TRADE IDEA: APA JAN 17TH 20 MONIED CC or JAN 17TH 20 SHORT PUTWith broad market and exchange-traded funds being temporarily unproductive from a premium-selling standpoint, I've been scouring the earth for high rank/high implied underlyings. APA (100/74) is one of them with earnings in the rear view.
Pictured here is a monied covered call with the short call at the 20 strike in the January cycle.
Markets are showing wide here (16.05/17.70/19.34), most of which is due to after hours pricing of the stock, which ended the regular session at 23.22, with the short call at 4.17 at the mid, implying a possible fill of 19.05 with .95 max for the monied covered call (5% ROC); the same strike short put pays .91 at the mid with a cost basis of 19.09 if assigned, so it's six of one, half dozen of the other in a cash secured environment, but greater buying power efficiency on margin by going short put over the covered call.
Go less monied with the call -- at the 22.5 strike, and you're looking at potential 20.65 fill and 1.85 max (9% ROC); the 22.5 short put pays 1.76 with a cost basis of 20.74 if assigned.
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OPENING: ROKU DEC 20TH 110 MONIED COVERED CALL... for a 105.55 debit.
Max Profit: $445
BE/Cost Basis If Assigned: 105.55/share
Delta/Theta: 27/9.39
Notes: Background implied is still fairly high here at 58%, and it got somewhat hammered post-earnings announcement. Looking for a quickee dirtee, although I guess I have to be fine with being assigned the stock with cost basis of 105.55 ... . The natural alternative play is to sell the 110 put for 4.30.
