... for a 1.94 credit.
Notes: Although I've previously shied away from single name in the IRA, I'm starting to target some options highly liquid single name here, since I've already got positions on in all of the exchange-traded funds that are currently productive from a premium-selling standpoint. 30-day implied is at 50.9% and expiry specific at 51.4%. Going with a fairly low delta strike here outside 2 times the expected move that pays at least 1% of the strike price with the knowledge that earnings are in 35 days, so want plenty of room to be wrong.
For smaller accounts, consider a defined risk spread (e.g., the February 19th 170/175 short put vertical paying .52 or the February 19th 170/180, paying 1.12, etc.).
Notes: Although I've previously shied away from single name in the IRA, I'm starting to target some options highly liquid single name here, since I've already got positions on in all of the exchange-traded funds that are currently productive from a premium-selling standpoint. 30-day implied is at 50.9% and expiry specific at 51.4%. Going with a fairly low delta strike here outside 2 times the expected move that pays at least 1% of the strike price with the knowledge that earnings are in 35 days, so want plenty of room to be wrong.
For smaller accounts, consider a defined risk spread (e.g., the February 19th 170/175 short put vertical paying .52 or the February 19th 170/180, paying 1.12, etc.).
Trade closed manually:
Closed for a .17 debit; 1.77 ($177) profit, 1.05% ROC as a function of notional risk.
