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Published in TZ Latest News 4 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

covered call loss example – is this correct? (beginner)

Hello,

I am reading about about how you can “buy back” a covered call you sold. You would do this if the stock is losing value and you want to get out of the stock.

However, no concrete fully-worked example is provided in the texts I have read (books, online). So I created my own example. I was hoping someone could evaluate if my example is realistic in terms of the money flows. For simplicity, I am eliminating transaction costs:

The stock is selling at $84.
You buy 100 shares.
The…

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