oh man some brokers are the worst. options platforms that have no idea how to handle these trades. took me 4 hours on the phone but i picked up a net of $1.85 on about 1/4th of my shares.
did that by selling common avg 30.35. bought dec $29 & $31 calls avg $3.50, and sold dec 30 puts avg. $5. for every 1000 shares that's +5 dec 29 calls, +5 dec 31 calls, and -10 dec 30 puts.
i did the $29 & $30 calls instead of pairing with the 30s because i'll have fewer positions to scramble around expiration if i'm near one of my strikes. if i had all $30 calls & puts i would have potentially 2 positions to juggle if the stock expires near $30. this way i should only have to juggle one position:
assuming 1000 shares converted this way:
if the stock is under $29 around expiration, i'll close out the $29 calls. the 10 puts will get exercised & i'll own 1000 tesla at $30.
if the stock is between $29 and $30 i'll cover half the puts. the 5 $29 calls and remaining 5 $30 puts. will get exercised and i'll have 1000 shares of tesla at an average $29.50.
if the stock is between $30 and $31 i'll cover all the puts and buy 500 common. the 5 $29 calls will get exercised and i'll have 1000 shares at a maximum price of $30.
if the stock is over $31, i'll let the $30 puts expire worthless and exercise the $29 and $31 calls for 1000 shares at an average buy price of $30.
sounds pretty complicated but in reality it's not that bad except when you put it on and maybe that week of expiration.
normally i wouldn't worry about different strikes except it took me 4 hours on the phone to get the whole trade done. and i'm afraid how long it might take to get out so better to create a strategy to minimize options trades i may have to do down the road.
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