How many shares, if you don't mind me asking? I applaud anybody who buys and holds. Trade the options around the stock but buy and hold the underlying. The options are wasting assets and should be sold whenever premiums spike. I hate taxes for one but don't mind paying some on options trades. I own 1200 shares of SWKS and 1000 shs of NXPI and have for years with and adjusted basis of about 100 on both. But I have raked in options premiums selling cash and stock-covered puts and covered calls on those underlying which as of today are valued at $355,680. Probably never sell those positions. Oh, and collecting dividends on both.