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What Are the Main Challenges Running a Solana Covered Calls Growth Portfolio?
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Solana covered calls sound straightforward: hold SOL, sell calls, collect premium, compound.
And yes—most of the usual “covered call problems” are real: you cap upside in rips, you can get dragged into rolling, and in a drawdown you risk becoming a paid bagholder. But with proper risk management and discipline, those aren’t the problems that keep us up at night. They’re part of the deal, and we price them in.
The real challenge we face running the Terramatris Solana Covered Call Growth fund is simpler and more annoying: the market structure on SOL options just isn’t…
Trading Covered Calls on XRP with Deribit
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At Terramatris we are always exploring new ways to structure option strategies around crypto assets. One of the more interesting challenges we’ve faced recently is figuring out how to trade covered calls on XRP.
Our favorite trading platform, Bybit, unfortunately does not yet offer XRP options. That left us looking for alternatives, and naturally, Deribit became our next candidate. Deribit does offer XRP options, but as always, the devil is in the details.
The Challenge: Collateral Rules on DeribitDeribit lists XRP options, but they are settled in USDC. At the time of writing,…