Established Covered Call in NVIDIA Corporation

A Covered Call position of two weeks duration was established today in NVIDIA Corporation (ticker NVDA).  My net buy/write limit order at $178.30 was executed by simultaneously purchasing one hundred shares at $188.50 and selling one February 13th, 2026 Call option at the $182.50 strike price at $10.20 per share, which provides a $4.20 per share = [$10.20 Call option premium received - ($188.50 stock purchase price - $182.50 option strike price)] time value profit potential.  Since NVIDIA is my #1 preferred megacap tech company investment at present, this new position continues my recent practice of having a NVIDIA Covered Call position expiring each week.  An in-the-money Covered Call position was established for this new position with the probability that NVIDIA's stock will close in-the-money on the 2/13/2026 options expiration date was 63.0% when this transaction was executed.  As I prefer, the next earnings report on February 25th, 2026 is after the February 13th, 2026 options expiration date. 

As detailed below, a potential return-on-investment result is +2.3% absolute return-on-investment (equivalent to +57.1% annualized return-on-investment for the next 15 days) if NVIDIA's share price is in-the-money (i.e. above the $182.50 strike price) and therefore assigned on its February 13th, 2026 options expiration date.  

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) -- New Covered Call Position

Today's buy/write net limit order transaction was as follows:
1/29/2026 Bought 100 NVIDIA Corporation shares at $188.50.

1/29/2026 Sold 1 NVIDIA 2/13/2026 $182.50 Call option @ $10.20 per share.  

A possible overall performance result (including commissions) for this NVIDIA Corporation Covered Call position is as follows:
Covered Call Net Investment: $17,830.67
= ($188.50 - $10.20) * 100 shares + $.67 commission

Net Profit:
(a) Option Income: +$1,018.33
= ($10.20 * 100 shares) - $.67 commission
(b) Dividend Income: +$0.00
(c) Capital Appreciation (If 100 NVIDIA shares assigned at the $182.50 strike price at expiration): -$600.00
+($182.50 strike price - $188.50 stock purchase price) * 100 shares

Total Net Profit Potential (If 100 NVIDIA shares in-the-money and therefore assigned at the $182.50 strike price at the options expiration date): +$418.33
= (+$1,018.33 option income + $0.00 dividend income - $600.00 capital appreciation)

Potential Absolute Return-on-Investment: +2.3%
= +$418.33/$17,830.67
Potential Annualized Return-on-Investment: +57.1%
= (+$418.33/$17,830.67) * (365/15 days)