Excellent picks indeed. I used to sell regularly little of covered calls from time to time, I must say bit stressful especially if one does not want to sell, just pick up the premium. Looking at it from your perspective, buying long calls is probably more rewarding, assuming that no unexpected delay.

Despite my dark past, I have managed to keep practically all shares from good "old days", just exchanged 500 shares of LAC for Arena. And that was entirely mistake of the crystal ball :-).