Talk:Covered option

message: This page definitely did need cleanup.
If anybody can make better graphs, please do.
The references, examples etc. at the bottom are probably all part of the old sales job.
Can anybody figure out which are legit?
Thanks Smallbones 14:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup required

message: Much of this article consists of unsourced POV on "why covered call is a bad strategy".  Looks unencyclopedic to me. 69.63.62.226 00:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed references to those studies, since by their very virtue, covered calls do not hedge loss and cut off upside. This is shown in the illustration. However, if anyone feels thos mentions add materially to the article, they can certainly add them back in. Just trying to clean things up.
Netsumdisc 23:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: POV content

message: There certainly has been a bias that has repeatedly returned to this article about how covered calls are a safe investment.  The most recent version of this I have reverted.  On it's face it is a simple (unattributed) mathematical calculation, showing what happens if the stock price increases, or if the stock price stays unchanged. But what about if the stock price decreases??? 
Leaving this out is certainly biased.  So I will removed the biased edit.  A bigger question is why (or who says) this calculation is relevant?  I'll remove similar material unless it is referenced, e.g. textbook A says ".." or The Wall Street Journal says "..."
Offending text follows.
Smallbones 15:33, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. It's unclear how this material benefits the article. Ronnotel 03:25, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  bias to sell covered calls 

message: (NB: moved following text here as per WP:TALK):
Adding a reference to "Samples of Investment Products Designed to Invest in Covered Calls" certainly is relevant to an encyclopedia article about covered calls; this reference allows investors the chance to more fully evaluate the strategy and the pros and cons of investment options (just as it would be appropriate to consider stock funds or bond funds when evaluating equities or fixed income).      —Preceding unsigned comment added by Optionportfolio (talk • contribs) 22:17, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The examples you added are inappropriate for this page as per WP:SPAM and WP:EL. Ronnotel (talk) 02:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Section on examples

message: While doing research for covered calls, I found this article.  The writing style makes for unclear and seemingly contradictory information.  (For example, "Even though there is limited upside and the premium is subtracted, covered calls do not suffer loss as there is complete risk of loss" references the concept of "risk of loss" but does not explain how it applies to covered calls, thus leading to potential confusion among readers who are not familiar with the subject.)  I'd like to add the copyedit tag to the article.  I'd clean it up myself, but I do not know enough about the subject so I could not be sure my rewrites would be accurate. Ometecuhtli2001 (talk) 16:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree.  the phrase "do not suffer loss as there is complete risk of loss" is contradictory and makes no sense. Remii68 (talk) 02:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the copyedit  tag just now.  Chances are it may need the cleanup-confusing  and/or expert-subject  tags.  I was tempted to use cleanup-confusing, but that has not been discussed so I thought it improper to do so at this time. Ometecuhtli2001 (talk) 06:43, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the tag to expert-subject, as it is totally confusing, and copy-editing by a decent editor with no idea about the subject (like me) would probably mess up what ever good information does exist here.  NJGW (talk) 19:25, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This entire section is very confusing and does little to clarify an already complicated subject. Give it the Tobacco Road treatment, that is to say, blow it up and start all over again. Smmich (talk) 04:26, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Overall style

message: I am going to be re-writing this article, FYI. Let me know if I mess anything up! TraderCharlotte (talk) 20:18, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: Just wanted to put a note here on a source I'm citing in the new version of this article. See this discussion for information on this source. TraderCharlotte (talk) 18:51, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Also see my sorta-COI disclosure there. TraderCharlotte (talk) 19:18, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note on source "Tastytrade"