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Answer: Short put
A written covered call consists of **long stock + short call**. By put-call parity, this combined position has a payoff/profit pattern that is most similar to a **short put**. - A covered call earns limited upside from the stock plus the option premium, but has downside risk if the stock falls. - A short put also has limited upside (the premium received) and downside exposure if the underlying falls. So the closest naked option trade is **short put**.
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Q-183.1. Covered call and protective put
The profit pattern of a written covered call is most similar to the pattern of which naked option trade (note: while “payoff” on the Y-axis plots the future gain/loss, “profit” nets the initial cost of the strategy and, in these cases, does not adjust for the time value of money)?
A
Long call
B
Short call
C
Long put
D
Short put
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