12-01-2017, 07:16 AM
(12-01-2017, 06:13 AM)crimsonghost747 Wrote: I've been experimenting on a covered call strategy, though it involves me always buying the shares in question at the same time as I sell the option. So technically I'm not touching my long-term portfolio while doing this, instead I've got a fixed amount of cash I use the buy the shares with.
So far it looks promising but I'm waiting until I've got a full year of doing this behind me. Then I'll crunch the numbers and see how I did, and decide if it's worth continuing.
In a bull market it will lag the market, in a bear market it will outperform the market for a more consistent return.