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"Then are all the stocks you buy at or near recent lows?
Not all. If it's a company that 1 know well and the fundamentals are
very strong, I might go long, even if the stock is significantly above its
low. For example, Microchip Technology is currently at $35, which is
well below its high of $50, but also well above last year's low of $15.
Even though it's well off its low, I'm still selling puts in the stock
because their business is improving tremendously.
Selling puts represents a bullish position. The seller of a put
receives a premium for the obligation to buy a stock at a price called
the strike price during the life span of the option. This obligation is
activated if the option is exercised by the buyer, which will happen if
the stock price is below the strike price at the option expiration.
For example, assume that a stock is trading at $13 and that a put
option on the stock with a $10 strike price is trading at $1. If the
stock is trading above $10 when the option expires, the seller will
have a $1 profit per share (a $100 profit per option contract, which
represents 100 shares). If the stock is trading below $10 at the option
expiration, the option will presumably be exercised, and the seller of
the option will be required to buy the stock at $ 10, no matter how low
the stock is trading.
Okumus, who typically sells puts with strike prices below the current
market price (called out-of-the-money puts), will earn a profit
equal to the option premium paid by the option buyer if the stock
declines modestly, remains unchanged, or goes up. However, if the
stock declines by a wide margin, he will be obligated to buy the stock
at an above-market price (the strike price) at the time of the option
expiration.
What motivates you to sell puts in a stock instead of just buying
the stock?
Any stock that I sell a put on, I am happy if they put me the stock
[exercise the put option, requiring Okumus to buy the stock at the
strike price]. I don't sell a put on a stock unless I would be happy to
own the stock at the strike price.
For example, I'm currently short some $10 puts on J. D. Edwards,
which is trading near $13. I hope they put me the stock because I
would love to own it at $ 10. If they do, I'll still have the premium, and
if I buy the stock at $ 10, I know I will make money.
But most of the time when I sell puts, the market never declines
enough for the option to be exercised. This, of course, is okay too
because I still keep the premium as a profit.
In other words, selling put options is an alternative way for you
to be buying stocks. If it doesn't go down to the strike price, you
still earn the premium, and if does go down to the strike price,
that's also fine because that's the price you would have bought
the stock at anyway.Exactly. By selling puts, I am getting paid by the market while I'm
waiting for the stock to come down to my price. Also, for some stocks,
it may only be possible to make money by selling puts as opposed to
buying the stock.
For example, value stocks have been very much out of favor in
recent years. There are stocks that are trading at only five to six times
earnings. The earnings are growing, insiders are buying, and the
stocks are just sitting there. At the same time, the S&P is going up
like crazy. You can't make money by buying these stocks, but you can
by selling the puts. If you sell put options, you don't have to be right
about the stock going up; all you need in order to make money is for
the stock not to go down by much.
Let's say that there is a stock trading at 35, and you decide you
would like to be a buyer at 30. Why not always sell the 30 put
and collect the premium, since if it went to 30, you would buy it
anyway? This way, you would always make the premium as a
profit, whether the stock went down to 30 or not.Because you always have to consider your opportunity costs. If I sell
puts, I need to put up margin against the position. Sometimes the
premium I could collect for selling the put wouldn't justify tying up
the money needed for the position. I could do better investing that
money elsewhere."
"Then are all the stocks you buy at or near recent lows?
Not all. If it's a company that 1 know well and the fundamentals are
very strong, I might go long, even if the stock is significantly above its
low. For example, Microchip Technology is currently at $35, which is
well below its high of $50, but also well above last year's low of $15.
Even though it's well off its low, I'm still selling puts in the stock
because their business is improving tremendously.
Selling puts represents a bullish position. The seller of a put
receives a premium for the obligation to buy a stock at a price called
the strike price during the life span of the option. This obligation is
activated if the option is exercised by the buyer, which will happen if
the stock price is below the strike price at the option expiration.
For example, assume that a stock is trading at $13 and that a put
option on the stock with a $10 strike price is trading at $1. If the
stock is trading above $10 when the option expires, the seller will
have a $1 profit per share (a $100 profit per option contract, which
represents 100 shares). If the stock is trading below $10 at the option
expiration, the option will presumably be exercised, and the seller of
the option will be required to buy the stock at $ 10, no matter how low
the stock is trading.
Okumus, who typically sells puts with strike prices below the current
market price (called out-of-the-money puts), will earn a profit
equal to the option premium paid by the option buyer if the stock
declines modestly, remains unchanged, or goes up. However, if the
stock declines by a wide margin, he will be obligated to buy the stock
at an above-market price (the strike price) at the time of the option
expiration.
What motivates you to sell puts in a stock instead of just buying
the stock?
Any stock that I sell a put on, I am happy if they put me the stock
[exercise the put option, requiring Okumus to buy the stock at the
strike price]. I don't sell a put on a stock unless I would be happy to
own the stock at the strike price.
For example, I'm currently short some $10 puts on J. D. Edwards,
which is trading near $13. I hope they put me the stock because I
would love to own it at $ 10. If they do, I'll still have the premium, and
if I buy the stock at $ 10, I know I will make money.
But most of the time when I sell puts, the market never declines
enough for the option to be exercised. This, of course, is okay too
because I still keep the premium as a profit.
In other words, selling put options is an alternative way for you
to be buying stocks. If it doesn't go down to the strike price, you
still earn the premium, and if does go down to the strike price,
that's also fine because that's the price you would have bought
the stock at anyway.Exactly. By selling puts, I am getting paid by the market while I'm
waiting for the stock to come down to my price. Also, for some stocks,
it may only be possible to make money by selling puts as opposed to
buying the stock.
For example, value stocks have been very much out of favor in
recent years. There are stocks that are trading at only five to six times
earnings. The earnings are growing, insiders are buying, and the
stocks are just sitting there. At the same time, the S&P is going up
like crazy. You can't make money by buying these stocks, but you can
by selling the puts. If you sell put options, you don't have to be right
about the stock going up; all you need in order to make money is for
the stock not to go down by much.
Let's say that there is a stock trading at 35, and you decide you
would like to be a buyer at 30. Why not always sell the 30 put
and collect the premium, since if it went to 30, you would buy it
anyway? This way, you would always make the premium as a
profit, whether the stock went down to 30 or not.Because you always have to consider your opportunity costs. If I sell
puts, I need to put up margin against the position. Sometimes the
premium I could collect for selling the put wouldn't justify tying up
the money needed for the position. I could do better investing that
money elsewhere."