
risk, it depends how they are used.
Investors should be aware of the
risks involved in a
covered call strategy.
To mitigate downside
risk and generate income, the Investment Manager actively manages a
covered call strategy that will generally write out of the money
covered call options on 100 % of the portfolio securities.
Learn more about the
covered call options
strategy as our TD Expert highlights some basic
risk and rewards involved in the
strategy and why investors may consider using it in a low interest rate environment.
The lower
risk part is not exactly desirable in the case of
covered calls because an investor is giving up the upside volatility but at least some studies showed
covered call strategies performing as well as passive
strategies.
Briton also manages the Real Income Trader advisory service, where his readers take regular cash payouts using a low -
risk covered call option
strategy.
The
strategy of writing
covered calls on ETFs can limit your losses and hedge
risk, but they cap your upside potential.
Briton also manages the Real Income Trader advisory service, where his readers trade stock options and take regular cash payouts using a low -
risk covered call option
strategy.
Level 2 self - directed options
strategies (buying
calls and puts, selling
covered calls and puts) as well as Level 3 self - directed options
strategies such as fixed -
risk spreads (credit spreads, iron condors), and other advanced trading
strategies are available.