How are FYC covered call max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit equals short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium. For the FYC covered call priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 14.90%), the computed maximum profit is $693.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$12,406.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FYC covered call?

The breakeven for the FYC covered call priced on this page is roughly $124.07 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The FYC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 4.27%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FYC implied volatility affect this covered call?

FYC ATM IV is at 14.90% with IV rank near 0.40%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.

FYC Covered Call Strategy

FYC (First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund - First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors LP. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. It invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in growth stocks of small-cap companies. The fund seeks to track the performance of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index, by using full replication technique. First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund - First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund was formed on April 19, 2011 and is domiciled in the United States.

FYC (First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.36B, a beta of 1.17 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 81.94-127.57, average daily share volume of 64K, a public-listing history dating back to 2011. These structural characteristics shape how FYC etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.17 places FYC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FYC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a covered call on FYC?

A covered call pairs long stock with a short out-of-the-money call, collecting premium and capping upside above the short strike in exchange for income.

FYC snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $124.37, ATM IV 14.90%, IV rank 0.40%, expected move 4.27%. The covered call on FYC below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.

Why this covered call structure on FYC specifically: FYC IV at 14.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling FYC covered call collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 4.27% (roughly $5.31 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FYC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FYC should anchor to the underlying notional of $124.37 per share and to the trader's directional view on FYC etf.

FYC covered call setup

The FYC covered call below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With FYC at $124.37 on that close, the first option leg uses a $131.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FYC chain at a 35-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 FYC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 100 shares	Stock	$124.37	long
Sell 1	Call	$131.00	$0.30

FYC covered call risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$12,407.00
Max Profit (per contract): $693.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$12,406.00
Breakeven(s): $124.07
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.056

Max profit equals short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium.

FYC covered call payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the covered call on FYC. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$12,406.00
$27.51	-77.9%	-$9,656.22
$55.01	-55.8%	-$6,906.44
$82.50	-33.7%	-$4,156.66
$110.00	-11.6%	-$1,406.88
$137.50	+10.6%	+$693.00
$165.00	+32.7%	+$693.00
$192.49	+54.8%	+$693.00
$219.99	+76.9%	+$693.00
$247.49	+99.0%	+$693.00

When traders use covered call on FYC

Covered calls on FYC are an income strategy run on existing FYC etf positions; traders typically sell calls at 25-35 delta with 30-45 days to expiration to balance premium against upside cap.

FYC thesis for this covered call

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FYC extends from approximately $119.06 on the downside to $129.68 on the upside. A FYC covered call collects premium on an existing long FYC position, trading off upside above the short call strike for immediate income; the short strike selection should reflect the trader's view on whether FYC will breach that level within the expiration window. Current FYC IV rank near 0.40% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on FYC at 14.90%. As a Financial Services name, FYC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FYC-specific events.

FYC covered call positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. FYC positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FYC alongside the broader basket even when FYC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a covered call on FYC carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FYC earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FYC chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a covered call on FYC?: A covered call on FYC is the covered call strategy applied to FYC (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A covered call pairs long stock with a short out-of-the-money call, collecting premium and capping upside above the short strike in exchange for income. With FYC etf at $124.37 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FYC chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are FYC covered call max profit and max loss calculated?: Max profit equals short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium. For the FYC covered call priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 14.90%), the computed maximum profit is $693.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$12,406.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FYC covered call?: The breakeven for the FYC covered call priced on this page is roughly $124.07 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The FYC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 4.27%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a covered call on FYC?: Covered calls on FYC are an income strategy run on existing FYC etf positions; traders typically sell calls at 25-35 delta with 30-45 days to expiration to balance premium against upside cap.
How does current FYC implied volatility affect this covered call?: FYC ATM IV is at 14.90% with IV rank near 0.40%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.