I was looking at the options chains for some of my more boring stocks that really haven’t significantly moved in about eight months. They pay dividends so I’m not really bothered. I have noticed that while the bid prices say 0.00 for selling calls, if I actually click them I can sell a weekly call and make about 0.50 per contract (after the .50 fee). At the end of the month this could give me an extra $20-$30 USD to invest. I know this may not seem like much but over here it is. Is there some kind of downside to doing this? This seems to me like I could basically get paid for setting a limit sell order. You pick up enough coins from the ground and eventually the change jar is full. You guys know what I mean?