To date, I’ve kept my covered calls experiments to my shares in Dumpster Fire, Inc. By selling these calls, I’ve traded future blowout returns for down-side insurance and income generation. I’ve also used it to ease out of my position in DFI, something I had a hard time doing on my own because of psychological… Continue reading Juicing Returns By Selling Covered Calls
I’m not 100% rational. Few (any?) people are rational all of the time. And even though I am aware of psychological traps and my own irrationality, I still find myself occasionally trapped. Familiarity Bias I worked at Dumpster Fire Inc between 2013 and 2017. During my time at DFI, they went public at $40/share and… Continue reading Behavioral Economics
It’s been four months since I posted about my experiment selling covered calls on some stock in DumpsterFireInc. With the pandemic and the associated crazy market volatility, it’s felt like much longer than four months. Its a good time to check in with how my experiment has been going. The Good The good news is… Continue reading Covered Calls Experiment Update
I was eating lunch with coworkers a few days ago and the topic of stock options came up. I related to them my recent experience writing covered calls against stock that I acquired through a previous employer. They had many questions that I hope to address in this post. Risky Business What’s a covered call?… Continue reading Option(al) Income
