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Covered Call Picks (NOK,WFR,NAV,ARNA,FB)

Submitted by Eric Cheshier on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 22:30

Here are today's Covered Call Picks for Monday 08-20-2012.

What's a Covered Call?

The covered call is a strategy where an investor writes a call option contract (sells an option) while at the same time owning an equivalent number of shares of the underlying stock.If this stock is purchased simultaneously with writing the call contract, the strategy is commonly referred to as a buy-write.

While you may have heard that trading options is risky business, covered calls are actually a very conservative strategy, and most brokerages even allow retirement IRA accounts to write covered calls.

Ticker	Company	Price	Strike	Bid	Return	Expiration Date
NOK	Nokia ADR representing one Ord Shs Series A	2.75	3	0.3	9.50%	October
WFR	MEMC Electronic Materials Inc	2.77	3	0.3	9.40%	October
NAV	Navistar International Corp	25	26	2.3	9.00%	October
ARNA	Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc	8.03	9	0.6	7.20%	October
FB	Facebook Inc	20	21	1.3	6.20%	October

Nokia ADR representing one Ord Shs Series A (NOK) is currently trading at $2.75. Its 52 week range is between $1.63 and $7.38.

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (WFR) is currently trading at $2.77. Its 52 week range is between $1.44 and $7.26.

Navistar International Corp (NAV) is currently trading at $25.04. Its 52 week range is between $20.07 and $48.18.

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARNA) is currently trading at $8.03. Its 52 week range is $1.23 and $13.5.

Facebook Inc (FB) is currently trading at $20.01. Its 52 week range is between $19 and $45.

MASTERY Bottom Line (Ninja Style) MASTERY Bottom line:

There are pros and cons to writing covered calls. In theory, this strategy will out perform outright stock ownership if the stock price declines, remains the same, or slightly increases in price. The principal disadvantage of this strategy, on the other hand, is that profit potential can be limited if the underlying stock price advances sharply.