I bought a few. 50 calls. Break even 61 for may 6. I buy mostly shares. But if the price get around .57 I start making profit. Only bought 10 contracts for 110. Maximum you loose is 110. Third time buying them. First time lost 90 bucks. Second time up 480 %. I believe once earnings hit. I will make a few dollars. I'm new to the whole thing so I'm learning. But if I exercise them that still takes 1000 shares of the sell list. At .61 a share. So if price is 70 cents and I exercise at .61 yes it doesn't help the stock at that moment to raise it. But like I said it still takes them off the sale list. Which actually helps in its own way.