Covered calls are a choice about which returns to sell
The overwrite sleeve collected 0.9% of premium in August and gave back 0.4% of upside on the two days the names gapped. Net 0.5%, which is the month working as designed: income in exchange for the top of the distribution.
It is not a hedge. Holders who want protection should size the cash-like sleeve, not sell more calls.
Related vaults
Systematic call overwriting on two mega-caps. Gives up the top of a rally in exchange for monthly premium.
Rules-based long sleeve in US mega-cap semiconductors. Exposure scales down when 20-day realized vol exceeds 42%. No short book. Not a return promise.
Trading involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Vault NAV can rise or fall.