u/Earlyretirement55

I currently have cash-secured / short put positions in my margin acct that have moved against me and are close to assignment.
Instead of rolling them within the same margin account, I’m planning to Buy-to-Close (BTC) at a loss to free up margin and take the capital loss.
Immediately after, I want to Sell-to-Open (STO) cash-secured puts on the same underlying inside my Roth IRA, but using a different strike price and/or expiration date.
The goal is to claim the capital loss on my taxable return while letting the new position recover tax-free in the Roth.

Allowed ?

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This strategy is not popular, perhaps because some of you don’t know how to deploy it. Here’s an actual use case I just opened in my Schwab account.

I’m currently holding RKLB from $130. With the stock currently hovering around $104.58 results in a PL % of -25% so I decided to deploy a Stock Repair Strategy to lower my break-even point by half for zero cost.

The Position Setup

* **Long Stock:** +100 shares of RKLB @ $130.00 cost basis (Current Mark: $104.58)
* **Long Call:** +1 10 JUL 26 104 C (ATM) @ $9.38
* **Short Call:** -2 10 JUL 26 117 C (OTM) @ $4.82 each ($9.64 total credit)

Cost to Enter

* **Net Premium:** **$0.26 credit** ($9.64 collected - $9.38 paid). Managed to set this up for a total net credit of ~$26, meaning zero upside risk added to the trade.

The Math / Math Breakdown

If RKLB rallies to **$117.00** by the July 10 expiration:
* **Shares:** Still down $13.00/share from my original $130 entry.
* **104 Long Call:** Intrinsic value becomes **$13.00** ($117 - $104).
* **117 Short Calls:** Both expire completely worthless.
**The Goal:** The $13.00 gain from the long call perfectly covers the remaining $13.00 loss on the shares. This allows me to scratch and exit the entire position at a total break-even at **$117.00** instead of waiting for a full recovery back to $130.00.