Selling premium into large selloff using naked puts. Sold the 30 strike put for .96, 33 delta, 50 DTE. This stock is 30% off from its high and pretty beat up. Hoping for a price pop from major support.
In this video I discuss key support levels where selling short options for both premium as well as direction(if price bounces higher off of key support) can provide a highly probably and profitable trade setup. There is far more to options that I can fit in a 10 minute video but if you are unfamiliar with them I encourage you to research options. They can add...
DISH announces earnings on Tuesday before market open and is a state of high volatility (>50%). While you can naturally go with the plain Jane volatility contraction play around earnings (short strangle), there might be an opportunity here to catch it at significant lows while simultaneously taking advantage of risk premium present here which will lower your cost...
... for a 1.66/contract credit. Metrics: Probability of Profit: 49% Max Profit: 1.66 ($166/contract) Max Loss: 14.34 (which equals the cost basis in any stock I'm assigned) Break Even: 14.34 Notes: Put on at the 70 delta strike, this is a synthetic covered call with a buying power effect that is far smaller (~20% of the max loss or $246/contract) as compared to...
* -- Options for the Small Account Let's face it. This is a really tough market for small accounts. You can either wait to build up your account to something decent to actually be able to trade some of the broader (and more expensive) market offerings, dollar cost average in a few shares at a time at all time highs (that doesn't sound enticing, although that's...
I have touched on this topic before in separate posts, but thought I'd refresh the notion of what I like to call "strategic acquisition" here, since I get repeatedly asked about how I go about acquiring shares in an underlying I actually really do want to buy and hold, usually for an indefinite period of time (we're talking years here). The focus of these...
This one is for a longer term approach. MSFT currently has a 2.10% divvy, according to FINVIZ. Selling the $70 put in September yielded $0.77 in credit, which is almost 1/2 of the yearly dividend that MFST gives out to start with. I will take this stock if the put expires in the money, giving me a basis of $69.23, which is about 5.5% below current price. If put...
Cash flow play here. Sold $INTC $34 put for $.56, 1.46 return on capital over the next 25 days. I'll look to rinse and repeat until assigned and then sell calls again. Breakeven is $34 - .56, or $33.44.
Starting to try a cash flow method on a low priced stock. NOK has earnings soon, so IV is pumped up here. $6 put was trading for $.15 when I sold them, ~2.5% premium for $600 in stock over the course of 25 days. If I am assigned, I'll look to sell calls immediately again, hoping to get the stock called away and start the process over. If I am stuck holding the...
Cash flow play here. Sold $KR $22.5 put for $.32, 1.4% return on capital over the next 25 days. I'll look to rinse and repeat until assigned and then sell calls again.
On Friday, June 16, we successfully closed our previous short-put trade on WPM (see previous post below). Today WPM is showing continued signs of weakness, in an otherwise strong market. It is currently trading towards the lows of its trading range. It could continue to show weakness if the broader market continues its journey upwards. However, in the context of...
Older iphone users herd upgrade. Will it continue into next year or just this quarter? Earnings just around the corner.
XAUUSD is off nearly $18, taking GLD with it. Although this is not a good premium selling play, it is a good "buy on weakness play." And the way I'm going to attack it is via short put verticals, laddered 45, 75, and 105 days out using the monthly options expirations. Here are the rungs of the ladder: Dec 18th 98/101 short call vert Jan 15th 96/99 short call...