Highest covered call premiums
Across the 60 tickers tracked here, the richest in-band covered call at the September 16, 2026 snapshot was the INTC $108.00 strike expiring September 21: $92 a contract, 65.7% annualized, with roughly 79% odds of keeping the premium. High yield is not the same as a good trade, which is most of what this page is about.
| Ticker | Price | Strike | Expiry | Premium | Annualized | Keep odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTCIntel Corporation | $101.71 | $108.00 | September 21 5d | $92 | 65.7% | 79% |
| AMDAdvanced Micro Devices | $525.67 | $550.00 | September 21 5d | $443 | 61.5% | 78% |
| TSLATesla Inc. | $363.31 | $375.00 | September 21 5d | $291 | 58.4% | 80% |
| SOFISoFi Technologies | $16.91 | $18.00 | September 25 9d | $19 | 44.4% | 77% |
| MUMicron Technology | $933.70 | $985.00 | September 21 5d | $520 | 40.7% | 81% |
| METAMeta Platforms | $678.91 | $705.00 | September 21 5d | $340 | 36.6% | 78% |
| FCXFreeport-McMoRan | $69.63 | $76.00 | October 2 16d | $105 | 34.2% | 79% |
| GEGE Aerospace | $313.99 | $325.00 | September 25 9d | $258 | 33.3% | 77% |
| QCOMQualcomm Inc. | $188.57 | $205.00 | September 25 9d | $150 | 32.1% | 79% |
| NVDANVIDIA Corporation | $214.95 | $222.50 | September 23 7d | $131 | 31.7% | 77% |
| NKENike Inc. | $36.39 | $40.50 | October 2 16d | $50 | 31.3% | 80% |
| ORCLOracle Corporation | $143.76 | $157.50 | September 25 9d | $100 | 28.1% | 81% |
| PLTRPalantir Technologies | $170.32 | $185.00 | September 25 9d | $116 | 27.5% | 82% |
| SLBSLB (Schlumberger) | $53.21 | $56.00 | September 25 9d | $36 | 27.4% | 76% |
| BAThe Boeing Company | $210.03 | $220.00 | September 25 9d | $137 | 26.4% | 81% |
| GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A | $345.04 | $355.00 | September 21 5d | $124 | 26.1% | 77% |
| AVGOBroadcom Inc. | $341.90 | $355.00 | September 21 5d | $121 | 25.8% | 82% |
| AMZNAmazon.com Inc. | $247.33 | $255.00 | September 21 5d | $87 | 25.5% | 78% |
| UBERUber Technologies | $71.04 | $75.00 | September 25 9d | $44 | 24.8% | 82% |
| SBUXStarbucks Corporation | $96.35 | $104.00 | October 9 23d | $151 | 24.8% | 79% |
| NFLXNetflix Inc. | $77.36 | $81.00 | September 25 9d | $46 | 24.1% | 79% |
| DALDelta Air Lines | $78.47 | $84.00 | September 25 9d | $45 | 23.3% | 82% |
| XLEEnergy Select Sector SPDR Fund | $64.49 | $66.00 | September 21 5d | $21 | 23.2% | 77% |
| ABNBAirbnb Inc. | $169.64 | $177.50 | September 25 9d | $97 | 23.2% | 84% |
| XOMExxon Mobil | $165.17 | $172.50 | September 25 9d | $92 | 22.6% | 76% |
What this list is sorted by, exactly
One row per ticker: its best annualized yield among out-of-the-money call strikes inside the target delta band that passed a liquidity screen. Annualized yield is period yield times 365 divided by days to expiry. Nothing else feeds the ordering. No confidence score, no quality weighting, no editorial thumb.
Which produces a bias worth naming, because it is arithmetic rather than opinion: the nearest expiry usually wins. Dividing by a small number of days makes a modest premium annualize enormously, so a 7-day contract paying 1.5% shows up ahead of a 45-day one paying 4%. The expiry column is right there for that reason. Compare the premium and the days first, and treat the last column as the tiebreaker it is.
Why the top of this list is usually a warning
Premium is compensation for risk, and the market is not sentimental about it. A name paying 60% annualized is not generous, it is scared. Something is expected to happen to it, and you are being paid to promise you will be there when it does. Sort any option chain by yield and the top is reliably populated by earnings next week, a pending trial result, a stock that has already fallen 30%, or a bid-ask spread so wide the quoted mid is not a real price.
Which is why the app does not sort this way. It gives every candidate a confidence score from 0 to 100 and orders by that alone, so a premium that is fat for a bad reason sinks instead of leading, and return is a filter you can add on top. On this exact snapshot 18 of these names produced at least one in-band call worth scoring. This page ranks by yield because that is the question people search for. It is not the question that decides a trade.