Risk Reversal Covered Call + Protective Put on INTC; Potential loss - 8.02% in 29 days

On September 1, 2022, I rolled forward and down 1 covered call on the INTC stock (NASDAQ: INTC) with a new expiry date set on September 09, 2022.

Additionally, I bought a protective put, to stop the bleeding. That’s right, Intel stock has dropped more than $2 since last week, and it seems the bleeding will continue. This morning (Tbilisi time) I was looking through some charts and saw a potential comeback at $36, but I have no idea when it could happen. Next few weeks or months.

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here is the trade setup:

• SLD 1 INTC Sep09'22 31.5 CALL 0.63 USD

• BOT 1 INTC Sep09'22 30.5 PUT 0.35 USD

For this trade, I got $32.2 (after commissions)

What happens next?

On the expiry date, September 09, 2022, INTC is trading under $31.5 per share -  options expire worthlessly and I keep premium and start over - if INTC trades above $31.5 on the expiry date, my 100 shares risk getting called away, in such case, I will realize a loss of $275 (-$350 value gain and +$75 options premium) or potential loss of +8.02% in 29 days.

Of course, I will try to avoid assignments, and if challenged will try to roll up.

Additionally, I bought protection at 30.5, which means if the INTC stock will keep failing under this strike price I will actually gain from that position. Say INTC stock fell another 2 dollars to 29.5, my loss will be just half of that as I can then sell this put and compensate for the loss.

I feel sad I didt’t construct a risk reversal trade already last week.

Break-even price: $35-$0.75= $34.25

• Running Total 8 Trades since August 11, 2022

• Options income: $75

• Value gain: -$368

• Total gain: -$293