Covered Call Picks (CLSN,ALXA,KERX,OCZ,PPHM)

Submitted by Stockmaster2 on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 07:31

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Here are today's Covered Call Picks for Wednesday 12-19-2012. Volatility at its finest.

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
CLSN	Celsion Corp	7.82	8	1.6	20.50%	January 2013
ALXA	Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc	5.49	5.5	1	18.20%	January 2013
KERX	Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc	2.77	3	0.5	16.20%	January 2013
OCZ	OCZ Technology Group Inc	1.9	2	0.3	13.20%	January 2013
PPHM	Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc	1.23	1.5	0.2	12.20%	January 2013

Celsion Corp (CLSN) is currently trading at $7.82. Its 52 week range is between $1.63 and $8.86.

Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc (ALXA) is currently trading at $5.49. Its 52 week range is between $2.55 and $9.9.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc (KERX) is currently trading at $2.77. Its 52 week range is between $1.28 and $5.19.

OCZ Technology Group Inc (OCZ) is currently trading at $1.9. Its 52 week range is between $1.11 and $10.05.

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc (PPHM) is currently trading at $1.23. Its 52 week range is between $0.39 and $5.5.

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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.