Sold 2 Put Options on BAC – 1.80% potential income return in 73 days

On May 1st, 2023, I sold additional 2 put options on Bank of America stock with a strike price of $26 and expiry on May 26, 2023). For this trade setup, I was rewarded with $19 (after commissions), which would yield about a 1.80% return in 73 days if the options will expire worthless.

The Bank of America Corporation is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company. It is the second-largest banking institution in the United States, after JPMorgan Chase, and the second-largest bank in the world by market capitalization. Bank of America is one of the Big Four banking institutions of the United States.

When setting up this trade I was looking for a high probability winning trade and chose my strike price for the short put with Delta less than -0.1.

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Here is the trade setup:

• SLD 2 BAC May 26 '23 26 Put Option 0.10 USD

For this trade, I got a premium of 19 USD (after commissions) or about 1.80% potential income return in 73 days, if options expire worthlessly

What happens next?

On the expiry date, May 26, 2023, BAC is trading above $26 per share -  options expire worthless and I keep premium - if BAC trades under $26 on the expiry date, I risk getting assigned 200 shares, and will have to buy them paying $5,200

But as I already have collected a premium of 0.22+0.15+0.09 per share, my break-even price for this trade is $26-$0.22-$0.15-$0.09 = $25.54

In case of an assignment, I will turn this trade into a wheel strategy and will start selling covered calls.

Anyhow, if troubled with the strike price near the expiry, I will try to roll it forward and down, preferably for credit, before actually taking the stock assignment.

• In total: 3 trades since March 14, 2023

• Options premium: $94