Cousin Calvin

Costco: Wholesale Profits with an Option Combination

Paul, I did not make it clear that the trade would be in my IRA account, no margin allowed.
Take a look at GG, sells below $30 with good sell premiums.
I am bullish on gold and with their cost structure they should enjoy a good bump. Your January covered call and selling put strategy would appear to be a winner.
Thanks

Costco: Wholesale Profits with an Option Combination

I'm ok with these moves. However if I were to do this exactly as you have laid it out, Fidelity would place $50,000 in a Put Reserve to cover the potential of being Put on the 1,000 shares at $50.
So now I would have $85,600 set aside for a year for this trade. That is a return of 23% on committed cash under the best case.
Using your same stock investigation logic I would just sell the $50 Puts with a closer expiration date than Jan 2010. You could sell puts at least 3 times before 1/2010 and still clear the $20,000, with only $50,000 committed.
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