http://www.investors.com/news/techn...nings-beat/?ven=YahooCP&src=AURLLED&ven=yahoo http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/tops...-revenue-in-14-years-etfs-in-focus/ar-BBrY9JQ http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/19/cramer-damage-to-ibm-netflix-hard-to-reverse.html?__source=yahoo|finance|headline|headline|story&par=yahoo&doc=103561113 http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/financials/fi-126.1.IBM.NYS http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ibm Trade: With IBM at 144.0 Oct 115/110 bull put spread for a net credit of $35 Yield = 35/465 = 7.5% in 184 days or 14.9% annually Prob = 88% Expectation = .88(35) - .07(465) - .05(233) = 30.8 - 32.6 - 11.6 = -13.4 Price.............. Profit / Loss.......... ROM % 80.00................. (465.00)............ -92.50% 100.00............... (465.00)............ -92.50% 110.00............... (465.00)............ -92.50% 114.65.................... 0.00............... 0.00% 115.00.................. 35.00............... 7.50% 120.00.................. 35.00............... 7.50% 140.00.................. 35.00............... 7.50% 160.00.................. 35.00............... 7.50% 180.00.................. 35.00............... 7.50%
A post from what's-his-name reminds me to add that I probably will not trade this in my account since I don't trade IBM as a rule.