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Covered Strangle

Wheel3 legscreditbullish

Own shares, sell a call above and a put below. Two credits instead of one — and an agreement to buy a second lot if the stock falls.

The Strategy Builder does not construct this one — the reference shelf is broader than the picker. You can still build it by hand: add the legs below in the builder's leg table.

What it is

A covered call and a cash-secured put on the same name, at the same time, with shares already held. Both credits are collected up front.

The put is an agreement to buy a second lot lower. So this is a position that says: I own this, I am happy to own more of it cheaper, and I will take income for saying so.

It is more bullish than a covered call, not less. The extra credit is compensation for accepting a doubled position on a decline.

How it is built

Priced off the guide's shared chain, on a $50 stock. Every figure beneath the diagram is computed from these legs by the same engine the Strategy Builder uses.

ActionWhatStrikeQtyPrice
Buyshares100 sh$50.00
Sellcall$551$1.20
Sellput$451$1.50
$0$45$55now $50$47.30stock price at expiryprofit / loss
Max profit
$770
Max loss
−$9,230
Break-even
$47.30
Net debit
$4,730

Collateral held: $9,500 — the gross amount tied up, before the premium received.

That net figure includes buying the shares. The option premium on its own is $270 received.

100 shares at $50 with a $55 call and a $45 put both sold, for $2.70 of combined credit. Above the call strike the gain caps as usual. Below the put strike the slope STEEPENS — you now lose on the shares you hold and on the shares you have agreed to buy, which is the structure's defining risk.

Reading the shape

Flat above the call strike — the shares are called away and the gain is fixed.

Between the strikes, the shares' own slope, lifted by both credits.

Below the put strike the slope roughly doubles: the held shares and the assigned shares both lose together. That kink is the whole risk profile in one bend.

How it is used

The condition it suits is genuine willingness to hold twice the position. That is the entry requirement, and it is stricter than either leg alone.

Capital has to cover the put's assignment as well as the shares already owned. Sizing on the shares alone understates what the position can become.

This is close to what a Recovery-style double-down does deliberately: sell a put below an existing lot so an assignment averages the basis down.

Size this on the total obligation — shares held plus shares that could be put to you — never on the current holding.
The doubled downside is easy to overlook because the diagram's left tail looks like a covered call's until you notice the slope change.
On a name that gaps down, both legs move against you at once and the position size doubles at the worst moment.

Like everything in this guide, these are descriptions of structures and conditions — context for your own decisions, not instructions to trade.