I just re-read your message and thought of something with regards to the 30 stocks you are playing with. Suppose you have $10,000 in AAPL for 52 shares. You c

I just re-read your message and thought of something with regards to the 30 stocks you are playing with. Suppose you have $10,000 in AAPL for 52 shares. You can buy AAPL Jan 2019 195.000 call for $1170 for 1 contract. Now suppose you plug this option in here, http://www.optionsprofitcalculator.com/calculator/long-call.html http://www.optionsprofitcalculator.com/calculator/long-call.... and you will see if AAPL goes to $200 for July 28th you would be 30% in profits whereas your shares would only return $8/$192. You can also buy puts when you think it's too high instead of selling the contracts so this way you can arbitrage. This might work for you as well, http://www.theoptionsguide.com/long-straddle.aspx http://www.theoptionsguide.com/long-straddle.aspx Edit: You can also sell puts every week for the shares you hold and just collect premiums instead of holding dividend paying stocks.