Not exact matches
You think it will stay flat or go up so you sell (short) 1
naked put option with a
strike of $ 30.
Some investors have a hybrid strategy of selling
naked puts until they are assigned (so now they own the stock) and then turn around and sell a covered call at the same
strike.
If it drops much more I'll have to consider adding a new
naked put, maybe at the $ 55
strike.
In March 2012, I sold a single QCOM
naked put at the $ 67.50
strike while QCOM was trading at $ 66.25.
Selling the
naked put at the same
strike as my covered call, making this a straddle, guarantees me to have made the correct decision on one of the trades.
I should've waited longer probably, but decided that since I am only selling six
puts that would cost me around $ 5,125 (subtracting the premiums I received) I could sell covered calls if assigned while also selling new
naked puts at a lower
strike to dollar cost average down some and reduce my per share price.
More likely I'll do the $ 50
strike and then add in some new USO
naked puts.
This realized gain doesn't include the DIS October $ 95
naked put profit of $ 220.48 I took when I rolled the
strike up to the DIS November $ 100
put.