CAPAlpha lays out every strike and expiry as one clear board: yield, return versus buy-and-hold, the odds of assignment, and risk-adjusted performance. Sell calls with data instead of guesswork.
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The board
Pick a stock and CAPAlpha ranks every combination of strike and expiry at once. Switch the metric and the whole board re-colors, so the strongest cells light up.
Real AAPL data. Tap Yield, Return, vs B&H, or Sortino to re-rank the board.
Trace any strategy roll by roll across years of history. Watch the strike ratchet up as the stock climbs, spot every point the shares would have been called away, and see how it stacked up against simply holding.
Pull the actual option chain for any past date, with real bids, asks, last prices and implied vol, and see the premium a call would truly have fetched that day.
| Strike | Bid | Ask | Last | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | 6.15 | 6.35 | 6.25 | 28.4% |
| 190ATM | 4.05 | 4.20 | 4.12 | 27.1% |
| 195 | 2.48 | 2.60 | 2.54 | 26.3% |
| 200 | 1.36 | 1.45 | 1.41 | 25.8% |
| 205 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 25.5% |
Beyond the headline yield
A big headline premium usually just means you're capping more upside and getting assigned more often. CAPAlpha ranks strategies by risk-adjusted return, so the steady earners rise to the top instead of just the flashy ones.
Every number, explained
The call premium you collect, expressed as a yearly rate, so a weekly and a one-year call sit on the same scale.
The bottom line: did selling the call beat simply owning the shares over the same stretch?
How often the stock finished above your strike, so the shares would have been called away.
Return per unit of downside risk. It ignores upside swings, so steady income scores well. Higher is better.
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