Stock price when the opinion was issued
He is not exactly sure what they are doing in this. Assumes it is a covered call fund and they are selling Covered Calls against a basket of equities that likely matchup with the TSX 60. His issue is that their prospectus basically says they are going to write covered calls against all of the stocks, all of the positions. If so, this puts the manager into an impossible position. If the stock rises, you are losing it. If it declines, you are writing a Call on a lower price, and you are never going to be able to get back to where you were. When you have a basket of stocks, you are compounding the effect.
There are a lot of Covered Call ETFs out there that enhance income and give you a lot more money. Haven’t been doing all that well and he thinks it is because it is how the Covered Call works. For instance, he is going to buy a stock for $10 and Sell a Call on it and bring in some money. Calls work wonderfully in a flat or slightly trending market, otherwise he is not big on Call Options. Feels there is more money to be made by strictly buying equities because a Call Option is going to limit your upside.