Not exact matches
That's extraordinary in a super
choppy market, but it is exactly the kind of
strategy that thrives during periods of high volatility.
Choppy»
markets, in which
markets are trend-less can also reduce the
strategy's returns as securities bounce above and below long - term moving averages without establishing a trend.
The covered call premium was significant, up 66.4 % over the period, as we might expect of a covered call
strategy in a relatively flat and
choppy market, especially apparent in the 2004 - 6 and post 2009 periods.
The back test suggests that this
strategy works in an upward trending
market but tends to perform poorly during
choppy or flat
markets.
The conditions were ideal for defensive
strategies, as the
markets were both
choppy and directionless (since September 2014, the S&P 500 (TR) is essentially flat).