Call Bear Spread on Tesla with Potential 4.32% Return in 21 days
On May 19, 2023, I sold another 1 call bear spread on Tesla stock with strike prices at $210 and $215 with expiry on June 9th, 2023.
For this five-dollar-wide credit spread, I was rewarded with $21.60 (after commissions).
About 4.32% potential return in 21 days, if options expire worthless.
Short delta 0.08, or about 92% probability that the trade will expire worthless.
A call bear spread is an options trading strategy that involves selling a call option with a higher strike price and simultaneously buying a call option with a lower strike price on the same underlying asset. In this case, I sold a call option with a strike price of $210 and bought a call option with a strike price of $215.
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here is the trade setup:
SLD 1 AMZN JUN 09 '23 210 Call Option 0.77 USD
BOT 1 AMZN JUN 09 '23 215 Call Option 0.54 USD
What happens next?
On the expiry date, June 9, 2023, TSLA is trading under $210 per share - options expire worthless and I keep premium - if TSLA trades above $210 I'm troubled as I need to deliver shares I don’t have. To avoid such a scenario I will try to roll up the strike price.
The Max risk is $500 to earn $21.6
Max loss: $478.4
Break-even price: $210+$0.21= $210.21
In total: 10 trades since April 18, 2023
Options premium: $98