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Selling CC on retirement SPY

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Jun 29, 2026 · 15:55

I have 200 shares of SPY in my ROTH IRA and for awhile now have been selling covered calls as a yield pickup strategy

I keep an extremely conservative delta of \~.02 with 10-14 days to expiry. The goal is to never get assigned, but I have experienced I can pick up 0.4 - 0.5% annually with this strategy. Certainly peanuts in the short-term, but that extra 0.5% compounded over 20 years can make a difference

Is anyone else doing something similar?

Any tips to further optimize?