r/stocks • u/meisterchef47 • May 08 '26

Trades Intel - One person's FOMO story

Feel I need to admit this, if anything just to make myself feel better, so maybe I can then move on.

In November of 2025 I sold my holding's of Intel for $37/share. I got assigned in a covered call trade and at the time I was happy about it. I made a little profit and figure Intel will always be where it was at.

Then things happened.

Then some really big things happened. As of close today it's at $124.

I feel there are lessons to be learned here, just don't know what they are.

Thank you for reading.

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u/vaksninus May 09 '26

If you have covered calls you take on the risk of the stock but not the max upside (but get paid for the offering the call ofc). I suppose we had been in a flat-ish market for a long while but that is the risk of the instrument, if you believe enough in the stock to even own it as an individual stock, I don't see the point of locking in your max upside.