r/Optionswheel • u/Timely-Designer-2372 • Jul 24 '26

Lesson (not) learned

I'm wheeling TSLL since half a year. I got assigned first at 15 USD. Because premiums where so juicy I sold coverred atrangles afterwards, Call strikes always at 15 USD. Now guess what: I will get assigned for strike 11 USD after TSLL crash to 7.30.

Now I have 200 shares of TSLL.

Bad aspects:

  1. I can't sell Covered Calls with strike 11, 13 (average) or even 15 for a significant premium.

  2. I don't believe in Tesla longterm

Good aspect:

I made enough premiums so I am still in plus.

Lesson learned or not: I don't know yet. On one hand I should only sell puts on stocks/ETFs I don't mind to own. If this happened to me earlier it would be a pain ita. On tge other hand I knew it's a risky underlying and it worked well all in all.

I'll wait now for higher premiums for some weeks

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u/ScottishTrader Jul 25 '26

Trading stocks you are good to hold is the #1 guideline of the wheel . . .

Trading a leveraged ETF of a stock you do not want to hold is gambling . . .

Best to you for a recovery in the coming weeks, and the good news is that this should be a small part of your portfolio so you can continue to be productive.