Best Covered Call Stocks Today

50 QQQ (NASDAQ-100) stocks ranked by covered call suitability. Data as of Sep 15, 2026. Page refreshes every 4 hours with latest market data.
A covered call involves buying (or owning) 100 shares of a stock and selling a call option against it. You earn premium income in exchange for capping your upside at the strike price. The best candidates are stocks that are slightly overbought (RSI 60–80), have elevated IV (rich premiums), and are not trending too hard (ADX < 30) — so the stock is likely to consolidate near the strike rather than blow through it.

Strong Candidates (Score 75+)

Ticker Company Price Score RSI IV vs 30d Avg MACD ADX
CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc $242.49 95 65 57.2% -15% bullish 18 Analyze →
QCOM Qualcomm Incorporated $187.80 90 70 54.8% -12% bullish 22 Analyze →
WMT Walmart Inc. $108.09 88 50 37.4% -9% bullish 13 Analyze →
META Meta Platforms Inc. $670.24 85 70 40.2% -24% bullish 22 Analyze →
FTNT Fortinet Inc $172.37 85 61 55.9% -26% bullish 17 Analyze →
AAPL Apple Inc. $331.34 78 60 25.1% -40% bullish 14 Analyze →
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc $504.20 78 54 53.5% -25% bullish 12 Analyze →
INTC Intel Corporation $97.14 78 51 60.7% -24% bullish 14 Analyze →
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A Common Stock $143.49 78 51 49.4% -30% bullish 22 Analyze →
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc $375.09 78 59 53.6% -25% bullish 18 Analyze →

Moderate Candidates (Score 55–74)

TickerCompanyPriceScoreRSIIVvs AvgMACD
MRVL Marvell Technology Group Ltd $221.70 70 50 63.5% -24% bullish Analyze →
STX Seagate Technology PLC $771.81 70 45 69.2% -29% bullish Analyze →
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated $263.43 65 49 39.8% -42% bullish Analyze →
KLAC KLA Corporation $168.02 65 37 66.6% -14% bullish Analyze →
ADI Analog Devices Inc $361.35 65 46 37.1% -47% bullish Analyze →
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $344.98 63 51 32.6% -30% bullish Analyze →
GOOG Alphabet Inc Class C $341.43 63 50 33.3% -27% bullish Analyze →
APP Applovin Corp $331.46 60 50 64.1% -12% bullish Analyze →
TSLA Tesla Inc $356.58 58 52 44.7% -27% bullish Analyze →
ARM Arm Holdings plc American Depositary Shares $241.83 55 45 65.8% -18% bullish Analyze →

Not Recommended Right Now (Score < 55)

TickerCompanyPriceScoreRSIWhy Not
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. $172.56 53 55 RSI at 55 — neutral-bullish
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc $276.53 53 53 RSI at 53 — neutral-bullish
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $212.17 50 45 RSI at 45
AMZN Amazon.com Inc $248.42 50 41 RSI at 41
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc $110.07 50 46 RSI at 46
NFLX Netflix Inc $77.90 50 50 RSI at 50
SNDK Sandisk Corp $1530.89 50 48 RSI at 48
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc $377.16 50 44 RSI at 44
MELI MercadoLibre Inc. $1828.94 50 44 RSI at 44
CSX CSX Corporation $48.66 50 41 RSI at 41
SHOP Shopify Inc $129.86 45 42 RSI at 42
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc $514.63 45 46 RSI at 46
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $257.76 45 48 RSI at 48
CMCSA Comcast Corp $24.42 45 43 RSI at 43
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $180.47 43 52 RSI at 52 — neutral-bullish
MSFT Microsoft Corporation $497.12 38 55 RSI at 55 — neutral-bullish
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc $146.30 38 55 RSI at 55 — neutral-bullish
MU Micron Technology Inc $927.60 35 46 RSI at 46
COST Costco Wholesale Corp $901.35 35 38 RSI at 38 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
LRCX Lam Research Corp $270.87 35 36 RSI at 36 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
AMAT Applied Materials Inc $421.17 35 34 RSI at 34 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
PEP PepsiCo Inc $135.50 35 38 RSI at 38 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
ASML ASML Holding NV ADR $1591.48 35 38 RSI at 38 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $96.58 35 34 RSI at 34 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
CEG Constellation Energy Corp $259.89 35 39 RSI at 39 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
AVGO Broadcom Inc $339.27 30 32 RSI at 32 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
LIN Linde plc Ordinary Shares $462.96 30 33 RSI at 33 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $171.32 30 32 RSI at 32 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
WDC Western Digital Corporation $411.96 20 37 RSI at 37 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls
AMGN Amgen Inc $375.65 15 32 RSI at 32 — oversold, not ideal for selling calls

How We Score

Each stock is scored 0–100 based on: RSI (50–80 ideal, overbought but not crashing), IV vs 30-day average (higher = richer premiums), MACD (bullish momentum preferred), ADX (below 30 = range-bound, good for capped strategies), and TTM Squeeze status (no squeeze = no imminent breakout). All data from real options chains, updated daily.

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