Covered Call Vs Covered Strangle Options Trading Strategy Comparison

Compare Covered Call and Covered Strangle options trading strategies. Find similarities and differences between Covered Call and Covered Strangle strategies. Find the best options trading strategy for your trading needs.

Covered Call Vs Covered Strangle

	Covered Call	Covered Strangle


About Strategy	A Covered Call is a basic option trading strategy frequently used by traders to protect their huge share holdings. It is a strategy in which you own shares of a company and Sell OTM Call Option of the company in similar proportion. The Call Option would not get exercised unless the stock price increases. Till then you will earn the Premium. This a unlimited risk and limited reward strategy. Let's assume you own TCS Shares and your view is that its price will rise in the near future. You will Sell OTM Call Option of TCS at a price, where you target to sell your shares. You will receive premium amount for selling the Call option and the premium is your income.	The covered strangle option strategy is a bullish strategy. The strategy is created by owning or buying a stock and selling an OTM Call and OTM Put. It is called covered strangle because the upside risk of the strangle is covered or minimized. The strategy is perfect to use when you are prepared to sell the holding or bought shares at a higher price if the market moves up but would also is ready to buy more shares if the market moves downwards. The profit and in this strategy is unlimited while the risk is only on the downside.
Market View	Bullish	Bullish
Strategy Level	Advance	Advance
Options Type	Call + Underlying	Call + Put + Underlying
Number of Positions	2	3
Risk Profile	Unlimited	Limited
Reward Profile	Limited	Limited
Breakeven Point	Purchase Price of Underlying- Premium Recieved	two break-even points

When and how to use Covered Call and Covered Strangle?

	Covered Call	Covered Strangle
When to use?	The covered call option strategy works well when you have a mildly Bullish market view and you expect the price of your holdings to moderately rise in future.	A covered strangle strategy can be used when you are bullish on the market but also want to cover any downside risk. You are prepared to sell the shares on profit but are also willing to buy more shares in case the prices fall.
Market View	Bullish When you are expecting a moderate rise in the price of the underlying or less volatility.	Bullish The Strategy is perfect to apply when you're bullish on the market and expecting less volatility in the market.
Action	Buy Underlying Sell OTM Call Option Let's assume you own TCS Shares and your view is that its price will rise in the near future. You will Sell OTM Call Option of TCS at a price, where you target to sell your shares. You will receive premium amount for selling the Call option and the premium is your income.	Buy 100 shares + Sell OTM Call +Sell OTM Put The covered strangle options strategy can be executed by buying 100 shares of a stock while simultaneously selling an OTM Put and Call of the same the stock and similar expiration date.
Breakeven Point	Purchase Price of Underlying- Premium Recieved	two break-even points There are 2 break-even points in the covered strangle strategy. One is the Upper break even point which is the sum of strike price of the Call option and premium received while the other is the lower break-even point which is the difference strike price of short Put and premium received.

Compare Risks and Rewards (Covered Call Vs Covered Strangle)

	Covered Call	Covered Strangle
Risks	Unlimited Maximum loss is unlimited and depends on by how much the price of the underlying falls. Loss happens when price of underlying goes below the purchase price of underlying. Loss = (Purchase Price of Underlying - Price of Underlying) + Premium Received	Limited The risk on this strategy is only on the downside when the price moves below the strike price of the Put option.
Rewards	Limited You earn premium for selling a call. Maximum profit happens when purchase price of underlying moves above the strike price of Call Option. Max Profit= [Call Strike Price - Stock Price Paid] + Premium Received	Limited The maximum profit on this strategy happens when the stock price is above the call price on expiry. The profit is the total of the gain from buying/selling stocks and net premium received on selling options.
Maximum Profit Scenario	Underlying rises to the level of the higher strike or above.	You will earn the maximum profit when the price of the stock is above the Call option strike price on expiry. You will be assigned on the Call option, would be able to sell holding shares on profit while retaining the premiums received while selling the options.
Maximum Loss Scenario	Underlying below the premium received	The maximum loss would be when the stock price falls drastically and turns worthless. The premiums received while selling the options will compensate for some of the loss.

Pros & Cons or Covered Call and Covered Strangle

	Covered Call	Covered Strangle
Advantages	It helps you generate income from your holdings. Also allows you to benefit from 3 movements of your stocks: rise, sidewise and marginal fall.	As the strategy involves buying shares when prices fall, there is long-term gain even if their short-term loss. There is no upside risk due to the long position in stocks. Allows you to earn income in a moderately bullish market.
Disadvantage	Unlimited risk for limited reward.	The substantial risk when the price moves downwards. Risk of assignments.
Simillar Strategies	Bull Call Spread	Long Strangle, Short Strangle

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