My guess is the premium is higher. Monthlies pay more than quarterlies, and weeklies pay more than monthlies.
I'm referring to stocks with daily expirations, not weekly expirations. IWM (2 days) SPY (daily) QQQ ( daily) XSP (daily) SPX (daily)
Hmm. Regarding Spreads you should study this example (by TDA) comparing a CSP to a PutSpread: W/o Spread (ie. CSP) the MarginReq is $13,290. Using a PutVerticalSpread instead of the CSP drops the MarginReq to just $400 (!) only. You give up only $25 of the potential profit of $110 to achieve such a huge reduction in MarginReq. IMO it's a good deal. But then maybe not, when trading 0DTE with StopLoss orders.
Oh yes because you are going further out. I don't know if you want to lock in a higher premium but not having available funds to use else where. ..I only go out a day maybe a few days but focus on the daily instead.
It's been too long. They need to get more daily expiring options on this list. Even highly traded etfs for all sectors.
Yes but reducing the margin doesn't increase how much of the underlying I can afford to get assigned.
If you trade index options then no assignment, b/c these are European style (no early assignment, and no underlying stock, ie. is cash settled like what the PnL chart shows at exp for the index value).