Covered Call Picks (ARNA,CHK,SINA,HLF,SLW)

Submitted by Stockmaster2 on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 22:11

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Here are today's Covered Call Picks for Monday 05-21-2012. Today we're looking at the January 2013 strike price. Some great returns here selling LEAP covered calls.

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
ARNA	Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc	5.92	6	2.2	36.80%	Jan-13
CHK	Chesapeake Energy Corp	14.9	15	3.6	24.10%	Jan-13
SINA	SINA Corp	54.7	55	11	19.60%	Jan-13
HLF	Herbalife Ltd	46	47.5	7.9	17.20%	Jan-13
SLW	Silver Wheaton Corp	25.6	26	3.9	15.20%	Jan-13

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARNA) is currently trading at $5.92. Its 52 week range is between $1.23 and $7.02.

Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK) is currently trading at $14.91. Its 52 week range is between $13.32 and $35.75.

SINA Corp (SINA) is currently trading at $54.74. Its 52 week range is between $46.86 and $128.17.

Herbalife Ltd (HLF) is currently trading at $45.96. Its 52 week range is $42.15 and $73.

Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW) is currently trading at $25.62. Its 52 week range is between $22.94 and $42.5.

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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.