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Cash secured put

The best opportunity to own a growth stock is when the company’s share price is suffering a deep dip but fundamental unshaken. If we consider using wheel strategy by doing sell-put options using deep- OTM (Strike Price= Current price - 20%)  and setting a short-term expiration date(7- 60 days); collecting upfront premium while waiting share price drop below strike price assigned to buy the stock at the discounted price but if the stock price still above the price we can continue to restart sell put and collect upfront premium again. How option price derived: An option’s price (premium)= Intrinsic value + Time value (Extrinsic Value) As a seller direction:         Extrinsic value= Theta (Time Value) + Implied Volatility        Strike price less than Stock price is Out-Of-The- Money (OTM) ( No intrinsic value )        Sellers: Generate income from selling Time value Time value affects the premium of the opt...

Bull Put Spread

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  What is Bull Put Spread? In trader view, Bull Put Spread is considered a moderately bullish (Neutral to bullish view) . You think the stock reach ‘bottom’ and won’t drop lower. The best time to exercise BPS when there an uptrend or chopping sideway. Profit potential is generally limited and depends on the share price remaining above the sell-put strike price at expiry. How Bull Put Spread works? Sell Put + Buy Put = Bull Put Spread Strategy consists of selling put option while buying put option at a lower strike price to help define risk exposure. While the long put (buy put) may help limit downside risk, losses can still occur and options strategies may not be suitable for investors. Using vertical spread at same expiry date and both options must be Out-The-Money (OTM), Zero Intrinsic. Example Spread width: $210 (sell put) - $200 = $10 Total premiums: $0.93 - $0.17 = $0.76 Max loss for 1 contract: ($10 - $0.76) x 100 shares = $924 Max gain for 1 con...