Quick Take: 21st Century Covered Call Strategy
Time Frame: One to Eight Weeks.
Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – Long Stock position.
Desired Stock Price Direction: Sideways to Up.
Option Position: Short ATM Call – Long ATM +2 Call (Credit Spread).
Maximum Risk: The stock goes down and you lose the amount of the stock’s decline. However, the loss is offset somewhat by the amount of the credit spread.
Summary: If the stock stays flat or moves down, the credit spread will expire worthless and you will keep the credit. If the stock moves up, the stock and the long call will appreciate in line with the stock price.
Current 21st Century Covered Call Positions
New Positions:
On 09/11/2020, The current technical condition for AXP is strong and the chart pattern suggests that upward momentum should continue. Over the last 50 trading days, when compared to the S&P 500, the stock has performed in line with the market. MACD-LT, an intermediate-term trend indicator, is bullish at this time. Upside momentum, as measured by the 9-day RSI indicator is positive but is beginning to slow. The stock is in a short-term oversold condition based on a Slow % K stochastic reading of 20 or lower. Over the last 50 trading sessions, there has been more volume on up days than on down days indicating that AXP is under accumulation, which is a bullish condition. The stock is trading above a rising 50-day moving average. This validates the strong technical condition for AXP.
| The Market Edge – Market Posture: | Bullish | |||||||||
| Current Stock Price Is Monday Morning | ||||||||||
| Initial | Current | Short Call | Long Call | |||||||
| Stock | # Of | Stock | 09/18/20 | 09/18/20 | Credit | Best | Week % | Approx | Approx | |
| Stock | Price | Weeks | Price | Strike | Strike | Spread | Bet | Return | Div Date | Div |
| JNJ | $148.09 | 6 | $149.09 | 149.0 | 150.0 | $0.49 | 5.3 | 0.3% | ||
| AMD | $86.77 | 3 | $78.04 | 78.0 | 79.0 | $0.46 | 6.9 | 0.6% | 08/24/20 | $1.01 |
| SBUX | $87.14 | 2 | $86.71 | 87.0 | 88.0 | $0.39 | 5.4 | 0.4% | ||
| AXP | $206.49 | 1 | $106.49 | 107.0 | 108.0 | $0.41 | 5.4 | 0.4% | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0% | |||||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0% | |||||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0% | |||||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0% | |||||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0% | |||||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0% | |||||||||
| Stocks Have Strongest Market Edge Opinions. Weekly % Return: The Higher The Better. Best Bet: The Bigger The Better. | ||||||||||
| Closed Positions | ||||||||||
| # Of | Close | |||||||||
| Stock | Weeks | Price | % P/L | Reason | ||||||
| JPM | 8 | $101.07 | 0.7% | TIME | ||||||
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