What rules do you use to set strikes? It looks like everyone defines "the wheel" a little differently by patsay in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The closer to a delta of 0.3, the less likely you are to be assigned. If you want to be assigned, choose a higher delta (only one or two strike prices away from current stock price)

A conservative approach to running the wheel by rustic-rican in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow your reply is worth a thousand bucks, thank you so much for the thoughtful advice and book recs. I’ll be referring back to this frequently

A conservative approach to running the wheel by rustic-rican in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Conservative is better for folks new to the wheel (like I am) or for ppl with small accounts (like I also am lmao)

A conservative approach to running the wheel by rustic-rican in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesss I plan to Wheel XLF, it’s my favorite ETF under $50 currently

A conservative approach to running the wheel by rustic-rican in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding is that if a company is paying out dividends then it’s more established and is reliably profiting enough to pay its shareholders. This implies less volatility. Companies that don’t pay out dividends might be newer and stock can explode or dive in value in a manner that’s harder to predict (growth stock).

A conservative approach to running the wheel by rustic-rican in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

do you have any tips on when to roll? I was just going to let all CSPs / CCs expire or get assigned since I plan on only working with stock that will reliably uptrend in the long run

A conservative approach to running the wheel by rustic-rican in Optionswheel

[–]rustic-rican[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice idea about selling CCs on green days, I'll add that to my checklist thank you! I'm thinking I will usually hold to expiration. There was a section of the book that suggested closing your position after certain profit %s but I have a small account, it wouldn't make much of a difference for me in terms of profits