Assuming the Reddit investment club wants to sell at - the - money or
slightly out of the money options, the way to maximize time premium capture with this portfolio is to sell the following June call options (note we aren't covering ORAN or TLK because the June options don't pay enough to make it worthwhile; one could make the same argument for MCD but we decided to leave it in since it's 3.5 % out of the money):
Not exact matches
While
options that are 5 - 10 %
out of the
money will have less value than those that are just
slightly out of the
money, the higher volatility should make the puts valuable enough to make the strategy worthwhile.
When volatility is relatively high
options prices will usually be
slightly higher, so
out of the
money put
options should be a little more expensive than during times
of lower volatility.
By selling just
slightly out of the
money puts, you not only increase the premium you receive, but you also increase the profit potential if the
options ultimately expire worthless.
The Strategic Growth Fund can be viewed as being hedged with
slightly in - the -
money put
options, or alternatively, as having a full hedge, plus a position in
slightly out -
of - the -
money index call
options (because
of how
options work, those descriptions are essentially identical).
Note that each
of the above
options are
slightly out of the
money.
The call
options written are
slightly out of the
money and are rolled forward every month upon expiry.
Buy Downside Protection — buying a put
option that is only
slightly out -
of - the -
money.
I read Jay Adkisson's book on Asset Protection that other folks were touting as the bible on the subject & I've got to say it is a better perspective than anything else I've read.One thing he harps on in his book is if a person uses a professional that puts
out marketing materials stressing the use
of the strategy for asset protection then it may get drug up by the litigator in effort to try & invalidate the instrument so that's another super exotic reason I'd be a little leery to have Tim Berry's firm tagged on my
option docs.Regardless I'm convinced paying his consulting fee will be
money well spent.Hopefully BP will help me gather a
slightly better understanding so I ask more prudent questions when I do pony up for some hour (s)
of his time.Thanks!