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B Covered Call

Every out-of-the-money B call expiring Oct 23, 2026, priced from the settled chain: what it pays, what it yields, and where the trade stops making money. The richest right now is the $44.00 strike at 4.3% over 36 days.

Open interest and pricing as of the close on 2026-09-16. Recomputed every morning before the open.

B covered call candidates — Oct 23, 2026, 36 days out

Strikes are picked by distance from the $42.55 share price, not by delta — the published chain carries premiums and open interest, not greeks, and inventing a delta here would be inventing data. Premium is the bid/ask midpoint where both sides quote, otherwise the last trade. The chain artifact publishes the six nearest expirations, so this is the longest one listed — 36 days out. Annualising anything shorter than a week says more about compounding arithmetic than about the trade, so those cells stay blank.

B covered call candidates by strike
Strike% OTMPremiumYieldAnnualisedBreak-evenIf assignedOI
$44.003.4%$1.824.3%43.4%$40.737.7%3
$45.005.8%$1.403.3%33.2%$41.159.0%15
$47.0010.5%$0.942.2%22.4%$41.6112.7%4

What the $44.00 call pays at expiration

One illustrative strike — the richest premium in the table — against 100 shares bought at $42.55. Profit caps at $327.00 if B finishes above $44.00; below $40.73 the premium stops covering the loss on the stock.

Stock at expirationProfit / loss per shareOn 100 shares
$31.91$-8.82$-881.75
$34.57$-6.16$-615.81
$37.23$-3.50$-349.88
$39.89$-0.84$-83.94
$42.55+$1.82+$182.00
$45.21+$3.27+$327.00
$47.87+$3.27+$327.00
$50.53+$3.27+$327.00
$53.19+$3.27+$327.00

When a covered call fits B

A covered call sells someone else the right to buy your shares at the strike. It pays you today and caps your upside there, so it suits a holding you are content to own flat and content to sell at the strike — not one you expect to run.

The premium is compensation for implied volatility. Rich implied volatility pays more, and usually pays more because the market expects a move; a high annualised number on a name about to report earnings is a warning as often as an opportunity. Check the B expected move and the open-interest walls before assuming the strike is far enough away.

Full mechanics, assignment and rolling are in the covered call guide; to model a different strike or a multi-leg version, open the profit calculator with B loaded.

Questions

What does a B covered call pay right now?
The $44.00 call expiring Oct 23, 2026 (36 days out) collects $1.82 per share, 4.3% of the $42.55 share price, or 43.4% annualised if you repeat it.
What is the break-even on a B covered call?
Selling the $44.00 call against stock bought at $42.55 breaks even at $40.73 — the share price less the premium. Below that the premium no longer covers the loss on the shares.
What happens if B closes above the strike?
The shares are called away at $44.00. Total return is 7.7%: the premium plus the move from $42.55 up to the strike. Gains above the strike belong to the buyer.

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Educational, not investment advice. Options involve risk. Open interest is reported with a one-session lag by OCC, so these levels describe positioning as of the last settled session, not live intraday flow.