Quote from woody anderson:
Totally ridiculous. I sell calls every month, and i'm up (albeit only a small amount) this year. But i'm still up.
If you know what you're doing and are honest with yourself about your position and are not ever married to your positions, you can always do well selling calls.
"always" is not a word that is not in most traders' vocabs... I agree with the OP- it's been a rough time for shorters.